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| The '''Commander-in-Chief''' in India (or Commander-in-Chief of India) was the chief military commander for the British administration in India. The holder liaisoned with the head of the civilian administration, the [[Governor-General]].
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| ==Individuals==
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| Particularly well known Commanders-in-Chief include:
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| <br><small>Entries in the ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)</small>
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| *[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/85/mode/1up Robert Clive] 1756-60, 1765-67
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| *[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/94/mode/1up Charles Cornwallis] 1786-93, 1805
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| *[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/86/mode/1up Colin Campbell] 1857-61
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| *[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/360/mode/1up/ Frederick Roberts] 1885-93
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| *[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/238/mode/1up Herbert Kitchener] 1902-09
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_India Commander-in-Chief, India], Wikipedia, listing all holders of the position between 1748 and 1947.
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| ===Historical books online===
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| *''[http://www.archive.org/stream/fortyoneyearsin00unkngoog#page/n100/mode/1up Forty One Years in India: From subaltern to commander-in-chief Volume 1]'' by Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar (1897), [http://www.archive.org/stream/fortyoneyearsin02robegoog#page/n11/mode/1up Volume 2] (1898) Archive.org
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| [[Category:Military]]
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