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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]]. | ||
==Individuals== | |||
Particularly well known Commanders-in-Chief include: | |||
<br><small>Entries in the ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)</small> | |||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/85/mode/1up Robert Clive] 1756-60, 1765-67 | |||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/94/mode/1up Charles Cornwallis] 1786-93, 1805 | |||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/86/mode/1up Colin Campbell] 1857-61 | |||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/360/mode/1up/ Frederick Roberts] 1885-93 | |||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/238/mode/1up Herbert Kitchener] 1902-09 | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_India Commander-in-Chief, India], Wikipedia, listing all holders of the position between 1748 and 1947. | |||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*''[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 | |||
[[Category:Military]] | |||
[[Category:Occupations]] | |||
[[Category:People]] | |||
Revision as of 14:57, 21 January 2010
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.
Individuals
Particularly well known Commanders-in-Chief include:
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography (1906)
- Robert Clive 1756-60, 1765-67
- Charles Cornwallis 1786-93, 1805
- Colin Campbell 1857-61
- Frederick Roberts 1885-93
- Herbert Kitchener 1902-09
External links
- Commander-in-Chief, India, Wikipedia, listing all holders of the position between 1748 and 1947.
Historical books online
- Forty One Years in India: From subaltern to commander-in-chief Volume 1 by Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar (1897), Volume 2 (1898) Archive.org