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LYALL , -See also:SIR See also:ALFRED See also:COMYN (1835- ), Anglo-See also:Indian See also:civil servant and See also:man of letters, son of the Rev . Alfred Lyall, was See also:born in 1835, and educated at See also:Eton and Haileybury . He entered the See also:Bengal civil service in 1855, saw service during the See also:Mutiny in the See also:Bulandshahr See also:district, at See also:Meerut, and with the See also:Khaki Risala of See also:volunteers . He was See also:commissioner in See also:Berar (1867), secretary to the See also:government of See also:India in the See also:Home and See also:Foreign departments, See also:lieutenant-See also:governor of the See also:North-western Provinces (1882-1887), and member of the See also:Council of India (1888-1903) . Among his writings, his Verses Written in India (1889) attained considerable popularity, and in his See also:Asiatic Studies (1882 and 1899) he displays a deep insight into Indian See also:life and See also:character . He wrote the Life of See also:Lord Dufferin (1905), and made numerous contributions to periodical literature . |
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