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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed	2011-03-01
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	Fordyce
	First Name(s)	John
	Titles	Sir
	Year of Birth	?
	Year of Death	1877
	Entry	Lt-General : entered the Bengal Artillery in 1822 : was in the first Burmese war, at the capture of Arakan : in the Satlaj campaign of 1845-6 : at Firozshahr and Sobraon : in the advance on Lahore : in the Panjab campaign of 1848-9, at Chilianwala and Gujarat, in the pursuit of the Sikhs, and of the Afghans to the Khyber : commanded the Artillery in the Yusafzai country in 1849 and at the forcing of the Kohat Pass in 1850 by Sir C. Napier : Colonel Commandant, 1873 : K.C.B., 1877.

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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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