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Definition of Havildars
1. havildar [n] - See also: havildar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Havildars
Literary usage of Havildars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Punjab Campaign, 1848-49: Including Some Additions to by James Henry Lawrence-Archer (1878)
"69th Regiment of Native Infantry—1 havildar, 3 rank and file, killed; 2 European
officers, 8 havildars, 2 drummers, 51 rank and file, wounded. ..."
2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1805)
"Wounded—3 havildars, 1 naik, 8 sepoys.—Total killed and wounded ... Killed—2
havildars, 4 sepoys.— Wounded—2 lieutenants, l havildar, 1 naik, ..."
3. The War in India: Despatches of by Viscount Henry Hardinge Hardinge, Viscount Hugh Gough Gough, Sir Harry George Wakelyn Smith (1846)
"3 European officers, 2 native officers, 4 havildars, 1 trumpeter, 78 rank and
file, 9 officers' chargers, 163 regimental horses—killed ; 9 European officers ..."
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