Jonathan Duncan (Governor of Bombay)
British colonial governor (1756-1811)
Jonathan Duncan (15 May 1756 – 11 August 1811) was Governor of Bombay from 27 December 1795 until his death in 1811.
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- ...had not the negociations to that end been interrupted in consequence of a resolution formed by Tippoo (in the combined view of indulging his zeal as a Mahommedan, and at the same time rooting up as he fondly might imagine, the causes of that aversion which the Malabar Hindus had hitherto shewn to his government) to attempt the forcible conversion of all his Hindu subjects in Malabar to the Musulman faith ....
- "Historical Remarks On The Coast Of Malabar https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.109815/2015.109815.Historical-Remarks-On-The-Coast-Of-Malabar-Vol-5_djvu.txt
