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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  Brasyer    
First Name(s)  Jeremiah    
Year of Birth  1812    
Year of Death  1897    
Entry  Colonel : brought up as a gardener in Kent : enlisted in the Bengal Artillery, 1833 : Sergt-Major, 26th regt., Bengal N.I. Sept., 1839 : served in the Afghan war, 1842 : at the forcing of the Khyber : at Mamu Kheyl, Jagdalak, Haft Kotal, Tezin, with the Artillery : in the Sikh campaigns : at Mudki, Firozshahr and Sobraon, with the 26th N.I. : Ensign, 1846 : interpreter to the Firozpur regt. of Sikhs, and commanded them, ""Brasyer's" Sikhs, in the mutiny, 1857-8 : with his regt. as the sole garrison, he held the fortress of Allahabad, the key of Upper India, at the most critical moment : through his energy and resolute attitude, his Sikhs remained loyal : "no man risen from the ranks has ever done a deed evincing such force of character and desperate resolution, and securing such invaluable results : at the capture of Lucknow, March, 1858 : Lt-Colonel and C.B., 1858 : retired Oct. 1861 : died March 15, 1897.     
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