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Also Known As Mīrzā Muḥammad
Born c.1729
Died July 2, 1757 or July 3, 1757
1st marquess of Hastings, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st marquess of Hastings
British colonial administrator
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet
Cariappa, Kodandera Madappa
Kodandera Madappa Cariappa
Indian military officer
Mangal Pandey
Mangal Pandey
Indian soldier
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Indian author
Hyder Ali
emperor of India
Sir Surendranath Banerjea
Indian politician
Muḥammad Shah
Mughal emperor
Tippu Sultan: Daria Daulat Bagh
Tippu Sultan
sultan of Mysore
Quṭb al-Dīn Aibak
Muslim ruler of India
Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sām
Ghūrid ruler of India
John A. Rawlins
United States general
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
American clergyman and politician
Murtala Ramat Mohammed
head of state of Nigeria
William B. Travis
United States military officer
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Mexican military officer
Walter Campbell Short
United States Army officer
Richard S. Ewell
Confederate general
Isaac Stevens
governor of Washington Territory, United States
Gordon Gray
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