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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland) |
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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 | Bernadotte | | First Name(s) | John Baptiste Julius | | Year of Birth | 1764 | | Year of Death | 1844 | | Entry | King of Sweden and Norway, as Charles XIV : born of humble parents at Pau in Bearne, 1764 : he enlisted in the French army in 1780, and was, when a serjeant, taken prisoner at the siege of Cuddalore in 1783 : became General in 1793, served in Napoleon's campaigns : and became, as Charles XIV, King of Sweden and Norway in 1818 : died March 8, 1844. |
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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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