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'''General Sir Hector Munro KB (1726-1805) ''' went to India in 1759 as Major in the [[89th Regiment of Foot]]. He suppressed the Mutiny at Patna and won the Battle of Buxar in 1764. He was appointed the ninth [[Commander-in-Chief in India]]. After ten years in England he returned to India and commanded forces against the [[French]] and in the [[2nd Mysore War]]. He led a divsion under [[Eyre Coote]] at the [[Battle of Porto Novo]].
== External links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/307/mode/1up Hector Munro] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Munro,_8th_of_Novar Hector Munro] Wikipedia<br />
[[Category:Military commanders|Munro, Hector]]
[[Category:People|Munro, Hector]]
== External links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/307/mode/1up Hector Munro] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Munro,_8th_of_Novar Hector Munro] Wikipedia<br />
[[Category:Military commanders|Munro, Hector]]
[[Category:People|Munro, Hector]]
