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<p class="C1">&#65279DEPUIS or DE L'UST, a French soldier of fortune who came to Lahore in 1842, and was employed by the Sikh Darb&#257r as a trainer of gunner recruits. Later, he was made commandant of a battalion, but, being found unfit for command, he was removed from service in 1844. He then proceeded to Shiml&#257 where he opened a school for teaching French and dancing.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Grey, C. , <i>European Adventurers of Northern India, 1785 to 1849</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Gulcharan Si&#7749gh <br></p><BR>
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