Dictionary of Indian Biography/Blacker, Valentine

by Charles Edward Buckland

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BLACKER, VALENTINE (1778–1823)

Soldier, historian : born Oct. 19, 1778 : entered the Madras Army, 1798 : in the Mysore campaign : at Malavilli : in the Nizam's country : was Q.M.G. 1810 : was under Sir Thomas Hislop at Mahidpurin 1817 and in the Dekkan : Lt-Colonel and Surveyor-General of India : C.B. in 1818 : died at Calcutta, 1823 : wrote a military memoir of the Mahratta war of 1817–19.