A History of the Mahrattas v1.c15.66

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² [Gerald Aungier, the brother of the Earl of Longford, was Governor of Surat from July 1669 until his death on June 30, 1677. Between August 1674 and June 1675, he was resident in Bombay, of which he has been truly described as the real founder. His grave was for more than two centuries unknown; but has recently (1916–17) ‘been identified with certainty sufficient to justify the insertion of a new marble tablet in one of the inner walls of the tomb believed to be that of Aungier. The tablet was put up in 1916. (*Prog. Rep. A.S.W.I.*, 1916–17, p. 42.)’ (*O.H.I. Add. and Corr.*) For an account of his character and great achievements, see *B.G.*, xvi and xxvi, pt. i. 38 ff.; *B.C.G.*, ii. 59 ff.; Da Cunha, *Origin of Bombay*; Douglas, *Bombay and W. India*; Forrest, *Selections (Home Series)*; Malabari, *Bombay in the Making*; Strachey, *Keigwin’s Rebellion*; Anderson, *English in Western India*. See also Fryer’s *Travels*, &c. (Hakluyt), ed. Crooke, 1909, i. 155 n.)]