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Dictionary of Indian Biography J to L
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 | Keatinge | | First Name(s) | Richard Harte | | Year of Birth | 1825 | | Year of Death | 1904 | | Entry | General : born June 17, 1825 : son of Right Hon. Richard Keatinge, Judge of the Court of Probate, Ireland : educated privately : entered the Bombay Artillery, 1842 : Maj-General, 1884 : General, 1894 : Assistant Superintendent, Nimar, 1847 : served through the Indian mutiny : disarmed the Asirghar garrison : Political Officer with the Mhow force and the 1st Brigade, Central India Field Force : at the siege of Dhar, and battle of Mandiswar : with the Bombay Artillery at the siege of Chandairi : gained the V.C., March 17, 1858 : he voluntarily led the column through the breach, under heavy cross fire, and led into the fort : twice severely wounded : success mainly due to him : commanded irregular troops in Satpura hills, 1858-9, against insurgents : joined Brig. Parke's Brigade in the pursuit of Tantia Topi : Political Agent in Malwa, 1857 : in Nimar, 1860 : at Gwalior, 1862-3 : and Kattiawar, 1863-7 : took the field against rebel Wagheers in Kattiawar, 1865-6 : Governor-General's Agent in Rajputana, 1867-70 : acting Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces, 1870-2 : the first Chief Commissioner of Assam, 1874-8 : C.S.I., 1866 : died May 25. 1904. |
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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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