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Pierre Cavagnari

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'''Sir Pierre Louis Napoleon Cavagnari KCB CSI (1841–1879)''', was an [[East India Company]] army officer and military administrator. He served in the [[Oude Campaign|Oudh Campaign]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] and then as Assistant Commissioner in [[Peshawar]]. During the [[2nd Afghan War]] he negotiated the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Gandamak Treaty of Gandamak] Treaty of Gandamak] and was appointed resident at [[Kabul]]. He was killed with his escort of [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|Guides]] prior to the second invasion of British forces.

== External links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/76/mode/1up Pierre Cavagnari] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Louis_Napoleon_Cavagnari Pierre Cavagnari] Wikipedia<br />


[[Category:British Military commanders|Cavagnari, Pierre]]
[[Category:People|Cavagnari, Pierre]]

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