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Bakht Khan

1797 - 1859

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General Bakht Khan (1797–1859) was the commander-in-chief of the Indian rebel forces in the city of Delhi during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the East India Company. Khan was born in 1797 and died in 1859. He was born in the region of United Provinces (Rohilkhand) in the district of Bijnor. Later, in the army of the East India Company, he became a subedar (the chief native commanding officer). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bakht Khan is the 1,918th most popular military personnel (down from 1,897th in 2019), the 823rd most popular biography from India (down from 738th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Indian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Bakht Khan ranks 1,918 out of 2,058. Before him are John Abizaid, Franz von Werra, Malik Ambar, Edmund Kirby Smith, Neil Ritchie, and Christy Mathewson. After him are Raymond T. Odierno, Arseny Golovko, Franciszek Gągor, Constand Viljoen, Oleksii Arestovych, and Thomas Picton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, Bakht Khan ranks 79. Before him are Jan Jacob Rochussen, Joseph von Radowitz, Michel Garicoïts, Francisco Javier Echeverría, John Gardner Wilkinson, and Heinrich Kuhl. After him is Hamilton Hume. Among people deceased in 1859, Bakht Khan ranks 61. Before him are Mirabeau B. Lamar, Sydney, Lady Morgan, José Miguel de Velasco Franco, Mountstuart Elphinstone, Juan Bautista Ceballos, and Charles Hamilton Smith. After him are George M. Bibb, Richard Rush, and David Cox.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bakht Khan ranks 823 out of 1,861. Before him are Jagjit Singh (1941), Cornelia Sorabji (1866), P. T. Usha (1964), M. K. Stalin (1953), Jagdish Bhagwati (1934), and Roshanara Begum (1617). After him are Norman Pritchard (1877), Madan Lal Dhingra (1883), Salil Chowdhury (1925), Sherlyn Chopra (1984), Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), and Jaaved Jaaferi (1963).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In India

Among military personnels born in India, Bakht Khan ranks 14. Before him are Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832), John Frost (1912), William Birdwood (1865), Padma Bandopadhyay (1944), Somnath Sharma (1923), and Sam Manekshaw (1914). After him are John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910), Bipin Rawat (1958), Vikram Batra (1974), Avani Chaturvedi (1993), Sanjay Kumar (1976), and Abhinandan Varthaman (1983).

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