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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R

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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	Macintyre
	First Name(s)	Donald
	Birth Year	1832
	Death Year	1903
	Entry	Born 1832 : educated at Addiscombe : entered the Army, 1850 : with the 66th Gurkhas, in the Peshawar frontier expeditions, 1852, 1853, 1856, 1864 : in 1857-8 protected the hill passes on the Kale- Kumaon frontier from the Rohilkund rebels : with the 2nd Gurkhas in the Lushai expedition, 1871-2 : gained the V.C. : climbed over a stockade 8 to 9 feet high under heavy fire : Brevet-Lt-Colonel : in the Afghan war, 1878-9, commanded 2nd Gurkhas in the Khyber, and in the Bazar valley : retired as Maj-General, 1880 : F.R.G.S. : wrote Wanderings and Wild Sport on and beyond the Himalaya : died April 15, 1903.

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