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 accompanied Lord Cornwallis as his Persian Secretary to Madras, where, in 1792, peace was made with Tippoo at Seringapatam : Cherry's picture of Tippoo is at the India Office : appointed Resident at Benares, 1793 : there murdered by Wazir Ali, the reputed son of the late Nawab Asaf-ud-daula of Oudh, on Jan. 14, 1799.  CHESNAYE, GEORGE COCHET (1837–1904)

Born Sep. 1837 : entered the Bengal Medical Service, 1859 : Deputy Surgeon-General, 1889 : did excellent service at Mian Mir and Umritsar in the cholera epidemic of 1861 : in the Hazara Field Force, 1868 : Black Mountain expedition : Lushai expedition, 1871–2 : Afghan war, 1878–80 : from Ali Masjid to Gandamak, 1878, to Kabul 1879 : in the Kabul-Kandahar march : in the battle of Mazra, near Kandahar : in the expedition against the Marris : Deputy Surgeon - General, Lahore, 1889–94 : when he retired : died April 12, 1904.  CHESNEY, SIR GEORGE TOMKYNS (1830–1895)

Son of Capt. Charles Cornwallis Chesney of the Bengal Artillery : born April 30, 1830 : educated at Blundell's school, Tiverton, and Addiscombe : entered the Bengal Engineers, 1848, and became General in 1882 : went to India in 1850 : in the P.W.D. until the mutiny : in the Badli-ka-sarai action, June, 8, 1857 : at the capture of the ridge at Delhi : Brig-Major, R.E. at Delhi : in the assault on Sep. 14 : was President of the Engineering College at Calcutta, and head of the P.W.D. Account Department in 1860 : President of the Royal Indian Civil Engineering College at Cooper's Hill, 1871–80, of which he had prepared the constitution, etc. : Secretary to the Government of India in the Military Department, 1880–6 : Military Member of the Supreme Council, July, 1886–April, 1891 : M.P. for Oxford, 1892 : C.S.I. 1883 : C.I.E. 1886 : C.B. 1887 : K.C.B. 1890 : died March 31, 1895. He wrote a number of books : the principal were Indian Polity : The Battle of Darking, a military-political Magazine article which made a great action : The True Reformer, The Dilemma, The Private Secretary, besides other articles in Magazines and Reviews.  CHETTY, GAZULU LAKSHMINARASU (1806–1868)

Son of an indigo merchant : joined his father in trade and amassed a large fortune at the time of the American war : founded the Madras Native Association, of which he was President : opposed the proselytizing tendencies of the missionaries and successfully resisted the attempt made to introduce the Bible as a text-book in Government Schools in 1843 : was forward in the agitation carried on in 1853–5 regarding the grievances of the natives, which led to the Torture Commission : after incurring much odium as a seditious person, in 1861 he was made a C.S.I. : he next directed his attention to the affairs of Mysore and the Tanjore widows : lost most of his fortune and died a poor man, leaving a name for patriotism and self-sacrifice.  CHIBU, LAMA ( ? –1866)

Was sprung from an old and respectable Sikhim family of Tibetan origin : dwelt at Tumlong near the Raja of Sikhim : was early a man of influence and mark, learnt Hindustani, a qualification which gave him much political importance. When Sir Joseph Hooker and Dr. Campbell were imprisoned by the Sikhim Court, he befriended them throughout, and as a reward obtained a very large estate of about 75,000 acres near Darjeeling, on the annexation of Sikhim territory. In 1864 he accompanied Sir Ashley Eden through out his mission to Bhutan and, with considerable personal danger, exerted himself to bring the negotiations to a successful issue : died in 1866.  CHINNERY, GEORGE (1766–1852)

Artist : exhibited in the Royal Academy, 1790–1846 : painted in Dublin and London and went to China, from which country he visited India : he "made spirited sketches of scenes in India" : was at Madras, 1802–7 or 8, and afterwards painted many pictures at Calcutta : was at Canton in 1830 and died at Macao in 1852 : references to his works in India occur in Indian literature : his name and his skill are remembered there to this day.  CHITNAVIS, GUNGADHAR MADHO (1863–)

Born 1863 : Hony. Magistrate : President of the Nagpur District Council since