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'''Brigadier-General John Jacob CB (1812 – 1858)''' was an officer of the British [[East India Company]] who went to India in 1828 with a commission in the [[Bombay Artillery]]. He served in the [[1st Afghan War]] in the artillery and then commanded the [[Scinde Horse]] creating a second regiment which was called [[Jacob's Horse]]. He was political officer in the [[North West Frontier Province|Northwest Frontier]] and the town of [[Jacobabad]] was named after him. As a Brigadier-General he commanded the cavalry in the [[Persian War]]. He returned to the North West Frontier and raised two regiments of infantry. He died of a fever in 1858. | '''Brigadier-General John Jacob CB (1812 – 1858)''' was an officer of the British [[East India Company]] who went to India in 1828 with a commission in the [[Bombay Artillery]]. He served in the [[1st Afghan War]] in the artillery and then commanded the [[Scinde Horse]] creating a second regiment which was called [[Jacob's Horse]]. He was political officer in the [[North West Frontier Province|Northwest Frontier]] and the town of [[Jacobabad]] was named after him. As a Brigadier-General he commanded the cavalry in the [[Persian War]]. He returned to the North West Frontier and raised two regiments of infantry. He died of a fever in 1858. | ||
[[Image:John_jacob_grave.jpg|thumb|200px|John Jacob's grave]] | [[Image:John_jacob_grave.jpg|thumb|200px|John Jacob's grave in Jacobabad]] | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/219/mode/1up John Jacob] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br /> | [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/219/mode/1up John Jacob] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br /> | ||
Revision as of 07:27, 19 September 2011
Brigadier-General John Jacob CB (1812 – 1858) was an officer of the British East India Company who went to India in 1828 with a commission in the Bombay Artillery. He served in the 1st Afghan War in the artillery and then commanded the Scinde Horse creating a second regiment which was called Jacob's Horse. He was political officer in the Northwest Frontier and the town of Jacobabad was named after him. As a Brigadier-General he commanded the cavalry in the Persian War. He returned to the North West Frontier and raised two regiments of infantry. He died of a fever in 1858.
External links
John Jacob Dictionary of Indian Biography (1906)
John Jacob Wikipedia