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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
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  Douglas    
First Name(s)  Thomas Monteath    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1787    
Year of Death  1868    
Entry  Son of Thomas Monteath : born 1787 : entered the E. I. Co.'s Bengal Army in 1806: served in the Bundelkund campaigns, 1809-10 : in the Nipal war of 1815, the Pindari war of 1818, the Merwarra campaign of 1820, at the seige of Bhartpur, 1826 : Lt-Colonel, 1834 : commanded his regiment in the forcing of the Khyber and the capture of Kabul, 1838 : C.B. : in the Khurd Kabul and Jagdalak actions: was second in command at Sale's defence of Jalalabad until it was relieved by Pollock : was in the subsequent campaign to Kabul : A.D.C. to Queen Victoria : left India about 1845 : added the name of Douglas to his own in 1851 : K.C.B and General, 1865 : died Oct., 1868.     
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