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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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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	Bourchier
	First Name(s)	Sir George
	Year of Birth	1821
	Year of Death	1898
	Entry	Son of Rev. Edward Bourchier : educated at Addiscombe : entered the Bengal Artillery, 1838 : in the Gwalior campaign, 1843-4 : at Punniar : in the mutiny commanded a battery at Trimmu Ghat : at the siege and capture of Delhi : at Bulandshahr, Alighar, Agra, Sir Colin Campbell's relief of Lucknow, at Cawnpur : Brevet Colonel and C.B. : commanded the R.A. in Bhutan, 1864-6 : commanded the E. frontier district, 1871, and the Cachar column in the Lushai expedition, 1871-2: K.C.B., 1852: Maj-General: died March 15, 1898.

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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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