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The author of this travelog, which winds through Northern India, was Captain Thomas Hardwicke of the Bengal Artillery. By 1823 and at the end of his military career, Hardwicke had risen to the rank of a distinguished major-general. Hardwicke’s career started like many as a cadet in the Bengal Artillery in 1778 and rose steadily through the ranks, seeing action in the second Mysore War (1780–1784), Vellore and Cuddalore, and the third Mysore War (1790–1792). In 1793, he returned to the Bengal establishment and took part in the action during the second Rohīllā war. Hardwicke commanded ordnance at Cawnpore and Furlough and later became Commandant before retiring in 1823. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, becoming its Vice-President from 1820 to 1822. He took a particular interest in the study of flora and fauna and commissioned Indian and English artists to make drawings for him.
Thomas Hardwicke, “Narrative of a Journey to Sirinagur” Asiatick Researches, vol. VI (London, 1799), pp. 309–19.
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S. Rangaiyar, Diary of the Late Maharaja of Nabha: A Biography Based on the Maharaja’s Diary, (Lucknow: Indian Daily Telegraph, 1924), 6.
“Roughly speaking, [Gosain] denotes an ascetic of any order, but it further connotes that he is of some standing and influence. Strictly speaking, however, the Gosains form a distinct order, which differs both from the Bairagis and the Sanniasis, though they are often entitled Gosains, and often the Brahmans alone are considered privileged to be so styled.” H.A. Rose, A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province, 2 vols (Lahore: Civil and Military Gazette, 1911. Reprint New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1990), 2: 303.
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Singh Madra, A., Singh, P. (2004). Massacre of Fakīrs, Hardwicke, 1796. In: Madra, A.S., Singh, P. (eds) “Sicques, Tigers, or Thieves”: Eyewitness Accounts of the Sikhs (1606–1809). Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-11998-8_14
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