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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 | Hardinge | | | First Name(s) | Henry | | | Year of Birth | 1785 | | | Year of Death | 1856 | | | Entry | Governor-General : Field Marshal : born March 30, 1785 : son of Rev. Henry Hardinge : entered the Army in 1799 : went through the Royal Military College at High Wycombe, 1806-7 : through the Peninsular war, first as D.A.Q.M.G., afterwards with the Portuguese Army : present in a number of battles, several times wounded : K.C.B. in 1815 : lost an arm at Quatre Bras : Commissioner with the Prussians in France, 18 18 : D.C.L. of Oxford : M.P. 1820-44, for Durham, Newport and Launceston : Secretary at War, 1818-30 : and 1841-4 : Irish Secretary in 1830 , and 1834-5 : Lt- General in 1841 : G.C.B. in 1844 : was Governor-General of India from July, 1844, to Jan. 1848 : the first to go out overland. The Panjab being in a state of anarchy since Ranjit Singh's death in 1839, and the Sikh khalsa army dominant, Hardinge strengthened the Satlaj frontier with troops : when the Sikhs crossed the Satlaj, they were defeated at Mudki and Firozshahr in Dec. 1845, and in Feb. 1846, at Sobraon, Hardinge serving as second in command under Sir Hugh Gough, the C. in C. On peace being made, on terms dictated to the Sikhs, Hardinge received a Peerage, and pensions from Parliament and the E.I. Co. Kashmir was annexed and made over to the Raja of Jammu for a large sum : a British Resident (Sir H. Lawrence), at Lahore, was appointed. On retiring from India he claimed to have left it in complete peace. Hardinge also left his mark on the internal administration of India : he established schools: prohibited work Sunday in Government offices : promoted railways and irrigation : determined important military questions, both in the native and the European armies. His equestrian statue was subsequently erected in Calcutta. He was made Master-General of the Ordnance in 1852, and was C. in C. of the Forces, 1852-6 : Field Marshal in 1855 : died Sep. 24, 1856. |
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