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==References=={{reflist}}[[Image:Commemorative Plaque in the Nicholson's Obelisk.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Commemorative plaque at Nicholson Obelisk]]
*[http://www.azkhan.de/MyWebalbums_PhotosPakistan_NicholsonObelisk.htm Nicholson's obelisk] www.azkhan.de*Listen to [http://www.bacsa.org.uk/?page_id=2227 ''Dark Hero: Nicholson of Delhi''], [[BACSA]] podcast from a presentation 11 February 2019 by Stuart Flinders, BBC journalist, broadcaster and author of ''Cult of a Dark Hero: Nicholson of Delhi'' (2018).
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==The Indian Mutiny and later career==
He commanded the Punjab Movable Column soon after the outbreak of the [[Indian Mutiny]] and carrid out numerous indiscriminate executions of suspected rebels. He was responsible for the destruction of the [[46th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|46th Bengal Native Infantry]] at [[Battle of Trimmoo Ghaut|Trimmoo Ghat]]. He took part in the [[Recapture of Delhi Sep 1857|Recapture of Delhi]] where he led the 1st Column of the storming parties. He was mortally in the assault on the Kashmir Gate of old Dehli and died a few days later<ref>Charles Allen, ''Soldier-Sahibs:The Men who made the North-West Frontier'', London, 2000, p.323 and pp.325-327. Now available online, see Historical books online, above.</ref>. He had close links to the famous Hayat Family of [[Wah]], in northern [[Punjab]], as a prominent member of this family, Nawab Muhammad Hayat Khan, CSI (1833-1901), served under Nicholson's command until his demise<ref>Allen, pp. 307, 309, 321, 326 and 337-338</ref>.
[[Image:Nicholson's Memorial 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Evening view of Nicholson's Memorial]]
==Memorial==
A Memorial, called 'Nicholson's Memorial' or 'Nicholson's Monument', in the form of an obelisk, was erected in his honour by various friends and admirers later, in the Margalla Pass between [[Taxila]] and [[Rawalpindi]] in the Punjab. A drinking water fountain was also later on made at the base of this Pass, on the main [[Grand Trunk Road]], to facilitate travellers.
== External links ==
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/315/mode/1up John Nicholson] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nicholson_(East_India_Company_officer) John Nicholson] Wikipedia<br />
==== Historical books online ====
*''Lives of Indian Officers Vol II'' by John William Kaye 1867 [http://archive.org/stream/livesofindianoff02kayeiala#page/417/mode/1up John Nicholson] archive.org<br>
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21985 ''John Nicholson: The Lion of the Punjaub''] by RE Cholmeley, 1908. Gutenberg.org. [http://archive.org/details/johnnicholsonthe21985gut Archive.org download] (same file).
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.503250/page/n7 ''The Hero of Delhi: a Life of John Nicholson, Saviour of India, and a History of his Wars''] by Pearson Hesketh 1939. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/soldiersahibsmen0000alle ''Soldier Sahibs : the men who made the North-West Frontier''] by Charles Allen 2001, first published 2000. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
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