Jean-Baptiste Ventura

Jean-Baptiste Ventura
Oil painting of Jean-Baptiste Ventura
Birth nameRubino Ventura
Born(1794-05-25)25 May 1794
Finale di Modena, Duchy of Modena
Died3 April 1858(1858-04-03) (aged 63)
Lardenne, France
Allegiance
RankGovernor of Lahore
AwardsLegion of Honour
SpouseAnna Moses
ChildrenVictorine Ventura (daughter)

Jean-Baptiste (Giovanni Battista) Ventura, born Rubino (25 May 1794 – 3 April 1858), was an Italian soldier, mercenary in India, general in Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Sarkar-i-Khalsa, and early archaeologist of the Punjab region of the Sikh Empire.

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