Becher, John Reid, 1819-1884, army officer in India
Biographical notes:
1838 Bengal (later Royal) Engineers; 1842 served in the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842); 1846 served in the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-1846); 1847 employed in a revenue survey in the Jullunder Doab; boundary commissioner; 1852-1853 deputy-commissioner, Batala; 1853-c 1860 civil and military charge of Hazara; 1857-1859 served during the Indian Mutiny; 1860-1862 furlough; 1862-1864 commissioner of the Dorajat; 1864-1866 commissioner of Peshawar; 1866 retired on health grounds.
Epithet: army officer in India
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- Delhi, India (as recorded)
- Hazara, North-West Frontier Province (as recorded)
- Central Asia, Asia (as recorded)
- Punjab, India (as recorded)
- Murree, Punjab (as recorded)
- Burma, Asia (as recorded)
- Bareilly, United Provinces (as recorded)
- Herat, Afghanistan (as recorded)
- Attock, Pakistan (as recorded)
- Khanate of Khiva, Uzbekistan (as recorded)
- Toungoo District, Burma (as recorded)
- Kalat State, Pakistan (as recorded)
- Maymyo, Burma (as recorded)
- Hazara, North-West Frontier Province (as recorded)
- Russia, Europe, Asia (as recorded)
- Mandla, Punjab (as recorded)
