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==Individuals== | ==Individuals== | ||
Particularly well known Commanders-in-Chief include: | Particularly well known Commanders-in-Chief include: | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/247/mode/1up Stringer Lawrence] 1748-54, 1761-65 | |||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/ | *[[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/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/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/360/mode/1up/ Frederick Roberts] 1885-93 | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/238/mode/1up Herbert Kitchener] 1902-09 | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/238/mode/1up Herbert Kitchener] 1902-09 | ||
Revision as of 18:21, 20 March 2011
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:
- Stringer Lawrence 1748-54, 1761-65
- 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