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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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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	Gough
	First Name(s)	Charles John Stanley
	Titles	Sir
	Year of Birth	1832
	Entry	Born Jan. 28, 1832 : entered the 5th Bengal European Cavalry, 1848 : General, 1894 : served in the Panjab campaign, 1848-9 : Indian mutiny, 1857-8 : Bhutan war, 1864-5 : Afghan war, 1878-80, in command of a Brigade, through the Khyber, to Kabul : K.C.B. 1881 : commanded Hyderabad Contingent, 1881 : and a Division of the Bengal Army, 1886-90 : author of The Sikhs and the Sikhs War : gained the V.C. for gallantry on four occasions in the mutiny : in the first of them, at Kharkowda, near Rohtak, on Aug. 15, 1857, saved his brother, who was wounded : killed two of the enemy : G.C.B., 1895.

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