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This section provides a list of important and prominent figures from Anglo-Sikh History which have been listed in alphabetical order, according to ethnicity and time period.

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Benet
European Physician at the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh

A Frenchman, was one of the European physicians at the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. He arrived at Lahore in 1838, and was given employment as a personal physician to the Maharaja and surgeon-general to the Khalsa army on a monthly salary of Rs 1,000.

After the Maharaja's death, Benet left Lahore. He shifted to Ludhiana and started practice as a physician. He had some trouble with the British there and was forced to return to his native France.

Source: Encyclopaedia of Sikhism - Harbans Singh