Pierre Cuillier-Perron
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Pierre Cuillier-Perron (1753 to 1755–1834) was a French military adventurer in active in India.
Born Pierre Cuillier (or Cuellier) at Luceau near Château-du-Loir was the son of a cloth merchant. In India, he changed his name to Perron (a diminutive of Pierre). He was generally referred to by his contemporaries and posterity as General Perron.[1]
In 1780 he went out to India as a sailor on a French frigate, deserted on the
In 1795 he aided the
After the
In the battles of
Buildings
Sir Shah Sulaiman Hall's main Building, which currently serves as the Provost Office (Administrative Block), was built by him in year 1802.[2]
The palatial home he built for himself at
References
- ^ Biographie universelle et portative des contemporains, Paris, 1826, p. 900.
- ^ The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan Archived 2007-06-23 at the Wayback Machine, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 2
- Herbert Compton, A particular account of the European military adventurers of Hindustan, from 1784 to 1803 (1892).
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Perron, Pierre Cuillier". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 183–184.
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