Dictionary of Indian Biography/Canaran, Churia
CANARAN, CHURIA (1812–1876)
Born at Mahe, 1812 : son of a jailor at Tellicherry, whom he succeeded, 1829–32 : learnt several languages besides his own vernacular Malayalam, and rose, from his first appointment in 1832, through a succession of posts in the judicial and revenue offices, to be a Deputy Magistrate-Collector in 1859, retiring as a first-class officer at the end of 1869, after 39 years' service, having performed such excellent work in respect to the Moplah disturbances in Malabar, 1852–5, his courageous conduct exposing him to great danger, that for his "conspicuous and most valuable" services therein and in revenue matters, he was granted a pension equal to his full pay : died Oct. 18, 1876.