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Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I
Date transcribed | 2011-04-00 | 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. |
| Surnames | Gordon | | First Name(s) | John James Hood | | Titles | Sir | | Year of Birth | 1832 | | Entry | Born Jan. 12, 1832 : son of Captain William Gordon : entered the Army, 1849, and became General, 1894 : joined the Indian Staff Corps, 1861 : served in the Indian mutiny, 1857-8 : Jowaki- Afridi expedition, 1877-8 : Afghan war, 1878-9 : in command of the 29th Panjab N.I., at Peiwar Kotal, etc. : in the Mahsud- Waziri expedition, 1881 : Burmese expedition, 1886-7 : Assistant Military Secretary at the War Office, 1890-7 : C.B., 1879 : K.C.B., 1898 : Member of the Council of India since 1897. |
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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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