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<p class="C1">&#65279DE FACIEU, JEAN ALEXIS (d. 1843), a Frenchman who had been a colonel in the French army. Securing his dismissal from the service, he came to India in 1840, and joined the Sikh army the following year as colonel of Cuirassiers. However, he left the service after the assassination of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Sher Si&#7749gh and went to F&#299rozpur, where he died in December 1843. He was buried by the British with full military honours.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Grey, C. , <i>European Adventurers of Northern India, 1785-1849</i>. [Reprint] Patiala, 1970<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Gulcharan Si&#7749gh <br></p><BR>
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