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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R
Date transcribed | 2011-08-00 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Munro | | First Name(s) | Hector | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Sir | | Birth Year | 1726 | | Death Year | 1805 | | Entry | Born 1726 : son of Hugh Munro : was Ensign in the 48th regt. in 1749 : commanded the 89th regt. out to Bombay in 1761 : suppressed a mutiny of sepoys at Patna in 1764 : won the decisive battle of Baxar, Oct. 23, 1764, defeating the Nawab Wazir of Oudh, Shuja-uddaula, and Mir Kasim : Lt-Colonel, 1765 : M.P. for the Inverness burghs, 1768- 1801 : commanded the Madras Army, 1778: took Pondicherry from the French, 1778 : K.B., 1779 : engaged in the field against Hyder Ali, 1780-1 : commanded a Division in Sir Eyre Coote's victory at Porto Novo, July 1, 1781 : captured Negapatam, Nov. 1781 : returned to England : Maj -General, 1782 : General, 1798 : died at Novar, Dec. 27, 1805. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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