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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  Franks    
First Name(s)  Thomas Harte    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1808    
Year of Death  1862    
Entry  Son of William Franks : born 1808 : entered the 10th regt. in 1825 : Lt- Colonel, 1845 : to India in 1842 : in the first Sikh war, 1845-6 : was at Sobraon, wounded : C.B. : in the Panjab campaign of 1848-9, was at the siege of Multan, Surajkund, and at Gujarat : Colonel, 1854 : commanded the Jalandhar Brigade, 1855 : in the mutiny, as Brig-General, marched across the frontier of Oudh, and joined with Jang Bahadur of Nipal : defeated the rebels, Banda Husain, at Chanda, and Mehndi Husain Nazim at Hamirpur in Feb. 1858, but failed to take Daurara fort : joined Sir Colin Campbell at the capture of Lucknow, March, 1858 : Maj-General and K.C.B. , 1858 : returned to England : died Feb. 5, 1862.     
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