Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t21.1

v2.c10.s2.t21.1

Thakur Gadadhar Singh (1869-1920) was born in October 1869 in a Chandel Rajput family of Sachedi village in Kanpur district. His family had been connected with the British Indian Army. His father Thakur Dariyao Singh served in Bengal’s 5th Native Infantry from 1864-1878 and actively participated in many battles. After high school, he joined the Bengal’s 7th Rajput Regiment at the age of 17. One year later, he was sent to fight for the British in Myanmar (then Burma). In 1894, because of his good educational background, he was also appointed as a teacher in the Army. In 1896, he was promoted to the position of Subedar-Major, once the highest position that a native Indian could attain in the British Army. When the Boxer Rebellion broke out in China in 1900, he accompanied his 7th Rajput Regiment to China and spent 13 months there. He ‘passed away in October 1920.