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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  Birdwood    
First Name(s)  Christopher    
Year of Birth  1807    
Year of Death  1882    
Entry  General; born March 12, 1807 : son and grandson of E. I. Co's agents at Plymouth : entered the E. I. Co.'s Military service as Ensign 1825 : Capt. 1837 : Maj- General, 1868 : Lt-General, 1876 : Adjutant and Interpreter of the 3rd Bombay N.I. at Bombay, and Fort-Adjutant at Asirghar : commissariat officer at Mhow, 1839, other stations, and Aden, 1847 : Assistant Commissary General at Bombay and Executive Commissariat officer there during the Persian war, 1856-7 : rendered also invaluable service during the mutiny, organizing the bullock train between Bombay, Wassind and Mhow, on which Sir H. Rose's operations depended : consulted constantly by Lord Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, and highly esteemed by the native community, who called him Birdwood Maharaja : he always accompanied the Commissioner of Police, C. Forjett, (q.v.) in interviews with their leaders : was Commissary-General, Bombay Army : recommended for the C.B. by Lord Elphinstone, who constantly testified to his merits as a first-class commissariat officer : he became General in 1877 and retired after 52 years' service, 45 actually spent in India : died July 4, 1882     
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