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Addiscombe Afghan Afghan war appointed Artillery Asiatic Society Assistant Bahadur Baronet became Bombay Born Aug born Dec born Feb born Jan born July Born Oct born Sep Brigade British Burma Burmese Burmese war Calcutta Calcutta University capture Cawnpur CHARLES Chief Civil Service Colonel commanded Commissioner Crimea Delhi died Feb died Jan died March Edinburgh Engineer England English entered the Army entered the Bengal expedition Field Force frontier GEORGE Government of India Governor Governor-General Gujarat Gwalior Haileybury HENRY Hindu Indian mutiny JAMES joined Kabul Kandahar Khan Legislative Council London Lord Lt-Colonel Lt-General Lucknow Madras Maharaja Mahratta Maj-General manded Medical ment Military mission Missionary Mysore native Nawab Office Oriental Oudh Oxford Panjab campaign Persian Peshawar Political President Professor Raja regt retired Revenue ROBERT Royal Royal Asiatic Society Sanskrit Satlaj School Secretary Seringapatam served siege siege of Delhi Sikh Singh SIR JOHN Supreme Council THOMAS Trinity College University Warren Hastings WILLIAM wrote
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