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| | Channer, General G.N. | Soldier | | Chapman, Carlton | Captain of National Football Team | | Charles, George | Commando | | Chatterton, Duncan | Boxer
Middleweight Champion from 1934-1937. Secretary of the Jhansi Branch of the All India Anglo-Indian Association | | Chelmsford, Lord | Viceroy | | Chester, Benjamin Henry | Representative of the Indian National Congress | | Chick, Noah | Publisher | | Chicken, Captain George B. | Soldier | | Clark, William | Bandsman | | Clarke, T.G. | Senior Magistrate of Madras | | Clarke, Wing Commander | Soldier | | Claudius, Leslie | Captain of the Hockey Team, three Olympic Gold and one Silver Medal, awarded Best Sportsman of the Century from Bengal by Ballygunge Inst. | | Clements, Lloyd | Railway Train Driver | | Clive, Robert | Soldier & Governor of Bengal | | Clogstoun, Major Herbert M. | Soldier | | Cobb, Richard | Reverend | | Colvin, Colonel J.M.C. | Soldier | | Connolly, Gunner William G. | Soldier | | Conquest, D.M. AVSM | Wing Commander, Indian Air Force
Vir Chakra Award recepient. 1971 India-Pakistan War hero | | Conwell, Edward (Connie) | Edward Conwell (known as "Connie" to his mates) was born in
Calcutta, India on 24 July 1929. He played hockey for the West Bengal
State team in the position of left half in 1957 & 1958. His team won the
Bengal Hockey Association Beighton Cup in 1957 & 1963 and was Runner-up in
1962. He played with names like Leslie Claudius, Pat Jansen, Keshev Dutt
and the like. | | Cook, Major J. | Soldier | | Cooke, Alfred VrC, DFC | Pilot, Indian Air Force | | Cooke, Tyrone Alfred | Soldier/Flight Lieutenant/Vr.C | | Cooper, Clyde | Businessman. Co-founder & Managing Director of Blue Dart Courier Service. | | Cooper, Patience | Patience Cooper who played the lead in various Madan pictures - Nala Damayanti (1920), Ratnavali (1922) and Noorjehan (1923) to name some was perhaps the first ever Indian female film star. An Anglo-Indian from Calcutta, she appeared in many silent films before switching to talkies with comparative ease.
She started as a dancer in Bandmann's Musical Comedy, a Eurasian troupe before being employed by Madan's Corinithian Stage Company. Cooper was often cast as the sexually troubled but innocent woman at the center of moral dilemmas, a forerunner to the type of roles played later by Nargis.
She also played perhaps the first ever double roles in Hindi films - Patni Pratap (1923), where she played two sisters and Kashmiri Sundari (1924), where she played mother and daughter.
A major aspect of her star image was the successful achievement of the 'Hollywood look' in spite of different light and technical conditions. Her dark, sharp eyes and skin tone allowed technicians to experiment with the imported convention of eye-level lighting. Cooper's last film was Iraada (1944).
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