Dictionary of Indian Biography/Blair, Sir Robert
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BLAIR, SIR ROBERT ( ? - ? )
Joined the E. I. Co's 1st European Infantry in Bengal, 1773: with General Goddard's force from Bengal to Bombay, 1778–81: A.D.C. to Col. W. Blair commandmanding in the Doab, 1786–8: took the fortress of Sasni, 1802: in the Mahratta war, under Lake, at Alighar, Delhi, Agra, 1803: commanded at Cuttack, 1808: Maj-General, 1810: commanded Fort William and neighbouring districts, 1812: retired, 1817: K.C.B., 1815: Lt-General, 1817.