Capture of Bahadur Shah Zafar and his sons by William Hodson at Humayun's tomb on 20 September 1857



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Date created:01 Jan 1856



William Stephen Raikes Hodson
10 March 1821 – 11 March 1858
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William Hodson, engraving printed as frontispiece to his biography "Rider on a Grey Horse", by B.J. Cork, 1958
Place of birthMaisemore Court, near Gloucester
Place of deathLucknowBritish India
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branchBengal Army
RankBrevet Major
Commands heldCorps of Guides
Hodson's Horse
Battles/warsFirst Anglo-Sikh War
Indian Mutiny
Hodson's grave in La Martiniere College in Lucknow
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