Grave of Henry Marion Durand at Dera Ismail Khan

 Grave of Colonial Administrator Major General Henry Marion Durand at Shami Road Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtonkhwa, Pakistan

These are photographs of English grave inscription and grave of Major General Henry Marion Durand located inside the premises of Saint Thomas' Church Shami Road Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtonkhwa, Pakistan. He was a Colonial administrator and British Indian army officer. 

Major General Henry Marion Durand was born on 15th November 1812 and died on 1st January 1871 while riding an elephant through the gate of walled city Tank Khyber Pakhtonkhwa. Henry Marion Durand joined Bengal Engineers of Royal Indian Army in 1828 A.D. as 2nd Lieutenant and got the rank of Major General. Mr. Durand took active part in First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42) and Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49). He also served as Resident of Baroda and Gwalior and Commissioner of Tenasserim. He was a military commander during Indian Rebellion 1857 at Malwa. From 1st June 1870 to 20th January 1871, he served as Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab. He was awarded the awards of Knight Commander of the Order of the Star od India and Champion of the Order of the Bath.

Sir Henry Mortimer Durand (1850-1924) who drew Durand Line in 1893 between Afghanistan and British India was the son of Major General Henry Marion Durand. 

English Inscription written on the grave of Major General Henry Marion Durand reads as under:

 “Sacred to the memory of Henry Marion Durand Major General Royal Engineers C.B. K.C.S.I. Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab. born Novr 15th 1812 – died Jany 1st 1871. He entered the army in 1828 and after serving his country for forty years in the field and in the cabinet, was killed in the discharge of his duty, by a fall from an elephant at Tank – N.W. Frontier.”

Courtesy by a Short video shared by Ghazala Arif Sahiba in a whats app group named 'History Lover's Club'

Sources:

1- Grave Inscription

2- Interview with Dr. Akhtar Hussain Sandhu Associate Professor History Vice Principal Islamia College Civil Lines Lahore, 21st January 2020 @ 11:45 A. M