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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
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.

Surnames  Hidayat Ali    
First Name(s)  Khan Bahadur    
Year of Birth  ?    
Year of Death  1882    
Entry  Attached at first to Rattray's Sikhs (45th N.I.) : was at the sieges of Multan, 1848-9, and at Ramnagar and Gujarat : in 1856, in Rattray's Police Battalion : in the mutiny at Dinapur assisted the civil authorities to arrest rebels : gained the first class of the Order of British India, made Sirdar Bahadur : at several engagements defeated the Shahabad rebels in 1858 : gained the first class Order of Merit : in the Sikhim expedition, 1861 : and helped with Rattray's police force to suppress disturbances at Sambalpur : with the police in 1862, helped to put down the rebellion in the Khasia and Jaintia hills : assistant to the Political Officer in the Bhutan expedition : Commandant of the Cooch Behar troops : in charge of the Coolie Corps in the Lushai expedition, 1871-2 : Khan Bahadur : A.D.C to the C in C : C.I.E. : died at Dinapur, July 3, 1882 : Lt-Colonel : an officer of great soldierly qualities and capacity.     
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