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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 | Coke | | | First Name(s) | Sir John | | | Year of Birth | 1806 | | | Year of Death | 1897 | | | Entry | Maj-General : son of the Rev. F. Coke : born 1805 : entered E.I. Co.'s Service, 1823 : served in the 10th Bengal N.I. : raised the 1st Panjab Infantry at Peshawar, 1849 : commanded it till 1858 : in the Indian mutiny was in 14 engagements, including the siege of Delhi : Sheriff of Herefordshire, 1879 : died Dec. 18, 1897 : K.C.B. |
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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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