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 Doctor : went to India, 1850 : was Anglo-Sanskrit Professor at Benares, 1851 : the first American to publish a text in Sanslcrit : in the mutiny was Inspector of Schools in the Education Department in Central India : was beleaguered for 6 months in Sagar Fort : at Benares, in 1859, published a Contribution towards an Index of the Philosophy of the Indian Philosophical Systems, and essays in the I.A.S. Bengal, and other Oriental studies : in 1862 was Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Jurisprudence at King's College, London : Librarian at the India Office : retired, 1869 : worked on Dr. Murray's Oxford English Dictionary : wrote Modern' English in 1870 : died Feb. 11, 1901.

HALL, HENRY (1789–1875)

General : son of the Ven. Archdeacon Hall : born 1789 : entered the Bengal Army, 1805 : was D.A.Q.M.G. under Ochterlony in the Pindari war, 1817–8 : performed the duties of the Guide and Intelligence Department : appointed, in 1822, to civilize the turbulent race of Mhairs : raised a Mhair corps (which remained faithful in 1857, helped to save Ajmir and Eiuropean lives). Through Hall's exertions, female infanticide, slavery, sale of women, murder and universal plunder, are said to have completely ceased: C.B. in 1838: died in Aug., 1875.

HALLETT, HOLT S. ( ? - )

Son of T. P. L. Hallett, LL.D : educated at Kensington school and Charterhouse : qualified for Engineer on L. and N.W. Railway : employed in construction work, 1860–8 : entered Indian P.W.D., 1868, and served in Burma : retired in 1880 : proposed connexion of Indian, Burmese and Chinese railways, and surveyed the country, 1881–5 : author of A Thousand Miles on an Elephant; Development of our Eastern Markets ; Indian Taxation, Ancient and Modern ; India and her Neighbours; Indian Factory Legislation; Extension of Railways, etc.

HALLIDAY, SIR FREDERICK JAMES (1806–1901)

I.C.S. : born Dec. 26, 1806 : son of Thomas Halliday of Ewell : educated at St. Paul's school, Rugby, and Haileybury : went out to Bengal in June, 1825 : was Secretary to the Sadr Board of Revenue in 1836 : Secretary to the Government of Bengal, 1838 : Officiating Secretary to the Government of India in 1842 : Secretary to the Home Department of the Government of India, 1849. While on furlough, in 1852–3, he was on 16 occasions examined before the Committees of the Lords and Commons on Indian subjects in connexion with the renewal of the E.I. Company's Charter : Member of the Governor-General's Supreme Council, Dec. 1853, to April, 1854 : the first Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, from May 1, 1854, to May I, 1859. His term of office as Lieutenant-Governor was eventful : the Sonthal insurrection required the movement of troops and strong measures for its suppression : the Indian mutiny did not eventually assume such proportions in Lower Bengal as in Upper India, but the earliest indications appeared at Barrackpur and Berhampur : outbursts occurred in other parts of the Lower Provinces, and, during the whole two years, Halliday's vigilance and administrative capacity were severely tried and never failed. He was held in high estimation by Lord Dalhousie, and had great influence with Lord Canning, who said of him, after the mutiny, that for many months he had been the "right hand of the Government." Halliday recorded a Minute on "The Mutinies as they affected the Lower Provinces under the Government of Bengal." He had also to deal with the new conditions attending the creation of Bengal into a separate Lieutenant-Governorship, and arising from the great Education despatch of 1854 from England, important Rent and Revenue legislation, and the introduction of Railways. He received the thanks of Parliament for his mutiny services: was made K.C.B. in 1860 : and was Member of the Council of India from 1868 to 1886 : he died Oct. 22, 1901. Of lofty stature and splendid physique, Halliday appeared to be the embodiment of great power, an impression which was strengthened by whatever he said, or wrote.

HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1762–1824)

Captain : in the military service of the E.I. Co. : M.A.S.B. : the date of his return to England is not recorded : prosecuted his study of Sanskrit at the British Museum and in Paris : when the war with France broke out again after the peace of Amiens,