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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surnames  Home    
First Name(s)  Duncan Charles    
Year of Birth  1828    
Year of Death  1857    
Entry  Son of Maj-General Richard Home, Bengal Army : born 1828 : educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, at Wimbledon and Addiscombe, 1845-6 : after the course at Chatham, went to Bengal, 1848 : at the siege of Multan, and at Gujarat : employed on the Ganges Canal construction, and at Madhupur in charge of a division of the Bari Doab Canal : commanded several companies of Muzbi Sikhs at the siege of Delhi : had charge of a breaching battery : ordered to blow in the Kashmir gate on Sep. 14, 1857 : escaped being wounded : gained the V.C. : blew in the gate of the Palace : was field engineer to Greathed's column : was at Bulandshahr : killed by accident at the blowing up of the Malaghar fort, Oct. 1, 1857     
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