Becher, John Reid, 1819-1884, army officer in India
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
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x00017c
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| referencedIn | Papers of Brig-Gen John Nicholson, Bengal Army 1839-57, General Sir James Abbott, Bengal Artillery 1823-53; and of their biographer Evelyn Werge Thomas (1891-1975), and other members of the Thomas family, 1746-1972 | British Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Edward Parry Thornton, Bengal Civil Service, 1852-1878 | British Library |
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| Delhi, India | |||
| Hazara, North-West Frontier Province | |||
| Central Asia, Asia | |||
| Punjab, India | |||
| Murree, Punjab | |||
| Burma, Asia | |||
| Bareilly, United Provinces | |||
| Herat, Afghanistan | |||
| Attock, Pakistan | |||
| Khanate of Khiva, Uzbekistan | |||
| Toungoo District, Burma | |||
| Kalat State, Pakistan | |||
| Maymyo, Burma | |||
| Hazara, North-West Frontier Province | |||
| Russia, Europe, Asia | |||
| Mandla, Punjab |
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Birth 1819
Death 1884
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