Dictionary of Indian Biography/Alexander, Sir James

by Charles Edward Buckland

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ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES ( ? - ? )

Entered the Bengal Artillery, 1820 : at capture of Bhartpur, 1825–6 : commanded the Artillery under Pollock in Afghanistan, 1842 : forced the Khyber Pass, at Tezin and Kabul : in the Gwalior campaign, at Maharajpur, 1843 : in the Satlaj campaign, 1845–6, at Badiwal, Aliwal, Sobraon : C.B. : K.C.B., 1871 General, 1872 : retired, 1887.