THACKERAY.; Ancestors of His Who Were Fighters and Administrators in India. An interesting volume pertaining to the family of  Thackeray is  "The Thackeray in India and some Culcutta Graves" which Sir William W. Hunter has just published in England through Henry Frowle. As the Athenaeum remarks, everyone knows that Thackeray was born in Culcutta.... Published in  The New York Times Dated February 6 1987. Please visit the below link for complete story.

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