Gulbadan Begum

Gulbadan Begum A daughter of Babur, she was a talented lady and wrote

Humayan Namah, an authoritative account of the reign of her brother,

Humayun.

Ghulam HussainKhan

Ghulam Hussain Khan A famous historian of Bengal during the later

Mughal period, he was the author of Siyar-ul-Mutakherim, an authoritative

and reliable account of the decline of the Mughal empire (which also traces

the progress of the English in Bengal up to 1780).

Ghosh Rashbehari

Ghosh, Rashbehari A leading lawyer of Calcutta, he was elected president

of the Surat Session of the INC (1907) which ended with the split of the

Congress. Next year (1908) he presided over the Madras Session of the

moderate INC.

Gangu

Gangu A Brahmin astrologer, he was (according to Ferishta) the master of

Hasan and foretold the future greatness of the founder of the Bahmani

kingdom.

Francis Sir Philip

Francis, Sir Philip Named by the Regulating Act as one of the four

members of the Governor General’s Council, he ganged up with Monson and

Clavering in opposing Warren Hastings in his whole policy and method of

government. Ultimately he fought a gun battle with Hastings (1780), was

disabled and went back to England where he took a prominent part in

organising and conducting the impeachment of Hastings.

Forde Colonel

Forde, Colonel A talented English military officer, he defeated the French

in the battle of Chandurthi (1759) and captured Masulipatnam, thus ending

the French control over the Northern Circars. Later in the same year he

defeated the Dutch in the battle of Bedera which ended Dutch pretensions in

Bengal