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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography J to L

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Date transcribed	2011-05-01
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	Jack
	First Name(s)	Alexander
	Year of Birth	1805
	Year of Death	1857
	Entry	Son of the Rev. William Jack : born Oct. 10, 1805 : educated at King's College, Aberdeen : joined the 30th Bengal N.I., 1824 : in the Satlaj campaign was at Aliwal, and was Brigadier of the force sent against Kangra : commanded his battalion at Chilianwala and Gujarat : C.B. : Colonel, 1854 : Brig-General at Cawnpur, in 1857, under Sir Hugh Wheeler : when the entrenchment was evacuated, by arrangement with the Nana Sahib, Jack was, with many others, shot in the boats at the ghat : died June 27, 1857.

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