Alexander Cunningham
(1814-1893)
British Army general
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Major General Sir Alexander Cunningham KCIE CSI (23 January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British army engineer with the Bengal Engineer Group who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India. In 1861, he was appointed to the newly created position of archaeological surveyor to the government of India; and he founded and organised what later became the Archaeological Survey of India.
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23 January 1814 London
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28 November 1893 (aged 79) London
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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