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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 | Fytche | | | First Name(s) | Albert | | | Year of Birth | 1820 | | | Year of Death | 1892 | | | Entry | Born 1820 : son of John Fytche : educated at Rugby and Addiscombe : joined the Bengal Army, 1839 : served in Arakan against the Wallengs, 1841 : entered the Arakan Commission, 1845 : in the Panjab campaign, 1848-9 : at Chilianwala and Gurajat : severely wounded : Deputy Commissioner of Bassein, 1853 : constantly engaged against the Burmese : Commissioner of Tenasserim, 1857 : Chief Commissioner of British Burma, March, 1867- March, 1871 : negotiated a Treaty with the King of Burma : Maj -General, 1868 : C.S.I : died June 17, 1892: wrote Burma Past and Present, 1878. |
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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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