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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== | ||
| + | Particularly well known Commanders-in-Chief include: | ||
| + | *[[Stringer Lawrence]] 1748-54, 1761-65 | ||
| + | *[[Robert Clive]] 1756-60, 1765-67 | ||
| + | *[[Eyre Coote]] 1761-63, 1779-83 | ||
| + | *[[Charles Cornwallis]] 1786-93, 1805 | ||
| + | *[[Gerard Lake]] 1801-05, 1806-07 | ||
| + | *[[Hugh Gough]] 1843-49 | ||
| + | *[[Colin Campbell]] 1792-1863 | ||
| + | *[[Frederick Roberts]] 1885-93 | ||
| + | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/238/mode/1up Herbert Kitchener] 1902-09 | ||
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| + | ==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. | ||
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| + | ===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 | ||
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| + | [[Category:Military]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Occupations]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:36, 2 May 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
- Eyre Coote 1761-63, 1779-83
- Charles Cornwallis 1786-93, 1805
- Gerard Lake 1801-05, 1806-07
- Hugh Gough 1843-49
- Colin Campbell 1792-1863
- 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
