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Hodson, Major William
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A noted leader during the Indian Mutiny; joined the Indian Army in 1845, fought through the first Sikh War, and subsequently held a civil post in the Punjab; on the outbreak of the Mutiny he became head of the Intelligence Department, and won celebrity as the daring but wild leader of an irregular cavalry regiment known as Hodson's Horse; he took part in the sieges of Delhi, and at Lucknow captured the Mogul Emperor; shot down with his own hand the young princes, and a few months later fell himself while storming a palace in the city (1821-1858).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hodson, Major William'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hodson-major-william.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hodson, Major William'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hodson-major-william.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
