Patrick Alexander Vans Agnew

Patrick Alexander Vans Agnew
Patrick Alexander Vans Agnew, photograph by John McCosh - Ferezopore 1848
Born(1822-04-21)April 21, 1822
RelativesLt Col Patrick Vans Agnew (father)

Patrick Alexander Vans Agnew (22 April 1822 – 21 April 1848) was a British civil servant of the East India Company, whose murder in April 1848 during the Siege of Multan by the retainers of Dewan Mulraj led to the Second Sikh War and to the British annexation of the Punjab region.

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