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Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C
Date transcribed | 2011-01-01 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Becher | | First Name(s) | Sir Arthur Mitford | | Year of Birth | 1816 | | Year of Death | 1887 | | Entry | General : son of Colonel G. Becher : educated at Addiscombe : was in the Afghan war, 1839 : at Ghazni : in the Satlaj campaign, 1845-6 : at Mudki, Firozshahr, Sobraon : Brevet - Major : A.D.C. to the Governor-General : in the Panjab campaign, 1848-9 : at the siege and capture of Multan, and at Gujarat : Q.M.G. in India, 1852-63 : severely wounded at the siege of Delhi, 1857 : C.B., 1858 : Bengal Staff Corps : commanded the Sirhind Division, 1865-9 : Maj-General, 1861 : died Oct, 5. 1887. |
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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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