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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 09:24, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
... that Russian generals proposed to invade India in 1854 and in 1855 to divert British forces from the Crimean War? "A Russian invasion of India. No fewer than three plans were presented for such an invasion which, it was hoped, would counter the British in their invasion of the Crimea ... the plans being those of Generals Chickachev and Duhamel in 1853 and of General Khrulev in 1855" from: Druhe, David N. (1970). Russo-Indian Relations, 1466-1917. Vantage Press. pp. 139–140.