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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed2011-01-01
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.

Surname  Becher    
First Name(s)  John Reid    
Year of Birth  1819    
Year of Death  1884    
Entry  General : son of Colonel John Becher, of the Bengal Cavalry : born 1819 : educated at Bruce Castle, Tunbridge Wells, and Addiscombe : went to India in the Bengal Engineers in 1839 : from Firozpur with Wild's Brigade, to relieve Ali Masj id in Jan. 1842, and on with General Pollock's advance to Kabul : in Satlaj campaign, at Sobraon, Feb. 10, 1846, severely wounded : engaged in Rajputana boundary settlements, 1847, and on land inquiries in the Panjab : Deputy Secretary to the Panjab Board of Administration : Deputy Commissioner of Hazara, 1853-9 : C.B : in Sydney Cotton's expedition of 1858 against the Sitana fanatics : Commissioner of the Derajat, 1862 : and of Peshawar, 1864 : retired in 1866 : died July 9, 1884 : one of the distinguished group of officers employed in the Panjab under the Lawrences in the early days after its annexation in 1849 : ""of all prominent Panjab officials there was certainly none more loved and respected than Becher.""     
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