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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  Broadfoot    
First Name(s)  George    
Year of Birth  1807    
Year of Death  1845    
Entry  Born 1807 : son of Rev. W. Broadfoot : entered the Madras Native Infantry in 1826 : in 1841 was sent to Kabul commanding the escort with the families of Shah Shuja and Zaman Shah : in Oct. 1841 he accompanied Sir R. Sale's force from Kabul to Jalalabad : which he fortified, and became garrison engineer there during the siege by the Afghans : he animated the whole defence and prevented a surrender : was with General Pollock's Army in the campaign of 1842, and distinguished himself in the actions in the Khyber, at Tezin and Mamu Kheyl : C.B. : made Commissioner of Tenasserim and, later, Agent to the Governor-General on the N.W. frontier : he was a Major in the Sikh war of 1845-6 : was mortally wounded at Firozshahr, Dec. 21, 1845.     
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