MILITARY PERSONNEL

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. General Bakht Khan was born in 1797 and died in 1859. He belonged to the Rohilla whereas his mother was an Awadhi princess. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bakht Khan has received more than 418,167 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bakht Khan is the 1,896th most popular military personnel, the 738th most popular biography from India and the 12th most popular Indian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Bakht Khan ranks 1,896 out of 2,058. Before him are Chesty Puller, Lloyd Fredendall, Brice Oligui Nguema, Leo Tornikios, John Dill, and Andrei Sukhovetsky. After him are Henry Wirz, Pierre Bosquet, Carl Gustav Fleischer, Moe Berg, Frank Buckles, and Anthony Wayne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, Bakht Khan ranks 79. Before him are James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, Joseph Othmar Rauscher, Peter Georg Bang, Joseph von Radowitz, Francisco Javier Echeverría, and John Gardner Wilkinson. After him is Hamilton Hume. Among people deceased in 1859, Bakht Khan ranks 59. Before him are Heinrich Zollinger, Eliza Acton, Juan Bautista Ceballos, David Cox, Thomas Nuttall, and Sydney, Lady Morgan. After him are Leigh Hunt, Mountstuart Elphinstone, Richard Rush, Charles Hamilton Smith, and George M. Bibb.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bakht Khan ranks 738 out of 1,861. Before him are Muiz ud din Bahram (null), Anna Chandy (1905), Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan (1905), Radhanath Sikdar (1813), Murad Bakhsh (1624), and Raja Ramanna (1925). After him are Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1923), Suniel Shetty (1961), Divya Bharti (1974), Padmini (1932), N. Chandrababu Naidu (1950), and Yogi Adityanath (1972).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In India

Among military personnels born in India, Bakht Khan ranks 12. Before him are Mad Mike Hoare (1919), Sam Manekshaw (1914), Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832), John Frost (1912), Somnath Sharma (1923), and William Birdwood (1865). After him are Bipin Rawat (1958), John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910), Kenneth Anderson (1891), Vikram Batra (1974), Padma Bandopadhyay (1944), and Sanjay Kumar (1976).

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