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== External links == | == External links == | ||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/321/mode/1up David Ochterlony] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br /> | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/321/mode/1up David Ochterlony] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br /> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ochterlony David Ochterlony] Wikipedia<br /> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ochterlony David Ochterlony] Wikipedia<br /> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaheed_Minar,_Kolkata Ochterlony Column] Wikipedia<br /> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaheed_Minar,_Kolkata Ochterlony Column] Wikipedia<br /> | ||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/glorioussahibsro0000edwa/page/n7 ''Glorious Sahibs; the romantic as empire-builder, 1799-1838''] by Michael Edwardes 1969. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. A study based on the careers of four men: David Ochterlony, Mountstuart Elphinstone, John Malcolm, and Charles Metcalfe. | |||
== Reference == | == Reference == | ||
''White Mughals'' by William Dalrymple 2002 ISBN 0002256762 | ''White Mughals'' by William Dalrymple 2002 ISBN 0002256762 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.242607/page/n75/mode/2up page 30] for a description of Ochterlony. Archive.org | ||
[[Category:British Military commanders|Ochterlony, David]] | [[Category:British Military commanders|Ochterlony, David]] | ||
[[Category:People|Ochterlony, David]] | [[Category:People|Ochterlony, David]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:23, 6 April 2020
Sir David Ochterlony, 1st Baronet GCB (1758-1825) was a British soldier who came to India in 1777 as a cadet. He served in the 2nd Maratha War and commanded one column of the first field force and the whole of the main force in the Gurkha War. He was in command of the Rajputana Column in the Pindari War and became Resident of Rajputana and Delhi. He embraced Mughal culture and was known as Nasir-ud-Daula (Defender of the State).
External links
- David Ochterlony Dictionary of Indian Biography (1906)
- David Ochterlony Wikipedia
- Ochterlony Column Wikipedia
Historical books online
- Glorious Sahibs; the romantic as empire-builder, 1799-1838 by Michael Edwardes 1969. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. A study based on the careers of four men: David Ochterlony, Mountstuart Elphinstone, John Malcolm, and Charles Metcalfe.
Reference
White Mughals by William Dalrymple 2002 ISBN 0002256762 page 30 for a description of Ochterlony. Archive.org