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‘Six Views of Kot Kangra and the Surrounding Country’, 1847. Title page of a set of six lithographs by F Bedford, after a sketch by Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Jack, 30th Regiment of Native Infantry, published, 1847. Subtitled: ‘Shewing the passage of the British force under Brigadier Wheeler, to whom the fortress surrendered unconditionally, on 28th May 1846’. Alexander Jack (1805-1857), the son of a clergyman, arrived in India on the ‘Marchioness of Ely’ as an ensign in October 1824. He served with the 30th Bengal Native Infantry and was a brevet lieutenant colonel at the time of the 1st Sikh War (1845-1846). Jack fought at the Battle of Aliwal and in the assault on the fort of Kangra in the Punjab. He went on to serve with the 33rd, 41st, 42nd and 34th Native Infantry Regiments and fought at the Battles of Chillianwalla and Gujerat during the 2nd Sikh War (1848-1849). Brigadier Alexander Jack was serving with the 31st Native Infantry Regiment when he was killed on 27 June 1857 at Cawnpore during the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859).

Kangra Fort, Capture of, 1846 (1st Sikh War 1845-1846)