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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  Collett    
First Name(s)  Sir Henry    
Year of Birth  1836    
Year of Death  1901    
Entry  Lt-General : born 1836 : son of the Rev. W. Collett : educated at Tonbridge : entered the Bengal Army in 1855 : saw much service : was in the Sitana campaign under Sydney Cotton, 1858 : in the Oudh campaign in 1858-9 : in the Khasia and Jaintia rebellion, 1862-3 : severely wounded at Oomkrong : in the Abyssinian campaign, 1868 : in the Afghan war, 1878-80 : at Peiwar Kotal, in the Khost valley, the Kabul-Kandahar march and the battle of Kandahar : C.B. : commanded a Brigade in the Burma expedition, 1886-8 : commanded the E. Frontier district with the Chin-Lushai expeditionary force, 1889-90 : commanded the Manipur Field Force, 1891 : K.C.B. : was a botanist with considerable knowledge, and wrote on the flora of Simla : died Dec. 21, 1901.     
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