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Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F
Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | 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 | Davidson | | First Name(s) | John | | Year of Birth | 1845 | | Entry | Colonel : son of Alexander Davidson, M.D. : born 1845 : educated at Winchester : entered the Army, 1863 : joined the Panjab Cavalry, 1866 : A.A.G. Panjab Frontier Force, 1875 : served in the Jowaki-Afridi expedition, 1877-8 : D.A.Q.M.G., Afghan campaign, 1878-9 : A.Q.M.G., Waziri expedition, 1880 : Military Secretary, Panjab Government, 1885-6 : Colonel on Staff, Chitral, 1896-8 : C.B. : Author of Notes on Bashgali-Kafir Language, 1902. |
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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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