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INTRODUCTION
1.— Sources of Information.
No official authority whatever attaches to this work, or to any statement in
it. The Editor has received the most kind and valuable assistance from all
those Indian officials who have
charge of matters relating to Dignities and
Titles ; but he is alone responsible for the contents of TJie Golden Book of
India. Much of the information has been derived from the Princes, Noblemen,
and Gentlemen whose names are included herein.
The task of compiling this much-needed work has been of far greater
difficulty than was expected. Some of the difficulty has been due to its
novelty ; for among those who have sent information regarding themselves and
their families, there has naturally been little uniformity in method or scale.
This difficulty will, it is anticipated, soon disappear. But the chief difficulty
has been owing to the fact that India stands alone among civilized nations in
possessing no special Department, College, or Chancery, charged with the duty
— a very necessary duty from the point of view alike of expediency and of
—
national dignity of recording and certifying national honours and titles, of
regulating their conferment, and of controlling their devolution where hereditary.
The Foreign Department of the Government of India, being that Department
which has charge of the relations of the Paramount Power with the Feudatory
States and their Rulers, naturally and properly directs so much of this business
of State as cannot by any possibility be shirked. But the question of the very
necessary establishment of a Heralds' College, or a Chancery of Dignities, has
—
only once (in 1877) been seriously faced and then its solution was postponed.
The and must ere long receive
results of this neglect are already deplorable,
the attention of the Government of India. Indian titles are officially defined
to be, either by grant from Government, i e. a new creation by Her Imperial
Majesty the Queen Empress through her representative ; or "by descent, or
by well-established usage." The Government alone can be the judge of the
validity of claims, and of their relative strength, in the case of titles acquired
" " " And it is clear that this Royal
by descent or by well-established usage.
Prerogative, to be properly used, ought to be exercised openly and publicly
through the medium of a regular College or Chancery. It is, of course, true
that the Foreign Department possesses a mass of more or less confidential
information, and thoroughly efficient machinery, for deciding all questions
of the kind, when such questions are submitted to, or pressed upon, the notice
of Government. But when that is not the case, there seems to be no public
authority or accessible record for any of the ordinary Indian titles, or for the
genealogy of the families holding hereditary titles. Much confusion has already
arisen from this, and more is likely to arise. In the Lower Provinces of Bengal
alone, there are at this moment some hundreds of families possessing, and not
uncommonly using, title* derived from extinct dynasties or from common
viii INTRODUCTION
repute, yet not hitherto recognized formally by the British Government ; and
these, sometimes justly, but more frequently perhaps unjustly, are in this way
placed in a false and invidious position. The State regulation of all these
matters, in a plain and straightforward manner, would undoubtedly be hailed
with pleasure in India by princes and people alike.
In equal uncertainty is left, in many cases, the position of the descendants
of ancient Indian royal and noble families ; as also that of the Nobles of
Feudatory States, the subjects of ruling and mediatized princes.
Then, too, there is endless confusion in the banners, badges, and devices
that are borne, either by the custom of the country or by personal assumption,
by various families and individuals. Tod's learned work on The Annals of
1
Edjdsthdn taught us long ago that badges and family emblems were as
characteristic of Rajput chivalry as of the feudalism of Europe —
appealing to
similar sentiments, and similarly useful for historical and genealogical pur-
poses. To this day hundreds of Chiefs and country gentlemen in Rajputana,
in Central India, in Kathiawar, and in many other parts, use their ancestral
devices in their seals or accompanying their signature. Thus every petty
Thakur (as well as Chiefs of higher degree), from Oudh iu the East to the
Western Sea, who can trace his descent from the proud Chauhan clan of
Rajputs that gave the last Hindu Emperors to Delhi and Ajmir, still claims
his ancestral right to the Chauhan santak, or device on seal and for signature,
called the "Chakra." Figures of Hanumdn (the Monkey God), of the Sacred
Peacock, and of the Sacred Garur or Eagle, take the place, in the heraldry of
the East, of the lions, the leopards, and the fleur-de-lys of the more elaborate
and artificial coat-armour of the West. The Iculcha, or "lucky chapdti"
(biscuit), with the silver quatrefoils, on the green flag of the Nizam, the
red oriflamme of the "Sun of the Hindus" (the Maharana of Udaipur), the
falcon of Marwar, the Gangetic dolphin of Darbhanga, the white and green
stripes of the late Sir Salar Jang, and many other hereditary devices and
emblems, have long been and still are familiar in India. But there seems
to be no authority by whom the use of such emblems is directed or controlled ;
nor has the Government of India ever had the prudence to avail itself of the
rich store of revenue that might easily, and indeed (from the historical and
genealogical point of view) usefully, be raised from the fees and duties to be
derived from the extended use of armorial bearings. It is hoped that the
publication of this work may have some influence in inducing the Government
of India to establish that very necessary institution, a Heralds' College or
Chanceiy of Dignities, in connection with its Political Department or,
—
perhaps better, to petition Her Majesty to attach a duly-constituted Indian
Department to the College of Arms in London under the Garter King of
Arms.
In the existing circumstances — it may be hoped only temporarily existing
—described above, the Editor has felt constrained, very reluctantly in many
cases, to decline to insert the particulars of any titles that have not been more
or less formally recognized by the Government
of India, except in about half-a-
dozen very special cases, where there could not by any possibility be any doubt
of the authenticity of the claims. For instance, in the case of the Raikat of
i Colonel Tod
says:— " The martial
Rajpoots are not strangers to armorial bearings. . . .
The great banner of Mewar exhibits a golden Sun on a crimson field those of the chiefs bear
;
a Dagger. Amber idisplays the panchranga, or five-coloured flag. The lion rampant on an
argent field is extinct with the State of Chanderi. In Europe these customs were not in-
troduced till the period of the Crusades, and were copied from the Saracens while the use of
;
them amongst the Rajpoot tribes can be traced to a period anterior to the war of Troy. In
the Mahabharat, or Great War, twelve hundred years before Christ, we find the hero Bheesma
exulting over his trophy, the banner of Arjoona, its field adorned with the figure of the Indian
Hanumdn. These emblems had a religious reference amongst the Hindus, and were taken from
—
their mythology, the origin of all devices.' Annals of Rdjdsthdn, vol. i. pp. 123, 124.
INTRODUCTION ix
Baikanthpur, in the district of Jalpaiguri, Bengal, the title appears to be unique

iu India —
and there can be no doubt whatever that it has been borne by some-
thing like twenty generations of hereditary kinsmen of the Rajas of Kuch
Behar some account of this singularly interesting title has been inserted,
;
though there is some reason to doubt whether it appears in any official list.
And so, too, with a few well-known courtesy titles (see § 8 of this Introduction).
2.— Method of Arrangement.

After much thought and deliberation, it has been determined that, at least
for the earlier editions of —
The Golden Book which in many respects must
—
necessarily have something of the nature of an experiment the arrangement
of the work shall be simply alphabetical. In future editions it is possible
j
that the volume may be divided into separate parts, distinguishing between
Ruling Princes on the one hand, and Dignitaries and Titled Personages of
—
British India on the other or possibly distinguishing between Territorial
f
Titles and others. But the difficulties of classification would be exceedingly
\ great in a large number of cases, and any attempt in that direction would
I
certainly greatly delay the appearance of the work. And, after all, even the
most careful and accurate classification would, for practical purposes, be of very
little use ; for, as the next section of this Introduction will show, there is at
—
!
present no strict gradation of titles and of some titles the relative values,
:
strange as this may seem, are different in different parts of India.

1
In India itself, the relative social importance of the various Dignitaries

\ included in this work is well known, and any attempt further closely to define
j
precedence would be an invidious as well as unnecessary task.
For European readers it may perhaps be sufficient to give very rough and
I
general analogies from the European system. For instance, the relative posi-
j
tion of such potentates as the Nizam of the Deccan or the Maharaja of Mysore
to the Indian Empire may not unfitly be compared with that of the King of
Saxony to the German Empire. The hereditary Maharajas, Rajas, and Nawabs
of British India occupy a position very similar to that of the British Peerage at
home while the holders of the lower titles may be compared with our Knights
;
Bachelors, and the Knights and Companions of the Military Orders. Among
the ruling chiefs, their comparative position and importance may also be
; estimated by observing the area and population of their respective States,
as compared with the smaller Kingdoms and Principalities of Central Europe.
3.— Indian Titles : General.

A list of one different titles known to the Govern-
hundred and ninety-six
ment of India has been compiled in the Indian Foreign Office. Even this long
list can hardly be regarded as exhaustive, for it does not include
many dynastic
appellations which have come to be regarded in the light of titles, such as
Gaekwdr, the dynastic name of the Maharajas of Baroda Sindhia, that of the
;
Maharajas of Gwalior ; ffolkar, that of the Maharajas of Indore. Nor does it

include such titles as that of Yuvardj or Jubardj (Youthful Raja), often applied
(as lately in Manipur) to the heir to the Raj. And it is of course exclusive of
the Military Orders of Knighthood.
The majority of these titles are Hindu (derived chiefly from the Sanskrit
language), or Muhammadan (derived chiefly from the Persian). The Burmese
titles, though lengthy, are few in number ; while still fewer are Arakanese (or
Magh), Thibetan, Afghan, Baluch, Somali, etc. Two distinguished Parsi
families have received the English title of Baronet while one Madras family,
;
the descendants of the old Nawabs of the Carnatic, has the English title of
"Prince of Arcot," called also " Amir-i- Arcot.
"
The title of Prince is also
x INTRODUCTION
often given by courtesy as the English rendering of the title of "Shahzada,"
conferred by Her Majesty the Empress on certain descendants of the Tippu
dynasty of Mysore, of the old kings of Oudh, and of former Amirs of
Afghanistan.
Some Indian titles are personal others have been recognized by Her
;
Majesty as hereditary. It is intended in this work to distinguish those which

are hereditary from those which are personal.
In the list of one hundred and ninety-six titles mentioned above (which is
given below in section 11 of this Introduction, with a glossary of their meanings
where known), some are specific titles, analogous to the English "Duke,"
"Earl," etc. ;
such are Mahdrdjd, Edjd, Naiodb. Some are descriptive titles,
somewhat analogous to the "Defender of the Faith" borne by our Gracious
Sovereign; such are Shamsher Jang ("The Sword of War"), a title borne
by His Highness the Maharaja of Travancore, and Fath Jang, one of the
many titles borne by His Highness the Nizam of the Deccan. Titles of the
latter form are generally confined to a single personage or dynasty but a few
;
are common to more than one State, as Lokendra (" Protector of the World")
borne by the Chiefs of Dholpur and Datia.
4. — Indian Titles : Ruling Chiefs.

The normalor typical title of Chiefs or Nobles of Hindu descent is Edjd (in
the feminine Rdni), or some of its numerous kindred forms. Some of the latter
are Rdnd, Rao, Rdwal, Rdwat, Rai, Raikwdr, Raikbdr, Raikat. To these is
added, to indicate excess of rank, the prefix Mahd ("Great"), as in Mahdrdjd,
Mahdrdna, "Mahdrao, Mahdrdj-Rdnd, etc. The afiix Bahadur ("Brave,"
1 *
The Hero ) is very commonly added (as an extra honorific) to all Indian
titles, Muhammadan as well as Hindu, and is placed at the end of the name,
much like the " Saheb is a somewhat similar and is
English Esquire." affix,
very commonly used as a courteous form of address when used as the supple-
;
ment of a title it indicates a rank somewhat less than Bahddur, thus Rao —
Bahddur and Khdn Bahddur are titles usually of rather more consideration
than Rao Saheb or Khdn Saheb. Thdkur is also a frequently-used Hindu
title. Some important feudatory Chiefs bear no other title, but it usually
is of less consideration than Rdjd.
Diwdn and Sarddr are titles very similar in character to that of Thdkur ;
but they are common to Hindus and Muhammadans.
The normal or typical title of a Chief or a Noble of Muhammadan descent is
P
i Naivdb (with Begam as its feminine form) ; usually with the honorific suffix of
BaMdur, and in forms of courteous address with that of Saheb. The title of
Shdhzdda (" King's Son ") is given to some descendants of the Tippu dynasty of
Mysore, to some descendants of former Amirs of Kabul, and to some descendants
of the old Kings of Oudh. —
Other Muhammadan titles sometimes equivalent
—
in consideration to Nawdb, but not always are Wall, Sultdn, Amir, Mir,
\ Mirza, Midn, Khdn; also Sarddr and Diwdn, which are common to Hindus
and Muhammadans.
Among the Ruling Chiefs there are some exceptional titles, due sometimes
to differences of language, sometimes to other known causes, and sometimes of
unknown origin. The first and greatest of all the Princes of the Empire is
^
—
always known as the Nizam of the Deccan a relic of the time when His High-
, ness's ancestors were mediatized kings under the Emperor of Delhi. The title,
though implying in itself fealty to an Imperial authority, is one of the highest
dignity, and can hardly be translated by any European title less august than
"king"; therefore a suitable title for the first mediatized prince under
it is
the Indian Empire, charged with the absolute rule over an area more than
INTRODUCTION xi
twice as large as that of Bavaria and Saxony combined, and a population

greater than that of the two kingdoms named.
Holkar and Sindhia are rather of the nature of dynastic names than of
titles ; and the GaeJcwdr (the title of one of the greatest of the Ruling Chiefs)
is of a similar nature, having been originally a caste name ; and all these three
are relics of the Mahratta Empire J
Among the exceptional titles due to difference of language may be noticed
that of Jam, which is of Sindhi or Baluch origin ; there are two Jams of ruling
rank in Kathiawar, and one in Baluchistan. The ruler of Spiti, an outlying
Himalayan principality in the Punjab, is known as the Nono of Spiti
— " Nono "
a Thibetan One of the Assamese known " the
being form. Rajas is as
"
Bohmong ; another simply as "the Mong Raja." Some of the Madras
Chiefs have peculiar titles of local origin. Thus, the Maharaja of Calicut
—
bears the historic title of "theZamorin" probably a local corruption of the
Malayalam Samundri, or "sea-king." The Maharaja of Puducotta is known
as "the Tondiman"; and some other Madras Rajas are called "the Valiya
Raja." Nine Feudatories (eight in the Bombay Presidency and one at Muscat
in Arabia) bear the title of Sultdn. The descendants of the ancient chiefs of Sind
are called Mirs ; the Chief of Afghanistan is called Amir. The Chief of Kalat
in Baluchistan is both a Mir and a Wali, and has been created (like the Amir
of Afghanistan) a Grand Commander of the Star of India. In the Aden
territory, which is subordinate to the Bombay Government, some of the
chiefs bear the title of Girad, which is of Somali origin ; others are known
by the Arabic titles of Sultdn, Amir, and Shaikh. Some of the heads of
Hindu religious bodies are hereditary feudal chiefs ; and their title is Mediant.
All, or most of the titles mentioned above, though recognized by the
British Government, have come down to us from earlier times. Her Majesty
has, in a few very special cases, authorized a change of title among the
Feudatories as, for instance, when a Thdkur Saheb has been "authorized to
;
use the higher title of Mahdrdjd Bahddur. But, generally speaking, when
it is wished to confer honour on a ruling prince, it is conferred, not by a change
in the ancient title of chiefship, but by appointment to one or other of the
classes of the orders of the Star of India or the Indian Empire — by the addition
—
of descriptive titles by an increase in the number of guns authorized for the
salute, such increase being usually a personal one
— or by the conferment of
Honorary military rank in the Imperial army.
5. —Titles Recognized, and Regularly Conferred by Her Majesty

through the government of india.
In British India there is now a well-established order and gradation of
nobility ;
which creations and promotions are made by Her Gracious
in
Majesty's representative, the Viceroy, just as similar creations and promotions
are made in England. In the higher ranks of this nobility, an additional step
or grade in each rank is made by the custom, unknown as yet in England, of
making the creation or promotion in some cases personal, in others hereditary.
But no rank below that of Raja for Hindus, or Nawab for Muhammadans, is
now created hereditary.
Rai (or Rao in Southern and Western India) for Hindus, and Khdn for
Muhammadans, are the first or least considerable titles- conferred by the British
Government. These, with or without the affix of Saheb, which adds to the
dignity, are very commonly ex officio titles, held by the subordinate officers of
civil departments*. Next above Rai Saheb, Rao Saheb, or Khdn Saheb comes
the title Rai Bahddur, Rao Bahddur, or Khdn Bahddur ; and this is the title —
—
though it has sometimes also been made simply an ex officio title which is
usually first conferred on. Indian gentlemen who, have distinguished themselves.,
xii INTRODUCTION
by their munificence, by tlieir patriotism, or in any other way. Mai Bahadur

is commonly usedas the Hindu title in the Bengal Presidency, Mao Bahadur as
that in the west and south of India, and Khan Bahadur for Muhammadans
and Parsis ; and this rank seems exactly analogous to that of Knight Bachelor
in England.
Above this rank is the title of Mdjd (with the feminine Mdni) for Hindus,
Nawdb (with the feminine Begam) for Muhammadans and this may be
— ;
hereditary or personal a remark which applies to all the higher ranks.

Next higher is a Mdjd Baliddur, or a Nawdb Bahddur. Higher again,
for Hindus, is the title of Maharaja, and above that is Mahdrdjd Bahddur.
It is one of the many anomalies of the Indian system as at present
existing, that there do not seem to be any Muhammadan analogies to these
last two highest Hindu titles, so that a Nawdb Bahddur may be the equal
either of a Mdjd Bahadur, or of a Mahdrdjd Bahddur, according to
circumstance. These seem to be very analogous to the various steps in the .
British Peerage.
Parsis share with Muhammadans their lower titles. But where they have
attained to higher rank than Khdn Bahddur, it has been indicated by
appointment to one of the Military Orders, or by the conferment of British
Knighthood, or (in two cases) by a British Baronetcy.
The ordinary sequence of rank, then, in the aristocracy of British India, is
indicated by the subjoined tables :
—
, Hindus. Muhammadans.
Maharaja Bahadur. Nawab Bahadur.
Maharaja. Nawab.
Raja Bahadur. Khan Bahadur.
Raja. Khan Saheb.
Rai (or Rao) Bahadur. Khan.
Rai (or Rao) Saheb.
Rai (or Rao).
The eldest son of a Maharaja or Raja is called a Maharajkumar (or

Maharajkunwar), or Rajkumar (or Rajkunwar), or simply Kumar (or Kunwar) ;
and these titles have in some cases been formally conferred by the Government.
Nawdbzdda, or Midn, is the title given to the sons of Nawabs.
Among the Barons of the Punjab there is a remarkable uniformity of
title ; they are nearly all styled Sarddr or Sarddr Bahadur —
and their sons
are often styled Mian, though this is also an independent title, as is Diwdn
also, in the Punjab. In Oudh and in the Central Provinces, on the other
hand, there is the greatest diversity in the form of the territorial titles —
Thdhur being the commonest title, but Mai is also frequent (and of far higher
dignity than it seems to bear in some other provinces), and so are Mdjd, Diwdn,
and Mao,
6. —Burmese Titles.
The chiefs of the Shan and other tribes on the frontiers of Burma have the
titles (equivalent to Mdjd or Thdhur, or other Indian titles) either of Saivbwa,
or Myoza, ov Ngwegunhmu.
But the regular Burmese titles ordinarily conferred by the British Govern-
ment are these :
—
(1) Ahmudan gaung Tazeik ya Min (meaning "Recipient of a Medal for
Good Service"), indicated by the letters A.T.M. after the name much as the—
Companionship of the Bath in England is indicated by the letters C.B.
(2) Kyet thaye zaung shwe Salwe ya Min (meaning "Recipient of the Gold
Chain of Honour "), indicated by the letters K.S.M. after the name.
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(3) Thuya gaung ngwe Da ya Min (meaning "Recipient of the Silver Sword
for Bravery "), indicated by the letters T.D.M. after the name.
7.—Titles as Rewards for Learning.

It remains to notice two Imperial titles of ancient origin, as indicating
exceptional distinction in learning, that were revived on the auspicious
occasion of Her Majesty's Jubilee. These are Mahdmahopddhydya for Hindus,
and Shams-ul- Ulama for Muhammadans. It is noteworthy, as showing a wise
regard for that reverence which great erudition has always commanded in the
East, that holders of these titles, ranking equally among themselves according
to date of creation, take rank directly after titular Rajas and Nawabs ; and thus
the dignity is rendered somewhat analogous to the high dignity of a Privy
Councillor in the United Kingdom.
8. — Courtesy Titles.
There are many titles habitually used in India —and a few have been
—
admitted into this work that are not substantive titles in the strictest sense of
the term, but may best be described as courtesy titles. Of this nature is the
title of
" —
Prince in most cases though not in the case
' '
of the Prince of Arcot,
who enjoys a title specially conferred by the Sovereign. The title of "His
Highness," conferred or recognized by the Queen Empress, belongs as of right
1
only to a limited number of the Feudatory Chiefs, and to a few of the Nobles of
•
British India; but it is very generally conceded, as a matter of courtesy, to

most of the Feudatory Chiefs and the greater Territorial Nobles. The title of
" His "
has been specially granted to one or two Chiefs ; it is also
i
Excellency
<
*
commonly used, as a matter of courtesy, in addressing the responsible Ministers
of the chief Feudatory States.
r The owners of some great Zaminddris or estates, especially in Madras, are
|
sometimes styled Raja in common parlance, even when they have not received
the title from the Sovereign. But there seems to be no authority for this ; nor
— so far as is known to the Editor, and with the few exceptions above noted —
is any name inserted in this work as that of a Raja, or as holding a similar title,
unless recognized by the Government of India.
Immemorial usage throughout India has conferred well-recognized courtesy
titles on the heirs-apparent of the greater titles ; and in some cases on the
second, third, fourth, and younger sons. There is at least one Raja whose
eldest son bears the courtesy title of Kunwdr, the second son that of Diwdn, the
third that of Thdkur, the fourth that of Ldl, and the fifth and younger sons
that of Bdbu. It may here be noted that, in common use in Bengal, the title of
—
Bdbu has degenerated like the French Monsieur and the English Esquire into —
a mere form of address ; but it belongs of right only to a very limited class—
and particularly to the sons, not otherwise titled, of the greater titled personages.
In Orissa, Chota Nagpur, and Central India, the eldest son of a Raja or Thakur
frequently bears the title of Tikait or Tikaildo ; and sometimes (but rarely) the
second son bears the title of Pothait or Pothaildo, and the third that of Ldl.
But in most, probably in all, cases, the younger sons are styled Bdbu. In some
of the Orissa Tributary Mahals, and in Manipur and in Hill Tipperah and else-
where, the heir-apparent is styled Jubardj or Yuvardj. In some other parts he
is called Diwdn ; while in the Punjab the heir-apparent of a territorial Sarddr
is sometimes also called Sarddr, but more commonly he bears the title of
Midn.
The curious Marumakkatayam law of inheritance which prevails in
—
Malabar and the extreme south of India under which the succession is to the
offspring of the female members of the family, among whom the next* eldest to
b
xiv INTRODUCTION
—
the Raja is the heir-apparent makes it very fitting that the rank of an heir-
apparent, in those parts of India, should be marked by special titles. The heir-
apparent to His Highness the Maharaja of Travancore is often called "
by
Europeans the First Prince of Travancore but his proper courtesy title is the
;
El ay a Raja." The same title is borne by the heir-apparent to His Highness

the Maharaja of Cochin. The heir-apparent to the Zamorin of Calicut bears, by
courtesy, the interesting title of "The Eralpad." It will be seen that, under
the Marumakkatayam law, no son of a Raja can ever be seen in the line of
succession these receive the courtesy title of Achchhan.
;
The colloquial use of the dynastic titles of Sindhia and Holkar may be
illustrated by a somewhat similar Scottish usage, by which the actual Chief or
Laird is colloquially known by the name of his estate. Mr. Cameron becomes
" Lochiel " the moment he succeeds to the estate of that name so one of these
;
" "
young Princes becomes Sindhia the moment he succeeds to the Gwalior Raj,
and the other becomes "Holkar" the moment he succeeds to the Indore
—
Raj the junior members of these ruling Houses using the title as their family
9. —Armorial Bearings.
The Editor has already pointed out, in an earlier section of this Introduction,
the need that exists for the services of an Indian King of Arms and an Indian
Heralds' College. Such an institution, provided due regard were paid to Indian
sentiments and prejudices, would be immensely popular among the Chiefs and
notables of India and a very considerable revenue might yearly be raised, with
;
the greatest goodwill on the part of those who would pay it, from a moderate
duty, similar to the one levied in the United Kingdom, on the authorized use
of hereditary cognizances or armorial bearings. At present an Indian noble is
justly proud of a cognizance that has been honourably borne for centuries by
his ancestors, and would prefer to use it with full legal authority but it is
;
doubtful whether he can do so at all, except by a most difficult and most

unusual application to the Earl Marshal of England and the Garter King of
Arms in London, for an authorized grant. So, too, with more modern adoptions
of coat-armour these have been authorized by the College of Arms in London
;
for the two Indian Baronets, and perhaps for a few more —
but as a rule the
modus operandi is unknown.
10. — Ceremonies observed on the Installation of an Indian Noble.

The Warrant conferring authorizing the hereditary succession to) a title
is called a sanad — sometimes spelt
(or
"sunnud." It signed, on behalf of
is Her
Majesty the Empress, by His Excellency the Viceroy ; and bears the Official
Seal of the Empire.
It is usual — —
though there appears to be no invariable rule for the local
representative of Her Majesty, on the occasion of the installation or succession
of a Chief or Noble, to present him with a khilat, and receive from him a nazar
in return. "Khilat" literally means "a Dress of Honour." It usually
consists of pieces of cloth not made up; but sometimes it consists of arms,
jewels, or other valuables, without any article of attire, although in most cases
a turban and shawl form part of the gift. Indeed, a complete khilat may
include arms, or an elephant, or all of these together. The nazar (sometimes
spelt nuzzur) must be of corresponding value to the khilat.
In the case of a Maharaja Bahadur, or other noble of that rank, the khilat
and sanad are presented, in full Darbdr, by the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor,
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or other Chief Civil Officer of the Province or if they are unable to be present,
;
by the Commissioner of the Division at the sudder-station (or capital).

To the Darbar are invited all the civil and military officers available, also all
the Indian notables and gentry of the neighbourhood.
The chair of the Presiding Officer is placed in the middle, and that of the
nobleman to be installed on his right. The brother, son, and any of the
relatives of the nobleman who may be present, occupy places, according to their
station, in the right-hand line.
The chairs for all the public functionaries are placed, according to their rank,
on the left hand of the Presiding Officer's chair.
The local notables and gentry occupy chairs, also according to their rank, on
the right hand of the Presiding Officer.
A company of soldiers is drawn up in front of the stairs, as a Guard of
Honour.
On the arrival of the noble near the stairs, the Sarishtadar or Munshi of the
Presiding Officer leads him to the audience. All functionaries, out of respect to
him, rise from their chairs on the Chiefs reaching the Presiding Officer ; who
then asks him to take his seat. All functionaries and Darbaris must have
assembled and taken their seats before the Chiefs arrival.
After a short conversation, the Presiding Officer orders his Munshi to take
the Chief to an adjoining room, prepared previously for the purpose, where he is
robed with the different parchas of the khilat except the pearl necklace. After
this, he is again brought into the Darbar room, and stands in front of the
Presiding Officer. The latter, rising from his seat with all the functionaries
present, then ties the pearl necklace round the neck of the Chief.
The Presiding Officer then orders the Munshi to read out the sanad.
During the reading of the sanad the Presiding Officer and the functionaries
resume their seats, while the Chief and the local notables and gentry rise.
The Chief presents the usual nazardna of gold mohurs, and then all resume
their seats.
After a short pause, the Presiding Officer orders atr and pdn to be brought ;
and standing up, serves out the same, first to the newly-installed Chief, and
—
then to all the Indian notables and gentry present the Munshi bringing up
each one in turn to receive the atr and pdn.
They all then take their leave, and the ceremony is at an end.
The ceremony of the Installation of a Raja Bahadur, or titled personage of
lower rank than a Maharaja Bahadur, is very similar to the one described above.
But the Guard of Honour is not so large, and it is not necessary that the Chief
Civil Officer of the Province should be present. Also the sarpech, pearl
necklace, or whatever may compose the khilat, is handed by the Commissioner
to the Collector or Assistant Collector of the district in which the Chiefs
estates are situated, and he requests him to invest the Chief with it.
A ceremonial similar to those described above is observed when a Knight
Grand Commander, or a Knight Commander, or a Companion of the Most
Exalted Order of the Star of India, or of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian
Empire, is invested with the insignia of the Order by the representative of the
Empress.
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11.— List of Indian Titles, with a Glossary of their
Meanings 1 where recorded in the Foreign Office.
Titles. Meaning.
Achchhan Achchhan {Malay>alam), a father, used
also as a title of respect, and in
Malabar applied especially to the
Royal family who have
males of the
no office or official rank in the State
(Glos. of Indian Terms).
Ahmudan gating Tazeik ya Min Recipient of a medal for good servke
(A. T.M. after name) (Burmese).
Ahsan Jang Excellent in war.
Ajahat (Sar Deshmukh) . . .
(Ajdhat, Persian Wajdhat), a title of
honour to a Vicegerent or represent-
ative, as one exhibiting the presence
of a fully authorized deputy (Mar
Diet.).
Alijah (Sindhia) . . . .Of exalted dignity.
Amin-ud-daula (Tonk) . . . Trustee of the State.
Amir Prince, chief.
Amir-ud-daula Sayyid-ul-MulkMumtaz A prince of the State, distinguished in
Jang war.
Arbab .......An
Amir-ul-Umara
Asaf Jah (Nizam) . . .

Chief of the nobles.
Lord.
Asaf (Solomon's Wazir, according
Azam. ......
Azam-ul-Umara (Baoni) . . .
to the
Very great.
Muhammadans)
The greatest of the nobles.
in dignity.
Azim-ul-Iktidar (Sindhia) . . . Most powerful.

Bahadur Brave a hero
; at the end of a
;
name a title = the English

" Honourable."
Bahadur Desai Desdi (Mar. ), ruler of a province.
Bahadur Jang (Bhartpur) . . . Brave in war.
Barar Bans (Faridkot) . . .
Offspring of a Barar (a Jat tribe. The
Raja of Faridkot is head of the
tribe — Griffin).
Barar Bans Sirmur (Nabha) . .
Sirmur, sl crowned head.
Begam (Bhopal.
Beglar Begi (Kalat)
See .
.... Nawab Begam) Lady queen title of Mughal ladies.

; ;
Lord of lords. The Governor of Shiraz
Bhup (Kuch Behar)

Bohmong (Chief of the
.... Regritsa
holds this title in Persia.
Sovereign, king.
(Arakanese) Head leader.
Maghs)
Brajendra (Bhartpur) . . . . Lord of
Braj, epithet an of Krishna.
Chaube . . . . . .A caste distinction.
Chaudhri Head man of a village an honorific ;
form of address.
Chhatrapati Maharaj (Kolhapur) . . Lord of the umbrella. A king entitled
to have an umbrella carried over
him as a mark
dignity. of
Davar . . . . . .A just prince, a sovereign.
1 " "
Many of the meanings given in this Glossary are simply rough transla-
tions of the Oriental honorifics.
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Titles. Meaning.
Deshmukh An hereditary native officer under the
former Governments (Marathi).
Diler Jang (Dholpur) Intrepid in war.
Dinkar Rao Dinkar (Sanskrit), Day-maker, the sun.
See Rao.
Diwan A minister, a chief officer of State.
Diwan Bahadur . See Diwan and Bahadur.
Farzand-i-Arjumand Akidat Paiwand Beloved and faithful son of the English
Daulat-i-Inglishia (Nabha) Government.
Farzand-i-Dilband Rashikhul-Iti-kad Beloved and trusty son of the English
Daulat-i-Inglishia (Jind and Kapur- Government.
thala)
Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia Esteemed son of the English Govern-
(Rampur) ment.
Farzand- i- Khas- i -Daulat- i-
Inglishia Favourite son of the English Govern-
(Baroda, Patiala) ment.
Farzand- i -Saadat-i- Nishan-i-Hazrat-i- A son emblematical of the good
Kaisar-i-Hind (Faridkot) auspices of Her Majesty the Empress
Fath Jang (Nizam) ....

Fidwi-i-Hazrat-i-Malika-i-Muaz-zama-i
of India.
Victorious in battle.
A servant of Her August Majesty the
-Rafi-ud-Darja-i-Inglistdn (Sindhia) Queen of England, who is exalted
in position.
Gambhir Rao Sagacious chief.
Ghorpade.
Girad. . . A Somali title, apparently = a chief.
Hafiz-ul-Mulk (Bahawalpur) Guardian, preserver of the country.
Heladi Naik Bahadur Desai Nadu-
gauda.
Himmat Bahadur Brave champion.
Hisam-us-Saltanat (Sindhia) Sword of the State.
HizabrJang Lion of battle.
Ihtisham-ud-daula (Jaora) .
Pomp of the State.
Ihtisham-ul-Mulk Pomp of the country.
Imad-ud-daula (Baoni) Pillar of the State.
Indar (Kashmir) Indra.
Jai Deo (Dholpur) God of victory.
Jalal-ud-daula (Dujana) Glory of the State.
Jam
Jamadar
Khan
....
....
(Sindhi) Chief.
Chief or leader.
Lord, prince, title .of Muhammadan
nobles.
Khan Bahadur Brave lord.
Khan Saheb.
Khanzada . Son of a Khan. Title of some Musal-
man chiefs settled in Pandu Mehvas.
Kiritapati (Travancore) Possessor of a diadem.
Kulashekhara (Travancore) Head (Shekhara) of the race (Kulam).
Kumar or Kunwar Prince, son of a Raja.
Kyet thaye zaung shwe Salwe ya Min Recipient of the Gold Chain of Honour
(K.S.M. after name) (Burmese).
Lokendra (Dholpur, Datia) Protector of the world.
Mahant Head of a religious order.
Maharaj Kumar Son of a Maharaja.
Maharaj Rana (Dholpur, Jhalawar) .
Supreme Rana or king.
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Titles. Meaning.
Maharaja . . . .
•
. . Great Raja or king.

Maharaja Bahadur.
Maharaja-i-Rajagan
Maharana
....
Maharaja Dhiraj or Maharaj-Adhiraj . Lord Paramount, king of kings.
King of kings.
Great Rana or king.
Maharana Dhiraj (Udaipur) . . Lord Paramount, king of kings.
Maharani Great Rani or queen.
Maharao Great Rao or chief.
Maharao Bahadur (Kota).
Maharao Raja (Alwar and Bnndi) .
Supreme Raja or king.
Maharawal Great Rawal or prince.
Maharawal Bahadur.
Maharawat (Partabgarh . . . Great Rawat'or
" prince.
Mahendra Great Indra.
Majid-ud-daula Glorious in the State.
Malanmat Madar.
Malaz-ul-Ulama-ul-Fazila . . .
Asylum of the learned and erudite. J
Malik
Malwandar (Nabha)
Mani Sultan (Travancore)
.... . . .
Master, proprietor.
Lord of wealth.
The Sultan par excellence. Mani—a,
jewel, a pearl.
Mansur-i-Zaman (Sindhia, Patiala) . Victorious of the age.
Mian Lord, Master, title of sons of Rajput
princes.
Mir
Mirza
........A
Mihin Sardar (Baoni)
. . .
.
.
.
.
.
Mihin, greater, greatest, elder-born.
Chief, leader.
contraction of Amir Zada, ' nobly
'
born." When affixed to a name, it

" Prince " when
signifies ; prefixed,
simply "Mr."
Mirza Bahadur.
Mong Raja Mong (Arakanese), a leader.
Muazzaz-ud-daula Honoured of the State.
Mudabbir-ul-Mulk Administrator orMinister of the country
Muhtashim-i-Dauran (Sindhia) (The most) powerful of his age.
Mujahid-ul-Mulk Warrior (for the faith) of the country.
Mukhlis-ud-daula (Bahawalpur) , Devoted servant of the State.
Mulk ....
Muktar-ul-Mulk (Sindhia) . Ruler of the country.
Probably a misprint or corruption of
Malik, a king.
Mumtaz-ud-daula Distinguished in the State.
Mumtaz-ul-Mulk Distinguished in the country.
Mushir-i-Khas . Privy counsellor, choicest counsellor.
Mushir-ud-daula Counsellor of the State.
Mustakil Jang (Dujana) Firm in battle.
Mutalik ....
Mustakim Jang .
Muzaffar-ul-Mamalik (Nizam)
Loyal in battle.
Mutlak, principal, supreme.
Victorious over kingdoms.
Naik Nayak, leader, chief.
Nawab
Nawab Babi
....
Nasrat Jang (Bahawalpur)
(Balasinor)
Victorious in battle.
Vicegerent.
Bdbi, door-keeper. The founder of
the family once held this post in the
Mughal Court, and hence the title is
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Titles. Meaning.
Nawab Bahadur.
Nawab Begam (Bhopal).
Nizam-ud-daula (Nizam) .
Regulator of the State.
Nizam-ul-Mulk (Nizam) . Administrator of the country.
Nono (Spiti) (Tibetan) Young nobleman.
Padwi ....
Padmanabha Dasa (Travancore Servant of Vishnu (the lotus-navelled).
Or Farm, clan title borne after their
names by certain Mehvas Chiefs
(Bombay Gazetteer).
Pancha- Hazar Mansabdar . Noble holding a mansab or military
rank of 5000 horse.
Pant Pratinidhi Pratinidhi, a vicegerent ; title borne
by a distinguished Maratha family.
Pant Sachiv Sachiv, Minister, counsellor.
Patang Rao From Patang, the sun, and Rao, prince.
Prince (Arcot).
Rafi-ush-Shan (Sindhia) . Of exalted dignity.
Rai . .
(Prakrit Rai = Raja), Prince, chief.
Rai Bahadur.
Rai Ray an (Banswara) Rai of Rais, prince of princes.
Rai Saheb.
Rais-ud-daula (Dholpur) . Ruler of the State.
Raj Rajendra (Jaipur) Lord of kings, king of kings.
Raj Rajeshwar (Holkar), etc. Rejeshwar, king of kings.
Raj Saheb
Raja ....
Raja Bahadur.
Raj = Raja.
King, prince.
Raja Dhiraj Paramount Raja, king of kings.

Raja-i-Rajagan Raja of Rajas.
Rajeshwar.
Rana .... From Rajan (
= Raja)
diminuti veness ).
+ Ka (expressing
Title of a prince or Raja, especially
Rani
Rao
....
....
among Rajputs.
Queen, princess.
King, prince, chief.
Rao Bahadur.
Rao Saheb.
Rawal
Rawat
....
Rashid-ul-Mulk (Baoni)
....
. Director of the country.
Prince, chief.
Do.
Rukn-ud-daula (Bahawalpur) Pillar of the State.
Rustam-i-Dauran (Nizam) The Rustam (the most renowned of
Persian heroes) of his time.
Rustam Jang . A Rustam in battle.
Saheb-i-Jah (Baoni) Possessed of dignity.
Saif-ud-daula . Sword of the State.
Sar Desai Chief Desai or ruler of a province.
Saramad - i-
Rajaha - i -Bundelkhand Head of the Rajas of Bundelkhand.
(Orchha)
Saramad - i -
Rajaha - i -
Hindustan Head of the Rajas of Hindustan.
(Jaipur)
Sardar Chief officer of rank.
Sardar Bahadur.
Saulat Jang (Tonk) Fury of war.
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Titles. Meaning.
Sawai Literally, having the excess of a fourth;
i.e. better than others by 25 per cent.
A Hindu title.
Sawai Bahadur (Kutch).
Sawai Rao.
Sena Khas Khel (Gaekwar) Chief of the army, commander of the
Sena Pati ....

....
army of the State.
Army- Chief, General.
Shahzada
Shaikh ....
Shaikh-ul-Mushaikh .
Prince-Royal, prince.
Chief.
Doctor of doctors (of law).
Shamsher Bahadur (Baroda) A mighty man of the sword.
Shamsher Jang (Travancore) The sword of war.
Shams-ud-daula . The sun of the State.
Shiromani (Bikanir) . The gem, the best (of).
Shriman Maha Naik Nadgaud
Nagnuriebirada Himori.
Shuja-at Jang . Brave in war.
Sipahdar-ul-Mulk (Dholpur) Commander of the army of the country.
Sipar-i-Saltanat (Kashmir) Shield of the Empire.
Thakur
....
Srinath (Sindhia)
Sultan
.
Lord of Fortune.
Prince, ruler.
Chief, feudal noble.
Thakur Rawat.
Thakur Saheb.
Thakur Sena Rai.
Thakurani Female Thakur.
Thuye gaung ngwe Da ya Min (T.D.M. Recipient of the Silver Sword for
after name) Braveiy (Burmese).
Umdat-ul-Mulk Chosen of the State.
Umdat-ul-Umara (Sindhia) Chosen from among the nobles.
Vanji (Travancore) .
Dynastic name.
Vishwasrao From Vishwds, trust, and Rao, prince.
"Wachanath Vachan-ndth, Lord of Speech.
Wala Shikoh (Sindhia) . Of high dignity.
Wali(Kaldt) Prince, governor.
Walvi Or Valvi. Clan title borne after their
names by certain Mehvas Chiefs
{Bombay Gazetteer).
Wasava Or Vasava. Do.
Wazir-ud-daula . Minister of the State.
Wazir-ul-Mulk (Tonk) Do.
Zamorin . Vernacular modification of Samundri,
the sea king (Malayalam).
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Note. —The titles are in italics.
ABAJI BALWANT BHISE, Rao Baha- ABDUL FIROZ KHAN, Khan Saheb.
dur. The title is personal, and was The and was conferred
title is personal,
conferred on September 11, 1884. on February 16, 1887, on the occasion
Residence : Bombay. of the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most
ABBAS HUSAIN, Muhammad, Kasra Gracious Majesty. Residence : Bhusa-
Bakht Mirza Bahadur. See Mu- wal, Bombay.
hammad.
ABDUL GHAFUR, Maulavi, Khan Baha-
ABBAS KHAN, Shahbazurgkhel, Khan dur. The title was conferred on
Saheb. Received the title on June 3, January 1, 1898. Has been Deputy-
1899. Residence : Bannu, Punjab. Collector of Allahabad. Residence :
ABDUL ALI, Khan Bahadur. The Khan Allahabad.
Bahadur was born a
in 1863, and is
descendant of the old Nawabs of the
ABDUL GHAFUR, Munshi, Khan Saheb.
Received the title on January 1, 1898,
Carnatic, being the son of Muazzaz- for services in Military Works Depart-
ud-daula, and grandson of his late ment. Residence : Military Works
Highness Azim Jah, first titular Prince Department, Simla.
of Arcot. He was granted the personal
title of Khan Bahadur in 1876. Resi- ABDUL GHAFUR KHAN, Khan Baha-
dence : Madras. dur. The title is personal, and was
ABDUL conferred on June 22, 1897. Residence :
ALI, Mir, Khan Bahadur, and
Sarddr. The titles are personal, and Survey of India, Calcutta.
were conferred, the first on January
22, 1873, and the second on May 30,
ABDUL GHAFUR KHAN (Khan of
1891. Residence: Bombay. Teri), Khan Bahadur. The title was
conferred on June 22, 1897. Residence :
ABDUL Muhammad, Khan Baha-
ALI, Teri, Kohat, Punjab.
dur. Muhammad.
See
ABDUL ALI MULLA HIPT00LA MISRI, ABDUL GHANI, Maulavi, Khan Baha-
dur. An Extra Assistant Commissioner
Shaikh, Khan Saheb. Received the of the Punjab. Created a Khan Baha-
title on June 1899. Residence;
3,
dur, as a personal distinction, January
Bombay. Residence: Faridabad, Pun-
2, 1893.
ABDUL BARI, Muhammad, Khan Baha- jab.
dur. See Muhammad.
ABDUL FATEH,Maulavi, Sayyid, Khan
ABDUL HAI, Maulavi, Shams-ul-Ulama.
Bahadur. The title is personal, and The title was conferred (for learning)
was conferred on January 1, 1887. on January 3, 1893. Residence :
Residence : Nasik, Bombay. Calcutta.
ABDUL FIROZ KHAN (of Savanur), ABDUL HAKIM KHAN (of Peshawar),
Nawdb. The Nawab is the uncle of Khan Granted the title, as a
Saheb.
the ruling Nawdb of Savanur in the personal distinction, January 2, 1893,
Dharwar district. The title is here- for eminent services at Gilgit. Resi-
ditary. Residence: Dharwar, Bombay. dence : Gilgit, Kashmir.
AHWt H&KK, 'Shadlkh,, XJlcU Bahadur. ABDUL KADIR, Subadar-Major, Khan
The was conferred on January 1,
title Saheb. The titlewas conferred on
1898. Residence: Pilibhit, North- June 22, 1897. Residence: Belgaum,
western Provinces. Bombay.
ABDULHAKK, Maulavi (of Khairabad), ABDUL KADIR KHAN, walad ALI
Shams-ul-Ulama. The title was con-
AKBAR KHAN, Mir. The title is
ferred learning) on February 16,
(for
hereditary, the Mir being a representa-
1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee tive of one of theMirs or Chiefs of Sind
of the reign of Her Most Gracious
at the time of the annexation. Resi-
Majesty. Residence ; Sitapur, Oudh. dence : Shikarpur, Sind.
ABDUL HAMID, Maulavi, Khan Baha-
dur. The was conferred on May
title ABDUL KARIM, Munshi Hafir, C.I.E.,
Residence: Meerut, North- C. V.O. Is Indian Secretary to Her
26, 1894.
Western Provinces. Majesty the Queen, Empress of India.
Created a Companion of the Most
ABDUL HAMID KHAN, Khan Bahadur. Eminent Order of the Indian Empire
The title of Khan Saheb was conferred
on May 25, 1895 and a Companion
on June 22, 1897 and that of Khan
;
;
of the Royal Victorian Order, on May

Bahadur on January 1, 1899. Resi-
24, 1899. Residence : England.
dence : Malakand, Punjab Frontier.
ABDUL HUSAIN KHAN, Mir (of ABDUL KARIM, Shaikh Hafiz, C.I.E.,
Tando Mir), His Highness ; b. May 13, Khan Bahadur; b. 1838. The title
1850. The title is personal, and was was conferred on May 24, 1884, for
conferred in recognition of his position services rendered by his ancestors, and
as grandson of the Amir, who was the for his own acts of public generosity ;
ruler of Sind at the time of the an- and he was created a Companion of
nexation. Residence: Hyderabad, Sind. the Most Eminent Order of the Indian
ABDUL ISLAM BIN ADAM, Khan Empire, May 21, 1890. Residence:
Bahadur. The title is personal, and Meerut, North-Western Provinces.
was conferred on May 1, 1880. Resi-
dence : Nasik, Bombay.
ABDUL KARIM KHAN SAHEB, Khan
Bahadur. The title was conferred on
ABDUL JABBAR, Maulavi, C.I.E., January 1, 1898. Residence : Madras.
Khan Bahadur. The Khan Bahadur
is a Deputy Magistrate of the 24- ABDUL LATIF AGHA JOHAR, Khan
Parganas at Calcutta, and having
Bahadur. The title was conferred by
rendered excellent service in that the Carnatic Nawab, and recognized
capacity, received the title as a personal by Government December 16, 1890.
distinction on May 25, 1892. Created The Khan Bahadur also bears the
a CLE. on May 25, 1895. Residence : Carnatic titles of Asad Jang Said-ul-
Calcutta. daula. Residence: Arabia.
ABDUL J ALII, Muhammad, Maulavi, ABDUL LATIF LONDE, Kazi, Shams-ul-

Shams-ul-Ulama. Received the title Ulama. The title was conferred on
in recognition of his eminence in January 2, 1888, for eminent oriental
oriental learning, on June 22, 1897. scholarship. Residence: Bombay.
Is Professor of Arabic in the Benares
College. Residence: Benares, North-
ABDUL MAHMUD KHAN, Khcln Baha-
western Provinces. dur. Has done good service in the
Medical Department, Bengal ;
and
ABDUL JAMLL, Kazi, Khan Bahadur. received the title on January 1, 1891.
Received the titleon June 3, 1899.
Residence: Calcutta.
Residence : Bareilly, Oudh.
ABDUL KADIR, Maulavi, Khan Saheb.
ABDUL MAJID, Khan Bahadur. Is
The title was conferred on January 2, son of the Prince of Arcot; granted
the title on June 22, 1897. Residence :
1899. Is Municipal Commissioner of
Surat. Residence Madras.
: Surat, Bombay.
ABDUL KADIR, Shaikh, Khan Saheb. ABDUL MAJID, Hakim Sayyid, KJidn
Received the title on January 2, 1899. Bahadur. Title conferred May 26,
Residence: Bombay. 1894. Residence : Cuddapah, Madras.
ABDUL MAJID, Maulavi, Khdn Baha- ABDUL (ABDUR) RAHMAN, Khdn
dur. The was conferred on
title Bahddur. The title was conferred on
January 1, 1898. Is Honorary Magis- January 1, 1896. Residence : Banga-
trate. Residence: Kangpur, Bengal. lore, Mysore.
ABDUL MAJID KHAN, Khan Bahadur. ABDUL (ABDUR) RAHMAN, Haji
Title conferred January 1, 1894. Muhammad Kadwani, Khan Bahd-
Residence : Pilibhit, North-Western dur. Received the title on June 3,
Provinces. 1899. Residence: Bombay.
ABDUL MAJID KHAN, Khan Saheb. ABDUL (ABDUR) RAHMAN, Muham-
Received the title on May 21, 1898. mad, Khdn Bahddur. The title was
Residence: Nagpur, Central Provinces. conferred by the Nawab of the Car-
ABDUL MAJID KHAN natic, and recognized by the British
(of Delhi),
Hazik-ul-Mulk. The title was con- Government on December 16, 1890.
ferred on Residence: Residence: Madras.
May 21, 1898.
Delhi, Punjab. ABDUL (ABDUR) RAHMAN, Munshi,
ABDUL MAJID KHAN, Achakzai, Khan Khdn Saheb. Received the title on
Saheb. Eeceived the title on June 22, January 1, 1898. Residence: Rehli,
1897. Residence: Gulistan, Baluchis- Sagar, Central Provinces.
tan.
ABDUL (ABDUR) RAHMAN, A. F. M„
ABDUL MAJID KHAN, Malik, Bazai, Khdn Bahddur. Is judgeof theS.C.C,
Khan Saheb. Received the title on Calcutta. Received the title on May
January 1, 1898. Residence: Balu- 21,1898. Residence: Calcutta.
chistan.
ABDUL (ABDUR) RAHMAN KHAN,
ABDUL QUAYYUM KHAN, Khan Baha- Khdn Bahddur. The title was con-
dur. The title was conferred on May ferred for services to Government in
21, 1898. Residence: Tirah, Punjab the Postal Department, on September
Frontier. 28,1891. Residence: Hazar a, Punjab.
ABDUL (ABDUR) RAHIM, Muhammad, ABDUL (ABDUR) RAUF, Maulavi,
Khdn Bahadur. Title conferred Janu- Shams-ul-Ulama. The title was con-
ary 21, 1892. Residence: Ghazipur, ferred on May 20, 1890, for distinction
North- Western Provinces. in oriental learning. Residence: Patna,
ABDUL (ABDUR) RAHIM, Shaikh, Bengal.

Khdn Bahadur. The was con-
title ABDUL (ABDUR) RAUF KHAN
ferred on May for
service in
20, good
1890,
the Medical Department.
Subadar-Major,^M» Bahadur. The
was conferred on June 22, 1897,
title
Residence: Bengal. for eminent service in Border Military
ABDUL (ABDUR) RAHIM HAKIM, Police. Residence : Peshawar, Punjab.
Khdn Bahadur. The title was conferred
on April 6, 1882. Residence : Bushire.
ABDUL (ABDUR) RAZAK BIN KAR-
TAS, Khdn Bahadur. The title was con-
ABDUL (ABDUR) RAHIM KHAN, ferred on January 1, 1899. Residence :
Khdn Bahadur. The title was con- Bombay.
ferred on January 1 , 1 87 7 . Residence :
Bannu, Punjab.
ABDUL (ABDUR) RAZZAK, Khdn
BaMdur. The title was conferred on
ABDUL (ABDUR) RAHMAN, Shaikh, June 1, 1888, for distinguished medical
Khdn Saheb. The title was conferred service. Residence: Jeddah.
on June 22, 1897. Residence: Zhob,
Baluchistan. ABDUL (ABDUS) SAMAD, Khdn Bahd-
dur. The title was conferred on Feb-
ABDUL (ABDUR) RAHMAN, Khdn Residence: Indore,
Bahddur. The Khan Bahadur was a ruary 18, 1887.
Central India.
Deputy Commissioner in the district
of Shimoga, Mysore, under the govern- ABDUL (ABDUS) SAMAD, Hafiz Mu-
ment of His Highness the Maharaja hammad, Khdn Bahddur. The title
of Mysore, and received the title on was conferred by the Nawab of the
July 13, 1892. Residence: Bangalore, Carnatic,and recognized by the Govern-
Mysore. ment on July 7, 1892.
ABDUL (ABDUS) SUBHAN, Khdn ABU TALIB KHAN, Muhammad. See
Bahadur. The title was conferred on Muhammad Abu Talib Khan.
May 30, 1891. Residence: Madura, ABUL ALI DARAGAH MIRZA BA-
Madras.
HADUR, Prince. This is the courtesy
ABDUL (ABDUS) SUBHAN CHAUDHRI, title of the twentieth son of the late
Sayyid, Naicdb. The title was con- King of Oudh. Residence: Calcutta,
ferred on January 3, 1893. Residence :
Bengal.
Bogra, Bengal. ABUL KHAIR MUHAMMAD SIDDIQ,
ABDUL RAHEMAN, Shaikh, Khdn Maulavi, Sliams-ul-Ulama ; b. 1851.
Saheb. The title was conferred on The titlewas conferred for eminence
May 21, 1898. Residence: Karachi, in oriental learning on January 1,
Sind, Bombay. 1897. Residence: Nauhati, Bengal.
ABDULLA KHAN, Hafiz, Nawdb. The ACHAL SINGH (of Kaimahra), Rdjd;
title is hereditary, and the Nawab b. June 15, 1880, and succeeded Rajd
Abdulla Khan was specially selected Narpat Singh in 1886. The title is
to succeed to it in August 1881. The hereditary. The Raja of Kaimahra
title had been recognized July 30, represents the elder branch of the
1875. Residence: Dera Ismail Khan, Jan war family, the Raja of Oel repre-
Punjab. senting the junior branch. His mother
is the Rani Ranikunwar. Residence:
ABDULLA KHAN, Khdn Saheb. The
title was conferred on February Kheri, Oudh.
16,
1887. Residence: Sibi, Baluchistan. ACHAYYAMMA GARU, Sri Aukitham,
ABDULLA BaMdur. Rdni. The personal title was conferred
KHAN, Khdn on January 1896. Residence: Viza-
The Khan Saheb was conferred
title of 1,
on January 2, 1888, and that of Khan gapatam, Madras.

Bahadur on May 30, 1891. Residence : ADAM YUSUFBHAI, Shaikh, Khdn
Ajmir, Bajputana. Saheb. The title was conferred on
ABDULLA KHAN BAHADUR, Muham- January 2, 1899. Residence : Bombay.
mad, CLE. See Muhammad. ADARGANJ, Rai of. See Madho Parshad
ABDULALLY. See Abdul Ali. Singh.
ABDUR. See Abdul. ADARJI JAMSHEDJI, Khdn Saheb. The
title was conferred on October 20, 1885.
ABDUS. See Abdul. Residence: Bombay.
ABDUS-SALAM, KMn Bahadur. Re- ADARJI S0RABJI, Khdn Saheb. Re-
ceived the title on May 21, 1898. ceived the title on January 2, 1899, for
Residence : Thagi Department. service in the Customs
good Depart-
ABDUS SUBHAN, Khdn Bahadur. See ment. Residence: Zaila.
Abdul. ADINARAYANA AIYAR, Mutlur, Rao
ABDUS SUBHAN, Sayyid, Chaudhri, Bahddur. The title was conferred on
Nawdb. See Abdul. January 1, 1896. Residence: Trichi-
ABHAI CHARAN MITTER, Rat Baha- nopoly, Madras.
dur. See Mittar. ADITYA RAM BHATTACHARJI, Pan-
ABID ALI BAHADUR, Kamr Kadr dit, Mahdmapo'pddhydya. The title
was conferred, for eminence in oriental
Mirza, Prince. This is the courtesy
title of the late King of Oudh. Resi- learning, on June 22, 1897. The Pan-
dence : Calcutta, Bengal. dit is Professor of Sanskrit in the Muir
Central College, Allahabad. Resi-
ABINAS CHANDRA BANERJI, Rai dence: Allahabad, North-Western Pro-
Bahadur. See Banarji.
vinces.
ABUBAKR, Beari, Haji, Khdn Bahadur. AFGHANISTAN, His Highness the Amir
Received the title on 1893.
January 3, A
of, G.C.B., G. C.S.I. ruling chief.
Residence: Mangalore, Madras. Abdur Rahman
His Highness Sir
ABU SALEH, Muhammad, Maulavi Khan, G.C.S.I., Amir of Afghanistan,
Sayyid, Khdn Bahddur. Received the was born about the year 1843, and was
title January 1, 1892. Residence: placed on the throne by the British
Gaya, Bengal. authorities on July 22, 1880. He is a
younger son of the late Amir Sher Ali situated in the Bhopal Agency, Cen-
Khan, Amir of Kabul, and lived for tral India, is about 4200, and consists
some years as an exile, but was brought chiefly of Hindus. Residence: Agra
back after the last Afghan war. The Barkhera, Bhopal, Central India.
area of the State is about 270,000
square miles its population about
;
AGR0R, Khdn of. See Ali Gauhar Khan.
4,901,000, chiefly Muhammadans. His AHFAY-UR-RAHIM, Muhammad, Khdn
Highness was created a G. C.S.I, on Saheb. Received the title on January
April 28, 1885; and a G.C.B. on 1, 1898. Residence: Jabalpur, Central
January 1, 1894. He is entitled to a Provinces.
salute of 21 guns and maintains a
;
military force of 19,500 cavalry, 40,408 AHMAD, Maulavi, Khdn Bahadur. The
infantry, and 210 guns. Residence: title is personal,and was conferred on
"
Kabul. January 1, 1890 for loyalty and public
Khdn Saheb ; spirit." Residence: 70 Toltollah Lane,
AFRIDI KHAN, Malik, b.
Received the title on January Calcutta, Bengal.

1830.
1, 1897. Residence : Peshawar. AHMAD, Maulavi, Shams-ul-ulama. The
title was conferred for learning, on
AFSAR. See Afzar.
May 30, 1891. Residence: Calcutta.
AFZAL KHAN, Muhammad. See Mu-
hammad. AHMAD ALI, Khdn Bahadur. The
title was conferred on June 22, 1897.
AFZAL KHAN, Sardar Muhammad,
Residence: Berar.
Nawdb. The Sardar received the per-
sonal title of Nawab on January 1, AHMAD ALI, Muhammad, Nawdb
1894. Residence: Dera Ismail Khan, Bahadur. See Muhammad.
Punjab.
AFZAL Lieutenant - Colonel
AHMAD ALI KHAN, Khdn Bahadur.
KHAN, The Khan Bahadur has rendered good
Wazirzada Muhammad, C.S.I. Nawdb.,
service on the Survey of India, and
See Muhammad. received the title as a personal dis-
AFZAR-I-JANG, Nawab, Major, CLE. tinction on May 25, 1892. Residence :
See Muhammad Ali Bey. Calcutta.
AGAR (REWA KANTHA), Thakur AHMAD BAKHSH, Shaikh, Khdn Ba-
Gambhir Singh, Thdkur of. A ruling hadur; b. 1815. Son of Tir
Bakhsh,
chief. Born about 1867 is a Muham- ; who was Raja of
in the service of the
madan of Rajput descent. The area Nagpur; and whose ancestor, Malik
of the State is about 9 square miles ; Bal Lai, settled in the Fatehpur dis-
its population consists chiefly of trict in the reign of Shahab-ud-din
Bhils. Residence :
Agar, Rewa Kantha, Ghori. The Khan Bahadur served in
Bombay. the Bengal Light Cavalry from the
AGHA. This is generally a prefix. See year 1830 and took part in the cam-
;
under the name that follows. paign against the Bhils in 1832, and in
the Afghan war in 1839. He went
AGHA AHMAD, Ispahan!, Khdn Baha- through the Kabul campaigns, and
dur. Received the title on January 1, joined in the pursuit of Dost Mu-
1890. Residence: Rangoon, Burma. hammad. For his loyalty during the
Mutiny he was rewarded with a khilat,
AGHA KHAN, His Highness. See
a jdgir (grant of lands), and the title
Sultan. of Khan Bahadur, which was conferred
AG0RI BARHAR, Rani of. See Bed on him January 1866. Residence:
Saran. Fatehpur, North- Western Provinces.
AGRA BARKHERA (BHOFAL), Bal- AHMAD BAKHSH KHAN, Nagar,

want Singh, Thdkur of. A ruling Sardar Bahadur, Nawdb. The Sardar
chief. Thakur Balwant Singh a is Bahadur, who is a pensioned Risaldar-
Rajput Chief (Hindu), born about the Major in Her Majesty's Army, was
year 1827. He succeeded to the title, given the hereditary title of Nawab
which is hereditary, on July 9, 1859. for his lojr al services, on May 25, 1895.
The population of the State, which is Residence : Hyderabad, Deccan.
6 THE GOLDEN BOOK OF INDIA
AHMAD GURIKAL, Manjeri, Khan niece of the Hon. Sir Sharful Umra
BaMdur ; b. 1825. Granted the per- Bahadur, K.C.S.I. b. 1835 m. 1864,
; ;
sonal title of Khan Bahadur for good to the second daughter of His High-
service the Madras Police, from
in ness NawabZahir-ud-daula, G.C.S.I.,
which he retired on pension in 1888. second Prince of Arcot. Created Khan
Residence: Malabar, Madras Presi- Bahadur, 1874. Residence: Mylapur
dency. and Adyar, Madras.
AHMAD HASAN KHAN, Nawdb Baha- AHMAD MUHI-UD-DIN, Khan Bahadur.
dur. Son of the Nawab Kalb Ali The Khan Bahadur is a member of the
Khan, and a grandson of the late Saa- Carnatic family, being a son-in-law of
dat Ali Khan, King of Oudh. The his late Highness Zahir-ud-daula, the
title is personal. Residence: Lucknow, second of the titular Princes of Arcot.
Oudh. He was born in 1842, and was granted
AHMAD HUSAIN KHAN (of Fatehpur the personal title in 1875. Residence :
Haswa), Khan BaMdur. Received Madras.
the personal title of Khan Bahadur on
June 3, 1893. Residence: Sehore,
AHMAD NUR KHAN alias MANGAL
Central India. KHAN, Khan Bahadur. The title was
conferred on June 22, 1897 Residence . :
AHMAD HUSAIN KHAN, Nawdb (of Pilibhit, North- Western Provinces.

Fatehpur) ;b. 1826. The title is heredi-
tary. The family originally came AHMAD SHAH, Khan Bahadur. The
from Teheran its founder, Sayyid
;
title was conferred on January 1, 1894,
Ikram-ud-din Ahmad, accompanied Residence: Jalandhur, Punjab.
the Emperor Humayun on his return
AHMAD SHAH SAYYID (of Sardhana),
from Persia, took service under the
Nawab; b. January 1, 1835. Succeeded
Delhi emperors, and was appointed a
in 1882. The family are Muswi or
mansabddr by the great Akbar. The
Mashadi Sayyids, descended from
Nawab has two sons— Ali Husain
Khan and Bakar Husain Khan. Resi- Hayat Ali Musa Raza, and originally
residing at Paghman near Kabul. On
dence: Bakarganj, Fatehpur, North- account of services rendered to Alex-
Western Provinces.
ander Barnes in his Kabul mission,
AHMAD HUSAIN KHAN (of Pariawan), and subsequently to the English in
SHAIKH, Khan Bahadur; b. 1865; their retreat from Kabul, they were
succeeded 1877. The title is heredi- expelled from Kabul and settled at
tary, and was conferred December 4, Sardhana. When the Mutiny occurred
1877, on Dost Muhammad of Pariawan, at Meerut, the head of the family,
on account of his services in the Sayyid Muhammad Jan Fishan, Khan
Mutiny. The present Khan Bahadur Saheb, raised a body of horse, consist-
is an Honorary Magistrate Residence :
.
ing of his followers and dependents,
Pariawan, Partabgarh, Oudh. and officered by himself and his
AHMAD KHAN walad MUHAMMAD relatives accompanied General Wil-
;
son's force to the Hindan was present

HASAN KHAN, Mir. The title is ;
in both actions, and thence to Delhi,

personal, as being that of a descendant
of the ancient Mirs of Sind. Residence : where he remained with the head-
Shikarpur, Sind. quarters camp till the city was taken,
when his men were employed to keep
AHMAD KHAN, Jamadar, Khan Saheb. order in Delhi. For these eminent
The title is personal, and was con- services the title of Nawab, with a
ferred on February 16, 1887, on the suitable khilat, was conferred on him.
occasion of the Jubilee of the reign of And each of his successors has received
Her Most Gracious Majesty. Residence: the title of Nawab for life on succeed-
11th Bengal Lancers, India.
ing to the estates. Residence: Sard-
AHMAD KHAN, Sayyid, CLE. Was hana, North- Western Provinces.
created a Companion of the Most Emi-
nent Order of the Indian Empire, AHMAD YAR KHAN, Khan Bahadur.
Received the title on May 25, 1892.
January 1, 1888. Residence : Residence : Baluchistan.
AHMAD MOHI-UD-DIN, Khan Bahadur.
Son of Ibruth Jang Bahadur, by a AHMED. See Ahmad.
AHSANTJLLA, The Hon. Sir Khwaja, (Hindu). Residence: Ajrauda, Central

K.C.I.E., JVawdb Bahadur. Son and India.
heir of the late Nawab (of Dacca) The See
AJUDHYA, Mahdrdjd of.
Kbwaja Sir Abdul Ghani, K.C.S.I. Partab.
The Nawab Bahadur, who was born in
1846, bas long managed the large AKALGARH, Diiodn of. See Ram Chand.
family property, and has followed in
the footsteps of his father, both as a
AKALKOT, SHAHAJI MALOJI, alias
liberaland enlightened landlord, and
BABA SAHEB RAJE BHONSLE, Rdjd
A ruling chief . Rao Saheb Mehrban
in his large public benefactions. He
of.
Shahaji Maloji Raje Bhonsle, alias
received the title of Nawab Bahadur Baba Saheb, is the son of Maloji Raje;
on January 1, 1892 and was created
;
b. 1867. Is a descendant of the Bhonsle
a Knight Commander of the Most Educated at Rajaram College,
family .
Eminent Order of the Indian Empire

on Junt 22, 1897, on the auspicious Kolhapur. Married, 1881, Laxumibai
Saheb, daughter of Dhaibar Killedar of
occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of
Baroda, and grand-daughter of His
Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen
Highness the late Maharaja Khanderao
Empress. His sons are Khwaja Hafiz- Bahadur Gaekwar of Baroda. Has
ulla Khm Bahadur and Khwaja two daughters, Guzra Raje and Pu-
Salimulla He is a
Khan Bahadur. tala Raje, aged twelve and nine re-
member the Legislative Council of
of
spectively. His accession took place
Bengal, aid belongs to many other in 1870 but being a minor the
;
public holies. Residence: Dacca,

management of the State was in the
Bengal. hands of the British Government
AJAIGARH, Bundelkhand, His High- till 1891, when the administration
ness Maha*aja Sawai Sir Ranjor of the State was made over to him.
Singh Bahalur, K.C.I.E., Mahdrdjd His step-grandmother is the Lady
of. A ruliig chief. His Highness Kamaljabai Saheb, widow of Shahaji
was born on September 9, 1859. He is Raje II., alias Appa Saheb. The area
a Bundela Pajput, descended from the of the State is about 498 square miles,
famous Mah,raja Chhatrasal of Panna and its population is about 58,040,
(q.v.). Ajaifarh has an area of 802 chiefly Hindus, though there are nearly
square mile, and a population of 8000 Muhammadans. The chief main-
81,454, chiefh Hindus. His Highness, tains a military force of 46 men and 7
who was crested a Knight Commander guns. Residence: Akalkot, Bombay.
of the Most Eminent Order of the
Indian Empie on January 1, 1897, is AKBAR All, Khan Saheb. The title is
entitled to a salute of 11 guns, and personal, and was conferred on March

maintains a mlitary force of 97 cavalry, 15, 1887. Residence: Satara, Bombay.
544 infantry, aid 13 guns. The family AKBAR All, Mir, C.S.I. ,Khdn Bahadur.
motto is Radhir Ajai Wir (The The title is personal, and was originally
Steadfast in Var is an Unconquered conferred by His Highness the Nizam
Hero). His Eghness has two sons
— of the Deccan. The Khan Bahadur
Raja Bahadur Bhopal Singh, aged 30 was created a Companion of the Most
years ;
Diwan Senapati Jaipal Singh, Exalted Order of the Star of India,
aged 23 years Residence : Ajaigarh,
January 4, 1869. Residence : Hydera-
Central India.
bad, Deccan.
A JIT SINGH (o Saliya), Rdjd. Suc-
AKBAR All, Shaikh, Khdn Bahadur.
ceeded the Raja Mahip Singh of
late
personal, and was conferred
The title is
Saliya in 1891. The title is hereditary, on January 2, 1899. Residence : Ben-
having been oiginally conferred by gal.
the Gond Rajalindi Shah of Garha-
Mandla. Residace : Jabalpur, Central AKBAR HUSAIN, Sayyid, Khdn Baha-
Provinces. dur. Received the title on May 21,
1898. Is judge of S.C.C., Allahabad.
AJRAUDA (Wesfern Malwa), Danlat Residence: Allahabad, North-Western
Singh, Thdkur >/. A ruling chief.
Provinces.
Thakur Daulat Sngh was born about
the year 1835, nd succeeded to the AKBAR KHAN, Muhammad. See Mu-
title in 1859. le is a Rajput Chief hammad.
AKHAI KUMAR SEN, Rai Bahadur. nized by Government in December,
The title was conferred on January 1, 1893. Residence: Madras.
1897. Residence: Mulchar, Dacca, ALI AHMAD KHAN tvalad NASIR
Bengal.
KHAN, Mir. The title is hereditary,
AKHIL CHANDRA MUKHARJI, Rai and the Mir is descended from one of
Bahadur. Granted the title of Rai the Mirs of Sind at the time of the
Bahadur, as a personal distinction, annexation. Residence :
Shikarpur,
January 2, 1893. Residence: Calcutta. Sind.
AKRAM HUSAIN, Muhammad Afsar- ALI AHMAD KHAN, Maulavi Sayyid,

ul-Mulh Mirza Bahadur, Prince. The Khan Bahadur. The title was con-
ferred on May 26, 1894. Residence:
title is personal,being the courtesy-
title of this nobleman
as the twenty- Jabalpur, Central Provinces.
second son of the late King of Oudh. ALI BAHADUR KHAN (of Saidpur),
Residence : Calcutta, Bengal.
Raja. The Raja is a Chib Rajput of
AKRAM KHAN, Sir Muhammad, very ancient descent. Hi* ancestor,
K.C.S.I. (of Amb.), Nawdb Bahadur. Chib Chand, and his descendants long
See Muhammad. ruled in the neighbourhood of Bhim-
bar and one of the latter, Sadip
ALAM CHAND, Pandit, Rai Saheb.
;
Chand, adopted the Mahammadan

The title was conferred on June 22, faith in the Court of 1ne Emperor
1897. Residence: Bastar, Central Pro-
Babar, and was confirmed by that
vinces.
monarch in his possession, taking the
ALAM KHAN, Khan Saheb. Received name of Shadab Khan., The title is
the on May 21, 1898. Residence :
title hereditary, and the Raja) son is named
Kotla Nihang, Ambala, Punjab. Ali Akbar Khan. Residence : Saidpur,
ALAM KHAN, Mir, Khan Bahadur. Jhelum, Punjab.
The title is personal, and was conferred ALI BAKHSH KHAN *Ud AHMAD
on September 5, 1883, for distinguished ALI KHAN, Mir. TH title is held
military service. The Khan Bahadur for life, the Mir being
ajdescendant of
holds the high rank of Risaldar-Major one of the Mirs of Sindat the time of
in Her Majesty's Army. Residence: the annexation. Residence : Shikarpur,
With 1st Punjab Cavalry. Sind.
ALAM SHAH, Khan Bahadur. The ALI BAKHSH KHAN wdad FAZL MU-
title is personal, and was conferred on
1894.
HAMMAD KHAN, Ml The title is
Residence:
January 1, held for life, the Mir beiig a descendant
of one of the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at
ALAM SHAH, Sayyid, Khan Bahadur.
the time of the annexaion. Residence :
The title is personal, and was conferred
on February 16, 1887, on the occasion Shikarpur, Sind.
of the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most
ALI BEG, Muhammal, Major. See
Gracious Majesty. Residence: Lahore, Muhammad.
Punjab.
ALI DOST SAHEB, Kkh Bahadur; b.
ALBEL SINGH (of Lidhran), Sardar; 1829. Was granted he personal title
b. in 1824. The title is hereditary,
of Khan Bahadur onJanuary 1, 1878.
and the Sardar is descended from
Residence: Arcot, Moras.
Sardar Jai Singh, The family did
good service during the Mutiny. ALI DURKHANw«/a4 BAKHSH MAM
Residence : Ludhiana, Punjab. KHAN, Mir. The title is held for
ALBEL SINGH, Risaldar, Rai Bahadur. life, the Mir being a descendant of
The title was conferred as a personal one of the Mirs oj Chiefs of Sind
distinction on January 8, 1875. Resi- at the time of annexation (see
thj
dence : Ludhiana, Punjab. Khairpur). Residnce: Shikarpur,
Sind.
ALI AHMAD, Khan Bahadur. The
Khan Bahadur, who is also styled AH
GAUHAR KHAI, Khan Bahadur.
Iktidar Jang Afsar-ud-daula, Rafat- The title is persoal, and was con-
ul-Mulk, derived his titles from the ferred on June 9, 878. Is Khan of
Carnatic Nawab and they were recog-
; Agror. Residence JAgror, Punjab.
All HASAN KHAN, Amir-ud-dauld All MUHAMMAD, Mirza. The title is
Ihtisham-ul-Mulk, Bahadur, Shujdat hereditary. Is the son of Mirza Khusro

Jang. The title is personal, and was Beg. Residence : Hyderabad, Sind.
originally conferred by the late Mu-
hammad Ali Shah, formerly King of ALI MUHAMMAD SHAD, Sayyid,
Khan Bahadur. Is a descendant of the
Oudh, in 1837. He is the grandson of same family as the Nawab Bahadur
the late Saadat Ali Khan, King of
Oudh and his title was recognized Vilayat Ali Khan, CLE. (q.v.) ; and
;
Luck- was granted the title on January 1,

December 4, 1877. Residence :
of his social
1891, in consideration
now, Oudh. and Residence:
position learning.
ALI HASAN KHAN walad IMAM Patna, Bengal.
BAKHSH KHAN, Mir. The title is ALI MURAD KHAN walad AHMAD
held for life, as that of one of the
descendants of the Mirs of Sind at the KHAN, Mir; September 1, 1835.
b.
The title is hereditary, and the Mir is
time of the annexation. Residence:
a son of the Mir Ahmad Khan of the
Shikarpur, Sind. Shahwani branch of the Talpur family,
ALT HUSAIN KHAN, Shams-ud-dauld formerly Amirs of Sind. Residence :
Mukhtar-ul-Mulk, Bahadur, Mustakim Hyderabad, Sind.
Jang. Is grandson of the late Saadat ALI MURAD KHAN walad FATEH
Ali Khan, Kiug of Oudh. His titles
were originally conferred by the late KHAN, Mir. The title is personal,
and was continued for life in 1896.
Muhammad Ali Shah, King of Oudh ;
Residence : Hyderabad, Sind.
and were recognized by Government,
December 4, 1877. Residence: Luck- ALI NAKI KHAN, Muhammad, Mirza
now, Oudh. Bahadur. See Muhammad.
ALI HUSAIN, Sardar Mirza Bahadur, ALI NAWAB
Prince. The Prince is the fourteenth
CHAUDHRI, Maulavi
son of the late King of Oudh, and his Muhammad, Khdn Bahadur. See
Muhammad.
title is a courtesy title, personal to
himself. Residence Calcutta, Bengal. ALI NAWAB CHAUDHRI, Maulavi
:
Sayyid, Khdn Bahadur. The title was

ALI JAN, Khan Bahadur. The title is conferred on June 22, 1897. Residence :
personal, and was conferred on January Tippera, Bengal.

1, 1890. Residence : Jaunpur, North-
western Provinces. ALI NAWAZ KHAN walad GHULAM
SHAH KHAN, Mir. The title is
ALI KHAN, Mirza Muhammad, Khan personal, the Mir being a descendant
Saheb. Received the title for services of one of the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at
as Member of Council of the Tonk the time of the annexation. Residence :
State, on May 21, 1898. Residence : Shikarpur, Sind.
Tonk, Rajputana. ALI RAJA See
(of Cannanore), Rdjd.
Musa.
ALI KHAN, Sayyid, Nawdb. The title
was conferred on February 16, 1887. ALIM KHAN, Jamadar, Khdn Saheb.
The Nawdb had received the title of The title was conferred on February
Khan Bahadur on January 1, 1877. 16, 1887, for good military service.
Residence : Monghyr, Bengal. Residence : With 20th Bengal Infantry.
ALI MAD AD KHAN walad AHMAD ALIMUDDIN, Kazi, Khdn Bahadur.
KHAN, H. H. Mir, Mir; b. 1835. The was conferred on January 1,
title
The first title is
personal. The second 1898. Is Tahsildar of Murwara. Re-
title (Mir) hereditary, as His High-
is sidence: Murwara, Jabalpur, Central
ness is descended from the old Mirs or Provinces.
Chiefs of Sind. Residence: Shikarpur, C.S.I. , Rao Ba-
ALIPURA, Chhatarpati,
Sind.
hadur of. A ruling chief. The Rao
ALI MAZHAR SAHIB, Hafiz, Khdn of Alipura was born on August 29,
Bahadur. Connected with the Carnatic 1853, and succeeded to the Raj on
family. "Was granted the personal title November 3, 1871. He is a Rajput
on June 1, 1888. Residence : Karur, (Hindu) of the Parihar clan, and is
Madras. descended from the Rao Mukund Singh,
a Sarddr of Panna, whose grandson, on January 1, 1895. Residence: Dera
Rao Pratap Singh, received a sanad Ghazi Khan, Punjab.
from the British Government in 1808.
The old title of the family was Sewai ALLAH BAKHSH KHAN walad ALA-
Rao but Rao only was used until the
;
DITTA KHAN, Mir. The title has
been continued for Residence:
year 1877, when the additional title of
life.
Bahadur was granted as a personal dis- Shikarpur, Sind.

tinction at the Delhi Imperial Assem- ALLAH RAKHIO KHAN walad ALA-
blage, on the occasion of the Proclama- DITTA KHAN, Mir. The title has
tion of Her Majesty as Empress of been continued for life. Residence:
India. The area of the State is 69 Shikarpur, Sind.
square miles; its population 14,891, ALLAH YAR KHAN, Karyal, Khdn
chiefly Hindus. The Rao Bahadur was Saheb. The title was conferred on May
created a C.S.I, on February 15, 1887,
on the occasion of the Jubilee of the 21, 1898. Residence : Shahpur, Punjab.
reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty. ALLAHDAD KHAN, Nawdb. The title
He maintains a military force of 6 ishereditary, and the present Nawdb,
cavalry, 277 infantry, and 3 guns. in 1889, succeeded his father, Nawdb
Residence : Alipura, Bundelkhand, Sarfaraz Khan, C.S.I. Sarbuland
Central India. Khan, the founder of the family, and
the first Nawab of Mankerah, was an
ALIBAJPUR, Rana Partab Rdnd
of. A ruling chief. HeSingh, was born Afghan of the Saddozai, a ruling race
about the year 1881, and succeeded to of Kabul, and held the government
the Raj on February 14, 1891. He is a of the Derajat under the Nawab of
Multan. Subsequently he obtained,
Sisodiya Rajput, said to be descended
from the family of His Highness the through the Kabul Government, pos-
Mahdrdnd of Udaipur. The area of session of the Mankerah territory,
the State is 836 square miles; its and took up his residence at Bhakkar
on the Indus. On his death in 1816
population is 56,827, chiefly Hindus,
but including nearly 19,000 Bhils. The he was succeeded by Hafiz Ahmad
Rana is entitled to a salute of 9 guns, Khan, his daughter's son, who was
and maintains a military force of 11 the great-grandfather of the present
Nawab. He was succeeded by his son,
cavalry, 169 infantry, and 7 guns.
Residence : Alirdjpur, Bhopdwar, Cen- Shah Nawaz Khan, and in the latter's
tral India. time, Ranjit Singh, after the conquest
of Multan, besieged and took Manke-
ALI-UD-DIN SAHEB, Maulavi Sayyid, rah. A treaty was, however, sub-
Khan Saheb. Received the title on
sequently concluded, by which the
June 3, 1899. Residence: Bellary, Nawdb was left in possession of a con-
Madras. siderable territory. He was succeeded
ALLAH BAKHSH wafoÂLI BAKHSH, by his son, Nawdb Sarfardz Khan, and
Mir ; b. October 1, 1865. The title is the latter by his son, the present
hereditary, the Mir being a son of Mir Nawab. Residence: Dera Ismail Khdn,
Ali Bakhsh of the Shahwani branch of Punjab.
the Talpur family, formerly Amirs of
Sind. Residence: Hyderabad, Sind.
ALLAHDAD KHAN walad AHMAD
KHAN, Mir. The title is hereditary,
ALLAH BAKHSH walad GHULAM the Mir being a Jdgirddr and a de-
HUSAIN KHAN, Mir. The title is scendant of one of the Mirs or Chiefs
hereditary, for the same reason as of Sind at the time of the annexation.
above. Residence : Shikdrpur, Sind. Residence :
Hyderabad, Sind.
ALLAH BAKHSH, Munshi, Khan Baha- ALLAHDAD KHAN, Raisani, Mir, Khan
dur. Granted the title of Khan Baha- Bahadur. The title was conferred on
dur as a personal distinction, in promo- February 16,1887. Residence: Khanak
tion from that of Khan Saheb, January and Barkhan, Baluchistan.
2, 1893. Residence :
Punjab.
Rawalpindi, ALLAHYAR KHAN (Khan of Hangu),
Khdn Bahadur. The title of Khdn
ALLAH BAKHSH KHAN, Saddozai, Bahddur was conferred on January 1,
Khan Saheb. The title was conferred 1895. Residence: Kohdt, Punjab.
THE GOLDEN BOOK OF INDIA 11
ALTAF HUSAIN, Miyan (of Muzaffar- Raja Chhatarsal gave the village of
nagar), Khan Bahadur. The title was Salaiyah in Pargana Panwari in dowry
conferred on January 1, 1891. Resi- to Sabha Singh, Panwar Thakur, to
dence: Peshawar, Punjab. whom the Raja's daughter was married,
ALUMAL TRIKAMDAS BHOJVANI, together with the title of Rao, which
the family have ever since enjoyed.
Rao Saheb, Rao Bahadur. The title is
Rao Aman Singh's grandfather was
personal, and was conferred on Febru- Rao Nawal Singh. Residence : Ha-
ary 1, 1889. Residence : Karachi, Sind.
mirpur, North-Western Provinces.
ALVA (REWA KANTHA), Thakur
AMANAT FATIMA
Rasul Khan, Thakur of. A ruling (of Basitnagar),
chief. Was born about the year 1875, Bey am. See Basitnagar.
and is a Muhammadan of Rajput AMAR NATH, Babu, Rai Saheb. The

descent. The area of the State is about title was conferred on January 1, 1896.
3 square miles, and its population Residence : Kashmir.
consists of aboriginal Bhils.
Residence
chiefly
Rewa
AMAR NATH, Babu, Rai Saheb ; b.
: Alva, Kantha, 1849. Title conferred for good service
Bombay. on January 1, 1896. Residence: Nur
ALWAR, His Highness the Maharaja Mahl, Jalandhar, Punjab.
Sawai of. His Highness the Maharaja AMAR NATH, Diwan, Rai Saheb. Is
is a minor, and only succeeded to Governor of Jammu. Received the
the Raj in the year 1892, on the title on May 21, 1898. Residence:
death of the late Maharaja, Lieu-
Jammu, Punjab.
tenant-Colonel His Highness the
Maharaja Sawai Sir Mangal Singh AMAR SINGH, Rdjd Sir, K.C.S.I. Is
Vice-President of the Jammu and
Bahadur, G.C.S.I. He is a Rajput
(Hindu) of the Naruka clan, and is
Kashmir State Council. Was created
descended from Pratap Singh, Rao of a Knight Commander of the most
Macheri. The latter, on becoming Exalted Order of the Star of India on
Raja of Rajgarh, took the title of
November 11, 1891. Residence : Srina-
Rao Raja of Macheri ; and subse- gar, Kashmir.
quently, on bringing the whole of AMAR SINGH, Rai. The titlewas con-
Alwar into subjection, he assumed the ferred on August 30, 1859. Residence :
title of Maharao Raja, and proclaimed Muzaffarnagar, North- Western Pro-
his independence in 1770 a.d. The vinces.
family was an offshoot from the ruling AMAR SINGH (of Ramgarh), Mian.
family of Jaipur. The area of the State The title is hereditary. The family is
is 3024 square miles its population
; of Rajput origin, and claims descent
682,926, chiefly Hindus (but including from Singar Chand Raja of Bilaspur
more than 150,000 Muhammadans). Adescendant of Raja
(Kahlur).
His Highness is entitled to a salute of named Khushal
Singar Chand, Singh,
15 guns, and maintains a military
conquered Ramgarh and the adjoining
force of 2189 cavalry, 3676 infantry,
territories, and built a fort at Ramgarh.
and 351 guns. The revenue of the Residence: Ramgarh, Ambala, Punjab.
State is Rs.2,658,972. Residence:
Alwar, Rajputana.
AMAR SINGH, Sarddr ; b. 1858. The
title is hereditary. The family is
AMALA, Raja Ratan Singh, Raja of. of Jat origin, and is descended from
A ruling chief. The Raja was born Sardar Sujan Singh, who took posses-
about the year 1841, and is of Bhil sion of Shahkot and ten neighbouring
descent. The State, which is one of
villages in 1759 on the decline of the
the Dang States, in Khandesh, is about
Mughal Empire. His successors were
119 square miles in area and its ; reduced to submission by Sardar Fateh
population, which consists chiefly of Singh Ahluwalia, and subsequently by
Bhils, Konknas, and other aboriginal the Maharaja Ran jit Singh of La-
tribes, is about 5300. Residence: hore. Residence: Shahkot, Jalandhar,
Amala, Khandesh, Bombay. Punjab.
AMAN SINGH, Rao; b. August 14, AMAR SINGH (of Balloki), Sarddr. The
1876.
<
The title is hereditary, and the title is hereditary. Residence : Jalan-
traditional account of its origin is, that dhar, Punjab.
AMAR SINGH (of Naugaza), Sarddr. panion of the Most Eminent Order of
The title is hereditary. Residence : the Indian Empire, February 15, 1887,
Jalandhar, Punjab. in recognition of his position as an
AMAKAVATI SHESHAYA SHASTRI, eminent member of the Calcutta Bar.
C.S.I. See Seshaya. Belongs to a family that claims descent
from the Prophet. Residence: Calcutta.
AMB, Nawdb of. See Muhammad Akram
Khan, Sir. AMIR All, Sayyid* Khdn Bahadur.
The title was conferred on January 1,
AMB, Rdjd of. See
Eaghunath Singh. 1896. Residence: Ludhiana, Punjab.
AMBADAS SANTIR, Rai
Saheb. The AMIR ALI KHAN walad FAZL MU-
title was conferred on May 25, 1895. HAMMAD KHAN, Mir. The title
Residence: Wun, Berar. has been continued for life, the Mir
AMBAR SINGH, Bahadur. The title being a descendant of one of the Mirs
was conferred on September 28, 1894, or Chiefs of Sind at the time of the
for meritorious service as Subadar- annexation. Residence :
Shikarpur,
Major in the 5th Bombay Infantry. Sind.
Residence: Amritsar, Punjab. AMIR BAKHSH, Khdn Bahadur. Re-
AMBIKA CHARAN RAI, Rai Bahadur; ceived the title of Khan Saheb on
b. 1827, at Behala, near Calcutta; son January 1, 1894, and that of Khan
of the late Babu Durga Prasad Bai. Bahadur on January 1, 1896. Resi-
from Raja Gajen-
Is twelfth in descent dence:
dranath Rai, who was a Minister in the AMIR BAKHSH, Malik, Khdn Saheb.
Court of Delhi in the reign of the Received the title on June 3, 1899.
Emperor Jahangir. The family was Residence: Hazara, Punjab.
settled at Anarpur near Dum-dum,
but removed to Behala towards the
AMIR HASAN KHAN, Sir Muhammad,
close of the last century, on account of
of Mahmudabad K. C
I. E. Rdjd,
, ,
Khdn
Bahadur. See Muhammad.
the Mahratta raids. The Rai Bahadur
has taken an active and enlightened AMIR HASAN, Sayyid, Khdn. The
title is Residence: Allaha-
hereditary.
part in municipal affairs, especially in
connection with the South Suburban bad, North-Western Provinces.
Municipality, of which he has been the AMIR HUSAIN, Sayyid, CLE., Nawdb
elected Chairman ever since the intro- Bahadur. Was created a Companion
duction of the elective system. He of the Most Eminent Order of the
—
has four sons Surendranath Rai,B.A., Indian Empire, January 1, 1888, and
B.L., of the High Court, Calcutta; received the title of Nawab on January
Satyendranath Rai Amarendranath ; 1, 1892, and that of Nawab Bahadur on
Rai; Devendranath Rai. Residence: May 21, 1898. Residence: Calcutta.
Behala, Bengal. AMIR KHAN, Khdn Saheb. Received
AMETHI, Rdjd of. See on January 1, 1898. Resi-
Bhagwan Bakhsh the title
dence: Nagpur, Central Provinces.
Singh of Amethi.
AMIN CHAND (of Bijwara), Sarddr AMIR MUHAMMAD KHAN, Jamadar,
Bahadur. The title was conferred on Khdn Saheb. The title is personal, and
was conferred February 16, 1887, on
January 1, 1877. The Sardar Bahadur the occasion of the Jubilee of Her
is of a Khatri family; his son is Ram
Chand. Residence: Bijwara, Hoshiar- Most Gracious Majesty's reign, for
military services. Residence: With 11th
pur, Punjab.
Bengal Lancers.
AMIN KHAN, Muhammad, Khan Khel, AMIR
Khdn Bahadur. See Muhammad. SHAH, Khdn Bahddur. The
Khan Bahadur received the title on
AMIR AHMAD, Sayyid, Shams-ul- May 25, 1892. Residence: Lahore,
Vlama. The title was conferred on Punjab.
February 16, 1887, for eminent oriental AMJAD ALI, Maulavi Sayyid, Shams-
scholarship. Residence: North-Western The title was
ul-Ularna; b. 1853.
Provinces.
conferred, in recognition of high attain-
AMIR ALI, The Hon. Sayyid, CLE. ments in Arabic and Persian, on Janu-
Is a Puisne Judge of the High Court ary 1, 1897. Residence: Allahabad,
of Calcutta. He was created a Com- North-Western Provinces.
AMJAD All, Sayyid, Sarddr Bahadur. January 1, 1898. Is Extra Assistant

Son of Sayyid Anwar Ali. The title Commissioner of Bassein. Residence:
was conferred for eminent services in Bassein, Burma.
the Mutiny. His son is Sayyid Kasim
ANAND CHANDAR SEN, Rai Bahadur.
Ali, Honorary Magistrate of Delhi. Received the title on May 20, 1896.
Residence: Delhi, Punjab.
Residence: Bengal.
AMLIYARA, Thakur Jalamsinghji ANAND RAO, Rao Saheb. Received the
Amarsinghji, Thakur of. A ruling on January 1, 1898. Residence:
title
chief. The Thakur, who is a Hindu
of Koli (aboriginal) descent, was born Umrer, Nagpur, Central Provinces.
about the year 1860, and succeeded to ANANDA CHARLU, Panappakkam,
the gadi on April 23, 1876. The State Vidia Vinodha Avargal, C.I.E., Rai
(which is in Mahi Kantha, Bombay Bahadur. The title was conferred as
Presidency) contains an area of about
a personal distinction on February 16,
157 square miles, and a population 1887. Created a CLE. on June 22,
(chiefly Hindu) of 12,437. Residence: 1897. Residence : Egmore, Madras.
Amliyara, Mahi Kantha, Bombay. ANANDA GAJAPATI RAZ, Mahdrdja
AMMEMBALA VENKATEAMANA Sir P., G.G.I.E. See Vizianagram.
POI, Rao Bahadur. Eeceived the title
on June 3, 1899. Residence : Madras. ANAND AROYA MUDALIYAR, T.,
Janopacara Kirtha; b. 1884. Title
AMODA, Rdwat of. See Jalam Singh. conferred on his great-great-grand-
AMRIK SINGH, Chhachi, Sarddr; b. father, T. Ramaswami Mudaliyar in
1836. The title is hereditary. Is son 1834, for having restored the ancient
of Sardar Nehal Singh, who married bridges at Sivasamudran. Residence:
the only daughter of Sardar Gurmukh Mysore City.
Singh, and was allowed to take the ANANDATONAI RAI, Rdjd Rai. This
name of Chhachi and to succeed to his is one of the titles that appear not to
father-in-law's jdgir. Sardar Nehal have been formally recognized by
Singh did valuable service to Govern- Government. It was originally con-
ment in the rebellion of 1848 and for ; ferred for approved service by the
his loyalty in the time of the Mutiny
Emperor of Delhi. The earliest Rajas
received an additional jdgir. In 1857 were Raja Pratapaditya Rai and
the present Sardar (then Amrik Singh,
Raja Basanta Kumar Rai. Residence :
eldest son of Sardar Nehal Singh)
Khulna, Bengal.
raised a risala of mounted police and
took them down to Oudh, where they ANANDI DD* Rai Bahadur. The title
,
is personal, and was conferred on May

did excellent service. Residence:
24, 1883. Residence: Indore, Central
Rawalpindi, Punjab.
India.
AMRIK SINGH, Hasanwalia, Sardar,
Rai Bahadur. Granted the title of ANANDRAO RAMKRISHNA TAL-
Rai Bahadur, as a personal distinction, CHERKAR, Rao Bahadur. Received
January 2, 1893. Residence: Punjab. the title on May 21, 1898. Residence :
AMRITA LAL CHATTERJI, Rai Baha- Bombay.

dur. Received the title on May 21, ANANTA CHARLU, P.O., Rao Bahadur.
1898. Was Subordinate Judge of Tir- See Pananjeri.
hut. Residence: Tirhut, Bengal.
ANANTAMPLLLAI SINGARACHARI-
AMRITA NATH MITTER, Rai Bahadur. YAR, Mandayam, Rao. The title was
The title was conferred on May 25, conferred on 1898. Residence :
1895. Residence: Calcutta.
May 21,
Madras.
AMTJLAK SHIVDAS, Rao Saheb. The
titlewas conferred on February 16, ANANTARAO PANTULU GARU, V.,
1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee of
Biwdn Bahadur; 1854.
b. Received
Her Majesty's reign. Residence : Ahma- the title on January 2, 1897. Resi-
dence: Vizianagram, Madras.
dabad, Bombay.
AN, Mating, Kyet thaye zanng Salwe ANANTHA CHARULTJ, P., Rai Baha-
yaMin.^ This Burmese title (See In- dur. Granted the personal title on
troduction, page xii) was conferred on January 1, 1891. Residence: Madras.
n THE GOLDEN BOOK OF INDIA
ANATH NATH MULLICK, Rai Baha- ARCOT THOPPA TIRTJVENKATA-
dur. Received the title on May 21, SWAMI MUDALIYAR, Rao Bahadur.
1898. Residence: Calcutta. See Thoppa.
ANAULA, Rdjd of. See Mahesh Partab ARCOT WINTEL SRINIVASA RAO,
Singh. Rao Saheb. See Wintel.
ANKITAM ACHAYYAMMA, Rani Sri, ARDESAR DORABJI (of Ahmadabad),
Rani. The title was conferred on Khan Bahadur. The title is personal,
January 1, 1896. Residence : Vizaga- and was conferred on May 24, 1889.
patam, Madras. Residence: Ajmir.
ANNAVARAPU PUNDARIKAKSHU- ARGAL, Raja of. See Sheoram Singh.
DU PANTULU, Rao Bahadur. See
Pundarikakshudu. ARJAN DAS, LALA, Rai Saheb. Re-
ceived the title on January 2, 1899.
ANTAJI RAMCHANDRA JOGLIKAR, Residence: Punjab.
Rao Saheb. See Ramchandra.
ARJAN SINGH, Bhai, Sarddr Bahadur.
ANTONY, Maung Myook, Thuye gaung The title was conferred as a personal
ngwe Da ya Min. The title is per-
distinction on January 1, 1898. Is an
sonal, and was conferred on January extra Assistant Commissioner. Resi-
It means "
1, 1890. Recipient of the dence: Punjab.
Silver Sword for Bravery," and is in-
dicated by the letters T.D.M. after the ARJUN SINGH (of Mukerian), Sarddr.
name. Residence: Legaing, Burma. The title is hereditary. The Sarddr
succeeded the late Sardar Nidhan
ANWAR-UD-DIN, Muhammad, Khan Singh in 1892. Residence :
Hoshiarpur,
Bahadur. See Muhammad.
Punjab.
ANWAR-UL-HAK, Muhammad, Mau- ARJUN SINGH (of Chahel), Sarddr
lavi, Khan Bahadur. See Muhammad. Bahadur; b. 1845. Succeeded his
father Sardar Joala Singh in 1852.
APJI AMAR SINGH, Rao Bahadur. The title of Sardar is hereditary ; that
The title was conferred on February
of Sarddr Bahadur was conferred as a
16, 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee
of Her Majesty's Residence: personal distinction on January 1, 1894.
reign.
The Sardar comes of a Chahel Jat
Kotah, Rajputana.
family. Its founder, Katha Singh, was
APPAJI GANESH DANDAKAR, Rao in the service of the Bhangi Sardars,
Saheb. The title is personal, and was who had taken possession of Lahore in
conferred on May 30, 1891 . Residence : 1764 ; and his son Karm Singh, on
Thana, Bombay. the overthrow of the Bhangi chiefs,
APPAJI RAOJI, Rao Bahadur. The took service with the Maharaja Ranjit
personal, and was conferred on
title is Singh, and ultimately became one of
April 9, 1883. Residence: Sholapur, his most powerful Sardars. He was
killed in the battle of Theri on the
Bombay.
Yusufzai border; and his eldest son,
APPU SASTRIYAR, S., Rao Bahadur; Sarddr Gurmukh Singh, died of cholera
b. 1855. Was granted the personal at Kohat. Sarddr Jodla Singh, father
title in1889 for services to education. of the present Sarddr, was at this time
Residence : Kumbhakonam, Tanjore,
only four years old so the Mahdrdjd
;
Madras.
Ranjit Singh resumed many of the
ARBAB. A title. jdgirs of the family. Residence:
Muhammad Amritsar, Punjab.
ARCOT, Prince of. See
Munawwar Ali, Khan Bahadur, Prince ARUR SINGH (of Naushahara Nangal),
of Arcot. Sarddr. Of a Shergil Jat family.
The hereditary; the founder
title is
ARCOT, The Princess of, JVawdb. The
of the family was Sarddr Mirza Singh,
title is a personal one, recognized in
who joined the Kanahayya confede-
1886. Residence: Madras.
racy. His son, Sasddr Kanh Singh,
ARCOT NARAYANSWAMI MUDA- and his grandson, Sarddr Jassa Singh,
LIYAR, Rai Bahadur. See Narayan were in the service of the Majithia
Swami. Chief. Residence: Amritsar, Punjab.
ASAD KHAN, K.C.I.E., Sir, Sarddr. ASMAN JAH BAHADUR, Mirza,

The the Sardar
title is hereditary, as Prince. The title is the courtesy
is the Chief of the Sarawan Brahuis. title of the second son of the late King
He was created a Companion of the of Oudh. Residence : Calcutta, Bengal.
Most Eminent Order of the Indian ASOTHAR, Rdjd of. See Narpat Singh.
Empire, on January 1, 1878, and a
Knight Commander of the same Most
ASSA NAND, Rai Saheb. Received the
Eminent Order, June 3, 1893. Resi- title on January 1, 1898. Residence:
dence: Baluchistan. Military Works Department, Simla.
ASAD-ULLA KHAN, Nawdb. The title ATA MUHAMMAD, Shaikh, Khdn
of Khan Bahadur was conferred on Bahadur. The title was conferred on
January 2, 1888, and that of Nawdb May 24, 1889. Residence: Hodeida
on January 1, 1895. Residence : Mee- and Camaran.
rut, North- Western Provinces. ATA MUHAMMAD KHAN, Subadar-
ASDAR All KHAN, Khdn Bahadur. Major, Khdn Bahadur. Received the
Is Assistant- Surgeon. Received the titleon May 21, 1898. Residence:
title on May 21, 1898. Residence: Kurram, Punjab Frontier.
Bengal. ATA-ULLA KHAN, Lieutenant-Colonel
ASGHAR ALI BEG, Khdn Bahadur. Mirza, Sardar Bahadur, Rdjd. Re-
The title was conferred on June ceived the title of Raja on September
22,
1897. Residence: Survey Department, 9, 1891. Was British Agent at Kabul.
Calcutta. Residence : Wazirabad, Punjab.
ASGHAR HUMAYUN Khdn Saheb. Re-

JAH, Muham- ATA-ULLA, Shaikh,
Mirza Bahadur, Prince. See ceived the title on June 3, 1899.
mad,
Muhammad. Residence : Commissariat Department,
Simla.
ASGHAR REZA, Sayyid, Khdn Baha-
dur. The title is personal, and was ATA-UR-RAHMAN, Maulavi, Shams-
ul-ulama. Received the title for
conferred on February 16, 1887, on the
eminent learning on June 3, 1898.
occasion of the celebration of the
Residence : Calcutta.
Jubilee of Her Majesty's reign. Is
a prominent Zdmindar (landowner) of ATHAR ALI, Munshi, Khdn Bahadur.
Krishnaganj in Purniah, Bengal. Resi- Received the title on June 3, 1893.
dence : Purniah, Bengal. Residence: Lucknow, Oudh.
ASHIK ALI KHAN, Muhammad, Khdn ATHGARH, Raja Sri Karan Biswa-
Bahadur. See Muhammad. nath Biwarta Patnaik, Rdjd of.
ASHRAF ALI, Maulavi Mirza, Shams-

A ruling chief. The Raja, who is a
ul-Ulama. See Mirza.
Hindu of Kayasth descent, was born
on August 12, 1851, and succeeded
ASHRAF-UD-DIN AHMAD, Sayyid, to the gadi on February 8, 1896.
Khdn Bahadur. Mutawali of the Descended from the Raja Niladri
Hughli Imambara. Created a Khan Deo Barman, who founded this
Bahadur, as a personal distinction, on State in very early times by con-
January 2, 1893. Residence: Hughli, quest; and twenty-eight generations
Bengal. have intervened between him and the
ASHTI, Nawdb of. See Faujdar Khan. present Raja. The State is one of
the Orissa Tributary Mahals, Bengal ;
ASHUTOSH MITTRA, Rai Bahadur. its area is about 168 square miles, and
The title was conferred on January 3, its population (chiefly Hindus) is
1893. Residence: Kashmir. about 31,000. The Raja maintains a
ASHUTOSH NATH ROY military force of 341 men. Residence :
(of Cossimba-
Received the title on May Athgarh, Orissa, Bengal.
zar), Raja.
21, 1898. Residence: Cossimbazar, ATHMALIK, Maharaja Mahendra
Murshidabad, Bengal. Deo Sawant, Mahdrdjd of. A ruling
chief. The Maharaja, who is a Hindu
ASKOT, Rdjwdr of. See Pushkar Pal.
of Kshatriya descent, was born about
ASLAM KHAN, Hon. Lieut-Col., CLE. the year 1848, and succeeded to the
See Muhammad Aslam Khan. gadi on February 4, 1877. This State
is said to have been founded by one ATMA SINGH (of Padhana), Sarddr.
Pratap Deo, who, with seven other The title is personal, and was con-
brothers of the Raja of Jaipur, came ferred on January 2, 1888. Residence :
with their families on a pilgrimage to Lahore, Punjab.
Puri. For some reason or other they
had a quarrel with the Raja of Puri,
ATRA CHANDAPUR, Bdjd of. See
Jagmohan Singh.
by whom two of the brothers were put
to death. The remaining five brothers ATRAULA, Rdjd of. See Mumtaz Ali
fled for their lives to the hills, and Khan.
settled at Bonai, of which they took Khdn
ATTA-ULLAH, Shaikh, Saheb.
possession,and of which one of the See Ata-ulla.
brothers was made Raja. The sister
of this Raja of Bonai married Bal- ATTAR SINGH (of Maloha), Sarddr.
bhadra Bhanj, a brother of the The and the Sardar
title is hereditary,
belongs to a Khatri family, descended

Keunjhar Raja, who, having plotted to from the Sardar Dyal Singh, whose
dethrone his brother, was put to death
sons were dispossessed of much of
by him. Balbhadra's wife fled to their territory by the Maharaja Ran jit
Bonai, and although the Raja of
Keunjhar sent ambassadors there to Singh of Lahore. Residence : Maloha,
bring her back, Pratap Deo refused to Ambala, Punjab.
allow her to return, and went with her AUKITHAM ACHAYAMMA GARU (of
to Ramganj in Bod, where she gave The was
birth to a son. At that time a
Vizagapatam), Rani. title
conferred, as a personal distinction, on
Brahman named Gobardhan Deo was
January 1, 1896. Residence : Vizaga-
Raja of Bod, and as his only son was patam, Madras.
dead, he adopted Pratap Deo's nephew
as his son and heir. At this time a AULAD HUSAIN, C.I.E., Khdn Baha-
Raja who was a Dom by caste was dur. The title was
conferred on
ruling on the north of the Mahanadi. January 1, 1877. a Com-
Created
Pratap Deo defeated him, and be- panion of the Most Eminent Order of
coming ruler of his dominions, founded the Indian Empire, on January 1, 1882.
a village and named it Pratap-pur Residence: Jabalpur, Central Pro-
after himself. The elevated plain vinces.
across the Handpagarh is, to the
AUNDH, Shrinivas Parashuram, Pant
present day, renowned as the garh of
Pratinidhi of. A The
ruling chief.
the Dom
Raja; and a village called Pant Pratinidhi of Aundh, who is
Pratap-pur still exists near it. Pratap a Hindu Chief of Brahman descent,
Deo found a handa (metal top) in a was born on November 27, 1833, and
tank which he was excavating there, succeeded to the gadi on June 11, 1848.
and gave the place and the State the He was a Member of the Bombay
name of Handpa. In course of time
Legislative Council from 1866 to 1868.
one of the chiefs who ruled after —
He has four sons Parashuram Rao,
Pratap Deo divided the State into Gangadhar Rao, Bhawan Rao, and
eight subdivisions, and placed a chief Bhagwant Rao. The State was for-
over each, with a view of bringing
merly a feudatory, of Satara; and
the aborigines into subjection. Hence this was indicated by the title Prati-
the State changed its name from
nidhi, which meant "the likeness or
Handpa to Athmalik (" eight chiefs "). representation of the Raja," and was
The State (which is one of the conferred on the Pratinidhi Para-
Orissa Tributary Mahals) has an area shuram Trimbak during the reign of
of 730 square miles.
Its population,
Raja Rajaram Maharaj of Satara.
21,774, is chiefly Hindu ; ^ but there The title of Pant was adopted by
are more than 5000 aboriginal hill- Parashuram Pratinidhi in 1846, on
men. The Maharaja has a military which occasion he paid a nazar of
force of 360 men and one gun. Resi-
Rs.25,000 to the Raja of Satara.
dence : Athmalik, Orissa, Bengal. Residence : Aundh, Satara, Bombay.
ATMA RAM, Rai Saheb. The title was AUNG GYI, Maung, Kyet thaye zaung
conferred on June 22, 1897. Residence : shwe Salwe ya Min. The title is
Survey Department, Calcutta. personal, and was conferred on June
"
1, 1888. It means Recipient of the AZIM-UD-DIN SAYYID GHUIAM M0-
Gold Chain of Honour," and is indi- HID-UD-DIN, Kazi Sayyid, Khdn
cated by the letters K.S.M. after the Bahadur. The title was conferred on
name. Residence : Ye-u, Burma. June 22, 1897. Residence: Poona.
AUNG MIN, Mating, Thuye gaung ngwe AZIM HUSAIN KHAN, Khdn Bahadur.
Da ya Min. The
was conferred
title The titleis personal, and was con-
as a personal distinction on January ferred on July 30, 1886, for dis-

Residence : Myotha, Burma. services. Resi-
1, 1894. tinguished military
dence : With 5th Punjab Cavalry.
AUNG ZAN, Maung, Kyet thaye zaung
shwe Salwe ya Min. The title {see AZIM KHAN, Kundi, Khdn
Bahadur.
was conferred on June 22, 1897. The title is personal, and was conferred
above) Dera
Residence: Burma. on May 20, 1890. Residence:
Ismail Khan, Punjab.
AURANGZEB KHAN, Munshi, Khan
Bahadur. The title was conferred on AZIM KHAN, Muhammad, Arbab, Khdn
1894. Residence: Jhelum, Saheb. See Muhammad.
May 26,
Punjab. AZIZ-UD-DIN, Khdn. The title was
AVCHAR, Naik Yeshwant Badal, Naik by the Nawab of
originally conferred
A The Naik, who the Carnatic, and was recognized by
of. ruling chief.
is aBhil (of aboriginal descent), Government on December 16, 1890.
was born about the year 1877. The Residence: Madras.
area of the State (which is one of the AZIZ-ULLA, Akhund(of Matare), Khdn
Dang States in Khandesh, Bombay) Bahadur. The title of Khan Bahadur
is about 8 square miles, with a scanty is personal, and was conferred on
population of about 500 Bhils. Resi- January 25, 1865. Residence: Hyder-
dence : Avchar, Khandesh, Bombay. abad, Sind.
AWA, Raj a of. See Balwant. AZIZ MUHAMMAD KHAN, Khdn Sa-
heb. Received the title on June 3,
AYIRANAZHE KOVDLAGAM PONNU 1899. Residence: Medical Depart-
UNNI, Raja. Is hereditary Raja of
ment, India.
Walavanad, the title having been
recognized on December 16, 1890.
AZMAT ALI KHAN, Muhammad (of
Succeeded the late Raja Rama Varma Karnal), JVaicdb Bahadur; b. 1833.
as head of this great Samarta family Is of a Jat family, claiming descent
in 1892. Residence: Walavanad, Ma- from King Naushirwan, who are
dras. styled Mandul Naushirwani. Mu-
hamdi Khan, great-grandfather of
AYODHYANATH MISR SAMAVEDI, Nawab Azmat Ali Khan, and his two
Pandit Mahdmahopddhydya. The
brothers, were in the service of the
,
title is personal (entitling the holder Mahrattas at the head of 200 horse-
to take rank in Darbar immediately
after Rajas), and was conferred on
men, and were rewarded by a grant of
extensive lands in Muzaffarnagar and
January 1, 1890, for eminence in elsewhere. During the Mahratta war
oriental scholarship. Residence: Mu-
Muhamdi Khan aided the British
zaffarpur, Bengal. and at
forces, its close exchanged his
AYYASWAMI, PDLLAI, M., Rao Baha- lands in the Doab for the Pargana of
dur. Received the title on June 1, Karnal, one-third of which descended
1888. Residence: Cuddapah, Madras. to the ancestor of Nawab Azmat Ali
AYYASWAMI SHASTRIYAR, B., Rai Khdn. During the disturbances of
Bahadur. Received the title on Feb- 1857, the Nawab Ahmad Ali Khan,
ruary 16, 1887. Residence : Kumba- father of the present Nawab, most
konam, Madras. loyally aided the Government with
his retainers, and his services were
AZAM. A prefix. all
suitably recognized on the restoration

AZAM SHAH, Raja. The title is heredi- of order. The present Nawab formally
tary. Residence: Nagpur, Central received that title in 1868, and the
Provinces. further addition of Bahadur on Janu-
AZHAR HUSAIN, Khan Bahadur. The ary 1, 1891. Residences: Karnal, Pun-
titlewas conferred on May 25, 1895. jab; and Jaroda, Muzaffarnagar,
Residence: Gauhatti, Assam. North-Western Provinces.
BA, Mating, Myook, Ahmudan gaung Badan Singh's father was Sardar Mit
Tazeik ya Min. The title was con- Singh, who, with his brother Fateh
ferred on January 1, 1895. It is indi- Singh, did good service during the war
cated by the letters A. T. M. after the of 1845-46, supplying fifty horsemen,
name. Residence : Minbu, Burma. and himself fighting in person at the
battles of Mudki and Firuzshahr. In
BA BWA, Mating, Myook, Ahmudan 1857 he showed conspicuous loyalty,
gaung Tazeik ya Min. The title was being always ready with men and
conferred on January 1, 1892. It is
indicated by the letters A. T. M. after
money to assist the Government; he
received as a reward the remission of
the name. Residence : Thongwa, a year's commutation money, while
Burma. one-sixteenth of the whole sum was
BA excused in perpetuity. In 1872, when
TU, Maung, Kyet thaye zaung shwe
Salwe ya Min. The title was conferred Malaudh was attacked by the Kukas,
on February 16, 1887. It is indicated by Sarddr Badan Singh was badly wounded
the letters K. S. M. after the name. by the rebels. Residence : Malaudh,
Residence : Henzada, Burma. Ludhiana, Punjab.
BA U, Manng, Thuye gaung ngwe Da ya

BADI-UD-DIN, Khwaja, Khan Bahadur.
Min. The title was conferred on Feb- The title was conferred on February
24, 1882. Residence : Buldana, Barar.
ruary 16, 1887. It is indicated by the
letters T. D. M. after the name. Resi- Shankar Dat
BADLAPUR, Rdjd of. See
dence : Salwin, Burma. Dube.
BA WA, Manng, Kyet thaye zaung shwe BADR-UD-DIN HAIDAR, Manlavi,
Salwe ya Min. Khan Bahadur. The title was conferred
The title was conferred
on
May 29, 1886.
It is indicated by the on May 20, 1896. Residence.- Calcutta.
letters K. S. M. after the name.
Residence : Rangoon, Burma. BADR-TJD-DIN, Muhammad, Khan Baha-
dur. The title was conferred on Janu-
BABA. A prefix. ary 1, 1894. Residence : Mysore.
BABA KHEM SINGH BEDI, Sir, BADRI DAS, Mnkim, Rai Bahadur;
K.C.I.E. Was created a Companion b. 1833. The title was conferred on
of the Most Eminent Order of the January 1, 1877, on the occasion of the
Indian Empire, January 1, 1897, and celebration of the Proclamation of Her
a Knight Commander of the same on Majesty as Empress of India. Resi-
January 1, 1898. Residence: Kallar, dence: Calcutta, Bengal.
Punjab. BADRI DAT JOSHI, Pandit, Rai Baha-
BABHNIPAIR, Rdjd of. See Lob Singh. dur; b. October 4, 1830. The title
B ABU. A prefix. was conferred on February 16, 1887,
on the occasion of the Jubilee of the
BABU AMAR NATH, Rai Saheb. See reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty.
Amar. The Rai Bahadur's ancestors held the
BABURAO BHALCHANDRA ONKAR, office of Kumaon in the
Minister of
Rao Bahadur. Received the titleon time of the Chand and Gurkha Raj.
May 1898. Residence: Residence : Almora, North-Western
21, Poona,
Bombay. Provinces.
BACHITTAR SINGH BADRI PARSHAD, Rai Bahadur. The

(of Shahabad),
Sarddr. The title is hereditary. Resi- titlewas conferred on June 22, 1897.
dence : Ambala, Punjab. Residence Shahj ahanpur, North-West-
:
ern Provinces.
BABAN SINGH (of Malaudh), Sarddr.
The title hereditary, the Sardars of
is BADU RAMASWAMI NAYUDU, Rao
Malaudh those of Bhadaur) being
Bahadur. See Ramaswami.
(like
descendants of Phul, and therefore of BAGHAL, Raja Dhyan Singh, Rdjd of.
the same stock with the Phulkian A ruling chief ; b. about 1841. Suc-
Chiefs of Patiala, Jind, and Nabha. ceeded to the gadi July 26, 1878.
The family is Jat Sidhu, and conquered Belongs to a Puar Rajput (Hindu)
the district of Malaudh from the family, descended from Ujjab De, who
Afghans of Maler Kotla in 1 754. Sardar came from Ujjain, and conquered
Baghal at an unknown date. The State 1, He maintains a military force

1896.
was overrun by the Gurkhas from of 25 soldiers. Residence: Baghat,
Nepal between 1803 and 1815, but Punjab.
after their expulsion in the latter year,
BAGLI, Thakur Raghunath Singh,
the Puar chief (about twenty-fifth in
descent from Uj jab De) was recognized Thdkurof. A ruling chief b. 1860, and ;
succeeded to the gadi in January 1869.

by Government. Kishan Singh, who The Thakur is descended from a Rahtor
had been raised to the rank of Raja
in 1875, died on July 23, 1877, and was Rajput family (Hindu). The State is
enclosed within that of Gwalior, so
succeeded by his infant son, Raja Moti
that its exact area is not known. Its
Singh but the latter also died on
;
October 12, 1877, when the present population is 14,645, chiefly Hindus.
Residence: Bagli, Indore, Central
Kaja, a collateral descendant of Ujjab India.
De, succeeded. The area of the State
(which is one of the Simla Hill States) BAGNI, Ajahat Sir JDeshmvkh. See
is about 124 square miles its popula-
;
Ramchandra Narayan Mantri.
tion 20,633, chiefly Hindus. The Raja
maintains a military force of 150 BAHA-UD-DIN, Malik, Khan Saheb.
infantry and 1 gun. Residence: Baghal, Residence Nao
:
Hissar, Quetta, Balu-
Punjab. chistan.
BAGHAL SINGH, Rai Bahadur. The
title was conferred on May 24, 1883.
BAHA-UD-DIN, Shekh, Nawdb-i-Amb,
Residence
CLE. The Shekh is Vazir of His
: Sialkot, Punjab.
Highness the Nawab of Junagarh;
BAGHAT, Rana Dalip Singh, CLE., and was created a Companion of the
Rand of A ruling chief ; b. 1860. Suc- Most Eminent Order of the Indian
ceeded to the gadi on January 31, 1862. Empire on June 3, 1893. Residence :
Belongs to a Rajput family, the an- Junagarh, Kathiawar, Bombay.
cestor of whom came fromDorar Nagri
in the Deccan, arid acquired possession
BAHADUR ALI KHAN, Nawdb Baha-
dur. The Nawab Bahadur is the son
of the State by conquest. During the of the Nawdb Amir Ali Khan, who was
Gurkha wars (1803-15) the conduct of
the then chief, Rana Mohindar Singh, thegrandsonof His late Majesty Shujd-
had been unfriendly ; so on the expul- ud-daula, King of Oudh. Residence:
sion of the Gurkhas, three-fourths of Lucknow, Oudh.
the Baghat State was sold to Patiala BAHADUR KHAN, Khan Saheb. The
for Rs.130,000 and the remaining titlewas conferred on January 1, 1892.
fourth was granted to Rand Mohindar Residence : Thang, Punjab.
Singh and his heirs. He died without B AH ADURNAGAR, Raja of. See Sarfaraz
issue on July 11, 1839, and the State
was at first treated as lapsed ; but in Begam.
1842 Lord Ellenborough restored it to BAHADUR SINGH, Thakur, Rao Saheb,
Rana Bije Singh, brother of Mohindar CLE. See Masuda, Thakur of.
Singh. He died in January 1849, leav- BAHADUR SINGH (of Sarekha), Thd-
ing no direct heir, and the State was kur. See Sarekha, Thakur of.
at first again treated as lapsed but in
;
1861 Lord Canning restored it, for good BAHAR MAL, Rao. The
was con- title
ferred on January 1, 1877, on the
and loyal conduct, to Umaid Singh, a
cousin of the late Rana. But before occasion of the Proclamation of Her
the sanad conferring the grant could Most Gracious Majesty as Empress of
be prepared, Umaid Singh died, and India. Residence: Merwara.
his last request was that his son Dalip BAHAWALPUR, His Highness Rukn-
Singh might succeed him. In January ud-Daula Nasrat Jang Hafiz-ul-Mulk
1862 a sanad was granted to Rana Dalip Mukhlis-ud-Daula Nawab Sir Sadik
Singh. The area of the State (which Muhammad Khan Bahadur, G.CS.L,
is one of the Simla Hill
States) is about Nawdb of. A ruling chief ; b. in
60 square miles its population 8339,
;
1862. Succeeded to the gadi in 1866.
chiefly Hindus. The Rana was created Belongs to a Daudputra (Muhammadan)
a Companion of the Most Eminent family, whose ancestor came from Sind
Orderof the Indian Empire on January about the middle of the eighteenth
century. Muhammad Sadik Khan was area of the State is 17,285 square
Governor of Bahawalpur under the miles; its population is 573,494, chiefly
Sikh Government; and the chiefs of Muhammadans, with 91,272 Hindus.
his clan retained virtual independence His Highness the Nawab Bahadur
till his second son, the Nawab Bahawal maintains a military force of 443 cavalry,
Khan I., reduced the whole tribe, 1352 infantry, and 11 guns, and is en-
and consolidated By the
his power. titled toa salute of 17 guns. He was
treaties of Lahore between the British created a Knight Grand Commander
Government and the Maharaja Kanjit of the Most Exalted Order of the Star
Singh, the latter was confined to the of India, November 16, 1880. Resi-
right bank of the Satlej and thereby
;
dences : The Palace, Bahawalpur, Pun-
Bahawalpur was protected from the jab ; Bahawalpur House, Lahore.
Sikhs. The Nawab rendered faithful BAHRAM
assistance to the Government in the
SHAH, Muhammad (of
Rassapagla), Shdhzdda. See Muham-
first Afghan war ; and during the siege
mad Bahram Sbah.
of Multan the troops of Bahawal Khan
III. co-operated with Sir Herbert BAI (INDORE), Thakur Manrup Singh,
Edwardes. Bahawal Khan III. was Thdkurof. A ruling chief. The Thakur
succeeded by his younger son, Saadat is descended from a Rajput (Hindu)
Yar Khan but the latter was subse-

;
family, and succeeded to the gadi in
1880. Residence: Bai, Indore, Central
quently deposed by his elder brother,
India.
Haji Khan, who after his victory as-
sumed the name of Fateh Muhammad BAIDYA. See also Boydo.
Khan. He died in 1858, and was suc-
ceeded by his son, who assumed the
BAIDYANATH PANDIT, Raja Bahadur.
The title of Rai Bahadur was conferred
name of Bahawal Khan IV. He had on January 1, 1877, that of Raja on
tof ace some serious rebellions, and died
January 1, 1889, and that of Raja
suddenly in 1866, leaving his son, the Bahadur on January 1, 1898. Resi-
present Nawab, a boy of only four years dence : Cuttack, Bengal.
old, in a difficult and dangerous position.
It was resolved, however, by the Para- BAIJNATH SINGH, Rai Bahadur. The
mount Power, that the young Nawab title was conferred on January 1, 1892.
should be supported and during his
;
Residence : Gaya, Bengal.
minority the administration was placed BAIJ NATH Rai Saheb. Re-
SAHAY,
in British hands, native officers being ceived the title on January 1, 1898.
appointed, so that there might be no Residence : Mirzapur, North- Western
break in continuity of system on the Provinces.
Nawab's coming of age. Since then
vast improvements have been made in BAIJ NATH, Lala, Rai Bahadur. Re-
the irrigation system of the country, ceived the title for eminent services as
which depends upon inundation canals a Sub- Judge, on May 21, 1898. Resi-
for the greater part of its cultivation. dence : North-Western Provinces.
Existing works have been entirely re- BAIKANTHA NATH BASU, Rai Baha-
modelled, and new canals constructed dur. The title was conferred on Janu-
in several parts of the territory, the ary 1, 1894. Residence : Calcutta.
result of which is that the revenues
have nearly doubled Courts of Justice
.
BAIKANTHA NATH DE, Rdjd Baha-
have been established, under the general
ary 1, 1889. Residence: Balasor,
control of a Chief Court, presided over
Bengal.
by three native gentlemen, and are
highly popular. A system of Public BAIKANTHPUR, Raikat Fanindra Deb,
Instruction, comprising primary, Raikat of. This is one of those custom-
middle, and superior education, has ary titles (of which there are many,
been set on foot a central jail has
; especially in Bengal) which have never
been built, and the prison system been officially recognized by Govern-
greatly improved. Three new towns ment, and which consequently must,
have been founded. A stud farm for for the present, be regarded as only
improving the breed of horses has been courtesy titles. The family is said to
placed under the scientific supervision be descended from a brother of the
of a trained Forest Conservator. The founder of the Kuch Behar Raj ; and
the title "Kaikat," which is of high BAKAR ALI KHAN, Muhammad (of
antiquity, has been held to indicate Kunwa Khera), Nawdb. See Muham-
that the early Raikats of Baikanthpur mad.
were Prime Ministers and Com- BAKAR ALI KHAN, Sayyid, CLE.
manders-in-Chief of the Kamrup king- Was created a Companion of the Most
dom, of which Kuch Behar was an Eminent Order of the Indian Empire,
important part. The present Raikat January 1, 1883. Residence :
is stated to be the twentieth in succes-
sion who has inherited the title and ;
BAKAR MIRZA, Mirza Bahadur. The
Mirza Bahadur is a son of the Nawab
during the last Bhutan war the family
rendered good service to Government. Mumtaz-ud-daula, who was a grandson
Residence of His late Majesty Muhammad Ali
:
Baikanthpur, Jalpaiguri,
Bengal. Shah, King of Oudh. Residence:
Oudh.
BAIKUNTA NARAYAN SINGH, Rdjd. BAKHSHI KHOMAN SINGH (of In-
This is one of the titles that appear C.S.I. Was created a Com-
dore),
never to have been formally recognized of the Most Exalted Order of
panion
by Government. The Raja is the the Star of India, January 1, 1877, on
Zaminddr of Tundi in Manbhum. The the occasion of the Proclamation of
family claims to be of Surya Vansa Her Most Gracious Majesty as Empress
Rajput descent, and to have come from of India. Residence : Indore, Central
Ajudhya. They have the following India.
system of titles for the various members
of the family of the Zaminddr or pro- BAKHSHI PARAMANAND, Rai Baha-
prietor of the Rdj. For the head of
the family, Rdjd ; for his wife, Rdni. ary 1, 1895, for services rendered to
the Kashmir State. Residence : Ra-
1st son . . . Tikait.
2nd son . . . Kumar. walpindi, Punjab.
3rd son . . . Thakur. BAKHSHISH SINGH, Sindhanwalia,
4th son . . . Nunu. Sarddr. The Sardar succeeded Sar-
5th and younger sons . Babu dar Shamsher Singh (who had
1st son's 1st son . . Thakur. adopted him as a scion of the same
„ „ 2nd son . . Kumar. family, with the consent of Govern-
„ „ 3rd son . . Nunu. ment) on the death of the latter
in 1873. The Sindhanwalia family,
For a similar system prevailing in the
Jats of the Sansi tribe, is the acknow-
Nawagarh family, see under Banwari
Lai Singh, Raja. Residence: Tundi, ledged head of all Sikh families between
the Bias and the Indus; and is de-
Manbhum, Bengal. scended from the same stock as the
BAISNI (of Khimsipur), Thakurain. late Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Lahore.
The title of Rao is nereditary in this The common ancestor, Budh Singh,
Residence: Farrukha- had two sons, Chanda Singh and Jodh
lady's family.
bad, North-Western Provinces. Singh; the latter was the forefather
of the late Royal family of Lahore,
BAJANA, Malek Nasib Khanji Dariya while from the former descended Sarddr
Khanji, Tdlukddr of. ruling chief ; A Shamsher Singh and the Sindhanwalia
b. May 1820.
14, Succeeded to the family On the occasion of the rebellion
.
gadi April 23, 1841. Descended from of Diwan Mul Raj, Sardar Shamsher
a family of Jat Musalmans ; is usually Singh remained faithful to the British
" "
styled Malek Shri His son is named
. Government, and in December 1846 he
Jiwan Khan. The area of the State was appointed a member of the Council
is 183 square miles
;
its population of Regency. On the final annexation
15,877, partly Hindu, partly Muham- of the Punjab his jdgirs were continued
madan. The Malek Shri maintains a to him for life, and in 1862 he was
military force of 60 cavalry and 230 appointed an Honorary Magistrate,
infantry. Residence : Bajana, Kathia- and was permitted to adopt the present
war, Bombay. Sardar, a large portion of his jdgirs to
descend in perpetuity, and the title to
BAKAR All, Muhammad, Mir. See be hereditary. Residence : Raja Sansi,
Muhammad. Amritsar, Punjab.
BAKHSHISH SINGH, Kunwdr. The BALA PERSHAD, Lala, Rao Saheb.
title is personal. Residence.: Lahore, Received the title on January 1, 1898.
Punjab. Is Kamdar of Jigni. Residence : Jigni,
Central India.
BAKHTAWAR SINGH (of Kathgarh),
Sarcldr. The title of Sardar is heredi- BALA SHASTRI AGASE, Mahdmahopd-
tary in the Kathgarh family. Residence: dhydya. The title was conferred on
Hoshiarpur, Punjab. February 16, 1887, in recognition of
eminence in oriental
BAKHTAWAR SINGH, Pancholi, Rai Residence :
scholarship.
Ratnagiri, Bombay.
Bahadur. Is a Court Official of the
Mewjir State (Udaipur), Rajputana. BALABHAI MANCHARAM, Rao Baha-
Received the title as a personal dis- dur. The title was conferred on Janu-
tinction on May 25, 1892. Residence : ary 4, 1896. Residence : Baroda.
Udaipur, Rajputana.
BALAJI KRISHNA BENDIGERI, Rao
BAKHTGARH (Bhopawar), Thakur Bahadur. The title was conferred on
Partab Singh, Thakur of. A ruling May 29, 1886. Residence: Belgaum,
chief. The Thakur was born in 1863, Bombay.
and succeeded to the gadi in 1869. He
is descended from a
Rajput (Hindu)
BALASINOR, Nawab Munawar Khanji,
family. The population of the State
Babi of. A ruling chief; b. 1844.
Succeeded his father, Nawab Jorawar
is 8258, chiefly Hindus. Residence :
Khanji Babi, in November 1882. This
Bakhtgarh, Bhopawar, Central India.
family is Pathan (Muhammadan),
BAKHTIYAR SHAH, Muhammad, claiming descent from Sher Khanji
Sahebzada, CLE., Prince. The title Babi, son of Bahadur Khanji Babi,
is a courtesy one. His father, Prince a distinguished officer in the imperial
Anwar Shah, was a member of the Service of Delhi. The area of the
Tippu family of Mysore, and grandson State is 189 square miles its popula- ;
of Tippu Sultan. Created a CLE. on tion 46,328, chiefly Hindus. The Na-
January 1, 1898. Residence : Calcutta. wab Babi maintains a military force
of 60 cavalry, 177 infantry, and 5 guns,
BAL GANGADHAR SATHE, Rao Baha- and is entitled to a salute of 9 guns.
dur. Received the title on May 21, Residence: Balasinor, Rewa Kantha,
1898. Residence: Poona, Bombay.
Bombay.
BAL MUKAND, Rai, Rai Bahadur; b. BALAVADRA PRASAD DAS, Rdjkumdr
November 5, 1834. The title is per- Bairiganjon Bhuyan Mahdpiatra. This
sonal, and was conferred on February isone of the titles that seem never to
16, 1887, the Rai Bahadur having have been formally recognized by the
received a Certificate of Honour at the Government. The family belongs to
Imperial Assemblage at Delhi in 1877. the Ganga Vansa, the ancient race
His ancestors (who were Khattris) of the Gajapati kings of Orissa, from
came from the Punjab about 300 years whom the title was derived. The Raj-
ago, and became merchants at Agra. kumar has done good service by pro-
He did good service in the Mutiny of viding elephants for Government in
1857, by saving some of the records of time of war. His eldest son, whose
the Agra Board of Revenue and in
; name is Umakanta Das Mahapatra,
1866 was appointed a permanent bears the title of Tikait Bdbu ; the
Deputy Collector. Residence: Agra, —
younger sons Bisambhar Das, Nityan-
North-Western Provinces. anda Das, Sachidananda Das, Achu-
BALA KHAN
—
tananda Das are all styled Bdbu.
alias DARA SHIKOH, Residence :
Balasor, Orissa.
Khan Bahadur. See Dara Shikoh.
BALA PARSHAD, Pandit, Rai Bahadur. BALBAHADUR SINGH, Raja. The
title is hereditary, and was conferred
The was conferred on February
title
on January 1, 1886. Residence:
16, 1887. The Rai Bahadur's brothers
are Pandit Manik Parshad of Indore, Rajgarh, Central India.
b. 1851, and Pandit Kalika BALBIR SINGH
Parshad, (of Kattahr), Rdjd.
b.1857. Residence: Jabalpur, Central The title is hereditary. Residence:
Provinces. Kangra, Punjab.
BALDEO SINGH (of Raipur), Rao. The of the State (which is one of the Simla
hereditary in the Raipur family.
title is Hill States) is 51 miles its population
;
Residence : Ambala, Punjab. is 5190, chiefly Hindus. The Rana

maintains a military force of 50 infan-
BALIKRAM, Rao Bahadur. The title
try. Residence: Balsan, Punjab.
was conferred on April 1, 1881. Resi-
dence: Buldana, Berar. BALTICH KHAN, Sarddr. The title is
BALKISHAN. See Balkrishna. hereditary. Residence : Baluchistan.
BALKRISHNA, Pandit, Rai Bahadur. BALWANT RAO (of Karwi), Srimant

Received the title on June 3, 1899. Rao ; b. 1828. The title is hereditary.
Residence :
Kangra, Punjab. Is a Mahratta Brahman, the grandson
BALKRISHNA BHIVAJI, Rao Saheb. by adoption of Venaik Rao, who was

the son of Amrit Rao, brother of the
Received the title on June 3, 1899.
last Peshwa, Baji Rao. His two uncles
Residence: Bombay.
joined in the rebellion of 1857, and
BALKRISHNA KASHINATH JOSHI, their estates were confiscated, and
Rao Bahadur. The title was conferred themselves deported. But Balwant
on January 1, 1896. Residence : Berar. Rao proved his loyalty, and is now the
head of the family at Karwi. He has
BALKRISHNA RAMCHANDRA TIP-
The adopted a son, Moreshwar Rao, born
NIS, Rao Bahadur. titlewas con-
ferred on May 20, 1896. Residence: August 17, 1872. Residence: Karwi,
North Western-Provinces.
Bombay.
BALKRISHNA SAYANNA, Rao Saheb. BALWANT RAO BHUSKUTE, Rao Saheb.
The title was conferred on January 1, The title was conferred on May 20,
1890. Residence : Burhanpur, Central
1894. Residence: Poona.
Provinces.
BALLABH DAS, Rai Bahadur. The
title was conferred on February 3, 1883. BALWANT RAO G0PAL JAVDEKAR,
Residence: Jabalpur, Central Pro- Rao Bahadur. The title was conferred
vinces.
Indore.
BALMTJKUND DAS, Munshi (of Agra),
Bixcdn Bahadur. The title of Rao BALWANT SINGH (of Awa), CLE.,
Bahadur was conferred on May 25, Rdjd. The title of Raja has been
1895 ; and that of Diwan Bahadur on hereditary in this family from ancient
June 3, 1899. Residence: Alwar, times, the tradition being that it was
Rajputana. originally conferred by the Maharaja
of Udaipur. The Rajas of Awa are
BALMUKAND, Munshi, Rai Bahadur. Jadon Rajputs, and did good service
Received the title on January 1, 1898. to the British power in the Mahratta
Residence : Gwalior, Central India. wars and in the time of the Mutiny.
BALRAMPUR, Rdjd of. See Bhagwati The Raja was created a CLE. on
Prasad Singh. January 1, 1898. Residence: Awa,
Etah, North- Western Provinces.
BALSAN, Rana Bir Singh, Rand of. A
ruling chief ; b. 1860. Succeeded to BALWANT SINGH (of Bir Chima), Sar-
the gadi November 17, 1884. Belongs to ddr. The title is hereditary, the Sar-
a Rajput (Hindu) family, his ancestor, dar being the head of the younger
Alak Singh, the founder of the family, branch of the Phulkian family of Ma-
having been a scion of the ruling House laudh (see Badan Singh, Sardar),
of Sirmur. The Chiefs of Balsan descended from Phul, the common
were feudatories of Sirmur till 1815, ancestor of the Houses of Patiala.
when a sanad was granted by the Jind, Nabha, and Bhadaur. He is the
British Government. Bhup Singh, son of the late Sardar Hakikat Singh
the grandfather and predecessor of the of Bir. On the death of his brother,
present Chief, did good service in the Ranjit Singh, he succeeded to the Bir
Mutiny of and was rewarded with
1857, estate, having before held that of
the Rana. His son, the Kun-
title of Chima only. He is an Honorary
war Govardhan Singh, predeceased Magistrate, and did excellent service in
him; so he was succeeded by his the troubled times of 1857 Residence :
.
grandson, the present Rana. The area Ludhiana, Punjab.

BALWANT SINGH (of Botala), Sarddr. 1849. Succeeded to the gadi on May
The title is hereditary, the Sarddr being 12, 1869. Is descended from a Ganga-
a descendant of Dhanna Singh, who bansi Rdjput family, from the same
was an associate of Sarddr Jodh Singh, stock as that of the Gajpati Rdjds of
great-grandfather of Maharaja Ran- Puri in Orissa, which acquired the
jit Singh. Residence: Gujranwala, Bamra by conquest in early
territory
Punjab. times. He was created a Companion
BALWANT SINGH of the Most Eminent Order of the
(of Rangarh Nan- Indian Empire, January 1, 1889 ; and
gal), Sarddr. The title is hereditary,
the Sarddr being descended from a a Knight Commander on January 1,
1895. The Rdja's son, Sachidanand,
Rajput family whose ancestor came bears the courtesy title of Tikait Babu.
originally from Bikanir, and founded
The area of the State is 1988 square
Rangarh Nangal in the Gurddspur
district, Punjab. Sarddr Karam Singh miles; and its population is 81,286,
was the head of the family in the time many Hindus, but with over 50,000
of the Mahdrdjd Ranjit Singh and ;
belonging to Abor (aboriginal) tribes.
when the latter seized Lahore and Residence : Bamra, Central Provinces.
Amritsar, Karam Singh gave in his BAN BIHARI KAPUR, Lala, Rdjd. See
allegiance. His grandson, Sarddr Bun.
Argan Singh, served in the battle of BANAMALI Eai
Sobraon. The late Rdjd of Nabha CHAKRAVARTTI,
Saheb. See Bonomally.
was a second cousin of Sarddr Balwant
Singh, as Sarddr Argan Singh's sister BANAMALI RAI, Rai Bahadur. The
married Rdjd Devindra Singh, Chief title was conferred on May 26, 1894.
of Ndbha. Residence : Gurdaspur, Residence : Pabna, Bengal.
Punjab. BANARJI, Abinas Chandra, Rai Baha-
BALWANT SINGH (of Barehta), Thd- dur : b. 1846. Son of Babu Navin
kur ; 1836. The title is hereditary,
b. Chandra Banarji of Bali in Howrah,
the ancestors of the Thakur having Bengal. Received the title onFebruary
been in the Narsinghpur district from 16, 1887. Is Chairman of Bali Munici-
time immemorial, and long known pality. Residence : Howrah, Bengal.
for their loyalty; it was originally See Padmanand Singh.
BANDI, Rdjd of.
conferred by one of the ancient Gond
Rdjds of Mandla. Belongs to a Raj
BANDOJI JANARDHAN CHAUBAL,
Gond family ; his son is named Barilol Rao Bahadur. The title was conferred
on May 21, 1898. Residence : Berar.
Singh. Residence : Barehta, Narsingh-
pur, Central Provinces. BANDYOPADHYAYA. See Banarji.
BALWANT SINGH (of Piprasar), Rdjd. BANERJI. See Banarji.

The title is hereditary, the Rdjd being BANGAL KHAN, Jogizai, Sarddr Baha-
the son of the Rdjd Anrudh Singh, and dur. Received the title on June 22,
descended from Debi Singh, Rdjd of 1897. Residence: Zhob, Baluchistan.
Orchha. Residence : Sdgar, Central
Provinces. BANGANAPALE, Nawab Sayyid Fath
Ali Khan Bahadur, C.S.I., Nawdb
BAMANBOR, The Grief of. A ruling A ruling chief; July 10, 1848.
b.
of.
chief. The area of the

State is 12 Succeeded to the gadi in 1868. Is a
square miles, with a population of 987. Shiah Muhammadan, and a Sayyid (or
Residence : Bamanbor, Kdthidwdr, descendant of the Prophet). He was
Bombay. created a Companion of the Most
BAMANJI JAMASPJI DASTUR, CLE. Exalted Order of the Star of India,
Created a Companion of the Most January 1, 1877, on the occasion of
Eminent Order of the Indian Empire on the Proclamation of Her Most Gracious
January 1, 1879. Residence : Poona, Majesty as Empress of India. The
Bombay. family held an ancient title, Jdgirddr
of Banganapale; the title of Nawdb
BAMBO KHAN, Jam. See Bhambo was conferred in 1876. His son is
Khdn, Jam. named Sayyid Gulam Ali Khdn. The
BAMRA, Raja Sir Sudhal Deo, K. C.I.E., area of the State is 166 square miles ;
Rdjd of. A ruling chief ;

b. about its population 30,754, chiefly Hindus,
the Muhammadans being 5952. The Hindus, but with about 50,000 Bhils
Chief has a salute of 6 guns. Resi- (aboriginal). The Maharawal main-
dence : Banganapale, Madras. tains a military force of 640 cavalry,
783 infantry, and 14 guns. His High-
BANIYAD HASAN, Mir (of Kadirpur),
ness is entitled to a salute of 15 guns.
Khan Bahadur. See Mir.
His son is the Maharaj-Kunwar
BANKIM CHANDRA MOZOOMDAR, Sambhu Singh Bahadur. Residence :
RaiSaheb. The titlewas conferred on
Banswara, Rajputana.
May 21, 1898. Residence: Angul,
BANTWA (GIDAR), Samat Khan Babi,
BANSDA, Maharawal Shri Pratapsin- Khan of. A ruling chief; b. 1854.
A ruling Descended from a Pathan (Muhamma-
ghji Gulabsinghji, Rdjd of. Ka-
chief b. December 6, 1863 ; succeeded
;
dan) family. Residence: Gidar,
to the gadi on March 6, 1876. The thiawar, Bombay.
family is Solanki Rdiput
"
(Hindu), and
" it is descended
BANTWA (MANA WAD AR), Khan Shri
is styled Yansdia ; Fatheh-ud-din Khanji, Khan of A
from a chieftain of ancient times named ruling chief; b. 1835. Succeeded to
Muldeoji. The area of the State is 215 the gadi on March 28, 1888. There are
square miles its population is 34,908,
; now four divisions of the Bantwa State ;
chiefly Hindus. The Maharawal the united area is 221 square miles,
maintains a military force of 24 the united population 38,517, chiefly
cavalry, 111 infantry, and 1 gun, and Hindus. The Chief of Bantwa has the
is entitled to a salute of 9 guns. title of Khan Shri his family name is
;
Residence: Bansda, Surat, Bombay. Babi. Residence: Manawadar, Kathia-

BANSI, Rdjd of. See Ram Singh. war, Bombay.
BANSI DHAR, Rai Bahadur. Received BANWARI ANANDA DEB, Mahdrdj
the title on January 1898. 1, Resi- Kumar. The title is personal, and was
dence : Alipura, Central India. conferred on the Mahdrdj Kumar as
BANSPAT SINGH the adopted son of the late Mahdraj
(of Bara),Rdjd; b.
1834. The title was conferred on Jagatindra Banwdri Govinda Bahadur
November for eminent of Banwaribad, who rendered good
30, 1858,
services rendered during the Mutiny, service during the famine of 1866-67.
the Raja having loyally supported the The Maharajd Jagatindra's father, Ni-
police, escorted the revenue-collections tyananda, received from the " old Mu-
during the disturbances, and proceeded ghal Government the title of Azimat-
in December 1857 with 1000 followers ullah Amirul-Mulk Jagatindra Danish-
to rid Pargana Khairagarh of a formid- nanda Sipahdar Jang Bahadur." Re-
able band of rebels who had gathered sidence : Murshidabad, Bengal.
there. Is descended from the same
BANWARI LAL SINGH, Rdjd. This is
ancestry as His Highness the Maha- one of the titles that appear never to
raja of Rewah, and belongs to a Baghel have been formally recognized by
Rajput family. Residence: Bara, Government. The family claims that
Allahabad, North- Western Provinces. its ancestor came from Baghelkhand,
BANS WARA, His Highness Rai-i-rayan . and set up the Raj of Palganj in Haza-
Maharawal Sri Lachman Singh Baha- ribagh; and that a branch of this
dur, Maharawal of. A ruling chief; family obtained the Zaminddri of
b. January 30, 1838. Succeeded to Nawagarh in Manbhum, part of which
the gadi in 1842. Is a descendant is held by the present Rdjd, part by
(through the Maharawal Udai Singh Thdkur Giridhdri Singh, and part by
of Dungarpur, q.v.) of the Maharanas the Thakurdni, widow of Thdkur Bhold
of Udaipur ("Children of the Sun"), Prasdd Singh. In Rdjd Banwdri Ldl
and consequently a Sisodiya Rajput. Singh's branch of the family the
Udai Singh, Maharawal of Dungarpur, following titles are held: by the
—
gave the territory of Banswara to his head, Rdjd ; by his wife, Rani ; by the
younger son Jagmal Singh, with the eldest son, Tikait ; by the second son,
title of Maharawal. The area of the Kumar; by the third son, Thdkur;
State (including that ofits feudatory by the fourth son, Nunu ; by the fifth
Kusalgarh) is about 1500 square and younger sons, Bdbu. Residence :
miles; its population 175,145, chiefly Nawagarh, Mdnbhum, Bengal.
BANYIN, Kun Saw, Myoza of. A ruling January 1,1896. Residence: Dholka,
chief. The Myoza is one of the Shan Bombay.
Chiefs, and rules over a State of about BAPU RAO DADA, Rao Bahadur. The
230 square miles. Residence : Banyin, titlewas conferred on January 1, 1898.
Shan States, Burma. Residence : Nagpur, Central Provinces.
BAONI, His Highness the Nawdb Ba- BAPU RAO
hadur of. A ruling chief; b. 1863. PATWARDHAN, Pandit,
Rao Bahadur. The title of Rao Saheb
Succeeded to the gadi on October 5, was conferred on June 1, 1888 and
1883. He is descended from a Pathan
;
that of Rao Bahadur on January 1,

(Muhammadan) family of Bundelk-
hand, and his full titles are "His — 1895. Residence: Nagpur, Central
Provinces.
Highness Azam-ul-Umara, Fakhr-ud-
daula, Main-ul-Mulk, Saheb-i-Jah, Mi- BAPUMIA SHERMIA, Khan Saheb.
hin Sardar, Nawab Muhammad Hasan See Bapu.
Khan Bahadur, Zafar Jang." His an- BARA,
Raja of. See Banspat Singh.
cestor, the Nawab Ghazi-ud-din Khan,
at one time Minister at the Imperial BARAMBA, Raja Bisambhar Birbar
Court of the Mughals, was grandson of Mangraj Mahapattar, Rdjd of. A
Asaf Jah, Nizam of Hyderabad, and ruling chief; b. 1880. Succeeded to
was also connected with the family of the yadi on July 15, 1881. The
the Nawab Vazir of Oudh. He ob- Raja is descended from a Kshatriya
tained a grant of fifty-two villages from (Hindu) family. The history of the
the Peshwa in Bundelkhand. His son, Baramba State commences from the
the Nawab Vazir-ud-daula Khan, was year 1305 A.D., with Hatakeshwar
recognized as Chief by the British Raut. The area of the State (which
Government. The grandson of the is one of the Orissa
Tributary Mahals)
latter was the Nawab Muhammad is about 134 square miles its popu-
;
Mehdi Hasan Khan, the father of the lation 29,772, chiefly Hindus, but with
present Nawab. The family banner over 3000 belonging to aboriginal
was displayed at the Imperial Assem- tribes. The Raja maintains a military
blage at Delhi in 1877, with the motto, force of 709 infantry and 3 guns. The
"The authority is God's, and the family emblem is a leopard. Residence :
country is God's." The area of the Baramba, Orissa.
State is about 117 square miles; its
BARAUNDHA, Raja Thaknr Prasad
but with 2342 Muhammadans. The Singh, Rdjd Bahadur of. A ruling
chief b. 1847. Succeeded to the gadi
Nawdb Bahadur maintains a military ;
on August 18, 1886. Is a Raghubansi

force of 9 cavalry, 185 infantry, and
2 guns. He is entitled to a salute of Rajput, descended from a family of
the highest antiquity in Central India.
11 guns. Residence : Baoni, Bundel-
Thirty-four generations are said to
khand, Central India. have ruled at Rusin in the Banda
BAPU DEVA SHASTRI, CLE., Mahd- district then four more at Birgarh in
;
the territory still belonging to the

mahopddhydya ; b. November 1,1821.
The title was conferred on February family four more at Murfa, partly in
;
16, 1887, in consideration of eminence

Banda and partly in this territory.
as an oriental scholar. Is a Fellow Then the Raja Mohan Singh came to
of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Baraundha, and ruled there, and ob-
of the Koyal Asiatic Society, and of tained a sanad from the British Govern-
the Calcutta and Allahabad Uni- ment in 1807. His son ruled at Pa-
versities. the author of many
Is turkuchar, and two more generations.
works on Sanskrit literature and Then the Raja Ragbirdayal, father of
mathematics and in 1878 was created
;
the present Raja, ruled partly at
a Companion of the Most Eminent Paturkuchar, partly at Baraundha, and
Order of the Indian Empire. Resi- received the additional title of " Baha-
dence : Benares, North-Western Pro- dur " on the occasion of the Imperial
vinces. Assemblage at Delhi in 1877. The
area of the State is 239 square miles ;
BAPU MIYAN SHER MIYAN, Khan its population is 17,283, chiefly Hindus.
Saheb. The title was conferred on The Raja Bahadur maintains a military
force of 15 cavalry, 75 infantry, and 6 Damaji Gaekwar died in 1721, and

guns, and is entitled to a salute of 9 was succeeded by his nephew and
guns. Residence : Baraundha, Bun- adopted son Pilaji Gaekwdr, who
delkhand, Central India. obtained from the Shahu Raja the
additional title of Send Khas Khel (see
B AUDI A, Rao of. See Barra.
Introduction, I 11) on the conclusion
BAREH, See Bhareh. of the wars with the Peshwa. Pilaji
BARHA, Rdjd of. See Murdhan Sah. was assassinated in 1731, and was
succeeded by his son Damaji II., who,
BARHARU, Kotwal of Bir, Rat Saheb. during a period of about forty years
The Kotwal received the title of Rai
of almost incessant warfare, played
Saheb on January 1, 1895. Residence :
a most prominent part in the history
Kangra, Punjab. of India, and firmly established the
BARHPURA, Rao Bahadur of. See Gaekwari power throughout Gujarat
Himanchal Singh. and the neighbouring districts of
Western India. In 1732, the same
BARIYA, Maharawal Shri Mansinghji,
Rdjd of. A
ruling chief ; b. October 4, year in which his father was murdered
1855. Succeeded to the gadi on March by a Mughal emissary, he reconquered
Descended (like the Chiefs of the capital of Gujarat, Baroda, from
5, 1864.
Chhota Udaipur) from a Chauhan the Mughal Viceroy; and that city
has been the capital of the Gaekwars
Rajput (Hindu) family, sprung from
Patai Rdwal, the last Chauhan Chief ever since. He commanded a division
of Champanir. The area of the State at the great and decisive battle of
is 873 square miles its population is
;
Panipat in 1761. He invaded Kathia-
66,822, chiefly Hindus. The Mahara- war, and forced many of its princes
wal maintains a military force of 38 to pay him tribute he conquered the
;
ancient city of Anhalwara Patan, and

cavalry, 250 infantry, and 3 guns, and
entitled to a salute of 9 guns. also Ahmadabad, the old capital of
Resi-
dence: Bariya, Rewa Kantha, Bombay. Gujarat. After his death, his two
sons Govind Rao and Fatheh Singh
BARJORJI DORABJI PATEL, Khan became Gaekwars in succession; and
Bahadur. The title is personal, and the latter was succeeded by Ananda
Rao, a son of Govind Rao Gaekwdr.
dence : Quetta, Baluchistan. In 1803 a treaty was concluded with
BARJORJI RTJSTAMJI, Mistry, Khdn the British Power, under which a
Bahadur. The title is personal, and British Resident was appointed to the
was conferred on May 20, 1890. Resi- Court of Baroda, and provision was
dence : Bombay. made for the maintenance of a strong
subsidiary force. Ananda Rao was
BARKAT ALI KHAN, Muhammad, succeeded by Sayaji Rao I., whose
Khdn Bahadur. See Muhammad.
reign was long and on the whole
BARODA, His Maharaja
Highness prosperous; and he was followed by
Sayaji Rao Maharaja
III., G.C.S.I., three of his sons in turn, Ganpat Rao
Gaekwdr of. A
ruling chief, and one Gaekwar, Khande Rao Gaekwar, and
of the Premier Princes of the Empire ; Mulhar Rao Gaekwdr. His Highness
b. March 17, 1863. Succeeded to the Khande Rao Gaekwdr rendered loyal
gadi on May 27, 1875. The Gaekwar's service to the Government at the time
full titles are— His Highness Farzand- of the Mutiny But the rule of his
i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia Maharaja successor was disgraced by misgovern-
Sayaji Rao Gaekwdr Sena Khas Khel ment; and it terminated in his de-
Shamsher Bahadur, Knight Grand position under painful circumstances.
Commander of the Most Exalted The reign of the Mahdrdjd Gaekwdr
Order of the Star of India. He is Sayaji III. has been one of progress
the descendant of the famous Mahratta and prosperity. For His Highness
leader, Damaji Gaekwar, who obtained himself, it has not been without the
from the Shahu Raja of Satara the deep shadows of domestic bereave-
title of Shamsher Bahadur for his ment; for in April 1885 he lost his
bravery at the battle of Ballapur, first wife, Her Highness the Mahdrdni
fought against the Imperial forces of Chimnabdi, niece of the Princess of
Delhi at the close of the 17th century. Tanjore, whom he had married in
1880, and who had borne him three 3562 cavalry and 4988 infantry, with
—
children two daughters, who had 38 guns. His Highness is entitled to
died during the lifetime of their a salute of 21 guns. The family
mother, and a son and heir named colour is that red which is called
Fatheh Singh Rao, who has happily Bhagwd, the colour of the red earth of
survived. In December 1885 His the Mahabaleshwar hills. Residence:
Highness took as his second wife a Baroda, Western India.
Princess of the House of Dewas in
Central India, Her Highness Chimna- BARODA or SHE0PUR (GWALI0R),
bai, the present Maharani, who was Raja Bijai Singh, Rdjd of. A ruling
invested by Her Most Gracious Majesty chief; b. Succeeded to the gadi
1862.
the Queen Empress with the insignia on September 27, 1865. Is a Kshatri
of the Imperial Order of the Crown Gaur (Hindu). The area of the State
is 150 square miles; its population
of India in 1892. Of this marriage
there has been issue two sons, named 9000, chiefly Hindus. The Raja main-
tains a military force of 50 cavalry,
Jaisingh Rao and Sivaji Rao respec-
and a Princess named Indira 400 infantry, and 5 guns. Residence :
tively,
Raja. Baroda, Gwalior, Central India.
In 1875 the Gaekwar, attended by BARRA or BARDIA, Rao Daukal Singh,
Sir Madhava Rao and the chief officers Rao of. A ruling chief; b. 1850.
of the State, went to Bombay to meet Succeeded to the gadi on August 25,
His Royal Highness the Prince of 1865. Is of a Rajput (Hindu) family.
"Wales and shortly afterwards was
; The population of the State is about
honoured by a visit of His Royal 650, chiefly Hindus. Residence: Barra,
Highness to the capital of Baroda, Western Malwa, Central India.
where the auspicious event was
celebrated by the most magnificent BARU VENKATA RAMANARASU
hospitalities. On January 1, 1877, PANTULU, Rai Bahadur. The title
His Highness, on the invitation of was conferred on January 1, 1892.
H.E. the Viceroy, attended the Im- The Rai Bahadur is a Tahsildar of
perial Assembly at Delhi to celebrate Vizagapatam. Residence: Vizagapa-
the Proclamation of Her Most Gracious tam, Madras.
Majesty the Queen as Empress of BARWANI (BH0PAWAR), Rana Ran-
India, and on that occasion was in- A ruling chief;
jit Singh, Rdnd of.
vested with the title of Farzand-i-Khds- b. 1888. Succeeded to the gadi as a
i-Daulat-i-Inglishia by Lord Lytton minor on December 14, 1894. Is a
as the representative of the Empress.
Sisodiya Rajput, akin to the ruling
On December 5, 1887, His Highness House of Udaipur. The area of the
having previously received the honour State is 1362 square miles its popula-
;
of Knighthood, was personally invested tion 56,445, chiefly Hindus, with 8605
by the Queen Empress with the in- belonging to aboriginal tribes. The
signia of a Grand Commander of the Rana maintains a military force of 17
Most Exalted Order of the Star of
cavalry, 225 infantry, and 9 guns. He
India. is entitled to a salute of 9 guns. Re-
The State is one of the largest, sidence : Barwani, Central India.
richest, most populous, and most
advanced in India. It contains an BARWARA, Thdkur of. See Hanuman
area of 8570 square miles. Its popula- Singh.
tion is about 2,185,005, chiefly Hindus ;
BARWARI, Rdjd of See Surendra Na-
but there are 174,980 Muhammadans, rayan Singh.
46,718 Jains, and 8118 Parsis. The
revenue of the State is about BASANT SINGH, Bhai, Rai Saheb. The
Rs. 15,300,000per annum (at par Residence. Baluchistan.
£1,530,000). In area the State of
Baroda is considerably larger than BASANTA SINGH, Chaudhri, Rai Ba-
either Saxony or Wiirtemberg: its hadur. Granted the title, as a personal
population is greater than that of distinction, January 2, 1893. Is a land-
Greece, and not much less than that holder in the Bijnor district, North-
of Switzerland. The Maharaja Gae- western Provinces. Residence: Bijnor,
kwar maintains a military force of North- Western Provinces.
BASAWA SINGH (of Laroa), Sarddr. Hazdri, or commander of seven thou-

The title is hereditary. Residence: sand. He founded the city of Shaha-
Jalandhar, Punjab. bad, and built the great fort known
as the Bari Deohri and his descend-
;
BASHAHR, Raja Shamsher, Singh, ants held the grants rent free till
Rdjd of. A ruling chief; b. 1839. Saadat Ali Khan resumed them. The
Succeeded to the gadi in 1849. Be- title of Nawab was recognized by
longs to a Rajput (Hindu) family Government as hereditary in 1864.
claiming descent, through 120 gener- Residence : Shahabad, Hardoi, Oudh.
ations, from Sri Krishna. Between
1803 and 1815 Bashahr was overrun BAS0DA (BH0PAL), Nawab Muham-
by the Gurkhas; but on their expulsion
mad Haidar Ali Khan, Nawdb of. A
in the latter year, the British Govern- ruling chief ;
b. 1856. Succeeded to
ment the gadi in October 1897. The Nawab
granted, a sanad to the Raja,
is a Pathan (Muhammadan) descended
confirming him in the possession of
all his territories, except Rawani, from the Nawab Dalel Kh&n, founder
which was given to Keonthal. The of the Kurwai State (q.v.). The area
area of the State (which is one of the of the State is about 22 square miles ;
its population 7772, chiefly Hindus,
Simla Hill States) is 3257 square
miles but with 1454 Muhammadans. Re-
; population is 64,345, chiefly
its
Hindus. The Raja has a son named sidence: Basoda, Bhopal, Central
Tika Raghunath Singh. He maintains India.
a military force of 100 infantry and 2
BASTAR, Raja Bhairam Deo, Rdjd of.
guns. Residence : Bashahr, Punjab. A ruling chief; b. May 21, 1839.
Succeeded to the gadi August 27, 1853.
BASHIR AHMAD, Khan Bahadur; b.
Belongs to an ancient Rajput family
1860. Is the son-in-law of His late of high caste, whose founder, Kakati
Prince Intizam-ul-Mulk,
Highness Partabrudra, came from Warangal in
third Prince of Arcot. Granted the the Deccan, and settled at Bastar
title as a personal distinction in 1887. about the beginning of the 14th
Residence: Madras.
century. The area of the State is
13,062 square miles its population
;
BASHYAM AIYANGAR, Venbakam, 196,248, of whom over 36,000 belong

C.I. E.,Diwdn Bahadur. The title of Rai to Gond, Bhil, and other aboriginal
Bahadur was conferred as a personal
tribes, the rest being chiefly Hindus.
distinction on February 16, 1887, and Residence : Jagdalpur, Bastar, Central
that of Diwan Bahadur on May 25, Provinces.
1895. Created a CLE. on May 25,
1895. Residence: Madras. BASTI, Raja Patesri Partab Narayan
Singh, Rdjd of; b. August 8, 1870.
Succeeded the late Raja Mahesh Sitla
BASITNAGAR, Amanat Fatima, Begum Bakhsh Singh on May 5, 1890. The
of; b. 1832. Is the widow of the title is hereditary, the Rajds of Basti
Nawab Dost Ali Khan of Basitnagar,
who was succeeded on his death in belonging to a Kshattriya family claim-
1864 by the Nawab Husain Ali Khan. ing descent from a scion of the ancient
On the death of the latter in 1871 the Rajds of Kalhans. The founder of
the latter family was Sej, who, with
Begum succeeded to the title and
estates. The family is of Pathan Tej his brother, in the 14th century,
anddescended from Kildar
is
came to Oudh and conquered the
origin, territories of the Dom Rdjd of Gonda.
Khan, third son of the Nawab Diler Tenth in descent from Sej was Rajd
Khan of Shahabad. The latter was
a distinguished Afgh&n officer under
Achal Singh, who granted Basti to his
the Emperor Aurangzeb, who sent him cousin, ancestor of the present Raja.
Residence : Basti, North-Western Pro-
to Shahabad to punish the Pande
vinces.
Panwar Brahmans, who had plundered
a convoy of Imperial treasure on its BAW, Maung Hlaing, Ngwegunhmu of.
way from Khairabad to Delhi. He A ruling chief. The Ngwegunhmu
slew all the bandits, and was granted isone of the Shan Chiefs, and rules
their extensive possessions in jdgir, over a State of about 350 square miles.
with the titles of Nawab and Haft Residence : Baw, Shan States, Burma.
BAWNIN, Saw Kin, Myoza of. A ruling and Surat, and Elphinstone College,
chief. The Myoza is one of the Shan Bombay. Entered the Government
Chiefs, and rules over a State of 30 Service in 1853, and having dis-
square miles. Residence : Bawnin, tinguished himself in
various civil
Shan States, Burma. capacities, was selected in
specially
1865 to succeed Colonel Dunsterville
BAWZAING, Maung Kya Ywet, Ngwe- as Deputy Registrar-General and Re-
gunhmuof. A ruling chief .
TheNgwe- —
gistrar of Bombay being the first
gunhmu one of the Shan Chiefs, and
is
gentleman of Indian birth ever ap-
rules over a State of 20 square miles.
pointed to fill that high office. Ap-
Residence: Bawzaing, Shan States,
pointed J. P. in 1869 in 1872 a Dele-
;
Burma.
gate of the Parsi Chief Matrimonial
BECHARDAS VEHARIDAS, Desai, Court in Bombay; in 1879 acted as
Sarddr, Rao Bahadur ; b. February 26, Inspector-General of Registration ; in
1844. President of the Municipal 1878, and again in 1880, elected a
Committee, Nadiad, from 1886 to 1889 ;
Member of the Municipal Corporation
received the title of " Rao Bahadur " of the City of Bombay and served
;
from Government in 1887 elected a ;

in many other public offices "with
Member of the Legislative Council, credit to himself and advantage to the
Bomba, in 1888 and granted the title
; public," as testified by the Bombay
of " Sarddr " in the same year. Resi- Government when in 1880 he was re-
dence :
Kaira, Bombay. commended for the title of Khdn
BED SARAN KUNWAR Bahddur. He was married, February
(of Agori 1848, to Baie Sonabaie, eldest daughter
Barhar), Rani; b. 1851. The title is of Khdn Saheb Cowashaw Sorabshaw
hereditary, the Chandel Rajas of Ba-
Taleiyarkhan of Surat and has issue.
rhar being descended, it is said, from
Pari Mai and Bari Mai of Mahoba in
— ;
His sons are (1) Jehangeer Byramjee

Bundelkhand, who some hundreds of Dadabhoy, born 1864, married 1885
to Khorsetbanu Hormusjee Pestonjee
years ago took service with Raja
Madan of the Baland family of the Cama; and (2) Manikji Behramji
Kharwdr and after killing him, Ddddbhdi, born 1865, barrister-at-law
tribe,
of the Middle Temple 1887, J.P. for
divided his country and founded the
three principalities of Barhar, Bijai- Bombay 1888, Municipal Councillor
for Bombay 1889; married 1884 to
garh,and Bardi, in Rewah. The Raja
Jerbanu Ddddbhdi Pdlanji Bhedwdr.
Kesho Saran Sah, died without issue
in 1871, leaving his widow, the present
His daughters are (1) Awabaie, born
1851, married 1865 to Ardasir Cursetji
Rani, in possession of the estates for
her life. Her heir is Babu Jagannath Ghandie, who died in 1874 (2) Dhan- ;
Prasad Singh of Jamgaon, and is about baiji, born 1859, married 1877 to Dhan-
41 years of age. Residence: Rajpur, jibhoy Nasirwdnji Ghista; (3) Phero-
zebaie, born 1861, married 1877 to
Mirzapur, North-Western Provinces.
Framji Cursetji Rustamji Thdndwdld.
BEDLA, Rao of. See Karan Singh.
—
His brothers are (1) Cowashaw Dada-
BEHARI. See Bihari. bhoy, born 1845, married 1865 to Jer-
baie Bargorji Hadda"; (2) Cursetjee
BEHRAMJI DADABHAI, Khdn Ba- Dadabhoy, born 1850, married 1886 to
hadur; October 23, 1831. The
b. Gulbaie Jamsetjee Seendwdld. Re-
Khan Bahadur's name is also some- sidence: Foras Road, Byculla, Bom-
times spelt Byramjee Dadabhoy. The bay.
title was conferred on April 3, 1880,
as a personal distinction, in recognition BEHRAMJI JEHANGIRJI RAJ KOT-
of highly meritorious service in many WALA, Khdn Bahddur. The title is
important and responsible public offices. personal, and was conferred on May
The Khdn Bahadur is the eldest son 24, 1889, in recognition of his public
of the late Khan Saheb Ddddbhdi services. The Khdn Bahddur"s name
Shapurji, an eminent public servant, is also sometimes spelt Byramjee (or
who had received a sherpao (or " Dress Byramji) Jehanghirji Rajkotwdla. Is
of Honour") from the Bombay Govern- a Delegate of the Parsi Matrimonial
ment in 1837, and the title of Khan Court at Kardchi, and Member of the
Saheb in 1847. Educated at Thanna, Sindh Sabha; was Honorary Special
Magistrate at Nasik and Karachi from sions under the British Power. On the
1869 to 1890; acted as Chairman of death of Balwant Singh in 1770 the
the Nasik Municipality in 1880 and Nawab Vazir of Oudh desired to seize
1883. Residence: Karachi, Sind. the Benares territory, but the British
Government compelled him to recog-
BELASAR PARIDA, Sdmant Rai. This nize Chait Singh, the son of Balwant
isone of the titles that appear not to
Singh, as Raja under the British
have been formally recognized by
suzerainty, and by the treaty of 1775
Government. It was originally ob- the territory was finally declared
tained from one of the old Rajas of British. The differences between Raja
Kujung. Residence : Cuttack, Orissa. Chait Singh and the Calcutta Govern-
BELI RAM, Rai Bahadur. Granted the ment under Warren Hastings are
title, as a personal distinction, January historically famous, as they became
1893. Residence : Batala, Punjab. the subject of one of the articles of
2,
the impeachment that was framed
BELKHERA (MATANPUR), TMkur of.
against the great Governor-General.
SeePurandhar Singh. The Raja was deprived of his govern-
BENARES, His Highness Sir PRABHU ment, which was given on conditions
NARAYAN SINGH, G.C.I.E., Maha- to his nephew, Raja Mahip Narayan,
raja Bahadur of; b. November 26, son of Balwant Singh's daughter, and
1855. Succeeded June 13, 1889; has he died in exile at Gwalior under the
issue — Kunwar Aditya Narayan Singh, protection of the Maharaja Sindhia.
born November 6, 1875. The family are Raja Mahip Narayan died in 1795, and
Brahmans of the Bhuinhar clan, and was succeeded by his son Udit Narayan
their traditions go back to the year Singh; and the latter in 1835 by his
1000, when a Brahman ascetic of nephew and adopted son, Raja Ishri
Utaria, a village near Benares, foretold Parshad Narayan Singh Bahadur, who
the succession of his posterity to the for his loyal services at the time of
dominions then governed by a Hindu the Mutiny, received in 1859 the title
Raja. Some centuries later, in the of Maharaja Bahadur as a personal
decay of the Mughal Empire, some of distinction. On January 1, 1877, on
the family who attempted to assert a the occasion of the Proclamation of
turbulent independence were severely Her Most Gracious Majesty as Empress
chastised by one of the lieutenants of of India, the Maharaja Bahadur was
the Emperor Farrukhsiyar. In the created a Knight Grand Commander
succeeding reign Mausa Ram, the of the Most Exalted Order of the Star
eldest brother of the branch occupying of India and on his death in 1889 he
;
the ancient seat of the family in was succeeded by his nephew and
Utaria, rose to great favour with the adopted son, the present Raja. On
Governor of Benares under the Nawab February 8, 1889, the late Maharaja
Vazir of Oudh. On the death of Bahadur had been granted the privilege,
Mausa Ram in 1739 his son Balwant as a personal distinction, of being
Singh sent an offering to Delhi, and addressed as " His Highness," and in
received from the Emperor his con- September of that year the present
firmation in the government of the Raja was granted the same privilege,
Jaunpur, Benares, and Chunar dis- with the title of Maharaja Bahadur,
tricts, with the possession in his own also as personal distinctions. The
right of four Parganas, and the title Maharaja was created a Knight Grand
of Raja Bahadur, which the family Commander of the Most Eminent
has held as an hereditary title ever Order of the Indian Empire on Janu-
since. In 1763, when the Emperor and ary 1, 1898. His Highness has been
the Nawab Vazir of Oudh marched exempted from personal appearance in
eastward to expel the British from the Civil Courts, and has been assured
Bengal, Raja Balwant Singh was com- by sanad, that, in the case of failure of
pelled to join them, but his troops natural heirs, the Government will
took no part in the battle of Baksar, permit and confirm any adoption of a
being stationed on the other side of successor made by himself or any
the Ganges, and when he fled to one future Raja that may be in accordance
of his hill fortresses he was called back with Hindu law and the customs of his
to receive confirmation of his posses- family. He is entitled to a salute of
13 guns. Residences : Ramnagar, Be- about 1850. Succeeded to the yadi on
nares; Chakya, Mirzapur. January The area of the State
26, 1888.
BENI MADHAB BANEBJI, Rai Baha- is 27 square miles; its population
dur. The title was conferred on Janu- 9185. Residence: Bhadarva, Rewa
ary 1, 1894. Residence: Calcutta,
Kantha, Bombay.
Bengal. BHADAURA (GUNA), Raja Madho
BENI MADHO, Rai Eeceived
Bahadur. Singh, Rdjd of. A
ruling chief; b.
the title, for services as Secretary of 1876. Succeeded to the gadi on May
the local Famine Committee, on May 10, 1883. The Raja is descended from
a Sisodhiya Rajput (Hindu) family.
21, 1898. Residence : Sehore, Bhopal,
Central India. The State has a population of about
4000, chiefly Hindus. Residence: Bha-
BENJAMIN, Elijah, Khan Saheb. Re- daura, Guna, Central India.
ceived the title on May 21, 1898.
Residence : Sukkur, Sind, Bombay. BHADAWAR, Maharaja of. See Ma-
hendra Mahendra Singh.
BENKAT RAO. See Vyankat Rao.
See Gobind Singh.
BHADRI, Rai of. See Rai Krishna
BEONA, Raja of. Prasad Singh.
BEPIN. See Bipin.
BHADVA, Jareja Bhav Singhji, Chief
BERI (BUNDELKHAND), Rao Bijai of. A
ruling chief; b. about 1826.
Singh, Jdyirddr of. A
ruling chief; Succeeded to the yadi in 1843. The
b. February 14, 1848. Succeeded to area of the State is 7 square miles ;
the yadi on March 18, 1862. Is a Puar its population 1231, chiefly Hindus.
Residence : Bhadva, Kathiawar, Bom-
Rajput, descended from Acharjya, who
married a daughter of the Maharaja bay.
Jagat Raj, son of the Maharaja BHAG RAM, Pandit (of Jalandhar),
Chhatarsal of Jaitpur, and received C.I.E., Rai Bahadur. The title was
the jdgir of Beri. He was succeeded conferred on August 11, 1885. Created
by his son, Khuman Singh, whose son, a CLE. on January 1, 1897. Residence:
Jugal Prasad, received a sanad from Kashmir.
the British Government. His grand-
son, Bishnath Singh, adopted the
BHAG SINGH (of Sikandra), Sardar.
Descended from Dargaha Singh, who
present Jagirdar, who is a descendant
from the Maharaja Jagat Raj by a acquired a considerable territory by
The title is hereditary;
collateral line. conquest in 1759 a.d. His possessions
the Jagirdars have sometimes been were subsequently reduced by other
Sikh Sardars. He had four sons, of
styled Sawai Rao, from their ancestor
whom the third, Sardar Agar Singh,
Jagat Raj. The present Rao's son is
Kunwar Bahadur Noni was the father of Sardar Bhag Singh.
Raghuraj
The Sardar has a son, named Jowahir
Singh. The State has an area of about
28 square miles, and a population of Singh. The title is hereditary. Resi-
about 5000, chiefly Hindus. The Rao dence : Ambala, Punjab.
maintains a military force of 10 cavalry, BHAGA SINGH, Dharmsinghwala, Sar-
66 infantry, and two guns. Residence : dar. The title of Sardar is hereditary
Beri, Bundelkhand, Central India. in this family. Residence : Firozpur,
BEYPORE, Valiya Raja of. See Rama Punjab.
Varma Raja, Raja. BHAGABATTI CHARAN CHATTERJI,
BEZONJI DADABHAI, Khan Bahadur. Rai Saheb. The title was conferred
The title was conferred on January 1, on January 1, 1894. Residence : Bar-
1898. Residence Nagpur, Central
•' rackpore, Bengal.
Provinces. BHAGAT SINGH, Sarddr Bahadur; b.
The Chief of. A ruling chief. 1846. The personal, and was
title is
BHABAR, conferred on April 19, 1886, in recogni-
tion of eminent services in the Depart-
miles; its population is 7222. Resi-
dence : Bhabar, Palanpur, Bombay.
ment of Public Works, Rajputana.
Claims descent from an ancient Ksha-
BHADARVA, Rana Fat eh Singh Sardar triya family of Sikh Sardars, of the
Singh, Rand of. A ruling chief ; b. "Party of Raja Sahibsingh," settled
in the district of Gujrat, Punjab. The and was recognized December 4, 1877.
Sardar Bahadur has four sons living — The present Raja succeeded Raja
Sardar Krishna Singh Kapur (barrister- Madho Singh in 1891. Residence :
at-law of the Middle Temple, 1887), Sultanpur, Oudh.
Lahore Sardar Vishnu Singh Kapur
(of
;
the Royal Agricultural College,

BHAGWAN DAS, Lala, Rai Saheb. The
Cirencester, and of the Middle Tem- Residence
Govind Singh Hari Singh. Resi-
:
Hoshiarpur, Punjab.
ple) ; ;
dence :Kapur Mahil, Gujrat, Punjab. BHAGWAN DAS, Lala, Peshawaria,

BHAGAT SINGH Rai Bahadur. The title was conferred
Kapurthala),
(of
on May 30, 1891.
Sardar, C. I. E. The Sardar was created
a Companion of the Most Eminent BHAGWAN SINGH, Sardar Bahadur;
Order of the Indian Empire, January b. 1834.Belongs to a Jat family,
1, 1890. Residence : Kapurthala. whose founder, Sardar Ram Singh,
BHAGAVAT DAYAL SINGH BAHA- acquired the territory of Buner and
DUR,Thakurai, Rdjd. The title of Rai other districts in 1751 a.d. The family
Bahadur was conferred on January 3, appear to have done good service
1893 and that of Rdjd on January 1,
; during the Gurkha campaign, the
1898. Residence: Chainpur, Palamau, first Sikh war, and lastly during the
Bengal. Mutiny in 1857. For the latter service

BHAGWAN BAKHSH Pokhra An- they received as a reward the remission
(of of a year's commutation tax, and one-
sari), Rdjd; b. September 1, 1872.
The title is hereditary, and was recog- sixteenth of the whole has been excused
nized as such, December 4, 1877, when
in perpetuity. The Sardar Bhagwan
the Raja succeeded his father, Raja Singh, whose title of Sardar is heredi-
Umrao Singh, as a minor. The family tary, is an Honorary Magistrate in the
is a younger branch of the Amethia
Ambala district and on January 1,
;
Chattris (see Rameshwar Bakhsh Singh, 1890, received the title of Sardar
Bahadur as a personal distinction. His
Raja of Amethi), descended from son named Brijandar Singh.
Prithvi Chand, Raja of Kalinjar. is Resi-
His descendant, Jamdhor Singh, had dence : Sohana Bedwan, Ambala, Pun-
three sons, of whom the third was jab.
Ram Singh, who, on the division of BHAGWAN SINGH, Subadar-Major,
the estates, took Pokhra Ansari, with Rai Bahadur. The title was conferred
the title of Rao. It is said that his on January 1, 1892. Residence: Man-
great-grandson, Rao Kalian Singh, dalay, Burma.
saluted a celebrated fakir with the
BHAG WANPUK, Rdjd of. See Surajbhan
respectful address of Bandagi Mian,
and the grateful saint responded with Singh.
a blessing on the " Raja," whence the BHAGWAT,D. V., Rao Saheb. Received
title was ever afterwards borne by this the title on January 2, 1899. Residence :
" Ban-
branch, who are known as the Akola, Berar.
dagi Mian Amethias." A
descendant, BHAG WAT MAHANTI, Rai Bahadur;
Rao Amar Singh, endeavoured to assert b. March 3, 1821 ; son of Jugal Ma-
his independence in the time of Shuja-
hanti, belonging to a family of Karan
ud-daula, after the latter had been or Utkal Kayasthas. Entered the
defeated by the English but he was
; service of the Government of Bengal
subsequently defeated and slain by in the year 1839, and served for more
the Nawab's forces. His son, Madho than fifty years in a large number
Singh, ultimately regained most of his of with ability and fidelity,
offices
possessions. After his death, the on pension in 1891. In 1870
retiring
property saw many changes, and at last he received a gold watch and chain
fell into the hands of Raja
Sahajram from the Bengal Government, in
Bakhsh. He was followed by Raja M his
recognition of long and valuable
Umrao Singh, the father of the present services," as well as in consideration
Raja. Residence: Rowni, Haidargarh, of "his successful exertions during
Bara Banki, Oudh. the famine of 1866 " ; and in 1886 the
BHAGWAN BAKHSH SINGH (of title of Rai Bahadur was conferred
AmetM), Rdjd. The title is hereditary, upon him as a personal distinction,
r>
The Kai Bahadur has seven sons — founder in early times came from
Ramkrishna Mahanti, Jaikrishna Ma- Kangra, and acquired the State (which
hanti, Bhuvaneshwar Mahanti, Nanda- is one of the Simla Hill States) by
kishor Mahanti, Govindacharan Ma- conquest. It was overrun by the
hanti, Paramanand Mahanti, and Gurkhas between 1803 and 1815 and ;
Sadanand Mahanti. Residence : Pom- after their expulsion was confirmed

palo, Kothdesh, Puri, Orissa. in the possession of the Rana by a
sanad from the British Government,
BHAGWATI PRASAD SINGH (of dated September 4, 1815. Its area is
Balrampur), Rdjd. The title is heredi-
94 square miles; population 12,106,
tary. The present Raja succeeded The chief maintains
the late Maharani in 1896. Residence : chiefly Hindus.
a military force of 60 infantry and 1
Gonda, Oudh.
gun. Residence : Bhajji, Punjab.
BHAGYAKUL, Rdjd of. See Srindth
BHALUSNA, Thakur
Rai. Mulsinghji, Thd-
kur of. A ruling chief b. about
;
BHAI.—A prefix. 1852 is descended from a Koli (Hindu)

;
BHAIRON SINGH (of Maslai), Rao; family. Residence: Bhalusna, Mahi

b.March 22, 1855. The title is heredi- Kantna, Bombay.
tary and is said to have been originally
;
BHAMB0 KHAN, Jam; b. 1835. The
received from Gori Shah, Badshah.
having been origin-
In 1820 the then Bao received a sanad
ally conferred on the Jam's ancestor,
from Sir John Malcolm. The Rao
Saispal, when converted to Muham-
has a son, named Omar Singh. Resi- madanism by Sayyid Jalal-ud-din.
dence : Nimar, Central Provinces. The Jam has two sons Khan Mu- —
BHAISAKHO, Bhumia of. See Ghari. hammad Alam Khan and Gulam Ali
Khan; they bear the titles of Mian
BHAISATJNDA (BUNDELKHAND), and Khan respectively. The Jam is a
Chaube Chhatarsal Prasad, Jdgirdar
considerable Jdgirdar in the district
of. A ruling chief. The Jdgirdar is
of Shikarpur. Residence: Shikarpur,
of aChaube Brahman (Hindu) family,
Sind.
descended from Ram Krishna Chaube,
Killadar of Kalinjar (see Paldeo), and Rao Ram
was born about the year 1878. He
BHAMGARH, of. See Singh.
succeeded to the gadi on January 16, BHAN PARTAB (of Imjhira), Rdjd
1886. The area of the State is 12 Bahadur. The title is hereditary;
square miles; its population over and was conferred on July 18, 1858, on
4000, chiefly Hindus. The Jagirdar's Raja Surat Singh Bahadur (cousin of
great-grandfather, Newal Kisor, was
the present Raja), who was con-
third son of Ram Krishna Chaube, spicuous for his loyalty, and for the
referred to above ; and received a brave resistance he and his followers
sanad, from the British Government. offered to the rebels, in the Mutiny of
The Jagirdar maintains a force of 1857. Belongs to a Lodhi family,
52 soldiers. Residence : Bhaisaunda, whose ancestors had in early times the
Bundelkhand, Central India. title ofThakur, and have been settled
in the Narsinghpur districtfrom time
BHAISOLA or DOTRIA (BH0PA- immemorial. In 1835 the title of Rao
WAR), Thakur Bhim Singh, Thdkur was conferred on Surat Singh (after-
of. A ruling chief. The Thakur is
wards Raja Bahadur) by the Raja of
descended from a Rajput (Hindu) Delehri. When Raja Surat Singh
family and was born about the year
;
died in 1870, the succession of his
1821. Succeeded to the gadi in the
uncle, Rdjd Manbodh Singh Bahddur,
year 1842. The population of the was recognized by the Government.
State is nearly 3000. Residence : Bhai- He was appointed an Honorary Magis-
sola, Bhopawar, Central India. trate ; and on his death was succeeded
BHAIYA. See Bhaya. by his only son, the present Rdjd
Bahddur. Residence : Narsinghpur,
BHAJJI, Rana Durga Singh, Rdnd of. Central Provinces.
A ruling chief; b. 1842. Succeeded
to the gadi on November 18, 1875. BHANDARKAR, Ramkrishna Gopal,
Belongs to a Rajput family, whose CLE. See Ramkrishna.
BHANDRA, Rdjd of. See Bhopal Singh. He isentitled to a salute of 15 guns,

and 2 guns more as a personal dis-
BHANUDAS NAIDU, Rai Saheb. Ke- tinction. Residence: Bhartpur, Raj-
Isan Honorary Magistrate. Residence : putana.
Kampti, Central Provinces. BHASKARA, Rdjd. See Ramnad.
BHAO SINGH (of Piparia), Thdkur; BHASKERAO BALKRISHNA PITALE
b. 1858. The title is hereditary. The (of Baroda), Rao Bahadur. The title
Thakur succeeded his father, Thdkur was conferred on June 22, 1897. Is
Bhagwan Singh. Residence: Piparia, Darbar Vakil for Baroda State. Resi-
Jabalpur, Central Provinces. dence : Bombay.
BHARADPURA (BHOPAWAR), Bhu- BHATGAON, Rdjd of. See Kunjal Singh.

mia Udai Singh, Chief of. A ruling BHATKHERI, Rawat Sheo Singh,
chief. The chief is a Bhilala, born Rdwat of. A ruling chief. The Rawat
about 1848 succeeded to the gadi in
; is a Chandrawat Rajput (Hindu), born
1858. The population of the State is about the year 1842. Succeeded to
1724, chiefly Hindus. Residence: the gadi in 1861. The population of
Bharadpura, Bhopawar, Central India. the State is 2234, chiefly Hindus.
Residence: Bhatkheri, Western Malwa,
BHARAT SINGH, Manki. This is one Central India.
of the titles that appear never to
have been formally recognized by the BHAUNAGAR, His Highness Maha-
Government. The Manki has a son raja Bhausinghji, Thdkur of. A
named Jagannath Singh, who bears ruling chief ; b. April 26, 1875. Suc-
the title of Babu. Residence: Man- ceeded to the gadi on the death of
bhum, Bengal. his father, the late Maharaja Sir
BHARAWAN, Rdjd of. See Madho Takhtsinghji Jaswatsinghji, G.C.S.I.

Singh. Any account of the predecessors of
His Highness would cover the history
BHAREH, Rdjd of. See Rup Sinha. of the illustrious tribe or clan of the
BHARGO RAO, Rao Bahadur. The title Gohel Rajputs of Kathiawar, of whom
was conferred on January 1, 1893. he is the chief, and after whom the
Residence : Central Provinces. eastern part of the province of
Kathiawar is called Gohelwad. The
BHARRAI, Rao Sdheb of. See Malkhan
Gohels claim to be descended from
Singh and Gajraj Singh. the celebrated Pandavs, who belonged
BHARTPUR, His Highness Maharaja to the Lunar or Chandravansi race,
Birjindar Sawai Sir Jaswant Singh and so trace their line from the cele-
Bahadur, Bahadur Jang, G.C.S.I., brated Shalivahan, the founder of the
Mahdrdjd of. A ruling chief; b. Shaka era, while Colonel Tod and
1815. Succeeded to the gadi as a others assert that the Gohels belong
minor in 1853; invested with full to the Solar race. The old family
powers March 4, 1871. Is of a Jat title of
"
Rawal " was earned (as
(Hindu) family, descended from Bal- appears at page 258 of Tod's Western-
chand, who founded the Bhartpur India) at the memorable battle of
State about the beginning of the 18th Chitor, fought with Ala-ud-din Khilji
century. The fifteenth in descent in 1303 a.d. There are evidences
from Balchand was the Maharaja going as far back as 812 a.d. which
Brig Singh, and seven generations show that the Gohels ruled in
further comes His Highness the present Saurashtra (Kathiawar) from a very
Maharaja. The banner of this chief remote period. On the fall of the
is coloured red; motto is, Sri
its Delhi Empire, when the Mahratta
Lachmanji Sahai. His son is the power gradually rose into importance,
Kunwarji Ram Singh Bahadur. The the capital of the State was at Sihor,
area of the State is about 1974 square with Bhausingji as ruler, at which
miles its population 645,540, chiefly
;
time (1722-23 a.d.) an encounter with
Hindus, but with 105,666 Muham- the Mahratta army took place near
madans and 4499 Jains. His Highness Sihor and resulted in the defeat of
maintains a military force of 1647 the Mahrattas. The struggle showed
cavalry, 8207 infantry, and 54 guns. the weakness of the position of the
capital, and Bhausingji chose the
present site and founded the city of
bezant. Motto:
j^pj ifiq ^^
c|TqT
("Man proposes but God disposes")
Bhaunagar, which he considered more on a label azure. Residence : The Moti-
secure. He died in 1764 a.d., and
was succeeded by his son Akherajji. bagh Palace, Bhaunagar.
Akherajji assisted the Mahrattas BHAUNAGRI, Sir M. M., K.C.I. E. See
against the Mughal Viceroy Momin- Mancherji Mehrwanji Bhaunagri, Sir,
khan, and in 1771 assisted the British K.C.I.E.
Government in reducing the pirate BHAURAI RANCHODRAI DESAI, Rao
stronghold of Talaji. It was this ruler, Saheb. Received the title on May 21,
too, who, at the request of the Resident 1898. Residence: Godhra, Bombay.
at Baroda, gave shelter to Raghunath
Rao Peshwa, then a refugee, sending BHAVNAGRI. See Mancherji.
him to in one of his own
Bombay BHA WAL, Rdjd of. See Rajendra Nara-
vessels. Akherajji died in 1772, and yan Rai.
was succeeded by his son Wakhat- BHA WAL, Ram A
Singh, Seim of.
singhji. Wakhatsinghji largely ex- ruling chief ; b. about 1864. Succeeded
tended his dominions, was a wise to the gadi September 25, 1889. The
ruler and intrepid soldier, and during Seim is a Khasi, and his State is
his lifetime cultivated the friendship situated in the Khasi and Jaintia
of the British then trading in Surat. Hills. Its population is about 555,
He died in 1816, and was succeeded chiefly Khasis and Christians. Resi-
by his son Wajesinghji, who after a dence: Bhawal, Khasi and Jaintia
prosperous reign, extending over a Hills, Assam.
period of thirty-six years, died in
1852, and was succeeded by his grand-
BHAWANI PARSHAD, Rai Bahadur.
son Akherajji III., his son Bhausingji Received the title on June 3, 1899.
Is Diwan of Bijawar State. Residence :
having died during his lifetime. Akhe-
rajji III. died in 1854, and having Bijawar, Central India.
no male issue was succeeded by his BHAWANI PRIYA BARUANI (of
brother Jaswatsinghji, who died in Gauripur), Rdni. The title is personal,
1870, and was succeeded by his son and was conferred on January 1, 1890.
Takhtsinghji. The latter effected Residence : Goalpara, Assam.
great and rapid improvements in his BHAYA.—A prefix.
dominions. Liberal in his charities,
generous in his grants for the public BHAYA MALL, Lala, Rai Bahadur.
good, he constructed over 120 miles The title of Rai Saheb was conferred
of railway at an expense of over eighty on January 1, 1895 and that of Rai
;
lacs of rupees, intersected his State Bahadur on June 3, 1899. Residence :

with roads, studded the country with Peshawar, Punjab.
important public works, beautified his BHERI, Sarddr of. See Lai Singh.
capital with permanent buildings of a
most ornamental character, instituted BHIK CHAND, Seth, Rai Saheb. Re-
a State and revised the State ceived the title on May 21, 1898.
Council,
laws, civil and criminal. His loyalty Residence : Quetta, Baluchistan.
to the British Crown was second to BHIKAJI AMUT CHAUBE, Rao Saheb.
none in India, and, at a cost of over See Bhikhaji.
five lacs of rupees, he formed for
BHIKAJI RATANJI RANA, Khdn
Imperial service a regiment of Lancers
— —
350 strong of men chiefly of his
Saheb.
1899.
Received the title on
Residence: Bombay.
June 3,
own clan, of which corps he was
Honorary Colonel. The area of the BHIKAM NARAYAN SINGH (of Deo),
State2860 square miles ; the popu-
is Rdjd Bahadur. See Deo.
lation 464,671, and the annual gross
BHIKHAJI AMUT CHAUBE, Rao Saheb.
revenue Rs.41,00,000. Arms: Gules, The title is personal, and was conferred
an eagle or displayed in chief on a
;
on June 1, 1888, for eminent services
canton of the second, a lion statant of in the Medical Department. Rest*
the first. Crest: An Eastern galley dence : Baroda, Bombay.
argent profile in full sail. Supporters :
t
Two bulls argent rampant, service with BHIKRA, Rao of. See Chet Singh.
BHILODIA, Thakur Chhatrasinghji ing districts. The State of Bhopal

Raesinghji, Thdkur of. A ruling has usually been on the friendliest
chief; b. in 1892. Succeeded to the terms with the British authorities.
gadi on November 10, 1893 (as a In 1778, on the occasion of General
shareholder with one other). Belongs Goddard's march across India in 1809, ;
to a Chauhan Rajput family. The at the time of General Close's expedi-

State has an area of 5 square miles, tion and again in 1817, at the com-
;
and a population of 2213. Residence : mencement of thePindari war, Bhopal

Rewa Kantha, Bombay.
Bhilodia, did good service to the British Power.
An interesting feature in Bhopal
BHIMACHAEYA BIN RAMBHAT history has been the fact that the
ZALFIKAR, Mahdmahopddhydya. The Princesses of the ruling family have
very frequently taken the most promi-
January 2, 1888, for eminent scholar- nent part in the administration of the
ship and oriental learning. Residence : State. Kudsia Begum was succeeded
Bombay. in 1837 by her son-in-law, the Nawab
BHIMJIBHAI RUSTAMJI ASHBUR- Jahangir Muhammad and the latter,
;
on his death in 1844, was succeeded by

NER, Khdn Saheb. Received the title
his widow, her late Highness Sikandar
on June 3, 1899. Residence : Bombay.
Begum, mother of the ruling Princess,
BHINAI, Rdjd Bahadur of. See Mangal who was succeeded by the latter in
Singh. 1868. The first husband of Her High-
See Udai Partab ness the Nawab Shah Jahan Begum
BHINGA, Rdjd of.
died in 1867, leaving one daughter, the
Singh.
Nawab Sultan Jahan Begum; the
BHOAR, Thdkur of. See Krishna Singh, latter has been acknowledged as Her
Pandit.
Highness's heir-apparent. Her High-
BHOJAKHERI, Rao Bhawani ness was created in 1872, in recognition
Singh,
Rao A ruling chief. The Rao is
of.
of her high administrative qualities, a
descended from a Rajput (Hindu) Grand Commander of the Most Exalted
family, and was born about the year Order of the Star of India and has ;
1858 ; succeeded to the gadi on De- subsequently been appointed by Her

cember 9, 1879. The population of Most Gracious Majesty the Empress to
his State is about 250, chiefly Hindus. the Order of the Crown of India. In
Residence : Bhojakheri, Western Mal- 1871 she contracted a second marriage
wa, Central India. with the Maulavi Muhammad Sadik
Husain, Nawab Consort, a descendant
BHOLA MISR, Rai Bahadur. The title of a noble family of Bokhara. The
and was conferred on
heir-apparent, the Nawab Sultan Ja-
is personal,
January 1, 1894. Residence: Bengal. han Begum, was married in 1874 to
BHOLA RAM, Rai Bahadur. The title
Ahmad Ali Khdn, a member of the
is personal, and was conferred on May Afghan clan, the Mirazai Khel, from
1898. Residence: Works which the Bhopal family is descended.
1, Military
Department, Simla.
miles; its population is nearly a
BHOPAL, Her Highness Nawab Shah million, chiefly Hindus, but including
Jahan Begum, G.C.S.I., C.I., Begum over 80,000 Muhammadans, 6000
of. A ruling princess. Her Highness Jains, and about 120,000 belonging to
the Nawab Shah Jahan Begum is the aboriginal tribes. Her Highness the
seventh in lineal descent from the Nawab Begum maintains a military
famous Dost Muhammad Khan, force of 803 cavalry, 2030 infantry, and
founder of the Bhopal dynasty; was 69 guns and is entitled to a salute of
;
born July 3, 1838, and succeeded to 19 guns, with 2 guns more within the
the gadi on November 16, 1868. Dost limits of the Bhopal territory. Arms:
Muhammad was an Afghan officer in Vert, a tower or within twelve musk
the service of Aurangzeb, who took blossoms proper in bordure. Crest :
advantage of the weakness of the A sheaf of arrows charged with a lily
Mughals after the death of that argent. Supporters: Mahsir (fish),
Emperor to establish his independent proper. Motto : JVasr Minullah. Re-
authority in Bhopal and the neighbour- sidence :
Bhopal, Central India.
BHOPAL SINGH Rdjd;
(of Bhandra), BHOWNAGGREE. See Bhaunagri.
b. April 28, 1870. Succeeded the late BHUBAN MOHAN RAH A, Rai Bahadur.
Raja Aman Singh on December 7, The title was conferred on January 1,
1896. The title is hereditary, and 1894. Residence : Dacca, Bengal.
was originally derived from Raja,
Nizam Shah of Mandla. Residence: BHUBAN MOHAN RAI, Rdjd. The
title was conferred on June
Bhandra, Jabalpur, Central Provinces. 22,
1897. The Raja is the son and suc-
BHOPAL SINGH (of Urni Piparia), cessor of the late Raja Haris Chandra,
Thdkur; b. 1827. The title is heredi- who was the chief of the Chakma
tary, having been originally derived clan in the Chittagong Hill Tracts,
from the Gond Rajas of Mandla. Is and who rendered good service in the
descended from a Rajput family of the Lushai Expedition of 1871-72, by
Kshatriya tribe, clan Chandra-Bansi- supplying coolies, boats, etc. Resi-
Tomar (or Tomar of the Lunar race). dence : Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bengal.
This family claims to be descended
from Raja Anang Pal, who reigned at BHUGANGA BHUSAN RAI, Rdjd Rai.
Delhi in 1193 a.d. After the subver- This is one of the titles that appear
sion of the Tomar dynasty, the family never to have been formally recognized
is said to have migrated to the Gwa- by Government. It was conferred by
lior and Jhansi territories, where some the Emperor of Delhi for approved
of its branches remain. Two brothers service, the earliest Rajas being Raja
of this family, Bisram Singh and Pratapaditya Rai and Raja Basanta
Narwar Singh, were called in by the Kumar Rai. Residence : Khulna,
Gond Raja of Mandla, and provided Bengal.
with military appointments. They BHUP INDRA BAHADUR SINGH (of
captured the fort of Ajaigarh and Kantit), Rdjd. See Kantit.
subdued the country round Mandla
and Kurai and were rewarded with
;
BHUP INDRA BIKRAMA SINGH, CLE.
(of Piyagpur), Rdjd. See Piyagpur.
the tdhika Sainkhera. In 1842 the
Thakur Bhopal Singh, with his father BHUP SINGH, Bagga (of Dabanwala),
and brother, captured a rebel, and were Sarddr; b. 1836. The title is heredi-
rewarded by Government with the tary. Belongs to the Bagga (Jat)
village of Pat Ras. Rendered good family, formerly of great wealth and
service in the time of the Mutiny, and power in the Gurdaspur district. De-
was rewarded with a money grant and scended from Sardar Amar Singh, who
a parwdna. In 1867 the Thakur was overran the greater part of the district.
made an Honorary Magistrate. Re- His son and successor, Sarddr Bhag
sidence : Piparia, Narsinghpur, Central Singh, survived his father only three
Provinces. years and on his death his cousin
;
BHOR, Sankar Rao Pant Budh Singh took possession of the

Chimnaji,
Sachiv of. A ruling chief; b. 1854. estates, to the exclusion of Bhag
Succeeded to the gadi February 12, Singh's son, Hari Singh. But Budh
1871. Is a Brahman (Hindu); the Singh was deprived of his possessions
Pant Sachiv was one of the eight by the Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Sub-
hereditary Ministers of the old Mah- sequently the Lahore Darbar assigned
ratta Empire. The present Pant a jdgir to Hari Singh, who was the
Sachiv is the natural heir of Chimnaji father of the present Sarddr. Resi-
the late Pant Sachiv who dence: Gurdaspur, Punjab.
Pandit, ;
was adopted by Raghunathrao on pay- BHUPENDRA. See also Bhup Indra.

ment of nazars to the Raja of Satara
and to the British Government. The BHUPENDRA NARAYAN RAI (of
area of the State is 1491 square miles, Madhavapassa), Rdjd. This is one of
the titles that appear not to have been
and its population 145,876, chiefly
Hindus. Residence: formally recognized by Government.
Bhor, Poona,< The family at one time possessed three
Bombay. farmdns of the time of the Emperor
BHOTE KHAN LALKHAN, Khdn Saheb. Muhammad Shah, bearing the seal of
The title is personal, and was conferred the Nawab Murshid Kuli Khan, con-
on June 1, 1888. Residence: Kham- firming Udai Narayan Rai in the
gaon, Berar. Zaminddri of Chandradip, Bakarganj.
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Residence : Madhavapassa, Bakarganj, BIHARI LAI, Seth, Rai Saheb. The

Bengal. titlewas conferred on June 22, 1897.
Residence : Hoshangabad, Central Pro-
BHUPENDBADEB RAI, Rdjd Rai and vinces.
Mahdsai. This is a title that appears
not to have been formally recognized BIHARI LAL BARICK, Babu, Rai Ba-
by Government, The family claims to hddur. Is a Gayawal of Gaya. Received
have received it from the Emperor the title on January 2, 1899. Resi-
Aurangzeb in the year 1090 Hijrah; dence : Gaya, Bengal.
and states that the original sanad was BIHARI LAL KHAZANCHI, Rao Bahd-
in their possession up to the time of dur. The title of Rao Saheb was con-
the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi, in ferred on June 1, 1888 and that of
;
1877. Residence: Bansberia, Hooghly, Rao Bahddur on May 20, 1896. Resi-
Bengal. dence Jabalpur, Central Provinces.
:
BHURAYA JUL!AYA, Rai Bahadur; b.

BIHAT, Rao Mahum Singh, Jdgirddr of.
February 13, 1857 ; received the title A ruling chief. The Rao is descended
on January 1, 1897. Residence : Poona. from an ancient Bundela Rajput
BHUTAN, His Highness Sangay Dorji, (Hindu) family, a collateral branch of
that which rules at Orchha. He was
Deb Mjd of. A ruling chief. His
Deb Raja is a Buddhist born on November 16, 1858, and
Highness the
and a Thibetan by race. succeeded to the gadi on April 9, 1872.
by religion,
He sutceeded to the gadi on August Arjun Pal, who ruled at Mahoni, was
The area 'of the State is the common ancestor of the Orchha
23, 1885.
about 20,000 square miles its popula-
;
—
and Bihat families his third son,
tion is estimated at 200,000, chiefly Dya Pal, settling at Etaura, and sub-
Buddhists. Residence: Bhutan. sequent generations occupying Gurha
in Bihat State, and finally Bihat itself.
BHUTNATH DE, Rai Bahddur. The Aperbal Singh, Chief of Bihat, ob-
title is personal, and was conferred on tained a sanad from the British
June 1, 1888. Residence: Raipur, Government in 1807. The area of
Centra! Provinces. the State is about 13 square miles ;
its population 4704, chiefly Hindus.

BHYA. SeeBhaya.
The Rao maintains a military force of
BHYS0NDA. See Bhaisaunda. 5 cavalry, 75 infantry, and 1 gun.
BICHH10D I., Thakur Ratan Singh, Residence: Bihat, Bundelkhand, Cen-
Thdkutof. A
ruling chief The Tha-
. tral India.
kur is descended from a Rajput
BIH0RA, Thakur Sardarbawa, Thakur
(Hindi) family; was born about the of. A ruling chief ; b. 1854. Area of
year 1360, and succeeded to the gadi State rather under 1 square mile ;
is
on April 17, 1874. The population of its population is chiefly Bhil (ab-
his State is about 366, chiefly Hindus. The Thakur belongs to a
original).
Residence : Bichhrod, Western Malwa,
Central India.
Rajput (Muhammadan) family. Re-
sidence : Bihora, Rewa Kantha, Bom-
BICHHROD II., Thakur Madho Singh, bay.
ThdJiur of. A ruling chief. The Tha- A
BIJA, Thakur Ude ClMmdL,Thdkur of.
kur is descended from a Rajput (Hindu)
ruling chief; b. 1829. Succeeded to
family was born about the year 1847,
; the gadi 1841. Belongs to a Rajput
and succeeded to the gadi in 1878. Re-
family (Hindu), whose founder, Garab
sidence: Bichhrod, Western Malwa,
Chand, came from Ujjain in early
Central India. times and conquered this territory. It
BICHU SINGH, Thakur, CLE. The was overrun by the Gurkhas between
title of CLE. was conferred on May 24, 1803 and 1815 ; but when they were
1883. Residence: Dholpur, Rajputana. expelled by the British in the latter
year, the Thakur was confirmed in
BIDH00. See Bidhu.
possession by a sanad, on conditions of
BIDHU BHUSAN BANERJI, Rai Saheb. feudal service. The State (which is
The was conferred on June 22,
title one of the Simla Hill States) has an
1897. Residence: Public Works De- area of 4 square miles, and a popula-
partment, Simla. tion of 1158, chiefly Hindus. The
Thakur maintains a military force of was ruled by his great ancestor. The
10 men. Residence : Bija, Punjab. second son of Jagat Ra j was Birsinghdeo
of Bijawar ; and the son of the latter,
BUM BAHADUR (of Chichli), Rdjd;
named Kesri Singh, obtained a sanad
b. 1849. Succeeded his father, Raja
from the British Government in 1811.
Nizam Singh, in 1871. The title is The great-grandson of the last-named
hereditary ; and was originally con- is the present Maharaja Bahadur. The
ferred by the Gond Kaja of Mandla,
area of the State is about 974 square
dating so far back, it is said, as 921
A.D. The sanad has been destroyed miles; its population 113,285, chiefly
Hindus, but with 2405 Muhammadans
by age. In 1808 a flag, a staff, a belt, and 2506 Jains. His Highness main-
and a drum were bestowed on Raja
Sangram Shah by the late Nawab 1000 infantry, and 13 guns; and is
Sidak Ali, Subahdar of the Nagpur
entitled to a salute of 11 guns. The
Raja, for the capture of a famous rebel
named Mir Khan. The family were family is Bundela Rajput (Hindu) its ;
motto is Agnipratdp Vishicestia (Hindi,

settled at Fatehpur in Hoshangabad
until 1227 when Pahar Singh, the meaning "As lire resplendent, the Lord
of the World ") ; and its banner was
;
younger son of Raja Bariya Singh of unfurled at the Delhi Imperial As-
Fatehpur, came to Chichli and Sangal.
The present Raja's father, Raja Nizam semblage in 1877. Residence, Bijawar,
Bundelkhand, Central India,
Singh, rendered good service to Govern-
ment in the time of the Mutiny in BUNA, Diwan Makund Singh, Jdgirddr
1857 ; and received, in consideration of. A ruling chief. Is a iu ember of
thereof, a sanad of loyalty, dated the Hashtbhaiya family {see Dhurwai),

September 19, 1859, together with a who are Bundela Rajputs, the State
sword of honour and a money grant. being an offshoot of that of Orchha
He was also made an Honorary Magis- (q.v.); b. January 1838. Sueceeded to
trate. The Raja Bijai Bahadur has a the gadi in 1850. Diwan Savant Singh
son whose name is Lai Saheb. The of Bijna was the second son of Diwan
family banner is a yellow flag or Rai Singh, the common ancestor of
pitambar, with chauri and staff; the the Hashtbhaiya. Sawanfc Singh's
motto on the Raja's seal is Sado Sahai grandson, Surjun Singh, obtained a
Narsingh, Nizam Singh"Sut Bijai Ba- sanad from the British Government
hadur Singh, which is May the god in 1823 ; and his grandson :s the pre-
Narsingh always help Bijai Bahadur sent chief. The area of the State is
Singh, son of Nizam Singh." Resi- 27 square miles; its population 2084,
dence: Narsinghpur, Central Pro- chiefly Hindus. The chief maintains
vinces. a military force of 4 cavalry, 30
and 2 guns. Residence;
BIJAI BAHADUR SINGH (of Bijai-
infantry,
Bijna, Bundelkhand, Central India.
garh), Rdjd ; b. 1844. Succeeded to
the Raj on May 11, 1895. The title BUNI, Rani of. Is the widow of the
is an ancient one, and is hereditary. late Raja Kumud Narayan Bhup of
Residence : Mirzapur, North-Western Bijni, and is in possession of ihe Bijni
Provinces. estates. The Bijni family is descended
from a younger son of one of the
BIJAI CHAND MAHTAB, Mahdrdj-
Kumdr. See Burdwan. Rajas of Kuch Behar (q.v.) Resid-
ence : Bijni, Goalpara, Assam.
BIJAIGARH, Rdjd of. See Bijai Baha-
dur Singh. BIKANIR, His Highness Maharaja
Raj Rajeshwar Siroman Sri Gangt
BIJA WAR, His Highness Maharaja Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of. A
Sawai Bhan Fartab Singh Bahadur, ruling chief; b. 1879. Succeeded to
Mahdrdjd of. A ruling chief; b. the gadi August 19, 1887. Is a Rahtor
December 24, 1842. Succeeded to the Rajput, descended from Bika Singh,
gadi November 23, 1847. His Highness the founder of Bikanir, who was the
the Chief of Bija war, like those of sixth son of Rao Jodha, Chief of
Charkhari and Ajaigarh, is descended Jodhpur claiming descent from
{q.v.),
from Jagat Raj, the second son of the Umalrai, fifty-sixth in descent from
Maharaja Chhatarsal; and the Bijawar Rama. The title was confirmed to
territory is a portion of that which the family, in the person of the
Maharaja Guj Singh, by the Emperor ary 1, 1898. Residence: Bara Banki,
Ahmad Shah of Delhi in 1752 a.d. Oudh.
The Bikanir flag is yellow and red— BIPIN KRISHNA BASU (BOSE),
the former representing Lakshmi-
C.I.E., Rai Bahadur. The title is
and the latter Devi. The
ndrdyan, personal, and was conferred on June
area of the State is 22,340 square
1, 1888. Created a CLE. on January
miles; its population 509,021, chiefly Residence: Nagpur, Central
1, 1898.
Hindus, but with over 50,000 Muham- Provinces.
madans and 21,000 Jains. His High-
ness maintains a military force of 400 BHfc BIKRAMA SINGH, Kunwar, Lieu-
cavalry, 564 infantry, and 91 guns. tenant, CLE. The Kunwar, who is
He is entitled to a salute of 17 guns. Commandant of the Sirmur Imperial

Residence : Bikanir, Rajputana. Service Infantry, was created a C.I.E.
on May 21, 1898. Residence : Sirmur.
BILASPUR, Rdjd of. See Kahlur.
See
BIRSHAMSHER JANG, Rana Bahadur,
BDLASPUR, Atraula, Rdjd of. G.C.S.I., MaMrdjd Sir. Prime
Mumtaz Ali Khan. Minister of Nepal. His Excellency
BILAUDA, Thakur Samrat Singh, the Prime Minister of Nepal was, on
Thdkur of. Aruling chief; b. about May 25, 1892, created a Knight Com-
1872. Succeeded to the gadi as a minor mander of the Most Exalted Order of
in 1878. Is descended from a Rajput the Star of India; and on June 22,
(Hindu) family. The population of 1897, on the auspicious occasion of the
the State is about 276, chiefly Hindus. Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty the
Residence: Bilauda, Western Malwa, Queen Empress, he was promoted to
Central India. be a Knight Grand Commander of
the same Most Exalted Order. Resid-
BILBARI, Mhosha walad Vaghu, Chief
of. A ruling chief b. about 1860.
;
ence : Khatmandu, Nepal.
Is descended from a Puar family. BIRA SINGHA NARAYAN RAI (of
The State is one of the numerous Madhavapassa), Rdjd. This is one
Dang States in Khandesh ; its area is of the titles that appear not to have
under 2 square miles, and its population been formally recognized by Govern-
about 1418, chiefly Bhils (aborigines). ment. The family at one time pos-
Residence: Bilbari, Khandesh, Bombay. sessed three farmdns of the time of
See Hanumant the Emperor Muhammad Shah, bearing
BILEHRA, Rdjd of.
the seal of the Nawab Murshid Kuli
Singh.
Khan, confirming Udai Narayan Rai
BIL0D, The Khan of. A ruling chief. in the Zaminddri of Chandradip,
This State is in Western Malwa, Bakarganj. Residence : Madhavapassa,
Central India, and the succession to Bakarganj, Bengal.
the gadi was undecided at the time
when information was obtained in BIRESHWAR CHATTERJI, Rai Baha-
dur. The title was conferred on
1891. The population is about 600,
June 22, 1897, for eminent services as
partly Hindus, partly Muhammadan ; of Schools. Residence:
the ruling family is Muhammadan. Inspector
Residence : Bilod, Central India. Hazaribagh, Bengal.
BIRESHWAR DATT, Rai Bahadur.
BINAYA KRISHNA DEB, Rdjd. The The title is personal, and was conferred
titlewas conferred on May 25, 1895. on February 16, 1887. Residence:
Residence: Calcutta, BeD gal.
Jabalpur, Central Provinces.
BINDA PARSHAD, Rai. The title was
BIRSINGHPUR, Rdjd of. See Ramesh-
conferred on June 3, 1893. Residence : war Bakhsh Singh.
Allahabad, North-Western Provinces.
BISAMBHAR BIRBAR MANGRAJ
BIPIN BIHARI B0SE (or BASU), Rai MAHAPATTAR, Rdjd of Baramba.
Bahadur. Received the title on Janu- See Baramba.
ary 2, 1899. Residence Hatwa,
:
BISHAMBHAR NATH, Lala, Rai Saheb.
Bengal. The was conferred on June 22,
title
BIPIN BIHARI CHAKRAVARTTI, Rai 1897. Residence: Commissariat De-
Bahadur, Received the title on Janu- partment, Simla.
BISHAMBHAR NATH, Munshi, Bai courtesy title of Tikai. Besidence ;
Bahadur. The was conferred on

title Hazaribagh, Bengal.
June 22, 1897. Besidence : Buland-
BISHESHWAR BAKHSH SINGH, Bai.
shahr, North- Western Provinces. The title hereditary. Besidence
is :
BISHAN CHANDRA Bai

DATTA, Jaunpur, North-Western Provinces.
May 25, 1892. Besidence :
Bongong,
BISHESHWAR BAKHSH SINGH, Bai.
The title is hereditary. Besidence :
Partabgarh, Oudh.
BISHAN DAS, Lala, Bai Saheb. The
title was conferred on January 1, 1896. BISHESHWAR NATH, Pandit, Bai
The Rai Saheb Wazir-i-Wizarat of
is
Ladakh. Besidence: Ladakh. May 20, 1896, for good service in
respect to State Railways. Besidence :
BISHAN DAS, Lala, Bai Saheb. Re- Calcutta.
ceived the title on June 3, 1899.
BISHNATH SINGH (of Katra Balk-
Besidence : North-Western Railway. The title
hera), Thdkur. is hereditary,
BISHAN DATT Murwara), Thdkur;
(of having been originally conferred by
b. 1831. The title is hereditary. The Raja Nizam Shah, Gond Raja of
tdluka was given to the family of Mandla. Besidence: Jabalpur, Central
Anrudh Singh Baldeo Sahai by Raja Provinces.
Nizam Shah of Mandla about 1743. BISHNU CHANDRA Bai
DATTA,
Besidence: Murwara, Jabalpur, Central Bahadur. Has rendered good service
Provinces. as Deputy Postmaster-General, Eastern
BISHAN LAL, Pandit, Bao Bahadur. Bengal, and received the title as a
The title was conferred on May 25, personal distinction on May 25, 1892.
1892. Besidence: Bhartpur,Rajputana. Besidence : Dacca, Bengal.
BISHAN SARUP, Munshi, Bai Bahadur. BISHUN NARAYAN (of Sidli), Bdjd.
The title of Rai was conferred on The title is hereditary, and was con-
January 1, 1877 and that of Rai
; ferred on August 14, 1868. Is the son
Bahadur on May 24, 1889. Besidence : of the late Raja Gauri Narayan,
Kekri, Ajmir. descended from a family said to be
BISHAN SINGH descended from the ancestors of the
(of Bheri), Sarddr.
The title is hereditary. The Sardar Maharaja of Kuch Behar. The
founder received a jdgir from the
belongs to a Jat family, descended
from Sardar Mahtab Singh, Miran Raja of Kuch Behar ; his descendants
Kotia, a Sikh chief famous for his subsequently became subjects of the
prowess, who lived in 1761 a.d. His Mughal Empire, and in 1765 came
under British rule. They were under
son, Sardar Rai Singh, acquired by
conquest some villages in the Ambala Bhutiya control for some time, and
district more than a century ago. reverted to British control after the
Besidence : Bheri, Ludhiana, Punjab. Bhutan war in 1865. Besidence :
Goalpara, Assam.
BISHAN SINGH (of Nabha), Diwdn,
C.I.E. The Diwan was created a BISHUNATH SINGH," Bao; b. Sep-
tember 15, 1870. Succeeded his father
Companion of the Most Eminent
Order of the Indian on on October 1, 1888. The title is
Empire January
hereditary,and is said to have been
1, 1890, for distinguished services to
the State of Nabha in the Punjab. conferred orginally on Raghubar
Besidence: Nabha, Punjab. Singh, Thakur, father of RaoBishunath
Singh, by Raja Gyan Chand. Besid-
BISHEN LAL SINGH (of Kendi), Bdjd. ence : Cawnpur, North- Western Pro-
This is one of the titles that have not vinces.
been formally recognized by Govern-
ment. The family is descended from BITHAR, Bdjd of. See Sheonath Singh.
Raja Nabir Singh, who was Zaminddr BOBBILI, Bdjd of. See Venkatasveta
of Kendi, in the Hazaribagh district,
Chala-pathi Ranga Rao, Ravu, Bdjd.
at the commencement of the 18th
century. The Raja has a son, named BOD, Raja Jogindra Deo, Bdjd of. A
Jswar Pras&d Singh, who bears the ruling chief; b. about 1857. Succeeded
to the gadi on October 5, 1879. Tributary Mahals) is about 2064

Belongs to a Kshatriya (Hindu) family, square miles its population 130,103,
;
founded by Ganda Mardan Deo, chiefly Hindus, but over 37,000 be-
seventy generations back. The title longing to aboriginal tribes. The
of Raja has been enjoyed since the Raja maintains a military force of
time of the Mahratta rule ; it was 592 infantry and 2 guns. Residence :
formally recognized by the British Bod, Orissa.
Government on May 21, 1874, in the
B0DD00. See Badu.
lifetime of the late Raja Pitambar Deo,
father of the present Raja. The B0G0LA NAND MUKARJI, Rai Baha-
eldest son of the ruling Raja is called dur. Received the title on January
the Jubaraj the younger sons Babus.
; 2, 1899. Residence: Murshidabad,
It is said that the Rajas of Bod have Bengal.
always been famous for their loyalty B0IDY0. See Baidya.
to the Emperors of India who were in
BOLAICHAND PAIN, Shri, Rai Bahadur.
power from time to time. Formerly Received the title on June 3, 1899.
there was a main route through this
Residence : Telegraph Department,
State to the Central and Western
Simla.
Provinces, and whenever any persons
duly accredited by the Muhammadan B0LAK CHAND, Rai Bahadur. The
or Mahratta rulers passed over it, the title was conferred on January 1, 1894.
Rajas of Bod used to render them every Residence : Arrah, Bengal.
assistance, and thus earned their Thakur Salamsinghji,
favour. When Raja Pratap Deb was
B0LANDRA,
Thdkur of. A ruling chief ; b. about
the ruler, certain officers of the 1865. Is descended from a Rajput
Muhammadan Emperor were passing
(Hindu) family. The area of the State
through this State with troops en is about 14 square miles its population
;
route to Puri. Some of the troops about 873, chiefly Hindus. Residence :
having caught fever it was necessary Bolandra, Mahi Kantha, Bombay.
for them to halt there for about a
month, during which time the Raja B0LIHAR, Rdjd Bahadur of. See Kris-
treated them very and ten dr a Rai.
hospitably,
gained their good opinion. On their BOMANJI BYRAMJI PATELL, Khan
reporting the facts to the Emperor, Bahadur. The title was conferred on
the title of " Swasti Sri Derlakhya
January 1, 1899. Residence : Bombay.
Dumbadhipati Jharkhund Mandales-
war" was conferred upon the then BOMANJI S0HRABJI, Khan Bahadur.
The title is personal, and was con-
Raja. This title continued till the ferred on January 1, 1877, on the
time of Raja Banamali Deb, when
occasion of the Proclamation of Her
certain Mahratta officers went to
Most Gracious Majesty as Empress of
Sonpur to realize peshkash, and com- India.
mitted much violence. The people of Residence: Poona, Bombay.
Sonpur formed a conspiracy to kill B0NAI, Raja Indar Deo Bahadur, Rdjd
the officers, who fled to Bod for of. A ruling chief; b. about 1836.
refuge. The Sonpur people continued Succeeded to the gadi on September
their pursuit up to Bod, where the 12, 1876. Rendered good service to
Raja took them prisoners and sent the Government during the Keonjhar
them to Nagpur. This conduct of disturbances in 1867-68. Is descended
the chief very much pleased the from a Kshatriya (Hindu) family, who
Mahratta ruler, who conferred the call themselves Kodam Bangsa, because
title of
" Swasti Sri the progenitor of the race was born
Prabalapratapa-
ditya Parutapa "Danasampanna Jhark- under a kodam tree. The infant, it is
hand Badshah on the Raja. This said, was abandoned, and was in danger
title was subsequently abbreviated to of falling into the hands of the enemy,
" Jharkhand Paichha " and in con- when a peacock swallowed it, and kept
;
sideration of the above, the Raja was it in his craw until the danger was
once for all exempted from paying over ;
and in gratitude the family
peshkash to the Mughal and Mahratta adopted the peacock as its crest. The
rulers. The areaof the State (which title of Tikait is
the courtesy title of
is one of those known as the Orissa the heir-apparent that of Potait is
;
borne by the second son, that of Ldl of Rajput descent. The Raja's eldest
by the third son, and Bdbu by the son, named Ramkanai Singh, bears the
younger sons, if any. The Rajd Bahd- courtesy title of Jubardj ; the second,
dur has the following sons Tikait — named Syamsandar Singh, bears that
Nilambar Deo, Potait Bishambar Deo, of Hikim ; the third is styled Kumar.
Ldl Hari Krishna Deo. The area of In this family no name is given to a
the State (which is one of the Chota son till he attains the age of twelve
N&gpur Tributary Mahals) is about years. The younger sons of the Rajd,
1297 square miles; its population below the third, are styled Bdbu,
24,026, chiefly Hindus. Residence: except the fourth, who sometimes has
Bonai, Chota Nagpur, Bengal. the courtesy title of Bara Thdkur.
Residence : Barabhum, Manbhum,
BONOMALLY CHUCKERBUTTY, Rai
Bengal.
Saheb. The title was conferred on
January 1, 1898. Is Superintendent BRAMHANANDMAL,Pa?A;-ifcu. This
of the Toshakhana of the Government is one of the titles that appear not
of India. Residence; Calcutta. to have been formally recognized by
Government. It was originally con-
BOOTA SINGH, Rai Bahadur. Received
ferred by one of the old Rajas of
the title on January 2, 1899 . Residence :
Kujung. Residence : Cuttack, Orissa.
Rawal Pindi, Punjab.
BORKHERA, Thakur Amar Singh,
BRIGLAL SINGH, Subadar, Bahadur.
A The See Brij Lai Singh.
Thdkur of. ruling chief.
Thakur a R&jput
is descended from
BRIJ BHUKAN LAL, Rai Bahadur ; b.
(Hindu) family. Residence: Borkhera, 1820. The title is personal, and was
Indore, Central India. conferred on May 24, 1882, the Rai
BORKHERA (WESTERN MALWA), Bahadur having held many important
Thakur Bhairon Singh, Thdkur of. public offices, having retired on pension
A ruling chief h. about the year 1858.
;
in 1872, and having been granted a
Succeeded to the aadi in 1873. The medal by Government at the Imperial
population of the State is about 1000, Assemblage of Delhi on January 1,
partly Hindus, partly Muhammadans. 1877, on the occasion of the Proclama-
Residence : Borkhera, Western Malwa, tion of Her Most Gracious Majesty as
Central India. Empress of India. Is an Honorary
B0YD0 NATH DEY, Rai Saheb. The Magistrate of Lucknow ; one of the
founders of the Jubilee High School,
Lucknow ; President of the Kayastha
Residence : Punjab Frontier.
Sadar Sabha of India, 1888; and
BRAHMA MOHAN MALLIK, Rai Baha- Secretary to the Trustees of the Hu-
dur. The title was conferred on May sainabad Endowment. Has borne for
25,1895. Residence: Hughli, Bengal. many years a high character for loyalty
BRAHMA NARAYAN and benevolence. His son is named
SINGH, Thdkur.
This is one of the titles that appear Ananda Prasad, born 1846 ;
his grand-
not to have been officially recognized. son, Bansi Dhar, born 1874 ; his great-
The Thakur's sons all bear the courtesy grandson, Manohar - Lai, born 1891.
title of Bdbu. Residence : Manbhum, Residence : Lucknow, Oudh.
Bengal. BRIJ LAL GHOSH, Rai Bahadur. The

BRAJA GOPAL SINGH, Rdjd. This is title is personal, and was conferred on
one of the titles that have never been October 8, 1879. Residence : Lahore,
formally recognized by Government. Punjab.
The Raja's elder son is styled Tikait ;
his name is Madan Mohan Singh, and BRIJ LAL SINGH, Subadar, Bahadur.
Received the title of Bahadur on July
the younger, whose name is Sarat
Chandra Singh, has the title of Hikim. 4, 1896. Residence : Hingoli, Deccan.
Residence : Manbhum, Bengal,
BRIJ MOHAN DEO, Rdjd; b. May 15,
BRAJA KISHOR SINGH, Rdjd. This 1896. Succeeded the late Raja Raghu
is one of the titles that appear never Kesari Deo on October 21, 1897. Resi-
to have been officially recognized by dence : Bhowani Patna, Kalahandi
Qrovernment. The family claims to be State, Central Provinces,
BRIJ MOHAN LAL, Rat Bahadur. Re- many years past. He is the natural
ceived the title on June 3, 1899. Resi- father of the present Maharaj-Kumar
dence : Assam. of Burdwan (who is still a minor) ; a
brother-in-law of the late Maharaja
BBITTO, Salvador Felin, Rao Saheb. Aftab Chand Bahadur, and a nephew
The title was conferred on May 20, of His Highness the late Maharaja
1896. Residence : South Canara, Mad-
Mahtab Chand Bahadurof Burdwan.
ras.
Crest : A
horse's head, erased, proper.
BUDDHA KHAN, Khan. The title is Residence : The Bonabas, Burdwan.
personal and was conferred on January BUNDI, His Highness Maharao Raja Sir
1, 1877, on the occasion of the Pro-
clamation of Her Most Gracious Raghubir Singh Bahadur, K.C.S.I.,
K.C.I.E., Maharao Rdjd of ; b. about
Majesty as Empress of India. Resi-
1868. Succeeded to the gadi March
dence : Hathan, Merwara. Is a Chauhan (Hara) Rajput
28, 1889.
BUDDHA VARAPU NARAYANAMUR- (Hindu), descended from Rao Deo
THI PANTULU, Rao BaMdur. The Singh, son of Rao Bakht Singh Deoji,
title was conferred on January 1, 1898. who founded the State of Bundi about
Is a Deputy-Collector. Residence: the year 1242 a.d. The flag of the
Madras Presidency. family is coloured yellow, with the
BUDH SINGH DUDHURIA, Rai Baha- motto Sri Rangesh Bhagt Bundesh Ram
dur. The personal, and was
title is Singhe, meamng "Raja Ram Singh,
conferred on January 2, 1888. Is a ruler of Bundi, is a believer in Rag-
brother of the Rai Bishan Chand hunathji." The State is situated in
Dudhuria Bahadur (q.v.). Residence: that part of Rajputana known as the
Haraoti and Tonk Agency. Its area
Murshidabad, Bengal.
is 2300 square miles ; its population
BUDHO KHAN walad MUHAMMAD about 254,701, chiefly Hindus, but
ALI KHAN, Mir. The title is heredi- with 9477 Muhammadans and 3101
tary, the Mir being a descendant of Jains. His Highness was created a
one of the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at K.C.I.E. on January 1, 1894, and a
the time of the annexation. Residence : K.C.S.I. on January 1, 1897. He
Hyderabad, Sind. maintains a military force of 446
BULAKA SINGH, Sarddr. The title is cavalry, 1835 infantry, and 144 guns,
personal, and was conferred on January and is entitled to a salute of 17 guns.
2, 1888. Residence : Lahore, Punjab. Residence : Bundi, Rajputana.
BULAND JAH. See Muhammad Askari. BUNYAD HASAN, Mir, Khan Bahadur.
BUN BEHARI KAPUR (of Burdwan), 1898. Residence Bara Oudh. : Banki,
Rdjd; b. November 11, 1853. Title
of Raja conferred, as a personal dis- BURDWAN, Maharaj-Kumar Bijai
tinction, January 2, 1893; adopted by Chand Mahtab, Mahdrdj-Kumdr of ;
the third brother of the late Maharaja b. October
19, 1881. Succeeded the
Adhiraj Mahtab Chand Bahadur of lateMaharaja Aftab Chand Mahtab
Burdwan on August 31, 1856. Ap- Bahadur, Maharaja of Burdwan.
pointed Bncdn-i-Rdj of Burdwan in Belongs to a Kapur Kshatriya family
1877, and Vice-President of the Burd- of Kotli in Lahore, Punjab, whence
wan Raj Council in 1879. At the Im- Abu Rai, the founder of the Burdwan
perial Assemblage of Delhi on January Raj family, migrated to Bengal. Was
1 , 1877, on the occasion of the Proclama- adopted by the late Maharaja, and is
tion of Her Most Gracious Majesty as the son of Raja Bun Behari Kapur of
Empress of India, received a Certificate Burdwan (q.v.), a scion of the same
of Honour, was appointed Honorary who is also the guardian and
family,
Magistrate, and Member of the District manager of the large estates of the
Board of Burdwan and on January; young Maharaj-Kumar. Abu Rai
23, 1885, a Member of the Bengal Kapur settled in district Burdwan,
Legislative Council. Appointed Joint and in 1657 a.d. was appointed Chau-
Manager, Burdwan Raj estate, 1885, dhri and Kotwal of Rekabi Bazar, etc.,
and sole Manager in 1891 and has ; under the Fauzdar of Chakld Burdwan.
rendered admirable services to the He was succeeded by Babu Rai, who
Burdwan Raj and to the country for owned Pargand Burdwan and three
other estates, and also succeeded his his adopted son, Maharaja Mahtab
father as Chaudhri. Then followed in Chand, who, in 1833 a.d., received a
succession his son Gyaneshyam Rai, farmdn from Lord William Bentinck,
and his grandson Krishna Rama Rai ; Governor-General, confirming him in
the latter received & farmdn from the the title of Maharaja Adhiraj Bahadur.
Emperor Aurangzeb, dated 24th In 1868 he obtained for himself and his
Rabiwal Akhir, in the thirty-eighth descendants the licence of Her Majesty
year of his reign (1695 A.D.), confirming to bear the arms and supporters de-
him as Zamindar and Chaudhri of scribed below ; and at the Imperial As-
Burdwan. Succeeded by his son semblage at Delhi on January 1, 1877,
Jagat Rama Rai, who received a on the occasion of the Proclamation
similar farmdn from the Emperor of Her Most Gracious Majesty as
Aurangzeb, dated 5 th Jamadiwal Awol, Empress of India, he was granted, as
in the forty-third year of his reign a personal distinction, the right to
(1700 a.d.) and again his son, Kirti
;
receive a salute of 13 guns. He managed
Chandra Rai, who succeeded, received his great estates with so much success
a similar farmdn from the same that they became some of the most
Emperor, dated 20th Sawab, in the prosperous in Bengal ; and at the time
forty-eighth year of his reign (1705 of the Santal Rebellion in 1855, and
a.d.), mentioning him as Zamindar again during the troubles of the Mutiny,
and Chaudhri of forty-nine Mahals in the Maharaja did everything in his
Pare/and Burdwan. Kirti Chandra power to strengthen the hands of the
Rai received a second farmdn from the Government, by placing elephants and
Emperor Muhammad Shah, adding bullock-carts at the disposal of the
some Mahals, in the year 1736 a.d. authorities, and by keeping open the
He was succeeded by his son Chitra Sen communications in the neighbouring
Rai, who in the twenty-first year of districts. On his death in 1879 he was
the reign of the Emperor Muhammad succeeded by his adopted son, the late
Shah (1740 a.d.), received a farmdn Maharaja Aftab Chand Mahtab, who,
recognizing him as Zamindar of Chakld on attaining his majority in 1881, was
Burdwan, and giving him the title of installed at the Palace, Burdwan, in
Raja. He was succeeded by his cousin, all his father's honours and possessions.
the nephew of Kirti Chandra, Raja He died prematurely in 1888, and was
Tilak Chandra Rai ; who received a succeeded by his adopted son, the
sanad from the Emperor Ahmad Shah, present Maharaj-Kumar, who is still a
dated 7th Rajab, in the seventh year minor. The family colour is dark blue
of his reign (1753 a.d.), confirming with scarlet facings. The arms are
him as Raja of Burdwan, etc. In 1765 azure, an ancient Hindustani shield
he received another sanad, from the proper, between in chief a crescent
Emperor Shah Alam, granting an argent and in base two swords in saltire,
increase of the Zaminddri, and the points downwards, also proper. The
additional title of Bahadur , and about crest is an iron-gray horse's head,
the same time the same Emperor wrote couped, around the neck a riband azure,
him a friendly letter, intimating his and pendent therefrom an escutcheon
creation as Raja Bahadur, and also as of the last, charged with a lotus-flower
a Commander of 4000 infantry. To proper. The supporters are, on either
this, in the official /armom that followed, side an iron-gray horse regardant,
was added also the command of 2000 around the neck a riband gules, and
cavalry ; and lastly, in the ninth year pendent therefrom an escutcheon of
of the Emperor Shah Alam (1768 a.d.), the last, charged with a lotus- flower
he received from the Commander-in- proper. Residences: The Palace, Burd-
Chief, by order of the Emperor, a, sanad wan, Bengal; Mahtab Manzil, and
conferring the title of Maharaja Adhi- Dilaram, and Dar-ul-Bahr (Dilkusha
raj, and making him a Commander of Gardens), Burdwan ;
The Rajbati,
5000 infantry and 3000 cavalry, with Chinsurah, Bengal; The Rajbati,
authority for guns, bands, nakara, etc. Kalna, Bengal; The Aftab House,
He was succeeded by his son, the Alipur, Calcutta The Rosebank, Dar-
;
Maharaja Tej Chandra Rai, who, in jiling; The Retreat, Kurseong, Bengal;
1771 a.d., received a similar sanad to and other residences at Bhagalpur,
the last-named. He was succeeded by Benares, Cawnpur, and Agra.
THE GOLDEN BOOK OF INDIA Al
BURHAN-UD-DIN-KHAN, Fakir Say- the Zamorin of Calicut, ruling over the

yid (of Lahore), Khan Bahadur. The greater part of South Malabar. From
title is personal, and was conferred on that time the Zamorins were mainly
January 22, 1888. Residence: Bhopal, engaged in wars with the Rajas of
Central India. Cochin and their allies, the Portuguese.
BTJTA MALL, Rai Bahadur. The title The family follows the well-known
was conferred on January 1, 1894. Marumaklcatayam law of inheritance,
Residence : Lahore, Punjab.
by which the succession is always to
the offspring of its female members
BTJTA SINGH, Rai Bahadur. See Boota. only ; among these the next eldest
male to the Zamorin is the heir-ap-
BTA GALE, Maung, Ahmudan gating parent. In 1766 the then Zamorin,
Tazeik-ya Min. The title is personal, being beleaguered by Haidar Ali of
and was conferred on January 1, 1889.
It means " Recipient of the Medal of
Mysore, set fire to his palace, and
voluntarily perished in the flames.
Honour for Good Service," and is indi- Thenceforward the Zamorins were
cated by the letters A.T.M. after the
(with short intervals of attempts at
name. Residence : Pegu, Burma.
rebellion) the subjects of Haidar and
BYRAMJEE DADABHOY, Khan Baha- Tippu, until the Calicut territory was
dur. See Behramji Dadabhai, Khan ceded to the English by the treaty with
Bahadur. Tippu in 1792. The late Zamorin was
appointed a Fellow of the Madras
BYRAMJI SORABJI CARDMASTER, University in 1882, created a Maharaja
Bahadur in 1878, and a Knight Com-
May 21, 1898. Residence: Ahmadnagar, mander of the Most Exalted Order of
Bombay. the Star of India on May 25, 1892. He
CALICUT, Raja Kizhakke Kovilagam died shortly afterwards, and was suc-
Mana Vikrama Bahadur, Zamorin of; ceeded by the present Zamorin. The
b. Succeeded to the gadi on the
1832. heir-apparent of the Zamorin under
decease the late Zamorin, the
of the Marumakkatayam law bears the
Maharaja Sir Mana Vikrama Baha- interesting courtesy-title of "The
dur, K. C.S.I. The present Zamorin Eralpad." Residence: Calicut, Malabar
is believed to be the 120th in descent District, Madras.
from the founder of the family, who
derived his title from Cheraman CAMALESHWARI. See Kamaleshwari.
Perumal, the last Emperor of Malabar.
The tradition is that there were two CAMBAY, His Highness Nawab Jafar
youths of the Eradi caste from Pum- Ali Khan Saheb Bahadur, Naxoab of.
thura, near Erode, who rendered A ruling chief; b. in the year 1848.
Cheraman Perumal, the last Emperor Succeeded to the gadi June 11, 1880.
of Malabar, signal service in subduing Belongs to a Mughal (Shiah Muham-
the stronghold of an eastern invader, madan) family, descended from Mirza
the Chola King of Choladesh. When Jafar Nizam-ud-daula, who married
Cheraman Perumal became a Buddhist the daughter of Momin Khan Dehlami,
in 352 a.d., and retired from political agent for Surat and Cambay. The
life, dividing his empire of Malabar Nawab at the time of the Treaty of
among his eighteen feudatories, it Bassein in 1802 was Fateh Ali Khan,
chanced that these two youths were who was succeeded by his brother
absent on a pilgrimage to Benares, so Bandeh Ali Khan, and the latter by
they were overlooked in the distribu- his nephew, the Nawab Husain Yar
tion of territory. At the last moment Khan, father of the present Nawab.
they returned, and were presented by The full title of His Highness is Sardar
the Emperor with his Imperial sword, Nawab Najib-ud-daula, Mumtaz-ul-
and a small piece of land called Koko- Mulk, Munim Khan Bahadur, Dilawar
—
rikot whence the modern Calicut — Jang Dawe Ekbalu, His Highness Jafar
Cheraman Perumal bidding them win Ali Khan Saheb Bahadur, Nawab of
what more they wanted with the sword. Cambay. His Highness married in
Accordingly, when Vasco da Gama 1876 the Bibi Gauhar Khanum Saheb,
arrived at Calicut in 1498, he found and in 1882 the Bibi Khurshid Jahan
the descendant of one of these youths, Begum. The area of the State is about
350 square miles its population about
;
to a salute of 11 guns. Residence :
86,000, chiefly Hindus, with about Chamba, Punjab.

Muhammadans. The Nawab
12,000
maintains a military force of 36 cavalry,
CHAMPA LAL, Seth, Rai Bahadur.
The title was conferred on June 22,
496 infantry, and 12 guns, and is
1897. Residence: Beawar, Rajputana.
entitled to a salute of 11 guns. Resi-
dence : Cambay, Kaira, Bombay. CHAND MAL, Seth, Rai. The title is
personal, and was conferred on January
CANNAN0RE, Ali Raja, Sultan of. See
on the occasion of the Pro-
1, 1877,
Musa. clamation of Her Most Gracious
CARSEDJEE. See Kharsedji. Majesty as Empress of India. Resi-
dence : Ajmir, Rajputana.
CASHINATH. See Kashi.
CHANDAR SHIKHAR (of Sissaindi),
CASHMERE, His Highness the Maharaja Rdjd ; b. October 29, 1860. Succeeded
Bahadur of. See Jammu and Kash- the Raja Kashi Prasad in 1873. Be-
mir. longs to a Tiwari Brahman family, on
CHADCHAT, Thdlcur of. See Santalpur whom the title of Raja was conferred
and Chadchat, Thdlcur of. by King Amjad Ali Shah of Oudh, and
it was recognized as hereditary by the
CHAIT. SeeChet. British Government in 1877. Raja
CHAKUR KHAN toalad AHMAD ALI Kashi Prasad was consistently loyal
KHAN, Mir. The title of Mir has during the Mutiny, and gave great
been continued by the Government for assistance to British officers. He was
life. Residence : Shikarpur, Sind. specially mentioned in Lord Canning's
Proclamation of March 1858 as one of
GHAMBA, His Highness Raja Sham the six loyal Oudh Talukdars, and was
Singh, Rdjd of. A ruling chief ; b. in
granted large estates as a reward.
1866. Succeeded to the gadi as a Residence: Sissaindi, Lucknow, Oudh.
minor in 1873. Belongs to a Rajput
(Hindu) family, descended from the CHANDASINGH KANSINGH SHA-
Raja Sail, who in very early times HANI, Rao Bahadur. The title is
came from Marwar to Chamba. In personal, and was conferred on May
1846 the State came into the possession 20, 1890. Residence: Hyderabad,
of the British Government after the Sind.
first Sikh war, and a part of it was
made over to the Maharaja Golab
CHANDRA KANTA TARKALANKAR,
Mahdmahopddkydya. The title is
Singh of Jammu and Kashmir. Sub- personal, and was conferred on Feb-
sequently, however, by an arrangement ruary 16, 1887, in recognition of emin-
made with the latter in 1847, Chamba ence in oriental learning. Residence :
came again entirely under British
Mymensingh, Bengal.
control, and it was assigned to the then
Raja, Raja Sri Singh, and his heirs. CHANDRA KUMAR DUTT (or Datta),
On his death in 1870 he was succeeded Rai Bahadur. Received the title on
by his brother, Raja Gopal Singh, who June 3, 1899. Residence: Bakarganj,
abdicated in 1873, and was succeeded Bengal.
by the present Raja. In 1854 the CHANDRA KUMAR RAI, Rai Bahadur.
sanitarium of Dalhousie was sur- Received the title on January 1, 1898.
rendered to the Government by the Is Zamindar of Dalai Bazar. Residence :
Raja of Chamba, in consideration of Dalai Bazar, Noakhali, Bengal.
the remission of part of the yearly
tribute, and in 1867 the cantonments
CHANDRA NATH MITTRA, Rai Baha-
dur. Received the title on January 1,
of Bakloh and Balun. The area of
1898. Was formerly Superintendent
the State, which is very mountainous,
of the Government Press, Lahore.
being situated in the Himalayas, on Residence : Lahore, Punjab.
the frontiers of Kashmir, is about 3092
square miles its population 115,773,
; CHANDRA SIKHAR SINHA HARI
chiefly Hindus, but including 6859 CHANDANA MAHAPATRA SAMA-
Muhammadans. The Raja maintains NTA, Mahdmahopddhydya. The title
a military force of 12 cavalry, 200 is personal, and was conferred on June
infantry, and 3 guns, and is entitled 3, 1893, in recognition of eminence in
oriental learning. Residence : Khand- and in celebration of the Proclamation

para, Bengal. of Her Gracious Majesty as Empress
of India received the additional title
CHANDRABHAN BAM SINGH, Rao of Sipadar-ul-Mulk. His son is the
Bahadur. The titlewas conferred on
May 26, 1894. Residence: Kutch, present Maharaja, who succeeded as
Madras. a minor in 1880, attained his majority
in January 1892, and assumed the
CHANDULAL MATHURADAS, Rao Government of his State at a grand
Saheb. The title was conferred on Darbar held at Charkhari on Novem-
January 1, 1895. Residence: Kutch, ber 10, 1892. At this Darbar were
Bombay. present, besides the Maharaja and the
CHANG BHAKAR, Bhaya Mahabir young Raja of Sarila, all the principal
jagirdars, thakurs, and officials of the
Singh Deo, Bhaya of. A ruling chief ;
b. April; 15, 1879. Succeeded to the State, numbering more than a hundred.
gadi June 17, 1897. Belongs to a miles its population about 143,000,
Rajput (Hindu) family, that is a ;
collateral branch of the Korea Chauhan chiefly Hindus, with 6000 Muhamma-
dans. The motto of the family is
Rajputs, descended from Jorawal
Singh, a younger step-brother of Raja Singhasanesho ran Vijayi (" The Master
of the Throne is the Victorious in
Garib Singh of Korea. The State is
one of those known as the Chota War"). The Maharaja maintains a
Nagpur Tributary Mahals. Its area is military force of 188 cavalry, 1552
about 906 square miles, and its popu- infantry, and 42 guns, and is entitled
lation about 13,466, chiefly Hindus.
to a salute of 11 guns. Residence:
Residence : Chang Bhakar, Chota Charkhari, Central India.
Nagpur, Bengal. CHATAR. See Chhatar.
CHARKHARI, His Highness Maharaj-
CHAUBE. See Chowbe.
Adhiraj Sipadar-ul-Mulk Mulkhan
Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of. A rul- CHAUMA, Thdkur of. See Gobind
ing chief; b. January 1872. Succeeded Singh, Thakur.
to the gadi July 10, 1880. Belongs to
the famous Bundela Rajput family CHAVAN, Dr. V. P., Rao Saheb. Re-
founded by Bir Singh in the 13th ceived the title on January 2, 1899.
century, who first took the clan name Residence: Bombay.
of Bundela, and from whom are de-
scended a very large number of cele- CHEIK, Maung, Ahmudan gaung Tazeik
brities in Central Indian history, in- ya Min. This Burmese title (on which,
see Introduction, page xii) was con-
cluding the royal families of Orchha,
Panna, Dattia, Ajaigarh, Charkhari,
Bijawar, Sarila, Jigni, Jaso, Lughasi. Toungoo, Burma.
One of these descendants, the Maha-
CHENTSAL RAO, P., C.I.E.; b. 1832.
raja Chhatarsal, acquired the sove- Sarishtadar of the Madras Revenue
reignty of Eastern and Northern
Bundelkhand. Being hard pressed Board, 1872; Fellow of the Madras
University, 1875; Superintendent of
by the Mahrattas, he adopted the
Peshwa as one of his sons, who thus Stamps and Stationery, 1882; Member
of the Legislative Council of Fort St.
obtained one-third of his dominions,
George, 1887, and of the Governor-
including Sagar, Kalpi, etc. His eldest General's Council, 1892; cr. CLE.,
son inherited Panna, while from the
second son, Jagat Raj, descended the
Chiefs of Ajaigarh, Charkhari, Bija- CHEPPUDHtA S0MIAH, Rai Bahddur.
war, and Sarila. The son of Jagat The title was conferred on January 1,
Raj was Kirat Singh and the grand-
; 1892. Residence : Mercara, Kurg.
son of the latter, the Maharaja Vikra-
maditya of Charkhari, received a sanad CHEPPUDIRA THIMURIAH, Rai Ba-
from the British Government in 1804. hddur. Subahdar of the Ye-
Is the
His grandson was the Maharaja Jai denalknad, Kurg, and received the
Singh, who attended the Imperial As- title as a personal distinction on May
semblage at Delhi in January 1877, 25, 1892. Residence : Mercara, Kurg.
CHERRA, Hajan Manik, Seim of A 25, 1895. The family motto is Agni
ruling chief; ft. about 1833. Succeeded pratdp Vishweshah ("As fire resplen-
to the gadi May 24, 1875. The chief dent, Lord of the World "). The area
and his people (said to number about of the State is 1169 square miles its ;
9000) are Khasis. This is one of the population about 167,700, chiefly
Khasi and Jaintia Hill States. Re- Hindus, with about 5500 Muhamma-
sidence: Cherra, Khasi Hills, Assam. dans and 749 Jains. The Maharaja
maintains a military force of 39
CHET SINGH (of Bhikra), Rao; b. April
cavalry, 814 infantry, and 39 guns,
15, 1851. The title is hereditary, and and is entitled to a salute of 11 guns.
has long been recognized. The family Residence : Chhatarpur, Bundelkhand,
are Sengar Rajputs, descended from Central India.
the Rajas of Rura in Etawah. The
Rao has a son and heir, named Lala CHHATRA KUNWAI (of Amgaon),
Tej Singh, born October 8, 1866. Re- Rdjd. The title is hereditary, and was
sidence: Bhikra, Etawah, North- originally derived from Rdjd Hindi
western Provinces. Shah of Garha-Mandla. The family
is Lodhi. Residence: Jabalpur, Central
CHETAN SHAH, Khan Bahadur. The Provinces.
title is
CHHATRA SINGH, Subaddr- Major,
January 1, 1877, on the occasion Rai Bahadur. The title is personal,
of the Proclamation of Her Most
Gracious Majesty as Empress of India.
and was conferred on June 24, 1887,
for eminent military service. Re-
Residence : Shdhpur, Punjab.
sidence: Burma.
CHHALIAR, Rawal Chhatrasinghji, CHHEDI LAL, The
Lala, Rat Bahddur.
Rdwal of. A
ruling chief; b. about and was bestowed on
title is personal,
the year 1863. Succeeded to the gadi June 1, 1888. The Rai Bahadur's
June 21, 1888. Belongs to a Rajput
grandfather, Lala Sadasukh, was a
(Hindu) family, which pays a tribute wealthy grain and cotton merchant in
to the Gaekwar of Baroda, as well as
to the Paramount Power. The area
Cawnpur. Residence: Cawnpur, North-
western Provinces.
of the State is about 9 square miles.
Residence: Chhaliar, Rewd Kantha, CHH0TA BARKHERA, Bhumia Mugat
Bombay. Singh, Bhumia of. Aruling chief;
b. 1865. Succeeded to the gadi Sep-
CHHATAR. tfeeChhatra. tember 14, 1889. Is descended from
CHHATAR SAL, Thakur of Mangalgarh, a Bhilala family. The population of
Rai Bahadur. The title of Rai Baha- the State is about 125, chiefly Hindus.
dur was conferred on the Thakur of Residence: Chhota Barkhera, Bhopa-
Mangalgarh as a personal distinction war, Central India.
on May 20, 1896. Residence : Bhopal, CHHOTA UDAIPUR, Maharawal Shri
Central India.
Fattehsinghji, Maharawal of. rul-A
CHHATARPUR, His Highness Maha- ing chief; b. October 22, 1884. Suc-
ceeded the late Maharawal Motisin-
raja Vishwanath Singh Bahadur,
Mahdrdjd of. A ruling chief; b. ghji on February 29, 1895. Belongs
August 29, 1866. Succeeded to the to a Chauhan Rajput (Hindu) family ;
gadi November 14, 1866. Belongs to descended from the famous Patai
a Puar Rajput (Hindu) family; de- Rawal, the last Chauhan Chief of
scended from the Sarddr Soneh Sah, Champaner, from whom also descend
a Sarddr of the Panna Raj, who was the Chiefs of Baria. When Cham-
in military possession of the Chha- paner was captured by the Muham-
tarpur jdgir when the British acquired madans under Muhammad Begar in
Bundelkhand. He was granted a 1484, the Chauhans moved to Chhota
sanad by the British Government in Udaipur and to Baria. The Rdjd
1806, and was succeeded by his son, Jitsinghji, grandfather of the present
the Raja Partab Singh. The grand- Mahdrdwdl, bravely resisted Tantia
nephew of the latter was the Rdjd Topi during the Mutiny of 1857 and ;
Jagat Raj, the father of the present the latter was defeated by General
Raja, who received the title of Maha- Parke when encamped before the town
raja as a personal distinction on May of Chhota Udaipur. The family at
one time occupied a fort at Mohan it ; ledged by all members of the Kolattiri
pays tribute to the Gaekwar of Ba- House as the head of the family, and
roda. The area of the State is about was entrusted with the administra-
;
tion. The Raja at the time of Tippu's
71,000, chiefly Bhils or Kolis or other invasion in 1789 was named Rama
aboriginal tribes. The Maharawal Yarma, and he committed suicide
maintains a military force of 50 cavalry, to avoid falling into the hands of the
256 infantry, and 4 guns; and is en- conqueror. A prince, who took refuge
titled to a salute of 9 guns. Residence: in the jungles until the English ob-
Chhota Udaipur, Rewa Kantha, Bom- tained possession of the country, was
bay. recognized by them in 1795 as R&ja.
A The family, like that of the Zamorin
CHIKLI, Guman Singh, Chief of.
of Calicut and other Chiefs of Mala-
ruling chief; b. about the year 1864.
Succeeded to the gadi November 1, bar, follows the Marumakkatayam
1888. Is a Muhammadan, but de- law of inheritance, by which the suc-
scended from a Wasava Bhil (ab- cession is to the offspring of its female
The area of the State
original) family. members, among whom the next eldest
isabout 200 square miles ; its popula- male after the Raja is his heir-appar-
tion about 1444, chiefly (aboriginal) ent. The late Valiya Raja of Chirakal
Bhils. Residence: Chikli, Khandesh, was called Rajaha Raja, and he was
succeeded by the present Valiya Raja
Bombay.
under the Marumakkatayam law. He
CHIKTIABAE, Bhumia Umed Singh, receives an allowance from Govern-
Bhumia of. A ruling chief b. about
ment, in compensation for the estate
;

that belonged to his ancestors. Re-
The population of the State is about sidence : Malabar, Madras.
415, chiefly Hindus. Residence : Chik-
tiabar, Bhopawar, Central India. CHDRODA, Devi Singh, Chief of A
ruling chief. This chief is of a Rajput
CHIKURDE, Deshmukh of. See Vithal-
rao. (Hindu) family. His State contains
an area of about 1 square mile, with
CHINCHLI, Naik Jinmya naiad Gudad a population of 241, chiefly Hindus.
Bhavan, Chief of. A ruling chief. Residence : Chiroda, Kathiawar, Bom-
The State is also called Dang Chinch-
bay.
ligadad, being one of the numerous
Dang States in Khandesh; and the CHITARI, JVawdb of. See Muhammad
Chief or Naik, sometimes called Zimna Mahmud Ali Khan.
walad Bhawan, is a minor and un-
married belongs to an aboriginal Bhil
CHITNAVIS, Gangadhar Rao Madhao,
;
The Hon., CLE. See Gangadhar.
tribe. The area of the State is about
27 square miles; and its population CHITPAL SINGH (of Nurpur Chitpal-
about 1668. Residence: Chinchli, Khan- garh), Rdjd : b. August 7, 1847. Suc-
desh, Bombay. ceeded his father as Raja in 1852.
CHINGACHUN VITTIL G0PALAN The title is hereditary, and was so
NAYAR, Rao Bahadur. The title recognized on May 9, 1866. The Raja
was conferred on January 1, 1894. represents one of the chief families
Residence: Madura, Madras. of the ancient Sombansi race, and is
the most direct descendant of the
CHINTAMANI DE, Rai Bahadur. The
title was conferred on June 1893.
great Raja of Partabgarh. The Raja
Duniapat, who possessed Partabgarh,
3,
Residence: Howrah, Bengal. was succeeded by his widow, the Tha-
CHHIAKAL, Kerala Varma Raja, Va- kurain Kusal Kunwar, who adopted
liya Rdjd of; b. 1849. Is the head of Shiuratan Singh of Karain and Tar-
one of the branches of the Kolattiri wal. His son was the Raja Dhir
House, the Raja of Kolattiri having Singh of Chitpalgarh ; and the grand-
been one of those ?chief tains among son of the latter is the present Raja,
whom Cheraman Perumal, Emperor who was educated at the Partabgarh
of Malabar, divided his dominions High School, was appointed to the
when he became a Buddhist and re- Statutory Civil Service in 1881, and
tired from the world in 352 a.d. In isnow an Assistant Commissioner in
1734 the Chirakal Raja was acknow- Oudh. Residence: Partabgarh, Oudh.
CHITRADHAR MISRA, Pandit, Mahd- COCHIN, His Highness Raja Sir Sri
mahopddhydya. Received the title on Rama Varma, K. C.S.I. Rdjd of. A
June 3, 1899. Residence: Darbhanga, ruling chief; b. 1852. Succeeded to
the in 1895. Belongs to a Hindu
Bengal. yadi
family of pure Kshatriya blood, claim-
CHOBEY RADHA CHARAN, Rai Ba-
ing descent (with the Royal House of
hadur. See Radha.
Travancore) from the ancient Chiefs
CHORANGLA, Rawal Ramsinghji, Rd- who ruled from Gokura in North
wal of. A ruling chief; b. about the Kanara to the southernmost point of
year 1846, of a Rajput (Hindu) family. India. In the time of Haidar Ali in
His State contains an area of nearly Maisur, the Raja of Cochin was tri-
4 square miles, and a population of butary to that potentate but in 1798
;
about 1300, chiefly Hindus. Residence : he signed a treaty, acknowledging him-

Chorangla, Rewa Kantha, Bombay. self tributary to the British Power.
The predecessor of the present Raja
CHOTA LAL SIJWAR, CLE. Was
was His Highness the Raja Sir Vira
created a Companion of the Most Kerala Yarma, K.C.I.E. His High-
Eminent Order of the Indian Empire,
ness the present Raja was created a
January 1, 1884.
Knight Commander of the Most Ex-
CHOTA NAGPUR, Mahdrdjd of. See alted Order of the Star of India on
Pratap Udit Nath Sahai Deo, Maha- June 22, 1897, on the auspicious oc-
raja. casion of the Diamond Jubilee of Her
CHOTA NAGPTJR. See Chutia N&gpur. Majesty the Queen Empress. The
armorial bearings of the family are a
CHOWBE RAGHUNATH Das, Rai Ba-
palanquin with umbrella, lamp, and
hadur. See Raghunath. conch or chank-shell. The heir-ap-
CHUIKADAN, Mahant of. See Kondka. parent, who always bears the courtesy
"
CHUMPA. See Champa. title of the Elaya Raja," is Raja Vira
Kerala Varma, born in 1854. The
CHUNDER. See Chandra. area of the State is 1361 square miles;
its population about 600,000, chiefly
CHUNTLAL BOSE (or Basu), Rai Baha-
dur. Received the title on January 2, Hindus, with about 33,000 Muham-
1899. Is an eminent Professor of the madans and 136,000 Christians. His
Medical College, Calcutta. Residence: Highness maintains a military force
Calcutta. of 16 cavalry, 327 infantry, and 4 guns,
and is entitled to a salute (hereditary)
CHUNILAL SERAOGI, Rai Bahadur. of 17 guns. Residence: Tripuntora,
The was conferred, as a personal
title
Ernakolam, Southern India.
distinction, on June 22, 1897. Re-
sidence : Dibrugarh, Assam. C00CH BEHAR, Mahdrdjd of. See
Kuch Behar.
CHUNTLAL VENILAL, C.I.E. Rao Ba-
hadur. The title is personal, and was C0WASJEE. See Kawasji.
conferred on February 16, 1887. CUDDALORE VENK0BA CHARIYAR,
Created a CLE. on May 20, 1896. Diwdn Bahadur. See^
Venkoba.
Residence: Broach, Bombay.
CUMARASWAMI. See Kumaraswami.
CHURA, Thakur Becharsinghji Raisin-
ghji, Thakur of. A ruling chief; CURSETJEE. Kharsedji. See
b. February 9, 1840. Succeeded to the CUTCH, His Highness the Rao of. See
yadi January 1, 1844; is a scion of the Kutch.
Wadhwan family, being a Jhala Raj- DASHA, Motamia Gulabmia, Mian of.
put, and thus connected in race with A ruling chief; b. July 21, 1868.
the ruling Houses of Wankaner and Succeeded to the yadi July 6, 1893.
Dhrangadra. The present Thakur has Is one of the Gaekwar's tributaries.
a son and heir, named Kumar Madha-
Belongs to a family claiming descent
vasinghji. Residence: Chura, Kathia- from the Jhala Rajputs of Halwar
war, Bombay. in Kathiawar; his ancestor, Hari
CHUTIA NAGPUR, Mahdrdjd of. See Singh ji, who was in the service of
Pratap Udit Nath Sahai Deo, Mahd- Shah Mahmud Begara of GujarAt,
rdjd. became a Musalman in 1483. The area
of the State is about 99 square miles ; DAJI NILKANTH NAGARKAR, Rao

itspopulation is 1922, chiefly Hindus. Bahddur. The title is personal, and
Residence: Dabha, Mahi Kantha, was conferred on January 1, 1877.
Bombay. Residence : Poona, Bombay.
DABIR, Bhumia of. See Jamnia. DAJI RAM CHANDRA, Rai Saheb.
The title was conferred on May 25,
DABRI, Thakur Parbat Singh, Thakur 1895. Residence: Nagpur, Central
of. A ruling chief; b. 1878. Suc- Provinces.
ceeded to the gadi as a minor in 1885.
Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) family.
DAKHINESHWAR MAIIA, Kumar.
Residence: Dabri, "Western Malwa, The title was conferred on June 3,
Central India. 1893. Residence : Siarsol, Bengal.
DAD MUHAMMAD KHAN, Khan Baha- DAL CHAND (of Sahanpur), Rai; b.
dur. The title is and was October 1827. The title is hereditary.
personal,
conferred on January 1, 1877, on the Is the representative of a Jat family
occasion of the Proclamation of Her of ancient origin, who came from
Most Gracious Majesty as Empress of Jind in the middle of the 16th cen-
India. Residence : Dadu Dero, Sind. tury. A
scion of this family, named
Muchh Padarath, founded the town
DADA MATHOJI SHELKE, Rao Saheb. of Nagal on the Ganges; and rising
Received the title on May 21, 1898. to high favour with Prince Salim
Residence: Poona,
Bombay. (afterwards the Emperor Jahangir) in
the Court of the Emperor Akbar,
DADABHAI HORMUSJI DUBASH, obtained a Dress of Honour, the title
Khan Bahadur. The Khan Bahadur
of Rai, and the grant of the territory
received the title, as a personal dis-
on May between Nagal and Barhapura. The
tinction, 25, 1892. Residence :
Rai Tapraj Singh, grandfather of the
Bombay.
present Rai, was a man of great in-
DADABHAI PALANJI, Khan Bahadur. fluence. The Rai has four sons —
The titlepersonal, and was con-
is Partab Singh, Harbans Singh, Jagat
ferred on April 21, 1882. Residence:
Singh, and Bharat Singh. Residence :
Poona, Bombay. Sahanpur, Bijnaur, North-Western
Provinces.
DADHALYA, Thakur Jaswant Singhji,
Thakur of. A ruling chief; b. 1830. DAL SINGH (of Nihil), Rao; b. 1842.
Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) family Succeeded his father, Rao Jetsingh, in
that came originally from Udaipur. 1884. The title is hereditary. Be-
His ancestor Vikaji was in the service longs to a family of Katehria Rajputs,
of Kalyan Mai, Rao of Idar, from
claiming descent from Rao Hari Singh,
whom he obtained the grant of Dad- who, in the 16th century, settled in
halya in 1674; is tributary to the Gola Raipur on the river Khanant.
Gaekwar and The area of
to Idar. A farmdn of the Emperor Shah Jahan,
the State is 72 square miles its ; dated 1645, conferred the Zaminddri
population 3877, chiefly Hindus. of Gola on Vikrama Singh, a descend-
Residence: Dadhalya, Mahi Kantha, ant of Rao Hari Singh, and subse-
Bombay. quently the family removed to Nahil.
DADOBA SAKHARAM SHIRVALKAR, They had many struggles with the
Rao Bahadur. The title was conferred Pathans during the 17th and 18th
on January 1, 1892. Residence: Poona, centuries, in the course of which, on
one occasion, the Rao Gopal Singh,
Bombay.
Katehria, Thakur of Nahil, was slain
DADU GULAB SINGH, Rai Bahadur. in an engagement, leaving only a
Received the title on January 1, 1898. widow and two infant sons as the sole
Residence Seoni, Central Provinces. representatives of the family. Rao
:
DAFLAPUR, Chief of. See Jath. Jetsingh, father of the present Rao,
did good service in the Mutiny,
DAJI GOVIND GUPTE, Rao Bahddur. defending the town of Pawayan when
The title is personal, and was conferred the Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah be-
on February 28, 1883. Residence: sieged it in 1857 and he also supplied
;
Thana, Bombay. provisions to the British forces on

their arrival in the district. The Rao DAMODAR MAYARAM, Rao Saheb.
Dal Singh has three sons Bechu — The title ispersonal, and was con-
Singh, Jagannath Singh, and Sardan ferred on May 20, 1890. Residence:
Singh. Residence : Nahil, Shahjahan- Surat, Bombay.
pur, North- Western Provinces. DAMODAR SASTRI, Pandit, Mahdma-
DALIP SINGH, CLE. (of Baghat), hopddhydya. Received the title on
Rand. See Baghat. June 3, 1899 it entitles him to rank
;
in Darbar immediately after titular

DALISNA, Thakur Daulat Singh, Thd- Rajas. Is Professor of Sanskrit in
kur of. A ruling chief; b. 1857. Benares College. Residence: Benares.
Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) family. DAMODAR VIJAYARANGAM MUDA-
The population of the State is 765.
Saheb. The title was
Residence: Mahi Kantha,
LIYAR, Rao
Dalisna, conferred on January 1, 1898. Resi-
Bombay. dence : Poona, Bombay.
DALPATRAM DAYABHAI, CLE. Was DANAKOTI MUDALTYAR, A., Rai
created a Companion of the Most Bahadur; b. 1852. A landowner in
Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Madras, and Member of the Madras
on June 6, 1885. Residence : Bombay. Municipal Commission, 1885. Granted
the personal title of Rai Bahadur,
DALPATRAM PRANJIVAN KHAKAR, 1887. Residence: Madras.
Rao Saheb; b. at Diu on November
1, 1835. The title is personal, and DANTA, Maharana Jaswantsinghji
was conferred on February 16, 1887. Harisinghji, Mahdrdnd of. A ruling
Was educated at the Elphinstone chief ; b. October 14, 1850. Succeeded
College, Bombay, where he took high to the gadi December 1, 1876. Is
honours. Appointed to the Bombay tributary to the Gaekwar and to Idar.
Education Service, 1859 ; greatly dis- Belongs to a very ancient family of
tinguished himself as Educational Pramara Rajputs, who are said to
Inspector of Kutch, as tutor to His have come from Ujjain, and to have
Highness the Rao of Kutch, and in settled in Sind in the year 809 a.d.
other ways. Has written and edited The area of the State is 2300 square
many important works. Retired on miles; its population about 18,000.
pension in 1866 and in 1887 received
;
The Maharana maintains a military
the title in honour of the Jubilee of force of 70 cavalry and 67 infantry.
Her Most Gracious Majesty's reign. Residence: Danta, Mahi Kantha,
Is a Member of the Managing Com- Bombay.
mittee of the Seth Gokuldas Tejpal DARA SHIK0H, alias BALA KHAN,
Charities, and a Trustee of the same ;
Khdn Bahadur. The title was con-
also a Member of the Bombay Branch ferred on June Residence:
22, 1897.
of the Royal Asiatic Society, and
Pilibhit, North- Western Provinces.
other learned societies. The Rao
Saheb married, 1859, Devkorbai, DARAB PESH0TAN SATJJANA, Das-
daughter of Meghji Jadavji, physician tur, Shams-ul-Ulama. Received the
of Bhaunagar,and has a son, Mazaulal, title on June 3, 1899r Is Parsi High-
born November 11, 1870. He is a Priest. Residence: Bombay.
Brahma-Kshatriya by caste, and be- DARASHA RATANJI CHICHGAR,
longs to a family long settled in the Khdn Bahadur. The title was con-
Portuguese dominions in Western ferred on January 1, 1899. Residence :
India. Residence : 10 Cowasji Patel's Bombay.
Tank Road, Bombay.
DARBHANGA, Maharaja Rameshwar
DAMARA KUMARA MADDU VENKA- Singh Bahadur, Mahdrdjd of. One
of the Premier Nobles of British
TAPPA NAYUDU BAHADUR GARTJ
See Kalahasti. India; b. January 16, 1860. Suc-
(of Kalahasti), Rdjd.
ceeded to the f/adi on the death of
DAMODAR DAS, An
Rai Bahadur. his elder brother, the late Maharaja
Honorary Magistrate of Bareilly. Lachhmeswar Singh Bahadur, on
Granted the title, as a personal dis- December 17, 1898. In the great
tinction, January 2, 1893. Residence : Bengal famine of 1873-74, the late
Bareilly, North- Western Provinces. Maharaja expended nearly £300,000
" do
in charitable relief; and the family has justice, relieve distress, and put
since then always taken the foremost the country in a flourishing condition."
part in every public philanthropic These stipulations have been liberally
work in Bengal, and indeed in every fulfilledby Raja Raghu's descendants
—
part of the Empire to which its vast and successors in the Raj. This Raja
revenues have been largely devoted. built a large mud fort at Bhawara,
Belongs to an ancient Rajput family, near Madhubani, the ruins of which
whose ancestor, Mahesh Thakur, ob- still remain there, and the family
tained the title of Raja, and the grant resided there for the next half-century.
of the Darbhanga Raj, from the Mug- He died in 1736, and was succeeded by
hal Emperor of Delhi, Akbar the his son, the Raja Bishnu Singh. The
Great, early in the 16th century. Ma- latter died without issue in 1740, and
hesh Thakur died in the year 1558 was succeeded by his brother, the Raja
a.d., leaving five sons
— Ram Chandra Narendra Singh, who received large
Thakur, Gopal Thakur, Achit Thakur, grants from the Nawab Subahdar Ali
Parmanand Thakur, and Subhankar Vardi Khan, on condition of his engag-
Thakur. Some of the elder sons ing for the revenue, and supporting
succeeded in turn to the Raj, but they the interests of the Mughal Govern-
all died without issue, and the family ment. The Raja Narendra Singh died
was continued in the line of the without issue in 1760 but he adopted
;
youngest son, the Raja Subhankar Pratap Singh, the great-great-grandson

Thakur. He died in 1607, leaving six of Narayan Thakur, younger brother
sons. Of these the eldest, Puru- of the Raja Sundar Thakur, and son
shottam, succeeded to the Raj ;
and of the Raja Subhankar Thakur men-
on his death in 1642 was succeeded by tioned above. Raja Pratap Singh
his brother, Sundar Thakur. He held determined to remove the family resi-
the Raj for twenty years, and dying dence from the fort of Bhawara and;
in 1662 was succeeded by his eldest he built a new Rajbari at Darbhanga,

son, Mahinath Thakur. The latter to which he removed in 1762, and it
died in 1684 without issue, and was has been the seat of the family ever
succeeded by his brother, Nirpat Tha- since. Raja Pratap Singh died in
kur, who ruled till 1700 a.d., when he 1776, and was succeeded by his brother,
died, and was succeeded by his son the Raja Madhu Singh. In that year
the great Raja Raghu Singh. He ob- the Raja received from Shah Alam,
tained the confirmation of the heredi- the Mughal Emperor of Delhi, the
tary title of Raja through the Nawab grant of Dharmpur, in the district of
Mahabat Jang, who was at that time Purniah. The Raja Madhu Singh,
Mughal Subahdar of Behar. He also during a long administration of thirty-
obtained from the Mughal Govern- two years, had frequent disputes with
ment the grant of the lease of the the Calcutta Government in regard to
—
whole of the Sarkdr Tirhut including the revenue payments and the extent
the modern districts of Muzaffarpur of his rights over the land. These
—
and Darbhanga on the payment to disputes at one time became so acute
Government of an annual revenue of that the settlement was made with
Rs.100,000. The enormous value, in others; but ultimately he obtained
those early times, of this grant may from the Board of Revenue the re-
be gathered from the fact that in 1685 storation of his estates. The Raja
a.d. the revenue of Sarkdr Tirhut was Madhu died in 1808, leaving five sons
officially returned at Rs.769,287. At — Kishan Singh, who died without
one time, during the administration issue; Chhatar Singh, who succeeded
of the Raja Raghu Singh, the Nawab him, and three others. Chhatar Singh
Subahdar, jealous of the vast wealth is the first of the Darbhanga Rajas
accumulated by the Raja, seized his who is recorded to have held the
property and carried off his family as higher title of Maharaja Bahadur,
prisoners to Patna, the Raja himself though it is probable that it had also
only preserving his liberty by prompt been held by some at least of his
flight. Subsequently, however, he ancestors. The Maharaja Chhatar
was restored to favour, and received Singh, who succeeded to the gadi in
large grants from the Mughal Govern- 1808, lived till 1839; when, on the
ment, on condition that he should ground of old age, he made over his
5<5 THE GOLDEN BOOK OF INDIA
estates and the title to his elder sou C.S.I.) as the representative of the
—
Rudra Singh giving to his younger landowners of Bengal and Behar;
son, Bisdeo Singh, for maintenance, and received warm recognition of the
the Raj villages in Jarail, four houses, ability and moderation he brought to
two elephants, and apartments in the bear on this and other questions from
Darbhanga Palace. He asked to have successive Viceroys. To the public
Kudra Singh's name entered in the at large he was best known as one of
Bengal Revenue Roll, and died a few the most munificent of living philan-
days afterwards. These arrangements thropists. In addition to the £300,000
led to extensive litigation, as the expended in charitable relief during
younger son claimed a large share of the Bengal famine of 1873-74, in every
the estates. Ultimately the High time of scarcity the late Maharaja's
Court decided that the law of inherit- arrangements for meeting it were on
ance in this family must follow the a splendid scale, and were in many
family custom, and not the ordinary cases the models for the Government
Hindu law ; and by the family custom measures. He built, and entirely
(or Kuldchdr) the eldest son succeeds supported, a first-class Dispensary at
to the Raj, the younger obtaining Darbhanga, which cost £3400; a similar
sufficient properties in land for their one at Kharakpur, which cost £3500 ;
maintenance, which lands (as under and largely contributed to many others.
feudal tenure) revert to the Raj on He built an Anglo-vernacular school
failure ofmale issue. The Maharaja at a cost of £1490, which he main-
Rudra Singh died in 1850, leaving tained, as well as nearly thirty ver-
—
four sons Maheshwar Singh (who nacular schools of different grades ;
succeeded him), Ganeshwar Singh, and subsidized a much larger number

Nitreshwar Singh, and Gopeshwar of educational institutions. He con-
Singh. For ten years the Maharaja structed hundreds of miles of roads in
Maheshwar Singh held the Raj. He various parts of the Raj, planting
died on October 20, 1860, leaving two them with tens of thousands of trees
sons, the late Maharaja Bahadur, for the comfort of travellers. He
Lachhmeswar Singh, who succeeded constructed iron bridges over all the
him, and the present Maharaja Baha- navigable rivers of the Raj, and com-
dur Rameshwar Singh. pleted an elaborate system of irriga-
The late Maharaja Lachhmeswar tion works, for prevention of famine.
Singh Bahadur, and the present Maha- In carrying out his duties as one of
raja Bahadur, were under the guardian- the largest landowners of India he
ship of the Court of "Wards during had the advantage of the assistance
their minority; and had the great of several very able English managers
advantage of having, as tutor, a very in succession, specially selected with
able and sympathetic English gentle- the approval of the Government in- —
man, Mr. Chester Macnaghten, whose cluding Colonel Money, of the Staff
capacity for this work was so marked Corps, Mr. G. W. Llewhellin and Mr.
that he was afterwards selected by the Henry Bell, formerly of the Bengal
Government for the Principalship of Civil Service. With the aid of these
the Rajkumar College at Rajkot, in gentlemen and others', the Darbhanga
Kathiawar, for the Princes and Chiefs Raj has attained the proud position
of Western India. After the late of being regarded as the model for
Maharaja attained his majority he good and benevolent management.
entirely devoted himself to the public The late Maharaja devoted special
duties of his position as one of the attention to all agricultural improve-
greatest nobles of British India. He ments, and especially to improvements
long served as a Member of the in the breeds of horses and cattle in
Legislative Council of the Viceroy, Behar. He was a liberal patron of
and took a leading part in the debates the turf, and was the owner of the
of that body. During the lengthened largest and most valuable racing stud
discussions on the important Bengal in India, under experienced English
Tenancy Bill, he acted (in conjunction trainers; and he was also a keen
at first with the lamented patriot, sportsman and a first-rate whip, his
Kristodas Pal, and subsequently with jungles on the Nepal frontier affording
the Raja Piari Mohan Mukharji, some of the best sport in the country.
The new Palace at Darbhanga, with DARGAHI LAL, Rai Bahadur; b. Novem-
immense stables, its botanical and
its ber 21, 1816. The title is personal,
zoological gardens, and its many and was conferred on January 2,
beautiful surroundings, is well known 1888, in recognition of eminent public
in England by the sketches that have services as a Municipal Commissioner
appeared in the London illustrated of Cawnpur since 1862, and an Hon-
papers. Most of the late Maharaja's orary Magistrate since 1879. The Rai
munificence was devoted to objects of Bahadur is a Kayasth by caste, and is
charity pure and simple, such as a native of Bilgram in the Hardoi

famine relief, medical aid, and the district ; but has practised as a Pleader
like. But he also contributed very at Cawnpur since 1842. Residence:
largely to objects of general public Cawnpur, North-Western Provinces.
—
utility as, for instance, in the gift
of Rs.50,000 to the funds of the DARIA KHERI, Thakur Onkar Singh,
Thdkur of. A ruling chief; b. 1861.
Imperial Institute. In celebration of
Her Majesty's Jubilee he remitted a Succeeded to the gadi April 9, 1888.
large portion of the rents of all his
Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) family ;
tenants for the year 1887. It was the predecessor of the present Thakur
was Thakur Ranjit Singh. The area
computed that during his possession of the State is about 6 square miles
of the Raj an aggregate sum of some- ;
its population about 616. Residence:

thing like two millions sterling was
Daria Kheri, Bhopal, Central India.
expended on charities, works of public
utility, and charitable remissions of DARKUTI, Rana Ram Saran Singh,
rent. On the occasion of the Jubilee Rand of. A ruling chief; b. 1843.
of the reign of Her Most Gracious Succeeded to the gadi on October 15,
Majesty the late Maharaja Bahadur 1883. Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu)
was created a Knight Commander of
family, whose founder came from
the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Marwar at an unknown date and
Empire; and in 1897, His Highness settled in the Simla Hills. Twenty-
was created a Knight Grand Com- three generations bore rule; and the
mander of the same Most Eminent father of the present chief was the
Order. The present Maharaja Baha- Rana Ram Singh, who succeeded to
dur attained his majority in 1878, the gadi in 1856. The Gurkhas over-
when he was nominated to the Bengal ran this State, with others in the
Civil Service, and served with much Simla Hills and when they were
;
credit successively as Assistant-Magis-
expelled by the British in 1815 the
trate of Darbhanga, of Chhapra, and then Rand was confirmed in possession.
of Bhagalpur, when he retired from The area of the State is about 4
the Service. In 1886 he was created miles its 590,
square ; population
a Raja Bahadur in recognition of his Hindus. The Rana maintains
chiefly
high rank and position, was exempted a military force of 10 infantry. Resi-
from personal attendance in the Civil dence : Darkuti, Simla Hills, Punjab.
Courts, and appointed a Member of
the Legislative Council of Bengal. DARRI, Sawai of. See Janjit.
Since his accession to the Raj in DARYA KHAN, Khan Bahadur. The
December 1897, he has been granted personal, and was conferred on
title is
the title of Maharaja Bahadur. The April 10, 1867. Residence: Hyder-
family cognizance is the Gangetic abad, Sind.
dolphin or sacred fish of the Hindus. DARYAO SINGH Ghat Piparia),
The Darbhanga Raj comprises large (of
Thdkur; b. 1831. The title is heredi-
portions of the modern districts of
tary, and was originally conferred by
Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Monghyr, the Mughal Emperors of Delhi. The
Purniah, and Bhagalpur. The capital, ancestors of the Thakur obtained Ghat
Darbhanga, is the civil station of the
district of the same name; it is a
Piparia in jdgir from the former
Government of Sagar. Residence:
large and thriving town, with a
Sagar, Central Provinces.
population (by the census of 1881) of
65,955, chiefly Hindus. Residence: DASPALLA, Raja Narayan Deo Bhanj,
Darbhanga, Tirhut, Bengal. Raja of. A ruling chief b. 1860 ; ;
succeeded to the gadi July 28, 1897.

Belongs to a Kshatriya (Hindu) family, the Raja Bijai Bahadur), but was
said to be of the Solar race descended ;
enforced by British troops. The
from a younger son of the Raja ancient title of the family was
Narayan Bhanj of Bod (q.v.). The Maharaja Rao Raja. In 1865 the
title of Raja has been enjoyed by the Government recognized the title of
head of the family since the time of Maharaja as hereditary ; and on
the Mahrattas; and was formally January 1, 1877, at the Imperial
conferred by the British Government, Assemblage at Delhi, in honour of the
May 21, 1874. The cognizance of the Proclamation of Her Most Gracious
family is a peacock with tail spread. Majesty as Empress of India, the title
The area of the State, which is one of of Lokindar was added. The motto
the Orissa Tributary Mahals, is about of the family is Wir dalap Sharandah
; (" Lord of the Brave Army, Giver of
42,000, chiefly Hindus, but including Refuge "). His Highness was created
about 13,000 Kandhs and other ab- a Knight Commander of the Most
original tribesmen. The Raja main- Exalted Order of the Star of India on
tains a force of 343 infantry and 8 January 1, 1898. The area of the
guns. Residence :
Daspalla, Orissa, State is about 836 square miles ; its
Bengal. population about 183,000, chiefly
DATANA, Thakur Bhawani Singh, Hindus, but including some 9000
Thdkur of. A ruling chief; b. 18t>4 ;
Muhammadans. His Highness the
succeeded to the gadi December 10, Maharaja maintains a military force
1880. Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) of 945 cavalry, 5203 infantry, and 124
family. Residence: Datana, Western guns and is entitled to a salute of
;
Malwa, Central India. 15 guns. Residence : Datia, Bundel-

khand, Central India.
DATARPUR, Mian of. See Surma Ohand .
DATTA. ffeeDtttt
DATIA, His Highness Maharaja Sir
Lokindar Bhawani Singh Bahadur, DATU GANESH SABNIS, Rao Saheb.
K.C.S.I., Maharaja of. ruling A Received the on January 2, 1899,
title
chief; b. August 13, 1854. Succeeded for good service in the Medical De-
to the gadi November 20, 1857. Residence
partment. : Bombay.
Belongs to the great Bundela Rajput
Bir Singh, who DAUDBHAI IRAHIM,
Khan Bahadur.
family descended from The title was conferred on
took the clan name of Bundela, and May 21,
1898. Residence : Surat, Bombay.
settled in Bundelkhand in the 13th
century and from whom are descended
;
DAUDBHAI MUSABHAI, Khan Baha-
the ruling families of Orchha, Datia, dur. The title was conferred on
Panna, Ajaigarh, Charkhari, Bijawar, January 1, 1898. Residence : Bombay.
Sarila, etc. In the time of the
Emperors Akbar and Jahangir, the DAULAT CHANDRA RAI, Kumar.
Maharaja Bir Singh Deo was ruler of The title was conferred on June 3,
Orchha and his second son, Bhagwan
;
1893. Residence: 24 Parganas, Ben-
Rai, became ruler of Datia. The gal.
State came under British control, with
other territories in Bundelkhand, by DAULAT RAM, CLE." Rai Bahadur.
the Treaty of Bassein, concluded with The title is personal, and was conferred
the Peshwa in 1802. The Raja on January 1, 1883. Created a CLE.
Parichhat of Datia, whose first treaty on June 22, 1897. Residence : Jaland-
with the British Government is dated har, Punjab.
1804, sided with the British throughout DAULAT SHAH, Lala, Rai Saheb; b.
the subsequent wars with the Mah- 1844 ; received the title on January 1,
rattas and was rewarded in 1817, on
;
1897. Residence : Gujrat, Punjab.
the deposition of the Peshwa, by a
new treaty and enlarged territories. DAULATRAI SAMPATRAI, Munshi,
His adopted son was the Raja Bijai Rao Bahadur. The title is personal,
Bahadur of Datia and the adopted ;
and was conferred on February 16,
son of the latter is the present chief, 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee of
whose succession was disputed by the reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty.
Arjun Singh (an illegitimate son of Residence : Surat, Bombay.
DAURAN KHAN, Mir, Kurd, Khdn power, he left the Punjab for a
Bahadur. The title was conferred on pilgrimage, to avoid the enmity of
January 1, 1898. Residence: Balu- Pandit Jalla. After the close of the
chistan. Sutlej campaign he returned to Lahore
at the invitation of the Council and
DAVID SOLOMAN, Khan Saheb. See
the Resident, and consented to join
Soloman. the Council. Subsequently, however,
DAYA KISHAN, Rai; b. December 5, foreseeing further troubles, he deter-
1842. The title is hereditary. Is the mined to leave the Punjab, and in
son of Rai Hingan Lai, Kayasth, January 1848 he left for Benares,
formerly Tahsildar of Dehra Dun; where he died. He was a skilful
who had a jdgir and the honorary mechanist and an original inventor,
title of Deputy Magistrate and Col- and greatly improved the Sikh
lector conferred on him on August 4, ordnance. Residence: Majithia, Am-
1858, for special services rendered to ritsar, Punjab.
the Government during the Mutiny in
the Jaunpur district. The Rai has a
DAYAL SINGH (of Vadala), Sorter.
The title is hereditary. Residence:
son and heir named Madan Makund,
Sialkot, Punjab.
born February 25, 1865. Residence:
Jaunpur, North-Western Provinces. DAYAL SINGH, Gyani, Sarddr Bahadur.
The
was conferred, as a personal
title
DAYABHAI KALIANJI DESAI, Raoon May 21, 1898, for
distinction,
Saheb. Received the title on June 3,
the Thagi Department.
services in
1899. Residence : Bombay.
Residence : Thagi Department.
DAYAL CHANDRA SHOM, Rai Bahadur. DAYALGARH, Sarddr See Saheb
of.
1894. Residence Singh see also Sundar Singh. ;
: Calcutta, Bengal.
DAYAL SINGH DAYA WANT KUAR (of Kaimahra),
(of Majithia), Sarddr;
1848 a.d. The title is hereditary,
Rani; b. 1848. Succeeded her son, the
h.
late Raja Achal Singh, on April 22,
derived originally from the Sikh
1896. The title is hereditary, the
Government, and confirmed by the
British Government. The family is
Rajas of Kaimabra belonging to the
of the Shergil Jat tribe. The great- great Chauhan clan of Rajputs, and
representing the elder branch of the
grandfather of Sardar Dayal Singh, Janwar family, the Rajas of Oel (q.v.)
who was named Jodh Singh, was
a feudal retainer of Sardar Amar representing the junior branch. Re-
sidence : Kaimahra, Kheri, Oudh.
Singh Bagga, who possessed a large
territory in the district now called DAYEM HAKIM ABDULLA SHAH,
Gurdaspur, and held a considerable Hakim Muhammad, Khdn Bahadur.
See Muhammad.
jdgir. He died in 1788. His only
son, Sardar Desa Singh, remained in DEBI. See also Devi.
the service of the Bagga Sardars till
1809. He entered the service of the DEBI PARSHAD, Rai. The title is
Maharaja Ranjit Singh on the reduc- personal ; was originally conferred by
tion of the Bagga Sardars, and the Carnatic Nawab, and recognized
December 1890. Residence: Hydera-
accompanied the Maharaja in his
famous expedition to Kangra. After bad, Deccan.
the expulsion of the Gurkhas he was DEBI PARSHAD, Rai Bahadur. The
appointed Governor of the Hill States. title is personal, and was conferred
He continued to perform valuable on January 1, 1890. Residence:
service ;
and with his son, Sardar Bhandara, Central Provinces.
Lahna Singh, received extensive grants
Rai Saheb.
from Ranjit Singh. He died in 1832, DEBI PERSHAD, Lala,
Received the title on January 1, 1898.
and was succeeded in all his estates
Residence : Allahabad, North- Western
and honours by Sardar Lahna Singh,
Provinces.
father of the present Sardar, who
received charge of the hill territory DEBI SINGH (of Rajwara), Rao; b.
between the Ravi and the Sutlej. 1860. The title is hereditary, and
He proved a most capable Governor, has come down from ancient times.
but on the rise of Raja Hira Singh to The family is Bundela Rajput, and is
a branch of that of the Rajas of torious service in the Medical Depart-
Chanderi. Residence : Rajwara, Lalit- ment, on July 2, 1896. Residence:
pur, North- Western Provinces. Sultanpur, Oudh.
DEBI SINGH, Chaudhri (of Asaura), DEO RAO VINAYAK, Rao Saheb. The
Rai Bahadur; b. September 4, 1839.
The title is personal, and was conferred June 1888. Residence:
on December 1, 1888, for the Chaudhri's 1, Akola,
Berar.
services in connection with the im-
provement of agriculture. Residence : DEODAR, Waghela Anandsingh Chan-
Meerut, North-Western Provinces. daji, Thakur of. A ruling chief; b.
1843; succeeded to the gadi in 1888.
DEDHROTA, Thakur Punjaji, Thdiur Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) family.
of. A
ruling chief ; b. 1850. Belongs Residence : Deodar, Palanpur, Bombay.
to a Koli (aboriginal) family. The
area of the State is about 10 square DEODAR, Waghela Dewaji Chandaji,
miles its
; population about 1100. Thakur of. A ruling chief; b. 1837.
Residence: Dedhrota, Mahi Kantha, Succeeded to the gadi in 1 888 Belongs .
Bombay. to a Rajput (Hindu) family. Resid-

ence: Deodar, Palanpur, Bombay.
DELHI SINGH (of Lakhnadon), Thakur.
The title hereditary, the Thakur
is
DEODAR, Waghela Gambhir Singh,
being the representative of one of Thakur of. A ruling chief ; b. 1834.
the ancient Chiefs of Seoni. Residence : Succeeded to the gadi April 1, 1890.
Seoni, Central Provinces. Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) family.
Residence : Deodar, Palanpur, Bombay.
DEO, Raja Bhikam Narayan Singh
Bahadur, Raja of. Succeeded his
father, the late Maharaja Sir Joy Pra-
DEODAR, Waghela Sardar Singh,
Thakur of. A ruling chief b. 1853.
kash Singh Bahadur of Deo, K.C.S.I., Succeeded to the gadi April 1, 1890.
;
in 1881. Belongs to a Sesodiya Rajput

family, and claims to be descended Residence: Deodar, Palanpur, Bombay.
from the ancestors of His Highness
the Maharana of TJdaipur, through DE0R, Rdjd of. See Raghuji Rao.
Raja Rai Bhan Singh Bahadur. The
Raja Fatheh Narayan Singh, in 1782,
DE0RA0 JAY KRISHNA, Rao Bahadur.
Is Extra Assistant Commissioner in
and again in 1804, was rewarded by
Government for his services with a Berar. Received the title on January
2, 1899. Residence : Berar.
grant of land and other honours.
He was succeeded by his son, Ganesam DERA, See Rudr Partab Sah.
who
in 1816 was Rdjd of.
Singh, similarly
rewarded with the grant of a Zamin- DERBHAVTI, Raja Bhonrao Ratnu,
ddri ; and the son of the latter, Babu Raja of.
A
ruling chief ; b. 1870.
Manti Bhan Singh, rendered excellent The chief belongs to a Bhil (aboriginal)
service in theKol insurrection of 1831. family. The State, which is one of
Manti Bhan Singh was succeeded by the Dang States in Khandesh, contains
his son, Joy Prakash Singh, who was an area of about 76 square miles, and
for his loyalty and faithful a population of nearly 5000, chiefly
conspicuous
services during the Mutiny in 1857 ;
Bhils and Konknas (aboriginal tribes).
and for his laudable exertions in Residence : Derbhavti, Khandesh,
keeping this part of the district in Bombay.
order, and in quelling the insurrection
in the Chutia Nagpur division, he
DER0L, Thakur Ramsinghji, Thakur of.
A ruling chief b. 1853. Belongs to a
;
was at first honoured with the title of Koli (aboriginal) family. The area of
Maharaja Bahadur, and then in 1866 the State is about 10 square miles ;
created a Knight Commander of the its population is 1224, chiefly Hindus.
Most Exalted Order of the Star of Residence: Mahi Kantha,
Derol,
India. His only son is the present
Bahadur.
Bombay.
Raja Residence: Gya,
Bengal. DEVALIA, Thakur of. See Agar.
DEO DATT PANDE, Rai Bahadur; b. DEVARAKOTA, Srimant Rdjd of. See
1852. Received the title, for meri- Yarlagadda.
DEVENDRA NATH SAHAI

DEO, DEWAS, His Highness Raja Narayan
Thcikur. The and Rao Puar, Rdjd of (Junior Branch).
"
was originally conferred by the Dddd Saheb." A ruling chief; b.
Mahdrdjd of Chota Ndgpur, and con- December 20, 1860. Succeeded to the
firmed on December 23, 1872. The gadi August 8, 1864. Belongs, with
family is a younger branch of that of His Highness the Rdjd of Dewds of
the Rdjds of Chota Nagpur, and is the Senior Branch (who is called the
said to be descended from the pandrik "Bdbd Saheb"), to a Puar Rdjput
nag or sacred Serpent its cognizance
; family, descended from a common
or crest is a cobra with a human face ancestor with the Rdjd of Dhdr. The
under the expanded hood. Residence : Rdjd Kaluji had two sons, Tukaji and
Lohardaga, Bengal. Jiwaji, and these sons received from
Bdji Rao Peshwd the grant of the
DEVI PERSHAD, Munshl, Rai Bahadur. Dewds State in common the de- —
Received the title on January 1, 1898. scendants of Rdjd Jiwaji being known
Is a Magistrate of Rewa. Residence: as the Junior Branch or " Dddd Saheb."
Rewa, Central India. Jiwaji adopted Anand Rao Pudr, who,
in 1837, adopted Haibat Rao, who
DEWAIR, Thdkur Rdwat of See Hira,
succeeded him. The latter died in
Rawat.
1864 and was succeeded by his son, the
DEWAS, His Highness Raja Krishnaji present Rdjd. The two Rdjds of De-
Rao Puar, Rdjd of {Senior Branch). was, Senior Branch and Junior
" Bdbd Saheb." A ruling chief; b. Branch (or Bdbd Saheb and Dddd Sa-
November 1849 succeeded to the
; heb), reside in different palaces in the
gadi March 18, 1861. Belongs, with same town of Dewds, but the rule of
His Highness the Raja of Dewds of each chief is distinct within his own
the Junior Branch (who is called the limits. Both chiefs rendered good
"Dddd Saheb"), to a Puar Rajput service during the Mutiny. The area
family, descended from a common of the territories under the rule of
ancestor with the Rdjd of Dhar. The the Dddd Saheb is 134 square miles ;
Raja Kaluji had two sons, Tukaji and population 68,222, chiefly Hindus, but
Jiwaji, and these sons received from including nearly 7000 Muhammadans.
Baji Rao Peshwa the grant of the His Highness the Rdjd maintains a
Dewas State in common the de- — military force of 79 cavalry, 166 in-
scendants of Raja Tukaji being known fantry, and 6 guns, and is entitled to a
as the Senior Branch or "Bdbd salute of 15 guns. Residence: Dewds,
Saheb." Tukaji was succeeded by Indore, Central India.
Krishnaji, and the latter by Tukaji DEWJI, ODHARJI CHOTANEE, Rao
II., who adopted Rukmangad Rao, Saheb. Received the title on May 21,
commonly known as Khasi Saheb. 1898. Residence: Bombay.
He succeeded Tukaji II. in 1824 and, ;
Rai Bahadur.
DEY, Kanny Lall, G.I.E.,
dying in 1860, was succeeded by his Kanhai Lai De.
See
adopted son, the present chief. The
two Rajas of Dewas, Senior Branch DHABLA DHIR and KAKARKHERI,
and Junior Branch (or Bdbd Saheb Thakur Chand Singh, Thdkur of. A
and Dddd Saheb), reside in different ruling chief; b. about 1836. Succeeded
to the gadi in 1871. Belongs to a
palaces in the same town of Dewds;
but the rule of each chief is distinct Rdjput (Hindu) family. The State,
within his own limits. Both chiefs which is in the Bhopdl Agency, con-
rendered good service during the tains an area of about 10 square miles,
and an estimated population of about
Mutiny. The area of the territories
under the rule of the Bdbd Saheb is 1000, chiefly Hindus. Residence : Shu-
155 square miles population about
;
jdwalpur, Bhopdl, Central India.
73,940, chiefly Hindus, but including DHABLA GHOSI, Thakur Gopal Singh,
nearly 8000 Muhammadans. His Thdkur of. A ruling chief b. about
;
Highness the Rdjd maintains a military 1820. Succeeded to the gadi in 1854.
force of 70 cavalry, 594 infantry, and The population of his State (which is
14 guns and is entitled to a salute of
; in the Bhopdl Agency) is about 400,
15 guns. Residence: Dewds, Indore, chiefly Hindus. Residence: Shuja-
Central India. walpur, Bhopdl, Central India.
DHAKJT KASHINATHJI, Rao Bahadur. DHANPAT RAI, Rai Bahadur. The
The title is personal, and was conferred title is personal, and was conferred on
on May 20, 1890. Residence : Poona, February 16, 1887, on the occasion of
Bombay. the Jubilee of Her Majesty's reign.
Thd- Residence : Peshawar, Punjab.
DHAMASIA, Thakur Kalubawa,
kur of. A ruling chief; b. 1834. DHANPAT RAI, C.I.E., Rai Bahadur,
Belongs to a Rdjput (Muhammadan) Sarddr Bahadur. The Sarddr Bahadur
family. The area of the State is
is Superintendent of the famous Jaipur
about 5 miles its population is chiefly
;
Imperial Service Transport Corps, and
Bhil (aborigines) Residence : Dha- .
was created a Companion of the Most
masia, Rewd Kantha, Bombay. Eminent Order of the Indian Empire
DHAMI, Rana Fateh Singh, Rand of. A on January 1, 1899. Residence: Jaipur,
ruling chief ;
b. 1855. Succeeded to Rajputdna.
the yadi January 26, 1870. Belongs to
a Rajput (Hindu) family, whose
DHAR, His Highness Raja Udaji Rao
Baba Saheb Puar, Rdjd of. A ruling
founder, on the invasion of India by chief. Belongs (with their Highnesses
Shahab-ud-din Ghori in the 14th cen- the Rdjds of Dewds, Senior and Junior
tury, fled from Rdjpura in the Ambdla Branch) to the great Pudr Rdjput
district, and conquered the territory
(Hindu) family, said to be descended
ofDhami. The State was formerly a from the famous Hindu legendary
feudatory of Bilaspur, but was made heroes, King Vikramdditya and Rdjd
directly dependent on the British Bhoj. Rdjd Bhoj is said to have been
Power on the expulsion of the Gurkhas the first Pudr to come to Dhdr. About
by the latter in 181 5. The sanad the year 1730 Anand Rao Pudr, Rdjd
recognizing the Rand is dated Sep- of Dhdr, was acknowledged by the
tember 4, 1815. The present Rana Peshwd, Bdji Rao, to be the head of
succeeded the Rana Govardhan Singh the Pudrs. One of the great historical
in 1870. The area of the State is 29 Princesses of India, celebrated for her
square miles its population about
courage and abilities, and the deter-
;
3300, chiefly Hindus The Rana main- .

mination with which she resisted the
tains a military force of 60 infantry. attacks of Sindhia and Holkar, was
Residence: Dhami, Simla Hills, Punjab. the Rdni Mind Bai, widow of Anand
DHANAKOTI MUDALIYAR, Rai Baha- Rao II., who was the great-grandson
dur. See Danakoti. of his namesake. The Rani was suc-
ceeded by her adopted son, Rdjd
DHANAKOTI RAJU, W.E., Rao Baha-
dur. See Danakoti. Rdmchandra Pudr, who adopted
Jeswant Rao, the half-brother of the
DHANAURA, Sarddr See Ujjal
present Rdjd. Rdjd Jeswant Rao died
of.
Singh. in 1857, and the State was confiscated
DHANDH0WAL, Sarddr of See Mit for rebellion during the Mutiny, but it
Singh ;
see also Partab Singh, Panjab was restored in 1864 to the present
Singh, and Sher Singh. Rdjd, who was then a minor. The
Rdwat See Sarddr title of Viswas Rao (" Faithful ") is said
DHANGA0N, of.
to have been conferred on this family
Singh.
DHAN JIBHAI FAKIRJI COMMODORE, by the Mahdrdjds of Sdtdra, as the
descendants of Sivaji and the heads of
C.I.E., Khdn Bahadur. Created a
the Mahratta Empire, but it has not
Khan Bahadur as a personal distinc-
been recognized in recent years. The
tion,January 2, 1893 and received ;
area of the State is about 1740
the CLE.
on January 1, 1899. Resid-
Rawal Pindi, Punjab.
ence :
square miles, and it has many feuda-
tories. The population is about 148,000,
DHANJISHA HORMASJI, Khdn Baha- chiefly Hindus, but including about
dur. The title is personal, and was 12,000 Muhammadans and about 19,000
conferred on February 16, 1887. Resi- aborigines . The late Rdjd was granted
dence : Kathiawar, Bombay. the title of Mahdrdjd as a personal
DHANPAT RAI, Rdjd. The title is distinction, and created a Companion
personal, and was recognized on of the Most Eminent Order of the
December 9, 1864. Residence: Luck- Indian Empire, January 1, 1883; he
now, Oudh. had been created a Knight Commander
of the Most Exalted Order of the Star to a salute of 9 guns. Residence ;
of India on January 1, 1877, on the Dharampur, Surat, Bombay.

DHARAMPURA, Thdkur of. See Sheo-
lal Singh.
India. His Highness maintains a
military force of 367 cavalry, 1249 DHARI, Thakur Raesinghji Shiva-
infantry, and 5 guns and is entitled
; singhj i, Thdkur
of. A
ruling chief ; b.
to a salute of 15 guns. Residence: 1862. Succeeded to a fifth share of this
Dhar, Bhopawar, Central India. State on August 5, 1893. Belongs to
a Solankhya Rajput family. The
DHARAM NARAYAN, Rai Bahadur. State has an area of 3 square miles,
The title personal, and was conferred
is
and a population of 1301. Residence :
on January 2, 1888. Residence : Am-
Dhari, Rewa Kantha, Bombay.
bala, Punjab.
DHARAM NARAYAN PANDIT, CLE., DHARM RAJ SINGH, Thakur, Rao; b.
March 26, 1874. Succeeded his father,
Rai Bahadur. The title is personal,
the late Rao Lai Singh, on October 18,
1897. The title is hereditary. Is
1860. Residence: Indore, Central India.
descended from the Raja Sheoraj Deo,
DHARAM SINGH (of Bichuri), Sardar; who in the year 1393 of the Samvat
b. 1857. The title is hereditary. era came from Kanauj to Shiurajpur
Belongs to a Jat family, of Manjha, in the Cawnpur district. Residence :
Punjab. Sardar Dargaha Singh ac- Sipai, Cawnpur, North-Western Pro-
quired considerable territory by con- vinces.
quest in 1759 A.D., but his descendants DHARMA RAO NAYADU, Rednam, Rao
were deprived of the largest portion of
Bahadur, and Biwdn Bahadur; b.
their estates by the Maharaja Ranjit
1857. Appointed Deputy Collector in
Singh. The grandson of the Sardar 1869 Assistant Commissioner of Salt
Dargaha Singh was Sarddr Dewa
;
Revenue in 1880 ; granted the personal

Singh, who was the father of the title of Rao Bahadur in 1890 and that ;
present Sarddr. Residence: Bichuri, of Diwan Bahadur on January 1, 1896.

Jalandhar, Punjab". Residence : Cocanada, Godavari Dis-
DHARAMPUR, His Highness Maha- trict, Madras.
rana Shri Narayandevji Ramdevji, DHARMRAJ KUNWAR (of Parhat and
Rdjd of; b. September 3, 1840. Suc-
ceeded to the gadi January 20, 1860. Rajabazar), Rani; b. 1854. Succeeded
her late husband, the Raja Mahesh
Belongs to the Solar race of Udaipur, Narayan of Rajabazar, on October 11,
and is consequently a Sesodiya Rajput. 1878. The family are Raghubansi
His Highness's ancestors have borne
Rajputs, whose founder came from
the title of Maharana from time
Kaliangarh Sawain, and acquired the
immemorial. They were the Rajas of territories of Rajabazar. The neigh-
the Surat district when the British
bouring Rajas conferred the title of
first came to the country, and have
Raja by tilak some 200 or 300 years
always been recognized by the Para- ago, and the late Raja was the seventh
mount Power. His Highness has four who had borne the title. He was
sons— Shri Dharamdevji, Shri Mohan-
Raja of Parhat, in the district of
devji, Shri Haridevji, and Shri Bal-
Partabgarh, Oudh, as well as of Raja-
His banner bears a golden-
devji. bazar, and was an Honorary Magis-
yellow sun in the centre of the field, trate both in Oudh and in the North-
in virtue of his descent from " the Sun Western Provinces. Residence : Raja-
of the Hindus," the Udaipur Chief.
bazar, Garwara, Jaunpur District,
Has two grandsons, also several North- Western Provinces.
daughters and grand-daughters ; and
has received a sanad guaranteeing him DHARNANDA, Thakur Bhim Singh,
the privilege of adoption. The area of Thdkur of. A ruling chief; b. 1859.
the State is 794 square miles; its Succeeded to the gadi in December
population about 102,000, chiefly 1887. Belongs to a Chauhan Rajput
Hindus. His Highness maintains a (Hindu) family, descended from Tha-
military force of 40 cavalry, 171 kur Chhatar Sal, who was recognized
infantry, and 4 guns, and is entitled by the British Government in 1843.
The population of the State is ahout DH0LPUR, His Highness the Mahdrdj
5000, chiefly Hindus. Residence: Dhar- Rdnd of. A ruling chief ; b. 1862.
nanda, Gwalior, Central India. Succeeded to the gadi as a minor
February 9, 1873. The full titles of
DHARUP SINGH (of Maniwara), Rao
Saheb. The title is hereditary. The
—
this chief are Major His Highness
Rais-ud-daula Sipahdar-ul-Mulk, Ma-
ancestor of this family, Rao Kehdri
haraj-Adhiraj Sri Sawai, Mahdrdj
Singh, did good service with Sultan Rand Nihal Singh, Lokindar Baha-
Muhammad, Nawab of Rahatgarh^ in
return for which he received the title dur, Diler Jang, Jai Deo. Belongs
to a Jat (Hindu) family, which
and considerable grants. The father
traces its pedigree back to the 11th
of the present Rao Saheb was the Rao
century, when it held lands under the
Jag Raj Singh. Residence: Maniwara, Puar Kings of Delhi. In later times
Sagar, Central Provinces. it acquired territory on the banks of
DHAUKAL SINGH, Sarddr Balmdur ; the Chambal, and was powerful in the
b. 1836. Received the title on June 18th century, when the Rdnd of Gohad,
28, 1889, for conspicuous gallantry in ancestor of the present Maharaj Rand,
the Afghan "War. Residence : Jaunpur, joined the British troops in the Mah-
North-Western Provinces. ratta war in 1779. The title of Rand
had been recognized by the Emperor
DHENKANAL, Raja Sura Pratap Ma-
hindra Bahadur, Rdjd of. A ruling Sikandar Lodi of Delhi, but in 1779 the
chief b. 1884. Succeeded to the gadi British recognized the Rdnd as Mahd-
;
as a minor August 29, 1885. The rdj Rdnd. In 1805 Lord Cornwallis
family are Kshatriya Hindus, and granted Gohad to Sindhia, and in ex-
were anciently feudatories of the old change granted to the Mahdrdj Rdnd
Kirat Singh (ancestor of the present
Rajas of Orissa said to have been
;
founded by Harihar Samant Singhar, chief) the territories of Dholpur, Bdri,

who established himself in Dhenkanal and Rdjdkhera. Kirat Singh was suc-
after killing the
aboriginal Raja
ceeded Bhagwant Singh, who
by
Dhenka, from whom the State derives showed great loyalty during the
its modern name. The titles of Sa- Mutiny of 1857, and was created a
mant, Singhar, Brahmarbar were con- Knight Commander of the Most

ferred on'the family by the old Rajas Exalted Order of the Star of India.
His son married a daughter of the late
of Orissa. Subsequently the title of
Mahindra Bahadur was conferred by Rdjd of Patidld, but died before his
the Mahrattas, who also recognized the father, leaving a son and heir, the
title of Raja, which finally was con- present Mahdrdj Rdnd, who succeeded
ferred on the predecessor of the pre- his grandfather in 1873. The area of
sent chief by the Government of India the State is 1200 square miles its popu-
;
in 1874. The family crest and seal is lation about 250,000, chiefly Hindus,
the minaketana, a flag bearing the but including 18,000 Muhammadans
emblem of the sacred fish. The area and 2500 Jains. The Mahdrdj Rand
of the State, which is one of the Orissa maintains a military force of 139
Tributary Mahals, is 1463 square cavalry, 1588 infantry, and 32 guns.
miles; its population about 208,316, His Highness is an Honorary Major in
chiefly Hindus, but including about
the British army, and is entitled to a
salute of 15 guns. The family colour
80,000 Savars and other aboriginal
tribesmen. The Raja maintains a was azure, but in an encounter towards
the end of the last century the then
military force of 343 infantry and 8
chief captured from the Thdkurs of
guns. Residence: Dhenkanal, Orissa,
Bamraoli a golden-yellow flag, with
Bengal.
a figure of Hanumdn (the monkey-god)
DHIRAJ LAL, Munshi, Rai Bahadur. in the centre of the field, and this has
The title was conferred on January 1, been subsequently adopted as the
1896. Residence: Aligarh, North- Arms : Or, a
family cognizance.
Western Provinces. " Hanumdn "
gules, on a chief azure a
DHIYAN SINGH, Chaudhri, Rai Bahd- sword between two towers or. Sup-
dur. The title was conferred on Janu- porters : Two Rajput warriors in full
"
ary 1, Residence : Moradabad,
1894. armour. Crest :" A Narsinghji(man-
North-Western Provinces. lion) proper. Motto: Mitra Mitra,
Amitra Amitra (" Sure friend, sure Highness the Prince of Wales at
foe"). Residence: Dholpur, Rajputana. Bombay in 1875, which was celebrated
by the erection and endowment of the
DHOLU, M. R., CLE., Khan Bahddur. Albert Edward Hospital at Dhranga-
See Mancherji.
dra. His Highness was prevented by
serious illness from attending the
DHONDIBA HANUMANTRAO BARDE,
Rao Bahadur. Received the title on Imperial Assemblage at Delhi on the
Proclamation of Her Most Gracious
January 2, 1899. Residence : Bombay.
Majesty as Empress of India, but he
DHRANGADRA, His Highness Sir Man- was on that occasion created a Knight
singhji Ranmalsinghji, K.C.S.I., Rdj Commander of the Most Exalted Order
Saheb of. Aruling chief b. January
;
of the Star of India, and received the
11, 1837. Succeeded to the gadi on addition of four guns to his salute
the death of his father, his late High- as a personal distinction. When he
ness the Raj Saheb Ranmalsinghji, was presented with the insignia of
K.C.S.I., on October 28, 1869. Is the the Star of India, at the same time as
head of the Jhala Rajputs, and the His Highness the Jam of Nauanagar,
chief of this family has consequently the Political Agent, speaking for the
" His
long held the title of Raj Saheb, while Government, said :
Highness the
the title of " Maharana " is commonly Raj Saheb of Dhrangadra commands
used by the Jhala clansmen of their respect as the head, both of the Jhala
chief, and it is also commonly used as tribe and of a ruling house second to
the vernacular equivalent of " His none in domestic virtue. He now
Highness," the title conferred by the accedes to the honours enjoyed by his
Queen Empress. The JMla Rajputs father, Sir Ranmalsinghji, the worthy
are said to have entered Kathiawar son of a worthy sire. The decorations
from Sind in the 8th century a.d., and granted to these princes are the natural
the founder of this dynasty is stated to ornaments of exalted hereditary rank."
have been Harapal Devji, who obtained Much sympathy was felt for His
from the Solankhi Rajput Chief of Highness when, in 1879, he lost his
Patan the grant of the district sub- eldest son and heir, the late Rajkumar
sequently known as Jhalawar in Jaswantsinghji, whose son (the grand-
Kathiawar. It may be noted that the son of the present chief) is now the
State of Jhalawar in Rajputana was heir-apparent to the gadi. The area
founded in the beginning of the 18th of the State is 1156 square miles; its
century a.d. by Jhala emigrants from population about 100,000, chiefly
Kathiawar. His Highness's ancestors Hindus, but including about 6000
— from whom also descend the chiefs Muhammadans. The Raj Saheb main-
of Wankaner, Limri, Wadhwan, tains a military force of 103 cavalry,
Chura, Sayla, and Than-Lakhtar — 470 infantry, and 9 guns, and is
were settled first at Patri in Ahmada- entitled to a salute of 15 guns. Resid-
bad then at Halwad in Kathiawar
; ;
ence : Dhrangadra, Kathiawar.
and finally at Dhrangadra. Sir
Mansinghji has been distinguished for DHR0L, Thakur Saheb Harisinghji
the enlightened character of his Jaisinghji, Thakur Saheb of. A ruling
administration, especially in the chief ; b. 1846. Succeeded his father,
matters of public instruction and the late Thakur Saheb Jesinghji,
internal communications. He has October 26, 1886. Is a Jareja Rajput,
established an efficient girls' school at descended from a brother of Jam
Dhrangadra, and many good schools Rawal, the first Jam of Nauanagar,
throughout the State and has con-
; who founded that State in 1542 a.d. ;
structed many good roads, and other and the family is also the same as that
public works. To commemorate the of His Highness the Maharao Raja of
visit of His Royal Highness the Duke Kutch. The area of the State is about
of Edinburgh to Bombay in 1870, His 283 square miles its population is
;
Highness contributed a large sum about 22,000, chiefly Hindus, but

towards the erection of a Dharmsdla including nearly 3000 Muhammadans.
at Rajkot ; and his loyalty was still The Thakur Saheb maintains a military
more conspicuously displayed on the force of 25 cavalry, 285 infantry, ancl
occasion of the landing of His Royal 6 guns, and is entitled to a salute of
9 guns. Residence: Dhrol, Kathia- DINBANDHU PATNAIK, Rai Saheb.
war, Bombay. Received the title on June 3, 1899.
Is Diwan of Sonpur. Residence : Son-
DHUKLE, Govindrao M., Rao Saheb.
Received the title on January 2, 1899. pur, Central Provinces.
ResidenceBombay. : DINENDRA NARAYAN RAI, Kumar.
DHULATIA, Thakur Fateh Singh, Tha- Honorary Magistrate and Municipal
kur A ruling chief b. about 1866. Commissioner of Calcutta. Granted
of. ;
Succeeded to the gadi in 1872. Belongs the title of Kumar, as a personal dis-
tinction, January 2, 1893. Residence :
to a Rajput (Hindu) family. Resid-
ence; Western Malwa, Calcutta.
Dhulatia,
Central India. DINKAR LAXIM0N GADGIL, Rao Sa-
heb. The title was conferred on
DHURWAI, Diwan Ranjor Singh, Jdgir- 1898. Residence: Belgaum,
ddr A ruling chief b. about
of. ;
January 1,
Succeeded to the gadi January

1833. Bombay.
14, 1851 Belongs to a Bundela Rajput
.
DINKAR, Raghunath Rao, Ma-
Rdje
(Hindu) family, descended from the shir-i-Khds Bahadur. See Raghunath.
Raja Bir Singh Deo of Orchha. The
area of the State, which is one of the DINSHA D0SABHAI G0RWALA, Khan
Hashtbhai jdgirs, is about 18 square Bahadur. The title was conferred as
miles its population is about 1600,
a personal distinction on January 1,
;
chiefly Hindus. The Jagirdar main-

1894. Residence : Mhow, Central India.
tains a military force of 10 cavalry, DINSHA D0SABHAI KHAMBATTA,
100 infantry, and 3 guns. Residence : Khan Bahadur. The title of Khan
Dhurwai, Bundelkhand, Central Saheb was conferred on August 18,
India.
1881, and that of Khan Bahadur on
DHYAN SINGH, Chaudhri, Rai Baha- January 1, 1891. Residence: Disa,
dur. See Dhiyan. Bombay.
DIDAR HUSAIN, Khan Saheb. Received DINSHA, Edalji, CLE. See Edalji.
the title on June 3, 1899. Is Vakil of DIP SINGH, Thakur, Rai Bahadur. The
Orchha. Residence: Orchha, Central Thakur is the Commandant of the
India. Bikanir Imperial Service Camel Corps,
and received the title of Rai Bahadur
DHAWAR HUSAIN AHMAD, Khan on May 20, 1896. Residence : Bikanir,
Rajputana.
May 26, 1894. Residence: Calcutta,
Bengal. DIR, Khan of. See Muhammad Sharif
Khan.
DILAWAR SINGH (of Tilokpur), Mian.
The title is hereditary. Residence: DIRGUJ DEO, Bhaiya, Rai Bahadur.
Kangra, Punjab. Is Zamindar of Untari. Received the
title on January 2, 1899. Residence:
DILBAGH RAI, Lala, Rai Bahadur. Untari, Palamau, Bengal.
1895. Residence : Gujrat, Punjab. DTWAN.— A prefix.
-
DILEHRI, Rani of. See Tara Moti. DIWAN CHAND, Rai; b. 1835. The
only son of Diwan Ganpat Rai, who
DIN MUHAMMAD, Shaikh, Khan Sa- was in favour with the Maharaja
heb ; b. 1843 received the title on
; Ranjit Singh, appointed by him tutor
January 1, 1897. Residence: Lahore. of his grandson, and rewarded by the
grant of a jdgir and the appointment
DINA NATH, Pandit, Rai Bahadur. of Hazumavis. Descended from a
Granted the title, as a personal distinc-
family whose ancestor, Gaggan Mai,
tion, January 2, 1893, for eminent was distinguished, in the time of the
service in the Police. Residence: Sagar,
Central Provinces.
Emperor Akbar, as the founder of
Ghartal in Sialkot, and obtained the
DINA NATH SEN, Rai Saheb. The title title of Malik. His grandsons, Diwan
was conferred on May 20, 1896, for Ramji Mai and Shamji Mai, earned
distinguished service in the Education the title of Diwan in the time of the
Department. Residence: Calcutta. Emperor Aurangzeb ; Ramji Mai was
appointed Hazurnavis, and Shamji on February 16, 1887, on the occasion

obtained a command in the Kabul of the Jubilee of the reign of Her
army. The family left Ghartal for Most Gracious Majesty. Residence:
Jammu, and subsequently for Dera Surat, Bombay.
Nanak ; but Diwan Nand Gopal, the DOST ALI KHAN, Nawab. The title
grandfather of Rai Diwan Chand, is personal. Residence : Tajpur, Sind.
returned to the ancestral home. His
son was Diwan Ganpat Rai mentioned DOTRIA. See Bhaisola.
above, who was appointed by the
Maharaja Sher Singh officer in charge DUDHPUR, Thakur Anupbawa Dada-
of the magazines. He was a brave bawa, Thakur of. A ruling chief ; b.
1878. Succeeded to the gadi No-
soldier, and fought in the battles of
vember 18, 1888. Belongs to a Rajput
Peshawar, Multan, and Dera Ismail
Khan ; and throughout the rebellions (Muhammadan) family. Residence :
of 1847 and 1848 attached himself to Dudhpur, Rewa Kantha, Bombay.
the British Resident. The Rai Diwan
DUGRI, Mian Khuda Baksh, Mian of.
Chand was for some time Tahsildar of A ruling chief; b. about 1854. Suc-
Roras in Wazirabad has subsequently
; ceeded to the gadi December 5, 1883.
been an able and successful journalist
Belongs to a Pindari (Muhammadan)
and author, as well as distinguished Residence: Dugri, Bhopal,
family.
in municipal and university work, and Central India.
is Vice-Presideut of the Punjab Press
Association. Received the title on DTJJANA, JalaUid-Daula Nawab Mu-
May 20, 1890.Has two sons, Munshi hammad Muffitaz Ali Khan Bahadur
Lai and Munshi Gayan Chand. Mustakil Jang, Nawab of. A ruling
Brij
Residence cbief ; b. 1864. Succeeded to the gadi
: Sialkot, Punjab.
October 15, 1879, on the death of the
DIWAN CHAND, Pandit, Rai Saheb. lateNawab Muhammad Saadat Ali
Received the title on January 1, 1892. Khan. The Nawab belongs to an
Residence: Shahpur, Punjab.
Afghan (Muhammadan) family, whose
DIWAN JAMIAT RAI, Rai Saheb. See founder, Abdus Samand Khdn, with
Jamiat. his sons, obtained the grant of large
estates from Lord Lake as a reward
DIWAN JOWAHIR MAL, Diwan Ba-
for service rendered. The tenure was
hadur. The title was conferred on
1898. Is
made hereditary, and other territories
January 1, Honorary Magis-
trate of Bhera. Residence: Bhera, added, by a sanad dated May 4, 1806.
The Nawab Abdus Samand Khan was
Shahpur, Punjab. succeeded by his son Dunde Khan,
DIWAN MUHAMMAD, Sayyid, Khdn and he by the Nawab Hasan Ali
Saheb. Granted the title, as a personal
Khan, who was the father of the
distinction, January 2, 1893, for emin- late Nawab Muhammad Saadat Ali
ent services in the post of Mir Munshi Khan. The area of the State is 89
of the British Agency at Kabul. Re-
;
sidence : Kharar, Ambala, Punjab.

chiefly Hindus, but including nearly
DODA KHAN, Mulk. The title is here- 6000 Muhammadans. The Nawdb
Residence: Sind. maintains a military force of 25
ditary.
cavalry and 140 infantry. Residence :
DOMELI, Raja of. See Raushan Khan.
Dujana, Rohtak, Punjab.
DOSABHAI FRAMJI KARAKA, C.S.I.
DUKHA M0CHIN JHA, Mahdmahopd-
A distinguished citizen and official of Received the title, for emin-
dhydya.
Bombay, late Collector of Bombay and ence in oriental learning, on January
Chairman of the Justices. Created a Residence: Pilokbar, Dar-
1, 1897.
Companion of the Most Exalted Order bhanga, BeDgal.
of the Star of India on January 1,
1877, on the occasion of the Proclam- DTJLABJI D. VED, Rao Bahadur. Re-
ation of Her Most Gracious Majesty ceived the title on May 21, 1898. Is
as Empress of India. Residence: Bom- Chief Minister of Palanpur. Residence :
bay. Palanpur, Bombay.
DOSABHAI PESTANJI, Khdn Bahadur. DULAL CHANDRA DEB, Rai Bahadur.
The title is personal, and was conferred The title was conferred on January 2,
6B THE GOLDEN BOOK OF 1N£>1A
1890. Is Government Pleader, Sylhet. Tibetan Chiefs, formerly feudatories

Residence: Sylhet, Bengal. of Ladakh in Tibet. Since the con-
clusion of the first Sikh war in 1846,
DTJLAM SINGH (of Piparia), Thakur; Spiti has been an outlying
subdivision
b. 1850. The title is hereditary. The of the Himalayan district of Kangra*
Thdkur is a grandson of Thakur Ananta Punjab; and is administered by
of Thakur
Singh, who was a brother British officials with the aid of the
Prithi Singh, the father of Thakur Nono, who is an Honorary Magistrate.
Drug Singh of Sarekha (see Sarekha). The population of the valley—which
The title was originally derived from is covered by deep snow every year
the Gond Rajas of Mandla. Residence : from December to April—is hardly
3000, almost entirely Tibetan
Seoni, Central Provinces* in race.
Residence : Spiti, Kangra, Punjab.
DUN, Maung, Myothugyi, Thuye gauna
ngwe Da ya Min. The
title is personal,
DUE MUHAMMAD KHAN, Khagwani,
and was conferred on May 20, 1 890. It Bahadur. The and
title is personal,
"
means Recipient of the Silver Sword was conferred on March 11, 1859.
for Bravery," and is indicated by the Residence : Dera Ismail Khan, Punjab,
letters T.D.M. after the name.
Re-
Burma.
sidence: Katha, DURBHUNGA. See Darbhanga.
DUNGARPUR, His Highness Mahara- DURGA CHARAN CHAKRAVARTI,

wal Udai Singh Bahadur, Maharawal Rai Saheb. The title was conferred on
of. A
ruling chief ; b. May 22,
1839. January 1,1895. Residence: Hughli,
Succeeded to the gadi September 28, Bengal.
1846. Is a Sesodia Rajput, descended DURGA CHARAN LAHA, CLE., Ma-
from a branch of the ruling family of haraja; November 23, 1822. The
b.
Udaipur, the "Sun of the Hindus." and was conferred on
title is personal,
The Maharawals of Dungarpur were May 30, 1891. The Maharaja, whose
to time, to the
tributary, from time family name is more commonly spelt
to the
Mughal Emperors of Delhi and "
Law," was born at Chinsurah edu- ;
Mahrattas; from whom they were cated at the Hindu College, Calcutta ;
finally rescued by the

British Power,
senior partner of the firm of Messrs.
a treaty being concluded iu 1818. The Prawn Kissen Law and Company, and
Bhils were reduced to submission; a Zamindar appointed Justice of the
;
and iu 1825 the Mahar&wal Jaswant Peace and Honorary Presidency Magis-
was
Singh, being found incompetent, trate ; first native Member of the Port
and his
deposed by the Government, Commission; Member of the Bengal
second son Member of
adopted son Dalpat Singh, Legislative Council, 1874 ;
of the Chief of Partabgarh, appointed the Senate of the Calcutta University ;
to succeed. Subsequently the Maha- elected a Governor of the Mayo Hos-

rawal Dalpat Singh succeeded to the pital April 11, 1878;
Member of the
so the British 1882 ;
gadi of Partabgarh; Imperial Legislative Council
Government permittedhim to adopt for the Reduction of
Commissioner
the present Maharawal (then a minor) Public Debt February 1882; Sheriff
to succeed him in Dungarpur. The 1882 made a Companion of the Indian
Maharawal has a son and heir, the
;
The Empire May 24, 1884; President of

Maharaj Kunwar Khuman Singh. the British Indian Association in 1885
distinctive family colour is red. The
and 1888 the title of Raja was con-
;
area of the State is about 1000 square ferred in 1887; again appointed a
miles; its population about 154,000,
Member of the Imperial Legislative
chiefly Hindus,
but including 3609
Council 1888; the title of Maharaja
Muhammadansand Bhils
67,000 (abori- conferred in 1891; and exempted from
the Maharawal
gines). His Highness personal attendance
in Civil Courts
maintains a military force of 251 January 27, 1892. The Maharaja has
cavalry, 535 infantry,
and 8 guns and ;
two sons—the Maharaj-Kumar Kristo
is entitled to a salute of
15 guns.
Dass Law, born February 24, 1849;
Residence : Dungarpur, Rajputana. and Maharaj-Kumar Rishee Kesh
DUNJ SHETAN (of Spiti),
Nono of Law, born May 4, 1852, both Honorary
The title is hereditary, the Presidency Magistrates. Residence: 2
Spiti.
descendant of the Cornwallis Street, Calcutta.
Nono being the
DURGA GATI BANARJI, CLE., Rai The Rai Bahadur is an officer of the
Bahddut. Is a distinguished member Nepal Residency Escort. Residence:
of the TJncovenanted Civil Service. Nepal.
Obtained the title on January 1, 1891,
" for DWE, Maung, Ahmudan gaunr/ Tazeik
good work as Personal Assistant ya Min. Burmese title (see
This
to the Commissioners of the Patna
Introduction) was conferred on May
and Presidency Divisions, and as 1894. Residence;
Eevenue and 26, Taungdwin,
Collector of Stamp Burma.
Superintendent of Excise Revenue,
Calcutta." Created a CLE. on Janu- DYAL. SeeDayal.
ary 1, 1895. Residence : Calcutta. EDAIJI DINSHAH, CLE. Was created
DURGA PARSHAD, a CLE. on January 1, 1899. Resid-
Babu, Rai Baha- ence : Karachi, Bombay.
dur; b. October 12, 1847. The title
was conferred on January 1, 1894. Re- EDALJI DOSABHAI, Khdn Bahddur.
sidence: Farukhabad, North- Western The titlewas conferred on May 26,
Provinces. 1894. Residence: Ahmadabad, Bom-
DURGA PARSHAD, Lala, Rai Saheb.
bay.
The title was conferred on May 21, EDALJI PESTANJI, Khdn Bahddur.
1898, Residence: Punjab. The personal, and was con-
title is
ferred on February 24, 1875. Resid-
DURGA PRASAD, Pandit,Mahdmaho-
ence : Mhow, Central India.
pddhydya. The title was conferred,
as a personal distinction, on May 25, EDALJI SORABJI CHENOY, Khdn
1892, in recognition of his eminence Bahadur. The title was conferred on
as an oriental scholar. Residence: Jai- June 22, 1897. Residence : Secundera-
pur, Rajputana. bad, DeccaU.
DURGA SINGH, Thakur, Rai Saheb. EDAVALATH KAKAT KRISHNAN,
Received the on January 1, 1898.
title Biwdn Bahddur. See Kakat.
Residence ; Bara Banki, Oudh.
EKA, Rdjd of. See Narotam Singh.
DURRA KHAN, Mir, Gitchki, Khdn
Saheb. Received the title on January ELAHI. See Ilahi.
2, 1899. Residence : ELAYA RAJA, The. See Travancore,
Maharaja of ; also see Cochin, Rdjd
DUTT, Romesh Chunder, CL.E. See of.
Romesh. ELIJAH BENJAMIN. See Benjamin.
DWARIKA NATH BHATTACHARJI, ELIJAH JACOB, Khdn Saheb. See
Rai Bahddur. The title was conferred Jacob.
on January 1, 1894. Residence : Na-
diya, Bengal. ELLAPA BALARAM, Rao Bahddur.
The titlewas conferred on May 21,
DWARKA NATH DUTT, Rai Bahadur. 1898. Residence: Bombay.
Residence : Bakarganj, Bengal. ESSA JI, Samuel, Khdn Bahddur. The
titlewas conferred on January 1, 1899.
DWARKA NATH SHEOPURI, Rai Residence : Bombay.
Saheb. Received the title on January
2, 1899. Residence : Gwalior, Central ETIRAJULU PILLAI, Mount, Rao
India. Bahddur. The title was conferred
DWARKA NATH SIRCAR, Rai Bahadur. Bezwada, Madras.
Is District Engineer of Nadiya, Ben- PAGHFUR MIRZA, Mirza Bahddur.
gal. Residence : Kishnaghur, Bengal. Is the son-in-law of the late Wajid
Ali Shah, King of Oudh. Son of
DWARKA SINGH. Pandit, Rai Bahddur. Nawab Mumtaz-ud-daula, son of
The title was conferred on June 22, son of
Asghar Ali Khan, eldest
1897. Residence : Bareilly, North-
Western Provinces.
Muhammad Ali Shah, third King of
Oudh. On the death of the latter he
DWARKA TEWARI, Subahdar, Rai was succeeded by his second son,
Bahadur, The title is personal, and Amjad Ali Shah, though the Nawab
was conferred on January l f 1890. Mumta3-ud^d&ul4j the son of the
eldest son, was alive. Mumtaz-ud- service as a Judge. The family traces
daula married Zinat-un-Nissa, the its descent from Sayyid Abdul Khair,
daughter of Malika Zamani, one of of Khursan, who settled in Kara,
the consorts of Nasir-ud-din Haidar, district Allahabad, in the year 1300.
second king. Residence : Oudh. The Khan Bahadur's ancestors received
FAIZ ALI KHAN BAHADUR (of Kotah), muafi grants from the Mughal Emperors
for their ability and learning. Resid-
Nawab Sir, K. C.S.I. The Nawab
Bahadur was created a Knight Com- ence :
Agra, North-Western Provinces.
mander of the Most Exalted Order of
FARID-UD-DIN, Muhammad, Khan
the Star of India, December 31, 1875. Saheb. Received the title on January
Residence : Kotah, Rajputana. 2, 1899. Residence : Bombay.
FAIZ MUHAMMAD KAZI, Khan FARIDKOT, His Highness the Rdjd
Bahadur. The title is personal, and Bahadur of. A
ruling chief; b. 1842.
was conferred on April 1876. Succeeded to the
12, gadi April 22, 1874.
Residence : Karachi, Sind. —
His full titles are His Highness
Farzand -i-Saadat -i-Nishan -i-Hazrat-i-
FAIZ-UN-NISA, Chaudhrain, Ndwdb
Sahiba. The title is personal, and Kaisar-i-Hind Barar Bans Raja Bikrani
was conferred on May 24, 1889. The Singh Bahadur, Raja Bahadur of
Nawab Sahiba is a lady belonging to Faridkot. Is the head of the Barar
the Homnabad family. Residence: Jat tribe of Sikhs, the family tracing
their origin from Barar, seventeenth
Tipperah, Bengal.
in descent from Jesal, the founder of
FAKHR-UD-DIN HAIDAR ALI KHAN, the Jesalmir State, and the ancestor
Sayyid, Nawab Intikhab-ud-dauld. Is of the Sidhu and other illustrious Jat
a grandson of the late Wajid Ali clans. A
descendant of Barar's,
Shah, King of Oudh, being the son of named Ballan, rose to eminence in the
the Nawab Azmat-ud-daula, who time of the Emperor Akbar. His
married one of the King's daughters.
The title was granted to Azmat-ud- nephew built Kot-Kapura, a fort
about six miles south of the town of
daula by King "Wajid Ali Shah in
Faridkot; and a descendant named
1849. Residence: Oudh.
Sardar Hamir Singh became indepen-
FAKIR. — Often a mere prefix. dent Chief of Faridkot in 1782. In
1808 Faridkot submitted to the Maha-
FAKIR CHAND, Lala, Rai Saheb ; b.
received the title on raja Ranjit Singh, and the territory
August, 1859 ;
was granted to Diwan Mokam Chand,
January 1, 1897. Residence: Batala,
the Lahore General. But when in
Gurdaspur, Punjab. 1808-9 the British Government de-
FAKIRJI JIWAJI, Khan Bahadur. manded from the Maharaja the
The title of Khan Saheb was conferred surrender of his conquests on the left
on February 3, 1882, and that of Khan bank of the Sutlej, Faridkot was
Bahadur on January 1, 1899. Resid- given back to its ancient possessors ;
ence : Bombay. and in 1845, when the first Sikh war

FARDUNJI PESTANJI, Khan Saheb. broke out, the Sardar Pahar Singh of
The title is personal, and was conferred Faridkot attached himself to the
on October 8, 1874. Residence : Poona, English, using his utmost exertions to
Bombay. collect supplies and carriage, and
furnishing guides for the army. Pahar
FARID KHAN, Arbab, Khan Bahadur. Singh received as his reward the title
The Arbab received the title of Khan of Raja,togetherwithhalf the territory
Saheb on January 1, 1898, for services confiscated from the Raja of Nabha,
on the Hazara Border; and that of and in this obtained possession once
Khan Bahadur on January 1, 1899. more of Kot-Kapura, the ancestral
Residence Hazara, Punjab. seat of his family. He was succeeded
: .
FARID- UD-DIN, Maulavi, Sayyid, Khan by his son, the Raja "Wazir Singh,
Bahadur; b. September 1827. The who joined the English in the second
title is personal, and was conferred on Sikh war, and greatly distinguished
February 16, 1887, on the occasion of himself during the Mutiny of 1857 by
the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most seizing mutineers, guarding the ferries
Gracious Majesty, for distinguished over the Sutlej, and attacking a
notorious rebel named Sham Das, FATEH KHAN walad ABBAS ALI
whose village he destroyed. His KHAN, Mir. The title is hereditary,
troops served with credit under General the Mir being a descendant of one of
Van Cortlandt in Sirsa and elsewhere. the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at the time
For these services Raja Wazir Singh of the annexation. Residence : Sind.
"
received the additional titles of Bardr
Bans Raja Saheb Bahadur," a khilat FATEH KHAN, Mir. The title is
of increased value, and a salute of 11 hereditary, the Mir being a descendant

of one of the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at
guns. He was also exempted from the time of the annexation. Residence:
the service of ten horsemen, which he
had previously had to provide ; and in Shikarpur, Sind.
1862 he received a sanad conferring FATEH KHAN, Nawab. The title is
the right of adoption. The present personal a courtesy
; title. Residence :
Raja has given up excise and transit Hala, Sind.

duties in exchange for compensation.
The area of the State is 612 square FATEH KHAN, Haji, walad Sher Mu-
miles its population 97,034, of whom
;
hammad Khan, His Highness. The
40,182 are Sikhs, 27,463 are Hindus,
and 29,035 are Muhammadans. His November 10, 1877, His Highness
Highness maintains a military force being a descendant of the Amir who
of 70 cavalry, 300 infantry, and 6
was ruling at the time of the conquest.
Residence: Hyderabad, Sind.
guns and is entitled to a salute of
;
11 guns. Residence: Faridkot, Punjab. FATEH KHAN, Khan. The title is

FARRUKH MUHAMMAD TAKI ALI, hereditary, and was conferred on
Mirza Bahadur. Is the grandson of January 1, 1877. The Khan is Khan
the late Amjad Ali Shah, fourth King of Chang. Residence: Chang, Mer-
of Oudh, being the son of Mirza Dara wara.
Sitwat. The title was conferred by
King Muhammad Ali Shah on Prince
FATEH MUHAMMAD, Mian, Makwal,
Dara Sitwat in 1838. Residence : Oudh. Khan Saheb. Received the title on
May 21, 1898. Residence : Dera Ghazi
FARRUKH SIYAR, Shdhzdda. Is a Khan, Punjab.
descendant of Shah Shuja, the King
of Kabul, who was restored to the FATEH SINGH (of Guda), Sarddr.
throne of Afghanistan by the British. The title was conferred on January 1,
The title is a personal one, and was 1891. Residence: Karnal, Punjab.
recognized February 4, 1853. Resid- FATEH SINGH
ence : Ludhiana, Punjab. (of Pawayan), Rdjd;
b. October 10, 1858. The title is
FARZAND AHMAD, Maulavi, Kazi, hereditary, and the present Raja
Khan Bahadur; b. 1868. Received succeeded his adoptive father on
the title on January 1897. Resid-
1,
May 17, 1889. Belongs to a family of
ence : Gaya, Bengal. Gaur Rajputs, who first came into
FATEH ALI KHAN (of Nawabgani), the district of Shahjahanpur to help
Nawab; b. 1862. Succeeded to the the Rani of Nahil against the Pathans.
on November 19, 1896. Is the
title Udhai Singh, the leader of the second
nephew of Sir Nawazish Ali Khan, expedition, founded the town of
K.C.I.E., Nawab (q.v.). Residence: Pawayan. At the time of the cession
Bahraich. in 1802 the great-grandson of Udhai
FATEH ALI KHAN, Subadar-Major (of Singh, named Raja Raghunath Singh,
was Raja of Pawayan, and he was
Nabha), Khan Bahadur. The title
was conferred on May 25, 1895. confirmed in his possessions by Mr.
Residence : Burma. Wellesley, the Deputy Governor. He
was succeeded in 1825 by his widow
FATEH ALI SHAH, Sayyid, Khan the Rani and the latter, having
;
adopted Rdjd Jagannath Singh (the
June 3, 1893. Residence : Lahore, uncle and adoptive father of the
Punjab. present Raja), died in 1850. The
FATEH CHAND,Dr. M.B.,Rai Bahadur. Rdjd is an Honorary Magistrate.
Received the title on May 21, 1898. Residence :
Shdhjahdnpur, North-
Residence: Punjab. Western Provinces.
FATEH SINGH (of Thehpur), Sarcldr ; FAZL DIN, Munshi, Khdn Bahddur.
b. 1823. The title is hereditary. The title was conferred on May 20,
Descended from Sardar Milka Singh, 1896. Residence : Chenab, Punjab.
who was one of the most powerful of
the Sikh chiefs during the latter half FAZL HAKK KHAN, Khdn Bahddur.
of the last century. He
died in 1804, The title was conferred on January 1,
and his son, Sardar Jiwan Singh, died 1894. Residence :
Peshawar, Punjab.
the next year. The Maharaja Ranjit FAZL HUSAIN KHAN walad SOHRAB
Singh then seized the largest portion KHAN, Mir. The title has been
of the estate, giving Sardar Anand continued for life, the Mir being a
Singh, the son and heir of Jiwan descendant of one of the Mirs who were
Singh, jdgirs in
Firozpur district. Chiefs of Sind at the time of the
Sardar Anand Singh died in 1831, annexation. Residence: Shikarpur,
leaving his only son, the present Sind.
Sardar, a minor of eight years of age.
On the annexation of the Punjab the FAZL IMAM SAYYID, Khdn Bahddur.
Sardar's personal jdgir was confirmed The title is personal and was con-
;
—
to him for life one quarter to descend ferred on February 16, 1887, on the
to his son, who is named Shamsher occasion of the Jubilee of the reign of
born in 1843. Residence Her Most Gracious Majesty. Resi-
Singh, :
dence :
Patna, Bengal.
Thehpur, Lahore, Punjab.
FATEH-UD-DIN, Shaikh, Khdn Baha- FAZL-I-RABBI, Khwandkliar, Khdn
dur. The title was conferred on Bahddur. The title was conferred on
January 1, 1894. Residence : Calcutta. January 1, 1896. Residence: Mur-
See Takhat shidabad, Bengal.
FATEHPUR, Rdjd of.
Singh. FAZL KARIM KHAN, Khdn Saheb.
FATEHPUR, Rdni of. See Ratan Kuar 1891. Residence
;
see also Umed Kuar. Jalandhar, Punjab. :
FATEHYAB KHAN, Muhammad, Khdn FAZL-ULLA, Muhammad, Khdn Baha-

Bahddur. The title was conferred on dur. See Muhammad Fazl-ulla.
January 1, 1895. Residence Rampur, FAZULBHAI
:
North- Western Provinces. VISRAM, CLE. Created

a CLE. on January 1, 1895. Resi-
FATH All, Nawdb, C.S.I. See Ban- dence :
Bombay.
Nawdb
ganapale, of. FIROZ KHAN(of Barl), Rdjd. The
FAUJDAR KHAN (of Ashti), Nawdb; title is
hereditary. The Raja is a
b. about 1825. The
title is hereditary. Gakkar chief, son of Raja Ali Gauhar
The Nawab is the son of Nawdb Khan The Gakkars trace their descent
.
Hatam Khdn; and is descended in a from Kai Gohar, a native of Ispahan in

direct line from the Afghan chief, Persia, whose son, Sultan Kaia, is said
Muhammad Khan Niazi, to whom to have conquered Badakshan and part
Ashti was granted as a jdyir by the of Tibet. They were settled in the
Emperor Jahangir of Delhi. The Punjab about 300 a*d. ; and their
title of Nawab was conferred by the conquest of Kashmir, and their resist-
Emperor Shah Jahan, and has been ance to the Emperor Babar, are
recognized by the British Government. historical events. The Raja has two
The Nawab has a son and heir named sons, named Sher Ahmad Khan and
Hatam Khan. Residence: Ashti, Gauhar Rahman. Residence :
Hazara,
Wardha, Central Provinces. Punjab.
FAYYAZ ALI KHAN, Muhammad (of FRAMJI, Dosabhai, C.S.I. See Dosa-
Pahasu), Mumtdz-ud-daula
Nawdb. bhai.
See Muhammad Fayyaz Ali Khan.
FRAMJI ARDESAR, Khdn Bahadur.
FAZALULLAH LUTFULLAH, Khdn Ba- The title is personal, and was conferred
hddur. The title was conferred on on May 24, 1888. Residence : Ahmed-
January 1, 1899. Residence ; Bombay. nagar, Bombay.
FAZL AHMAD, Khdn Saheb. Received FRAMJI COWASJI, Khdn Saheb. The
the title on May 21, 1898. Residence title was granted June 22, 1897. Resi-
:
Karachi, Sind, Bombay. dence: Baroda,

FRAM JI NASARVANJI SANTUK, A*Mrc ancient of Vizagapatam

Goday family
Bahadur. The title was conferred on in the Northern Circars, Madras
January 1, 1894. Residence: Abu, Presidency, andZamindarof Ankapalle
Rajputana. and other estates. Educated in the
Hindu College, Calcutta. Was a
FRAMROZ ARDESIR MOOS, Khan Member of the Madras Legislative
Council from 1868 to 1884; and a
May 21, 1898. Residence : Bombay.
Fellow of the University of Madras.
FURZUND. See Farzand. The title of Raja was conferred upon
him in 1881 the Companionship of
;
GABAT, Thakur Amarsinghji, Thdkur the Most Eminent Order of the Indian
of. A ruling chief; b. 1851. Succeeded Empire in 1892 ; and the title of
to the gadi February 3, 1898; is a Maharaia on May 21, 1898. Has
tributary to Idar, and belongs to a established and maintains several
Makwana Thakura family. The State schools ; presented the statue of Her
has an area of 22 square miles and ;
Majesty the Queen Empress of India
a population of 1430, chiefly Hindus. to the city of Madras in honour of Her
Residence : Gabat, Mahi Kantha, Bom- Majesty's Jubilee in 1887 and has ;
bay. given large donations to many public

GABBAR SINGH Kundamardhan- objects. Has received from His Holi-
(of
The ness the Pope Leo XIII. through his
garh), Rao. title is hereditary,
and was originally conferred by Raja Delegate Apostolic in East Indies, in
Bikram Shah, Gond Raja of Mandla. 1891, a mosaic picture as a mark of
The family is said to be descended appreciation of his kindness shown to
from Shiani Shah Rao, who first bore the Catholics of Vizagapatam. The
the title of Rao. Residence: Jabalpur, Raja's grandfather, Sri Goday Jaga
Central Provinces. Rao, distinguished himself in^ the
service of Government about the middle
GAD, Thdkur of. See Garh. of the 18th century. It was pi him
that the Honourable Court of Directors
GADHI,RajaUmar Singh waladVevr&o, in a communication to the Government
Rdjd of. A ruling chief; b. 1868. of Fort Saint George, dated April 17,
Succeeded to the gadi October 6, 1886. "
The area of the State, which is one of 1789, wrote concur in the
I We
acknowledgment your Government
the Dang States of Khandesh, is 170 our
have rendered of the zeal for
square miles its population 6309,
;
interests on various
manifested
chiefly Bhils, Konknas, and other occasions by Goday Jugga Row." Sri
aboriginal tribes. Residence: Gadhi,
Jaga Rao was succeeded by his son Sri
Khandesh, Bombay.
Goday Soorya Narayan Rao, father of
GADHKA, Azam Jadeja Shivsinghji the Raja born 1792, died 1853. Lord
;
Govindji, Tdlukddr of. A ruling chief; Connemara, when publicly compli-

b. Succeeded to the gadi as a
1869. menting the Raja on his presentation
minor, November 26, 1870. Belongs of the statue of the Queen Empress to
to a Rajput (Hindu) family. The area the city of Madras, said of this
of the State is 23 square miles; its gentleman The Raja's father, Goday
I
' '
population 2252, chiefly Hindus. Resi- Soorya Narayan Rao, followed in the
dence : Gadhka, Kathiawar, Bombay. footsteps of his father, founded various
GAGAN CHANDAR RAI charitable institutions, and during the
(of Baraset),
Rai Bahadur. The title was conferred famine of 1833 fed a large number of
on June 3, 1893. Residence: Ghazipur, poor in the neighbourhood of Nellore.
North- Western Provinces. He also contributed largely to various
public works." The Raja's crest is a
GAGAR MAL, Lala, Rai Bahadur. The rising sun over a Hindu device, with
title was conferred on February 16,
the motto, " I desire the Light," in
1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee of Sanskrit and Latin. Residences : The
Her Most Gracious Majesty's reign, as
Mahal, Vizagapatam; and The Mansion,
a personal distinction. Residence :
Madras.
Amritsar, Punjab.
GAJAPATI RAO, Q.TX.,Mahdrdjd, CLE.; GAJINDAR SINGH (of Majithia),
pf December 2, 1828. Js a scion of the Sarddr. The title is hereditary. Be-
7-1 THE GOLDEN BOOK OF INDIA
longs to the same family of the Shergil Saheb. Received the title on May 21,
Jat tribe as his first cousin the Sardar 1898. Residence : Bombay.
Dayal Singh of Majithia (see Dayal
Singh), both Sardars being grandsons
GANESH PANDURANG WAIDYA,
of Sardar Disa Singh. The father of Rao Bahddur. The title was conferred
on May 21, 1898. Residence : Nasik,
Sardar Gajindar Singh was Sardar
Ranjodh Singh, half-brother of Sardar Bombay.
Lahna Singh, being the son of Sardar GANESH PERSHAD SINGH,
Disa Singh by another mother. He Thakur,
Rai Bahadur. Received the title on
was a General in the Sikh army.
January 2, 1899, for good service in the
Residence: Amritsar, Punjab. Police Department. Residence : Luck-
GA JRAJ SINGH, Thakur, Rai Bahadur. now, Oudh.
Received the title on January 2, 1899. GANESH SITARAM SHASTRI, Sar
Is an Extra Assistant Commissioner in
Subah, Rao Bahddtir. The title was
the Central Provinces. Residence: conferred on February 16, 1887, on the
Central Provinces. occasion of the Jubilee of the reign of
GA JRA J SINGH (of Bharrai) ,
Rao Saheb; Her Majesty the Queen Empress, as a
b. 1865. Is the younger brother of personal distinction. Residence : Ba-
Rao Saheb Malkhan Singh (q.v.) ;
roda.
they succeeded on the death of their GANESH VENKATESH Rao
JOSHI,
father, the late Rao Saheb Hindupat, Bahddur. Received the title on May
on September 9, 1896. Residence: Residence : Sholapur, Bom-
21, 1898.
Bharrai, Sagar, Central Provinces.
bay.
GALE MAUNG, Kyet thaye zauny shwe GANGA CHARAN DAS, Rai Bahddur.
Salwe ya Min. The title is personal, The title personal, and was conferred
is
and was conferred on January 1, 1889. on May 24, 1883. Residence : Indore,
It means "Recipient of the Gold Central India.
Chain of Honour," and is indicated by
the letters K.S.M. after the name. GANGA PARSHAD SINGH, Rai Bahd-
Residence : Tavoy, Burma.
dur'. The title is personal, and was
conferred on July 6, 1888. Residence :
GANDA SINGH(of Dhiru Majra), Sardar. Darbhanga, Bengal.
The title hereditary. The Sardar
is
is the present head of the Dhiru Majra GANGA PERSHAD, Rai Bahadur.
Sardars, who come of a Jat family.
He has taken great interest in edu- Residence : Rewa, Central India.
cational matters. Residence: Dhiru
GANGA RAM, Rai Bahadur. Received
Majra, Ludhiana, Punjab. the title on June 22, 1897. Residence :
GANDA SINGH, C.S. /., Sardar Bahddur. Kunjah, Gujrat, Punjab.
The Sardar has been created a Com-
panion of the Most Exalted Order of GANGA RAM, Lala, Rai Bahddur. The
the Star of India, and was promoted to title was conferred on January 1, 1895.
be a Sardar Bahadur on May 26, 1894. Residence : Lahore, Punjab.
Residence :
Patiala, Punjab. GANGA RAM, Munshi, Rai Bahddur.
GANESH BALKRISHNA HANCHINAL, Received the title on June 22, 1897.
Azam. The title is personal, and was Was formerly an Extra Assistant Com-
conferred on November 26, 1883. Resi- missioner in the Punjab. Residence :
dence
Belgaum, Bombay.
: Punjab.
GANESH GAmADKAB,, Rao Saheb. The GANGA SINGH, Rai Saheb. Received
title is personal, and was conferred on the on January 1, 1898. Is
title
January 1, 1890. Residence: Mahi Officiating Extra Assistant Commis-
Kantha, Bombay. sioner. Residence: Raipur, Central
GANESH GOVIND, Rao Bahddur. The Provinces.
October 17, 1884. Residence: Poona,
GANGA SINGH, Rai Bahddur. The
titlewas conferred on June 3, 1893.
Bombay. Residence : Benares, North-Western
GANESH NILKANT NADKARNI, Rao Provinces,
GANGADHAR RAO MADHAV CHIT- of this family were a branch of that of

NAVIS, The Hon., CLE. A member the ancient rulers of Sagar. The Rao
of the Viceroy's Legislative Council ; has a son and heir, named Narayan
was created a Companion of the Most Rao. Residence: Jaisinghpur, Sagar,
Eminent Order of the Indian Empire Central Provinces.
on May 25, 1895. Residence : Nagpur, GANPAT RAO AMRITRAO MANKAR,
Central Provinces. Rao Bahadur. The title was conferred
GANGADHAR SHASTRI, Mahdmdhopd- on May 30, 1896. Residence : Bombay.
dhydya. The title was conferred on GANPAT SINGH, Rai Bahadur. Re-
February 16, 1887, on the occasion of ceived the title on January 1, 1898. Is
the Jubilee of Her Majesty's reign, in the Zaminddr of Harawat. Residence :
recognition of his eminence in oriental
Harawat, Bhagalpur, Bengal. -
Residence : Benares, North-
learning.
Western Provinces. GANPATRAO M0R0BA PITALE, Rao
Saheb. The title is personal, and was
GANGAJI RAMJI, Rao Saheb. The title conferred on January 31, 1870. Resi-
is persona], and was conferred on Janu- dence : Bombay.
ary 1, 1890. Residence : Aden.
GANPATRAO RAMCHANDAR, Rao
G ANGPUR, Raja Raghunath Sikhar Deo Bahadur. The title is personal, and
,
Rdjd of. A ruling chief b.

;
1849. was conferred on October 31, 1879.
Succeeded to the gadi November 28, Residence : Ujjain, Central India.
1858. Belongs to a Kshatriya (Hindu)
GANU NAIDU, Rao Bahadur. The title
family, known as the Sikhar family of
was conferred on January 1, 1892.
Sikharpur or Pachete in Manbhum. Residence : Bombay.
The Raja's eldest son and heir bears
the title of Tikait, and is named Tikait GARAB SINGH (of Nandsa), Thdkur.
Harinath Sikhar Deo. The area of The title is hereditary, having been
the State, which is one of the Chota originally conferred by the Rajas of
Nagpur Tributary Mahals, is 2484 Deogarh. The Thakur is Jagirdar of
;
Pachmari, and his jdgir was originally
held by a family of Mowasses of Kor-
chiefly Hindus. Residence : Gangpur,
Chota Nagpur, Bengal. kors, the hereditary guardians of the
Cave of Mahadeo, in the Pachmari
GANGSHA BAPU (of Palasgarh), Rao Hills. Residence: Nandsa, Hoshanga-
bad, Central Provinces.
May 21, 1898. Residence: Chanda,
Central Provinces. GARH, Thakur Chandrasinghji, Thdkur
See Hukm of. A ruling chief; b. 1866. Suc-
GANGWAI, Rdjd of. Singh. ceeded to the gadi November 10,
GANGWAL, Rdjd of. See Suraj Pargas 1884. Belongs to a Chauhan Rajput
Singh. (Hindu) family, descended from a
GANPAT BABJI SAHASRABUDHE, younger brother of one of the an-
cestors of the Chief of Chhota Udai-
Rao Saheb. The title was conferred
on June 22, 1897. pur, to whom the Thakur of Garh is
Residence : Hyder-
tributary. The State, which is the
abad, Deccan.
largest in the Sankhera Mehvas,
GANPAT RAI (of Deri Ghazi Khan, contains an area of 134 square miles ;
Punjab), C.I.E., Diwdn. The title is its population is almost entirely Bhil
personal, and was conferred on May (aboriginal). Residence: Garh, Rewa
24, 1883. The Diwan, for eminent Kantha, Bombay.
services rendered to Government as an
Extra Assistant Commissioner in GARHA, Raja Balbhadar Singh, Rdjd
of. A ruling chief; b. 1870. Suc-
Baluchistan, was created a Companion ceeded to the gadi April 7, 1881.
Indian Empire on May 25, 1892. Resi- Belongs to a Chauhan Rajput (Hindu)
dence: Baluchistan. family. The State is feudatory to
Gwalior, and was formerly a portion
GANPAT RAO (of Jaisinghnagar),.Ka0; of the Rajhugarh jdgir. Its name is
b. 1845. The title is hereditary, and sometimes spelt Gharra. Its popula-
was originally conferred by the old tion is about 9500. Residence: Garha,
Mahratta Government, The ancestors Guna, Central India.
7G THE GOLDEN BOOK OF INDIA
GARHI, Thakur of, Rai Bahadur. See great liberality in the time of the
Mangal Singh. Orissa famine of 1866, and was created
a Companion of the Most Exalted
GARHWAL, Rdjd of. See Tehri.
Order of the Star of India. Residence ;
GARRAULI, Diwan Bahadur Chandra Parikud, Puri, Orissa, Bengal.
Bhan Singh, Jdgirddr of. A ruling
chief; b. 1884. Succeeded to the GAURHARI RAI, Rai Bahadur. The
gadi as a minor March 16, 1885.
April 7, 1884. Residence: Midnapur,
Belongs to the Bundela Rajput
Bengal.
(Hindu) family, of the Orchha stock
that has given rulers to so many States GAURIHAR, Rao Shamle Prasad Baha-
of Central India (see Panna, Ajaigarh, dur, Jdgirddr of. A ruling chief; b.
Datia, Charkhari, Bijawar, Sarila, 1859. Succeeded to the gadi on the

Jigni, Jaso, Lughasi, etc). Man Singh, death of the late Rao Gajadhar Pra-
the younger grandson of Rudra Pratap sad, November 14, 1887. Belongs
(founder of Orchha), was the founder to a Brahman (Hindu) family, that
of the Satgharia branch of this family, held the title of "Sawai Rajdhar"
from which descends the Garrauli from ancient times. At the beginning
Chiefs. Diwan Gopal Singh obtained of the present century Rajdhar Rajl
a sanad, from the British Government Ram, the head of the family, was a
in 1812. He was succeeded by his Sardar of the Banda-Ajaigarh State,
so , Diwan Parichhat, on whom the and Governor of its fort of Bhuragarh
additional title of Bahadur was con- at Banda. He became a leader of
ferred, October 17, 1844. The area note, and in 1807 was granted the
of the State is 25 square miles its ; Gaurihar jdgir by the British Govern-
population 4976, chiefly Hindus. The ment. His son, Rajdhar Rudra Pra-
Diwan Bahadur maintains a military tap, did excellent service, and incurred
force of 2 cavalry, 56 infantry, and great personal loss at Banda. For
4 guns. Residence : Garrauli, Bundel- this the Government conferred on
khand, Central India. him, in the Cawnpur Darbar of 1859,
the title of Rao Bahadur, a khilat, and
GAUHAR KHAN, Mian, Khdn Bahadur. the right of adoption. The area of
the State is 72 square miles; its
1897. Residence: Quetta.
population is 10,691, chiefly Hindus.
GAUNG, U„ C.S.I. See U. The chief maintains a military force
GAUR CHANDER MAN SINGH HARI of 43 cavalry, 198 infantry, and 6
CHANDAN MURDRAJ BHRAMAR- guns. Residence: Gaurihar, Bundel-
BAR RAI (of Parikud), Rdjd Baha- khand, Central India.
dur; b. November 1850. The title of GAVRIDAD, Azam Jadeja Pratap-
Raja is hereditary, and the present singhji Meruji, Tdluhddr of. A ruling
Raja succeeded to the f/adi on the chief; b. 1839. Succeeded to the
death of his father, Raja Chandra gadi in 1855. Belongs to a Rajput
Sikhar Man Singh, in 1872. He was (Hindu) family. The State, which
granted the title of Raja Bahadur as was the original
seat of the Chiefs of
a personal distinction on January 1, Palitana, has an area of 27 square
1898. Belongs to an ancient family, miles and a population of 2381,
;
whose founder was the Raja Jadu chiefly Hindus. The Talukdar main-
Raj. He possessed Parikud and other tains a military force of 11 cavalry,
territory in the time of the Mughals. 19 infantry, 2 guns. Residence : Gavri-
He fought against the Subahdar of dad, Kathiawar, Bombay.
the province on behalf of the Nawab
Parasuramraj Pandit, and defeated GAWHALI, Chief of. See Raysinghpur.
him, receiving large grants of territory GAYA PARSHAD (of Pindarna), Tha-
from the Nawab as his reward. To- kur b. 1852. The title is hereditary,
;
wards the close of the Mahratta rule having been originally conferred by
the Raja Harisebak of Parikud was Raja Mardan Singh of Garhakota.
defeated by the Raja of Khurdah, and An ancestor of the family, named
lost most of his possessions. Raja Rawat Parshad, saved the life of the
Chandra Sikhar Man Singh, pre- Raja Mardan Singh from the Raja of
decessor of the present Raja, showed Tehri, and obtained from him a sanad
btx copper-plate, granting him lands Mursan, Aligarh, North- Western Pro-
and the title of Thdkur. He has one vinces.
son, Thakur Bhairao Parshad, Resi-
dence Pindarna, Sagar, Central Pro- GHARI, Bhumia Nahar Singh, Bhumia
vinces.
:
of. A
ruling chief; /;. about 1839.
Succeeded to the gadi in 1864, Be-
GEROLI, Diwdn Bahadur of See Gar- longs to a Bhilala family. The State
rauli. is also called Bhaisakho; its popula-
GHAMAJI BALAJI RUKARE, Bao tion is about 980. Residence: Ghari,

Saheb. Received the title on January Bhopawar, Central India.
2, 1899. Residence : Bombay.
GHARRA, Rdjd of. See Garha.
GHAMANDI LAL, Lala, Bat Saheb. GHARWARA, Thakur Latkan Singh,
The title was conferred on June 22, Thdkur of; b. 1878. Succeeded the
1897. Residence: Simla. Thakur Ujyar Singh on September
late
GHANASHAM. See Ghansham. 8, 1895. The title is hereditary, the
Thakur being the head of a Raj-Gond
GHANAULI, Sarddr of. See Uttam
family. Residence: Gharwara, Seoni,
Singh. Central Provinces.
GHANSHAM NILKANT NADKARNI,
Rao Bahadur. Received the title on GHAT PIPARIA, Thdkur of. See Hindu-
June 3, 1899. Residence :
Bombay. pat.
GHANSHAM SINGH (of Mursan), Rdjd GHATAKHERI, Thdkur of. See Khu-
Bahadur 6.1851. The title is heredi-
\
man Singh.
tary, and having long been recognized GHAUS SHAH KADARI, Khdn Bahd-
by Government, was formally con- dur. The title is personal, and was
ferred on December 3, 1859, for the conferred on January 1, 1877, in
excellent services of the Raja Tikam celebration of the assumption of the
Singh, grandfather of
present the title by Her Most Gracious
Imperial
Raja, during the Mutiny of 1857. Majesty the Queen Empress. Resi-
The Raja comes of a family of Baisni dence : Kadar, Mysore.
Jats, having a common ancestor with
the Rdja Har Nar&yan Singh of GHAUSIA BEGAM, tfawdb. Is the
—
Hathras in Aligarh a Jat Chief, by half-sister of his late Highness Mu-
name Makhan, who came from Rdjpu- hammad Ghaus, the last of the titular
tana and settled in the neighbourhood Nawabs of the Carnatic. Was granted
of Mursan. His great-grandson, Tha- the personal title of Nawab in 1822.
kur Nand Ram, died in 1696, leaving Residence : Madras.
fourteen sons, of whom one was named
Zulkaran. The latter left a son GHAYAS-UD-DIN, Muhammad, Khdn
Bahadur. See Muhammad Ghayas-
named Khusal Singh, who obtained ud-din.
lands from the favour of the Naw&b
Vazir of Oudh, Saadat Khan. He GHAYAS-UD-DIN ALI KHAN, Diwan,
died in 1749, and was succeeded by Shaikh-ul-Mushaikh. The title is per-
his son Phup Singh, who largely sonal, and was conferred on January
increased the family estates, and 1, 1877, on the occasion of the Pro-
assumed the title of Raja. His son clamation of Her Maiesty as Empress
Bhagwant Singh succeeded in 1798, of India. Residence :
Ajmir.
and also increased the estates, and
was granted a jdgir by the British GHAYAS-UD-DIN JALAL - UD - DIN,
Government for good services per- Kazi, Mir, Khdn Saheb. Granted the
as a personal distinction, Janu-
formed in Lord Lake's campaign. He title,
died in 1823, and was succeeded by ary 2, 1893. Residence : Nasik, Bom-
bay.
Raja Tikam Singh, of whom above.
Raja Tikam Singh was also created a GHAZANFAR ALI, Mir, Khdn. A
Companion the Most Eminent
of member of the Carnatic family. The
Order of the Indian Empire. He died title is a personal one and, having
;
in 1878, and was succeeded by his been originally conferred by the Nawab
grandson, the present Raja, who is of the Carnatic, was recognized 1890
an Honorary Magistrate. Residence; Residence: Madras.
GHAZI KHAN, Lehri, Sardar, Khdn annexation. Residence : Hyderabad,
Bahadur. The title was conferred on Sind.
May 25, 1895. Residence : Sibi, Balu- GHULAM ALI KHAN walad GHULAM
chistan.
SHAH KHAN, Mir. The title is
GHELLABHAI HARIDAS, Rai Baha- hereditary, the Mir being a descendant
dur. Keceived the title on January of one of the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind
Residence : Bombay. at the time of the annexation. Resi-
1, 1898.
dence: Shikarpur, Sind.
GHOLAM. SeeGhvlim. GHULAM ALI KHAN walad KHAN
GHORAM KHAN, Rind, Khan Bahadur. MUHAMMAD, Mir. The
has title
The title is personal, and was con- been continued for life, the Mir being
ferred on February 21, 1884. Resi- a descendant of one of the Mirs or
dence: Karachi, Sind. Chiefs of Sind at the time of the
annexation. Residence : Hyderabad,
GHORASAR, ThakurDada Saheb Suraj- Sind.
malji, Thdkur of. A
ruling chief; b.
1869. Succeeded to the gadi January GHULAM ALI KHAN walad ZULFIKAR
KHAN, Mir. The title has been con-
5, 1883. Belongs to a Dabbi Rajput
tinued for life, the Mir being a de-
(Hindu) family. Is tributary to the
Gaekwar. The area of the State is scendant of the Talpur Mirs, who
40 square miles its population 8400, were ruling in Sind at the time of the
;
chiefly Hindus. Residence: Ghorasar,
Mahi Kantha, Bombay. Sind.
Sarddr See Jamiat

GHULAM FARID, Mian, Khdn Bahadur.
GHORIWAHA, of. The title was conferred on May 30,
Singh. 1891. Residence : Batala, Punjab.
GHOSE SHAH KHADRI, Khan Baha- GHULAM GHAUS, Munshi Khwaja,
dur. See Ghaus. Khdn Bahadur Zulkadr ; b. 1822. The
GHULAM AHMAD, Khan Bahadur title is personal, and was conferred on
Kasim Jang. The title, having been June 6, 1885. Belongs to a family
originally conferred by the Nawab that left Kashmir towards the close
of the Carnatic, was recognized in of the Durrani dynasty on the occasion
1890. Residence: Madras. of a political outbreak, and removing
to Tibet, engaged in commerce at
GHTJLAM AHMAD, Mirza, CLE. Was Lhassa but subsequently migrated to
;
created a Companion of the Most and
Nepal, finally settled at Benares.
Khwaja Ghulam Ghaus succeeded his
May 24, 1881. Residence: uncle as Mir Munshi to Government,
GHULAM AHMAD KHAN, and held that post till his retirement
Munshi,
Khan Bahadur. The title was con- in 1 885 Rendered loyal service during
.
ferred the Mutiny of 1857, for which a sanad

May 25, 1895. Residence:
Jalandhar, Punjab.
and khilat were conferred upon him.
Residence : Allahabad, North -Western
GHULAM AHMAD KHAN, Sahebzada, Provinces.
Nawdb. The title was conferred May
25, 1895, for services on the Council GHULAM GHAUS. See Ghulam Mu-
of Regency of the Gwalior
State.
hammad Ghaus.
Residence :
Gwalior, Central India. GHULAM HAIDAR KHAN, Achakzai,
Khdn Bahadur. The title of Khan
GHULAM AHMAD-ULLA, Khdn. The Saheb was conferred on May 20, 1896 ;
having been originally conferred

title, and that of Khan Bahadur on January
by the Nawab of the Carnatic, was 1, 1899. Residence: Gulistan, Balu-
recognized 1890. Is styled Muhammad chistan.
Khair-ulla Khdn. Residence: Madras.
GHULAM HAIDAR KHAN walad MU-
GHULAM AKBAR KHAN walad HU- HAMMAD KHAN, Mir. The title is
SAIN BAKHSH KHAN, Mir. The hereditary, the Mir being a descendant
title is hereditary, the Mir of one of the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind
being a
descendant of one of the Mirs or at the time of the annexation. Resi-
Chiefs of Sind at the time of the dence: Sind.
GHULAM HASAN, Shaikh, Khan Baha- GHULAM KASIM KHAN, Kati Khel
dur. The title is personal, and was (of Tank), Nawab. The title is per-
conferred on January 2, 1888. Resi- sonal, and was conferred on October 6,
dence : Amritsar, Punjab. 1882, on succession to the Chiefship
of Tank. Residence : Dera Ismail Khan,
GHULAM HASAN KHAN walad IMAM Punjab.
BAKHSH KHAN, Mir. The title
has been continued for life, the Mir GHULAM KUTAB-UD-DIN, Nawdb. The
which is hereditary, was con-
being a descendant of one of the Mirs title,
or Chiefs of Sind at the time of the ferred on December 5, 1864. Is Nawab
annexation. Residence : Shikarpur,
of Mamdot. Residence: Mamdot,
Sind. Punjab.
GHULAM HASAN ROGAY, Khan Saheb. GHULAM MAHMUD, Khan. The title
Received the title is a

on June and
1899. personal one, having been
3,
Residence: Bombay. originally conferred by the Nawab of
the Carnatic, was recognized in 1890.
GHULAM HUSAIN (JATI), Mulk ; h. Is styled Niamat Khan. Residence:
about 1847. The title is hereditary, Madras.
the tradition being that it was first
conferred by Sultan Murad Khan, son GHULAM MOHI-UD-DIN SAHEB,
Khan Bahadur. The title is a per-
of Sultan Muhammad Khan of Con-
sonal and was conferred on
one,
stantinople. There is also a sanad
from Muhammad Shah, Emperor of September 28, 1885. Residence : Tan-
jore, Madras.
Delhi. Belongs to a Jat (Muhamma-
dan) family. Residence: Karachi, Sind. GHULAM MOHIDEEN SAYYID AB-
Khan
DUL GHAFUR SAHEB, Khan Saheb.
GHULAM HUSAIN SAHEB, Sa- Received the title on January 1, 1898.
heb. Received the on June 3,
title
Residence: Perambalur, Madras.
1899. Residence : Vellore, North Arcot,
Madras. GHULAM MUHAMMAD, Khan Baha-
dur. son of the Prince of Arcot.
Is
GHULAM JLLANI, Khan. The title, Granted the title on June 22, 1897.
originally conferred by the Nawab of Residence: Madras.
the Carnatic, was recognized in 1890.
Residence: Madras. GHULAM MUHAMMAD, Khan Saheb.
GHULAM KADLR KHAN, Khan Baha- 1897. Residence: Madras.
dur. Is Superintendent of the Mak- GHULAM MUHAMMAD, Khan
Haji,
sudangarh State, Central India. Re- Bahadur Ghalib Jane/ Sharf-xid-dauld.
The title is a personal one, and having
Residence : Maksudangarh, Central been originally conferred by the Nawab
India.
of the Carnatic, was recognized in
GHULAM KADIR KHAN walad KHAIR 1890. Residence: Madras.
MUHAMMAD KHAN, Mir. The GHULAM MUHAMMAD, Haji, Khan
title has been continued for life, the The and
Bahadur. title is personal,
Mir being a descendant of one of the was conferred on April Re-
3, 1884.
Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at the time of sidence: Bombay.
the annexation. Residence : Shikar-
pur, Sind.
GHULAM MUHAMMAD GHAUS, Na-
wab; 1861. Is son of Muazzaz-ud-
b.
GHULAM KADLR KHAN walad KHAN daula, and grandson of his late High-
MUHAMMAD KHAN, Jf*'r. The title ness Azim Jah, the first of the titular
is hereditary, the Mir being a de- Princes of Arcot. Granted the title
scendant of one of the Mirs or Chiefs of Khan Bahadur in 1876; and that
of Sind at the time of the annexation. of Nawab on June 3, 1899. Residence:
Residence: Shikarpur, Sind. Madras.
GHULAM KADIR KHAN (of Kharja, GHULAM MUHAMMAD HAIDAR SA-
Bulandshahr), Khan Bahadur. The HEB, Khan Bahadur; b. 1834. Ren-
title is personal, and was conferred dered eminent service in the Madras
on May 20, 1890. Residence : Gwalior, Police, for which he received the title
Central India. as a personal distinction in 1887. Re-
tiredon pension in 1890. Residence: GHULAM RASUL, Chaudhri, Khan Sa-
Karur, Coimbatore, Madras. heb. Received the title on January
1, 1898. Is an Honorary Magistrate.
GHULAM MUHAMMAD HASAN, Kazi, Residence : Sialkot, Punjab.
Khan Saheb. The was conferred
title
on January 1, 1898. Residence : Delhi, GHULAM RASUL, Miyan, Khan Ba-
hadur. The title is personal, and was
Punjab.
conferred on January 1, 1890. Resid-
GHULAM MUHAMMAD HASAN All, ence : Peshawar, Punjab.
Khan Bahadur; b. 1850. Son of Sardar
Granted the title of Khan Ba- GHULAM RASUL KHAN, Sarai, Jatoi,
Jang. Khan Bahadur. The title was con-
hadur as a personal distinction in 1883.
ferred on Residence:
May 20, 1896.
Residence: Madras.
Hyderabad, Sind.
GHULAM MUHAMMAD KHAN, Mun- GHULAM RASUL SAHEB, Maulavi
Khan Bahadur; 1855. Re-
Haji, Shams-ul- Ulama. The title was
shi, b.
ceived the title on January 1, 1897. conferred on January 1, 1898. Re-

Residence: Dera Ismail Khan, Punjab. sidence: Madras.
GHULAM MUHAMMAD KHAN walad GHULAM RAZA SAHEB, Khan Baha-

RUSTAM KHAN, Mir. The title has dur. The title was conferred on June
been continued for life, the Mir being 22, 1897. Residence : Madras.
a descendant of the Talpur Mirs, who
were ruling in Sind at the time of the
GHULAM SADIK KHAN, Subahdar-
annexation. Residence : Hyderabad, Major, Khan Bahdd,ur. Received the
title on January 8, 1899. Residence:
Sind. Kohat.
GHULAM MUHI-UD-DIN, Khan Baha- GHULAM SARWAR, Khan Saheb. Re-
dur; b. Granted the personal
1852. ceived the title on May 21, 1898.
title of Khan Bahadur in 1885, f or'good Residence : Peshawar, Punjab.
service in the Railway Department,
Residence Tanjore, India.
GHULAM SHAH KHAN walad KHAN
:
MUHAMMAD KHAN, Mir. The title
GHULAM MUHI-UD-DIN, Khan Baha- has been continued for life. The Mir
dur. Is son of the Prince of Arcot. is a descendant of one of the Mirs or
Granted the title on June 22, 1897. Chiefs of Sind at the time of the
Residence: Madras. annexation. Residence: Hyderabad,
Sind.
GHULAM MURTAZA, Sardar. The title
GHULAM SULTAN MUHI-UD-DIN. See
is hereditary, Residence: Baluchistan.
Sultan Muhi-ud-din.
GHULAM NABI ALI, Khan Bahadur GHULAM-ULLA KHAN walad GHU-
Nasir Jang. The title is a personal LAM MUSTAFA KHAN, Mir. The
one, and having been conferred origin- title is hereditary. The Mir is a
ally by the Nawab of the Carnatic, was descendant of one of the Mirs or
recognized in 1890. Is a member of Chiefs of Sind at the time of the
the Carnatic family. Residence ; Ma- annexation. Residence,: Hyderabad,
dras. Sind.
GHULAM NABI KHAN walad IMAM GHUND, Chief of. Is a feudatory of
BAKHSH KHAN, Mir. The title has the Raja of Keonthal (q.v.), and rules
been continued for life. The Mir is a over one of the Simla Hill States.
descendant of one of the Mirs or Residence: Ghund, Simla Hills, Punjab.
Chiefs of Sind at the time of the
GIDHAUR, Maharaja Sir Ravaneshwar
Prasad Singh Bahadur, K. CLE. Ma- ,
Sind.
haraja Bahadur of; 1859. Belongs
b.
GHULAM NAJAF KHAN walad IMAM to a'Kshatriya family of the Chandra

BAKHSH KHAN, Mir. The title has Vansi or Lunar sept, whose founder
been continued for life. The Mir is was Bir Vikram Singh. His ancestors
a descendant of one of the Mirs or had come from Mahoba in Bundel-
Chiefs of Sind at the time of the _
khand, and settled at Bardi in Rewah,
annexation. Residence : Shikarpur, and he was the younger brother of
Sind. the Raja of Bardi. From him the
ninth in descent is said to have built the time of Akbar, at which time
the temple of Baidyanath. Raja one of its ancestors, named Srimanta
Dalar Singh, fourteenth Raja, is stated Datta, was Zamindar of Dinajpur.
to have received a farmdn from the His daughter married Hari Ram Rai,
Emperor Shah Jahan in 1651. Raja who had been Diwan to the Zamindar
Gopal Singh was recognized by the of Idrakpur. The son of this marriage
British Government; and his grand- was Suka Deb Rai, who died in 1677.
son was the well-known Sir Jaimangal His son, Raja Jai Deb, was Raja of
Singh Bahadur, K.C.S.I., on whom Dinajpur from 1677 to 1682 and was ;
the title of Maharaja Bahadur was succeeded by his brother, Raja Pran-
conferred for his eminent services nath, from 1682 to 1723, who adopted
during the Santal insurrection and the a young relative named Ram Nath,
Mutiny of 1857. On January 1, 1877, who succeeded to the Raj, and died
on the occasion of the Proclamation in 1760. A grandson of the latter by
of Her Most Gracious Majesty as adoption, named Radha Nath, was
Empress of India, Sir Jaimangal Singh Raja from 1780 to 1801; at his ac-
received the hereditary title of Maha- cession he owned the greater part of
raja Bahadur. He was succeeded by the three districts of Dinajpur, Maldah,
his son, Maharaja Shiva Prasad Singh and Bogra, but after the Decennial
Bahadur; and the latter by his son, Settlement the bulk of the estate was
the present Maharaja Bahadur, who sold for arrears of revenue. His
is well known for his benevolence and grandson was the Raja Tarak Nath,
loyalty. Educated in Sanskrit, Per- 1840 to 1865, husband of the late
sian, Hindi, and English; married in Maharani Sham Mohini, and adoptive
1885, and has a son and heir, born in father of the present Raja. The title
1890. Received a khilat from the of Maharani was formally conferred
Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal on on that lady in 1875, for her eminent
succeeding to the title, also the privi- benevolence during the great famine
lege of exemption from attendance in of 1873. Residence: Dinajpur, Bengal.
Civil Courts, was created a Knight
Commander of the Most Eminent Order GIRINDRA NATH MUKHARJI, Rai
of the Indian Empire on May 25, 1895. Saheb. The was conferred on
title
The family cognizance is a trisul, or June Residence : Transport

22, 1897.
trident of Siva. Residence : Gidhaur, Department, Simla.
Bengal. GHilSH CHANDAR DAS, Red Bahadur.
GIRDHAR MAHADEV NAGARKAR, The title is personal, and was con-
Rao Saheb. The title was conferred ferred on April 2, 1874, for eminent
on January 1, 1894. Residence: Poona, public services. Residence : Calcutta,
Bombay. Bengal.
GIRDHARLAL ULATRAM, Rao Baha- GHtlSH CHANDAR RAI, Raja. The
dur. The title is personal, and was title is personal, and was conferred on
conferred on December 27, 1872. Re- May 24, 1889, for eminent public
sidence: Ahmadabad, Bombay. services. Residence: Nalthoba, Bengal.
GIRIAPA TIMAPA DESAI Heladi GIRISH CHANDAR RAI (of Rainagar),

,
Naik Bahddu r Dtsai Nadugauda. The Raja. The title of Rai Bahadur was
title is hereditary. Residence : Bel- conferred on May 25, 1895 and that ;
gaum, Bombay. of Raja on May 21, 1898. Residence :

GIRIJA NANDAN Sylhet, Assam.
SINGH, Kumar; b.
January 4, 1875.Is the eldest son of G0BUH). See also Govind.

the late Raja Deo Mandan Singh, and
cousin of the Raja of Seohar. Resid- G0BIND JAS, Lala, Rai Bahadur; b.
ence : Seohar, Muzaffarpur, Bengal. 1856. Received the title on January
1, 1898. Residence: Saharanpur,
GIRIJA NATH RAI (of Dinajpur), Ma- North-Western Provinces.
haraja. The title is personal, and was
conferred on May 24, 1884. Is the G0BIND LAL, Lala, Rai Bahadur; b.
son of the late Maharani Sham Mohini 1856. Received the title on January
of Dinajpur ; and belongs to a family 1, 1898. Residence: Saharanpur,
settled in the Dinajpur district since JTorth-Western Province*.
G
GOBIND LAL, Lala, Rai Saheb. The for his liberal help in fitting out the
title was conferred on June 22, 1897. Madras Column. Residence : Jabalpur,
Residence: Military Works Depart- Central Provinces.
ment, Simla.
GOKAL NARAYAN, Rai ; b. 1842. The
GOBIND PARSHAD SINGH, Thakurai hereditary, having been origin-
title is
(of Banka), Rai Bahadur. The title ally conferred by the Nawab Shuja-
was conferred on May 20, 1896. Re- ud-daula Bahadur on an ancestor of
sidence : Palamau, Bengal. the family named Lachmi Narayan,
GOBIND RAO NARAYAN, Rao. The Khattri, who was Daroga of the palaces
of the Begam. The Rai's father
Residence : Alla-
title is hereditary.
was the Rai Baldeo Narayan, alias
habad, North-Western Provinces. Chotu Lai. The Rai is also known by
GOBIND SAHAI, Diwdn. The title is the name of Chotu Lai he has three
hereditary. Residence :
Gujranwala,
— ;
sons Babu Kesri Narayan, Mahabir

Punjab. Narayan, and Badri Narayan. Resi-
dence : Allahabad, North- Western
GOBIND SINGH (of Beona), Rdjd ; b. Provinces.
November29, 1872. The title is here-
ditary; and is stated by the family GOKUL. See Gokal.
to have been obtained in the year
GOKUL CHAND, Rai Bahddur. The
1746 from the Mahrattas, after the title was conferred on June 22, 1897.
defeat of the Bundelas by the com- Residence: Faizabad, Oudh.
bined forces of the Peshwa and Nawab
Khan Bangash of Farrukhabad. Be- GOKUL CHAND, Lala, Rai Bahddur.
longs to a Bundela Rajput family, and
is the son of the late 1891. Residence: Guj rat, Punjab.
Raja Parachat,
who died on March 3, 1878. Resid- GOKUL CHANDRA SINGHI, Rai Ba-
ence: Jalaun, North- Western Pro-
hadur; b. 1825. Son of the late Babu
vinces. Uma Charan Singhi, of Khishma,
Nadiya, Bengal. Has rendered good
'
GOBIND SINGH, THAKTJR (of Cha-

service in the Small Arms Ammunition
uma), Rao Bahadur. The title is per-
sonal, and was conferred on January Factory at Dum-Dum, and received
1, 1889. Residence : Jaipur, Rajput- the title on January 1, 1891, in recog-
ana. nition thereof. Belongs to a Kayastha
family descended from Rai Lakshman
GOBRA, Rdjd of. See Khet Singh. Singha of Chaula, who was the" Gushti-
" Chief of the Clan
GODE NARAYAN GAJAPATI pati or
RAO, among
See Gajapati. the Maulik Kayasthas. Muralidhar
Rdjd.
Singha first settled in Khishma in the
GOGAN. See Gagan.
beginning of the 17 th century and it ;
GOGAN CHANDRA RAI, Rai Bahadur. is stated that Raja Kali Prasanna
Granted the title of Rai Bahadur, as Singha of Calcutta, translator of the
a personal distinction, for eminent Mahabharata, is a lineal descendant of
services rendered in the Benares this family. The Rai Bahadur married
Opium
Department, January 2, 1893. Resi- a daughter of the late Babu Chandra
dence: Benares, North- Western Pro- Nath Mustafi, Zamindar of Ula in
vinces. Nadiya District, whose ancestors are
stated to have held the post of Ac-
GOKAL. &*Gokul.
countant-General under the Nawab Na-
GOKAL DAS, Seth, Rdjd. The title is zims of Bengal. The Rai Bahadur has
and was conferred on January
personal, —
three sons Anukul Chandra Singha,
1, 1889. The Raja had been created born 1865 Bankim Chandra Singha,
;
a Rao Saheb in 1867, on account of born 1870 ; Atul Chandra Singha, born
his liberal contributions towards the 1875. His eldest son, Satis Chandra
erection of the Jabalpur Town Hall. Singha, is deceased ; but has left a son
His father was Seth Kushal Chand, a and heir, Probodh Chandra Singha,
wealthy banker of Jabalpur, who born 1881. Residences: Dum-Dum,
rendered good services during the near Calcutta 173 Cornwallis Street,
;
Mutiny in 1857; a gold medal was Calcutta; Khishma, Nadiya District,

presented to him by the Government Bengal.
GOLAK CHANDAR OHAUDHRI, Rai University. His College career has

Bahadur. The title is personal, and been reported to be eminently success-
was conferred on January 1, 1877, on ful; in order to give the finishing
the occasion of the Proclamation of touch to his education, he undertook
Her Most Gracious Majesty as Empress a voyage to Europe in 1883, in the
of India. Residence: Chittagong, company of Major (now Colonel)
Bengal. Hancock returned after six months
; ;
published an account of his tour under

GOLAM QUASSIM, Manlavi, Khan the title Journal of a Visit to England
Bahddur. The title was conferred on in 1883; was associated with Major
June 22, 1897. Residence; Basirhat,
(now Colonel) Nutt in the adminis-
Bengal. trative business of his State, and as-
sumed sole charge on August 24, 1884.
GOND RAJA, The. See Earn Sha, Raja.
The reply made by him on the occasion
GONDAL, His Highness Thakur Saheb of his installation to the address of
Sir Bhagwatsinghji Sagramji, the Political Agent, Colonel West, was
G.C.I.E., Thakur Saheb of. ruling A pronounced by Government to be
chief; I. October 24, 1865. Succeeded highly creditable to him, both as re-
to the gadi December 14, 1869, as a gards the tone and the matter of it,
minor. Belongs to a Jareja Rajput showing "good feeling and good taste,
(Hindu) family, tracing its origin to and his description of his duties as a
the renowned Krishna; descended ruler evinces a sound and clear judg-
from the Nawanagar-Rajkot family ;
ment." Three years after his instal-
is a Kumbhani, being a descendant of lation the Thakur Saheb was publicly
Kumbhoji I., founder of the Gondal complimented by the Governor, Lord
dynasty was only four years old when
; Reay, in the following words "Thakur
:
he succeeded his father, who died in Saheb, though you have only been
1899, when on a visit to Bombay. The three years on the gadi, I believe you
following is a brief summary of the have acted up to the pledges you then
history of this ruling family (1) Kum- :
gave." Nominated a Fellow of the
bhoji I. founder of the Gondal dynasty,
, Bombay University and
;
a Vice-Presi-
1634-49 a.d. Succeeded by his son dent of the Deccan Education Society
(2) Sagramji I., 1649-1714 a.d. Suc- at Poona. Having been imbued with
ceeded by his son (3) Haloji, 1714-53. a love of science, he again proceeded
Succeeded by his son (4) Kumbhoji to Scotland in 1886, to reside for a
II., 1753-90 a.d. ; was a most powerful time at the Edinburgh University,
"
chief ; was both a warrior and a states- which, in appreciation of his exem-
man, and aggrandized his possessions plary quest of knowledge," conferred
by conquest and statecraft. Suc- on him the honorary degree of LL.D.
ceeded by his grandson (5) Mulaji, in 1887. The same year he was re-
1790-92 a.d. Succeeded by his son quested to be a member of the depu-
(6) Dajibhai, 1792-1800 a.d. who was ;
tation from the Kathiawar Chiefs that
a patron of letters, and was especially waited on Her Majesty the Queen
fond of poetry. Succeeded by his Empress at the time of the celebration
uncle (7) Devaji, 1800-12 a.d., a of Her Most Gracious Majesty's
t
brave soldier and a wise ruler. Suc- Jubilee; and on that occasion was
ceeded by his five sons one after an- made a K.C.I. E. Returned to India
other— (8) Nathuji, 1812-14 a.d. (9) ;
in August 1887. Takes a keen interest
Kanuji, 1814-21 a.d. (10) Chandra ;
in the administrative business of the
Sinhji, 1821^1 a.d. (11) Bhanabhai,; State, and is a joint-proprietor of the
" " and "Gondal-
1841-51 a.d. (12) Sagramji II., 1851-
; Bhaunagar-Gondal
69 a.d. The last was a quiet and pious Porbandar " railways, in which concerns
chief. Succeeded by his son, the he has invested about £500,000. Be-
present Thakur Saheb. During his sides railways, the territory has many
minority the State was at first ad- macadamized roads, schools, hospitals,
ministered direct by the British municipalities, rest-houses, infirmary,
Government, but afterwards a Joint post and telegraph offices, courts of
Administration was introduced. He justice, and other appliances of an
was educated at the Rajkot Rajkumar improved administration. Owing to
College and also at the Edinburgh the excellence of his administration
the British Government was pleased GOPAL DAS KUSALDAS, Rao Saheb.
to raise Gondal from the rank of a See Gopaldas.
second-class to that of a first-class
GOPAL HARI MULLICK, Rai Bahadur.
State in Kathiawar. In 1889 his wife Received the title on January
—daughter of His the
Highness Residence: Bogra, Bengal.
1, 1898.
Maharana of Dharampur— being taken

very ill, the doctors advised her to go GOPAL LAL ROY, Mahdrdj Kumar; b.
to England for a change, and His 1887. Received the title on the death
of his father, the late Maharaja Govind
Highness was obliged to take her there
for the benefit of her health. This is Lai Roy Bahadur, in 1897. Residence :
the first instance of a Rajput consort Tajhat, Rangpur, Bengal.
of a ruling chief ever venturing to GOPAL RAM, Rai Bahadur. Received
overcome her caste prejudices. Her the title on January 1, 1898. Resi-
Highness was received by Her Most dence : Gwalior, Central India.
Gracious Majesty the Queen Empress,
and personally invested with the Im- GOPAL RAO (of Rehli), Rao. The title
is hereditary. Is the son of the late
perial Order of the Crown of India; Rao Kishen Rao and descended from
and on June 22, 1897, on the auspicious
Diamond Jubilee of Govind Pandit, who came to Sagar
occasion of the
with the Mahratta ruler from Puna,
Her Majesty, His Highness was created
,
and being a relative of the latter, was
'
a Knight Grand Commander of the

made Mdmlatddr of Rehli. Residence :
Most Eminent Order of the Indian
Empire. The Thakur Saheb has con-
tributed numerous donations to de- GOPAL RAO (of Sagar), Rao and Potddr;
serving public institutions has relieved
;
b. 1859. Succeeded his father, the late
his subjects of the burden of many Rao Madho Rao, on February 16, 1895.
obnoxious taxes, and remitted a vast The title is hereditary, having been
amount of debt which his people owed originally conferred by the old Mah-
him. His subjects, in return, have ratta Government of Sagar. The Rao's
I voted him a statue by public sub- great-grandfather, a Mahratta Brah-
| scription. Arms. —A belt and sword man, was an important Officer of that
with the word "Gondal" at the top. Government; and he was succeeded
—
Motto. (Sanskrit) Sajy am cha Satyam, by his son, the Rao Lachhman Rao,
in Devanagari character, meaning Mamlatdar of Narsinghpur, and re-
"Ready and True." His Highness's ceived a political pension from the
—
sons are Kumar Shri Bhojraj, heir- British Government on the cession.
apparent, born 1883 is being educated
;
He was succeeded by his widow, the
in Edinburgh. Kumar Shri Bhupat Mussumat Parvati Bai, who adopted
Sinhje, born 1888 is in England with
;
the late Rao Madho Rao. Residence :
his parents. Residence: Gondal, Ka- Sagar, Central Provinces.

thiawar, Bombay. GOPAL RAO SHIVDEO (of Malegaon),
GOPAL BALWANTNENE, Rao Bahadur. Rao Bahadur; b. June 29, 1843. The
The title was conferred on May 20, title is hereditary, having been origin-
1896. Residence: Bombay. ally conferred by the Peshwa. The
Rao Bahadur's mother enjoys a pension
GOPAL CHANDAR MUKHARJI, Rai from the Government. The Rao Ba-
Bahadur. The title is personal, and hadur is known as the Raja of
was conferred on January 1, 1889. Malegaon. Residence : Nasik, Bombay.
Residence : Calcutta.
GOPAL SINGHI, Rao Bahadur. The
GOPAL CHANDRA MUKHARJI, Rai titlewas conferred on January 1, 1894.
Bahadur. Has rendered good service Residence; Bhamo, Burma.
as Chairman of the Kasipur-Chitpur
GOPAL VISHWAS RAO, Pandit, Rao
Municipality, Calcutta; and received Bahadur. Is Minister of the Dhar
the title as a personal distinction on
State. Received the title on January
May 25, 1892. Residence: Calcutta.
Residence: Dhar, Central
2, 1899.
GOPAL DAS, Rai Bahadur. The title is
India.
personal, and was conferred on May GOPALA CHARI, Sarukkai, Biwdn
24, 1884. Residence : Lahore, Punjab. Bahadur, Js Acting Judge of Cud-
THE GOLDEN BOOK. OF INDIA 85
dapah ;
received the title on January to a share of this State in 1893. The
2, 1899. Residence: Cuddapah, Madras. State has an area of two square miles ;
population 616, chiefly aboriginal
GOP ALA CHARIYA KRADKAR, Mahd- Residence: Gotardi, Rewa
(Kolis).
mahopddhydya. The title is a personal Kantha, Bombay.
one, and was conferred on February
16, 1887, in recognition of his eminence GOVARDHAN SINGH (of Ramgarh),
in oriental learning. Residence : Gwa- Mian. The title is hereditary in this
lior, Central India. branch of the family. The head of
another branch of the same family is
GOPALA, Rao, Rao Bahadur; b.
P.,
Sardar Ranjit Singh (q.v.), who holds
1856. Member
of the Berhampur
the hereditary title of Sardar. De-
Municipal Council, 1884 ; Chairman,
Granted the title as a personal scended from a Rajput family, whose
1887.
distinction in 1891 for his eminent great ancestor was Raja Singar Chand,
Residence: Ber- Raja of Bilaspur (Kahlur). His
municipal services.
hampur, Ganjam, Madras. younger son was Kalal Chand, tenth
whom was Surat Singh,
in descent from
GOPALDAS KHUSALDAS, Rao Saheb. whose four sons, with their retainers,
Received the title on June 3, 1899. aided the Raja of Nahan to conquer
Residence: Bombay. Such&war, Ramgarh, and other terri-
GOPALJI STJRBHAI DESAI, Rao Baha- tories, and received Ramgarh as their
dur ; b. June 24, 1832. The title was share. Sardar Kushal Singh was the
conferred on January 13, 1882, as a only one of the four who left any
personal distinction, for eminent public children. He built the fort at Ram-
services in the Educational Service, garh and his grandson, Gopal Singh,
;
which extended from 1853 to 1892. was the grandfather of Mian Govard-
Is a son of Desai Surbhai Dayalji of han Singh. Residence: Ambala.
Puni, Surat, an important Zaminddr Punjab.
in that district. Received the title of GOVIND. See also Gobind.
Rao Saheb in 1864; and the sanad
conferring the title of Rao Bahadur in GOVIND GOPAL UCHGAONKAR, Rao
1882 was delivered to him in full Saheb. Received the title on January
Durbar by the political agent at 2, 1899, for municipal services at Bel-
Bhaunagar. Has received the thanks gaum. Residence : Belgaum, Bombay
of Government for his services (in
GOVIND JAS, Lala, Rai Bahadur. Re-
conjunction with his father) in bring-
ing about the settlement of Wattans
in Surat; also in connection with
Residence: Hardwar, North-Western
Provinces.
archaeological researches in Kathiawar,
and with the settlement of the word- GOVIND RAMCHANDRA KHANDE-
" "
ing of the Fashzamin bonds entered KAR, Rao Bahadur. The title was
into by the Kathiawar Chiefs. Ap- conferred on May 26, 1894. Residence :
pointed Fellow of the Bombay Uni- Ajmere, Rajputana.
versity, 1885; Educational Inspector,
Northern Division, Bombay Presi- GOVIND RANADE, Mahadeo, CLE.
dency, 1885. Is President of the See Mahadeo.
Kathiawar General Library, Rajkot ; a
Life Member of the East India Associa-
GOVIND RAO (of Jaisinghnagar), Rao;
b. 1841. The title is
tion, and of the Gujarat Vernacular _
hereditary, having
been originally conferred by the old
Society. Residence : Surat, Bombay.
Mahratta Government, and subse-
GOPALPURA, Rao of. See Sheodarshan quently recognized by the Government
of India. The Rao, like his kinsmen,
Singh.
Rao Ganpat Rao (q.v.) and Rao Ram
GOPI MAL, Rai. The title is personal,
Chand Rao of Jaisinghnagar, is de-
and was conferred on May 31, 1871. scended from ancestors who were con-
Residence :
Firozpur, Punjab. nected with the former rulers of Sagar ;
GOSAIN.—A prefix. and to one of them, named Rao Ganpat

Rao, the pare/and of Jaisinghnagar was
GOTARDI, Thakur Punjabhai Ratan- made over as its talukdar. Residence :
sang, Thakur of; b. 1859. Succeeded Sagar, Central Provinces.
GOVIND VENKOJI KHOT, Rao Saheb. GULER,
Received the title on May 21, 1898. Rdjd of. See Jai Singh.
Residence Amraoti, Berar.
: GUR SAHAI MALL, Lala, Rai Bahadur.
GOVIND RAO (of Rehli), Rao. The title ferred on January 1, 1890. Resi-
is hereditary. Is a younger brother of dence: Punjab.
Rao Gopal Rao of Rehli (q.v.).
Residence: Rehli, Sagar, Central GURDIT SINGH (of Lahore), Sarddr.
Provinces. The title is personal, and was conferred
on January 1892.
1, Residence:
GOVIND RAO RAMCHANDRA GARUD, Indore, Central India.
Rao Bahadur. The title is personal,
and was conferred on January 1, GURNAM SINGH, Sarddr Bahadur.
1887. Residence; Dhulia, Bombay.
The Sardar is the Commandant of the
Imperial Service Infantry of the
GOVIND SAKARAM HOSUR, Rao Jind State, and received the title of
Saheb ; granted the as a personal title, Sardar Bahadur on June 22, 1897.
distinction, on January
2, 1893, for Residence : Jind, Punjab.
eminent municipal services. Is Vice-
President of the Saundatti Munici- GURSARAN DAS, Lala, Rai Bahddur.
pality,Bombay. Residence : Saundatti, ferred on January 1, 1890. Resi-
Belgauni, Bombay.
dence ; Saharanpur, North-Western
GOVIND SASTRI, Mahdmahopddhydya. Provinces.
1899. Residence: Sanskrit College, GURU.— Often a mere prefix,
Calcutta. GURU CHAR AN DAS GUPTA, Rai
GRISH. SeeGirish.
June 22, 1897. Is Assistant-Surgeon,
GUDA, Sarddr of. See Fateh Singh. A.M.D. Residence: Port Blair, An-
daman Islands.
GUL HASAN KHAN, Khan Bahadur:
The titlepersonal, and was con-
is GURU PRASAD, Pandit (of Benares),
ferred on January 1,1877. Residence: Mahdmahopddhydya. The title is a
Hyderabad, Sind. personal one, and was conferred on
February 16, 1887, in recognition of
GUL HASAN KHAN walad WALI his eminence in oriental learning.
MUHAMMAD KHAN, Mir. The Residence: Lahore, Punjab.
title has been continued for life, the
Mir being a representative of one of GWALIOR, His Highness the Mahdrdjd
the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at the time Sindhia of G. C.S.I. A ruling chief;
,
of the annexation. Residence : Shi- b. 1877. Succeeded to the gadi as a

minor July 3, 1886. Is the head of
karpur, Sind.
the great Mahratta House of Sindhia.
GULAB DAS PARSHOTAMDAS, Rao Full title is —
" His
Highness Mukht&r-
Bahadur. The title was conferred on ul-Mulk, Azim-ul-Iktidar Rafi-ush-
May 21, 1898. Residence: Surat, Shan Wala Shikoh Muhtashaim-i-
Bombay. Dauran, Umdat-ul»Umara, Maharaj-
Adhiraj Alijah Hisam-us*Saltanat
GULAB SINGH, Munshi, Rai Saheb; Maharaja Sir Madho Rao Sindhia
b. February 19, 1850. Received the Bahadur Srinath Mansur-i-Zaman,
title on June 22, 1897. Residence: Fidwi-i-Hazrat-i-Malika-i-Muaz-zama
Lahore, Punjab. i-Rafl-ud-Darja-i-Inglistan," Knight
GULAB SINGH Rao. The
Grand Commander of the Most
(of Bina), the
Exalted Order of Star of India.
title is hereditary. Residence : Sagar,
Central Provinces. His Highness, who rules over an area
about equal to that of Holland,
GULAB SINGH (of Meanoni), Rao Belgium, and Saxony combined, and
Saheb. The title is hereditary. Resi- over a population more numerous than
dence : Sagar, Central Provinces. that of Switzerland or of Greece, is
descended from the famous Ranoji
GULAM. SeeQhxA&m. Sindhia, the son of a Dekhani pdtel,
who became a member of the house- the Indian Empire. The present
hold of the Peshwa Balaji Rao, and Maharaja, Madho Rao Sindhia Ba-
subsequently a successful commander hadur, succeeded as a minor in 1886.
of the Peshwa's cavalry. Ranoji The family colour, famous on so many
Sindhia was succeeded by his second battlefields, is bhagwd, orange or brick-
son, Mahadaji Sindhia,who was one red, the flag of that colour bearing on
and cleverest
of the greatest soldiers its field the representation of a
statesmen ever produced by India. serpent holding the sun and moon in
He greatly distinguished himself at its coils —referring to a legend that
the battle of Panipat in 1761; and, Ranoji Sindhia, when an infant, was
taught by that disaster, he disciplined sheltered from the heat of the sun by
and strongly organized his army, the expanded hood of a cobra. The
chiefly under French officers, and area of the State is 29,046 square
in this way, though nominally still a miles its population 3,030,743, chiefly
;
servant of the Peshwa, he became in Hindus, but including more than

1764 really the ruler of Hindustan. 160,000 Muhammadans, 12,000 Jains,
He died in 1794, and was succeeded by and 167,000 aborigines of various
his grand-nephew, Daulat Rao Sindhia, tribes. The Maharaja was created a
whose reign of over thirty years is Knight Grand Commander of the
part of the history of India. The Most Exalted Order of the Star of
battles of Assaye, won by Sir Arthur India on May 25, 1895. He main-
Wellesley (afterwards Duke of tains a military force of 5504 cavalry,
Wellington) in 1803, and of Laswari, 11,040 infantry, and 48 guns. His
won by General Lord Lake, in 1804, Highness is entitled to a salute of 19
the Treaty of Sarji Anjangaon in 1805, guns, and within the limits of Gwalior
and the Pindari war in 1817 are im- territory to a salute of 21 guns.
portant landmarks in the career of Residence : Gwalior, Central India.
Daulat Rao Sindhia. On his death he
commended his State and his younger HABIB KHAN, Sdrddr Bahadur. The f
title is personal. Residence : Peshawar,

widow, the famous Baiza Bai, to the
care of the British Government. Punjab.
Jhankuji Sindhia subsequently suc- HACHAEA0 AKBAT HARIHAR, Rao
ceeded to the gadi by adoption, Bahadur. The title is personal, and
marrying the grand-daughter of Baiza was conferred on May 24, 1889.
Bai, who was at first regent of the Residence Belgaum, Bombay.
:
State, Family dissension, however,

ensued Baiza Bai had to leave
; HAD0L, Thakur of. See Harol.
Gwalior in 3833, and Jhankuji Sindhia
died without issue in 1843. His
HAFIZ.— Often a mere prefix.
widow adopted a young scion of HAFIZ ABDUL KARIM, Shaikh, Khan
the Sindhia family, who succeeded Bahadur. See Abdul Karini.
under the title of Jaiaji Rao Sindhia.
He displayed great courage and loyalty HAFIZ ABDULLA KHAN, Nawdb, See
Abdulla.
during the Mutiny of 1857, when his
army revolted to the mutineers, and HAFIZ MUHAMMAD ABDUL (AB-
he himself and his Minister, Sir DUS) SAM AD, Khan Bahadur. See
Dinkar Rao, were compelled to flee to Abdul.
Agra. He was restored and brought
back to Gwalior by Sir Hugh Rose on HAIBATRAO MALHAR, Deshpande,
Rao Bahadur. The title was conferred
June 19, 1858, and received many
and well-deserved honours on June 22, 1897. Residence : Shola-
great
pur, Bombay.
during the rest of his long reign. He
obtained the right of adoption, HAIDAR SHAH, Sayyid, Khan Ba-
numerous titles, extensive grants of hadur. The title was conferred on
additional territory, and an increase June 3, 1893. Residence :
to his army and became successively
an Honorary
;
General in the British HAJL— A prefix.

Army, a Knight Grand Cross of the HAJI SAJAN LAL. See Sajan.
Bath, a Knight Grand Commander of
the Star of India, and a Companion of HAJI USMAN. See Usman.
HAKIM KHAN, Malik, Khdn Bahadur. Harda during the Mutiny of 1857, for
The title is personal, and was con- which he received a khilat. Has two
ferred on June 1, 1888. Residence : sons — Thakur Umrao
Singh and
Shahpur, Punjab. Thakur Sardar Singh. Residence:
HAKK NAWAZ KHAN, Sikander Khel, Hoshangabad, Central Provinces.
Khdn Saheb ;
b. 1854. Eeceived the HAMIR SINGH (of Pali), Rao; b. 1823.
titleon January 1, 1897. Residence: The title is hereditary. This Bundela
Bannu, Punjab. Chief belongs to the family of the
HAKK NAWAZ KHAN, CLE (of
ex-Raja of Banpur, whose estates
Dera Ismail Khan, Punjab), Khdn were confiscated after the Mutiny of
Bahadur. The title was conferred on 1857. His son and heir is Nirbhai
May 8, 1885. Created a Companion Singh, aged thirty-six years. Resi-

of the Most Eminent Order of the dence: Banpur, Lalitpur, North-
Indian western Provinces.
Empire, for distinguished
service on the Baluch-Afghan HANMANT RAM RAMCHANDRA,
Boundary Commission, January 1, Seth, Rai Bahadur. The title was
1895. Residence: Baluchistan. conferred on October 5, 1897. Resi-
HALARI SHAMANA, Rai Bahadur. dence : Indore, Central India.
The title is personal, and was con- HANUMAN PARSHAD, Pande, Rai
ferred on May 18, 1885. Residence: Bahadur. Received the title on Jan-
Mercara, Coorg. uary 1, 1895. Residence: Bijeragho-
HALDAUR, Rdjd Bahadur of. See garh, Jabalpur, Central Provinces.
Maharaj Singh. HANUMAN SINGH (of Barwara),
Thakur ; b. 1841. The title is here-
HALDI, Rdjd of. See Thakur Parshad.
ditary, having been originally conferred
HALERI. &*Halari. on his ancestors by the Gond Raja of
HAMAIL KHAN, Subadar, Bahadur, Mandla, Raja Nizam Shah, Is an
Sarddr Bahadur; 1822. The title
h. Honorary Magistrate of Jabalpur
was conferred on January 1, 1877. district. Residence: Jabalpur, Cen-
Residence : Ghazipur, North-Western tral Provinces.
Provinces. HANUMANT SINGH (of Bilehra), Rdjd ;
HAMID All Nawdb. b. 1895. Succeeded to the (jadi as a
KHAN, See
minor on the death of his father, the
Rampur.
late Raja Khilawan Singh, on August
HAMID BAKHSH, Maulavi, Khdn Residence:
Bahadur ; b. 1847. Received the title 24,1897. Bilehra, Sagar,
Central Provinces.
Budaun, North-Western Provinces. HAPA, Thakur Wakhatsinghji, Thakur
HAMID HUSAIN, Maulavi Sayyid, of. A ruling chief; b. 1877. Suc-
ceeded to the yadi August 4, 1889.
Sliams-ul-Ulama. The title is personal,
and was conferred on February 16, Belongs to a Koli (Hindu) family. Is
at a and the
present minor, State
1887, on the occasion of the celebration under the management of the Mahi
of the Jubilee of Her Majesty's reign.
Kantha Agency. The late Thakur
Residence : North-Western Provinces
was named Madhusinghji, and his
and Oudh.
widow, the Thakurani Surajbai, is
HAMID-ULLA, Sayyid Muhammad, living. The State contains an area of
Khdn Bahadur. See Muhammad 79 square miles, and a population of
Hamid-ulla. 1546, chiefly Hindus. Residence : Hapa,
HAMID-UZ-ZAFAR KHAN, Munshi, Mahi Kantha, Bombay.
Khdn Bahadur. The title was con- HAR CHARAN, Misr, Rai Bahadur.
ferred The title is personal, and was conferred
Rampur, North-Western Provinces. on June 22, 1897. Residence : Bareilly,
HAMIR SINGH (of Bayeri), Thakur North-Western Provinces.
Sawai^
Rai ; b. 1838. The title is HAR NARAYAN, Lala, Rai Saheb. The
hereditary, but its origin is not known. title is personal, and was conferred on
Is a Korkars Girassia Chief. Ren- January 1, 1894. Residence: Gugran-
dered assistance to the Magistrate of wala, Punjab.
HAR RATAN SINGH (of Majhgawan), life. Raja Tej Singh rendered excel-
The was conferred on May
title lent service by raising horsemen during
Rdjd.
26, 1894. Residence : Gonda, Oudh. the Mutiny of 1857, and as a reward,
in 1862, two-thirds of his jdgir was
HAKA PRASAD SASTRI, Pandit, Ma-
granted in perpetuity, and he received
hdmahopddhydya. The title was con- a sanad authorizing him to adopt an
ferred on January 1, 1898.
heir. He died in December 1862,
HARAHA, Rdjd of. See Narendra Ba- having adopted his brother, the Raja
hadur Singh. Harbans Singh, who now enjoys the
titleand estate. Besidence: Lahore,
HARAN CHANDRA MUKERJI, Bai
Punjab.
Saheb. Received the title on January
2, 1899. Besidence : Calcutta. HARBANS SINGH (of Kandaula), Sar-
dar. The title is hereditary, the Sar-
HARBALLABH NARAYAN SINGH, dar belonging to the same family as
CLE. (of Sonbarsa), Mahdrdjd Baha- those of the Sardars Tara Singh of
dur ; b. June 7, 1846. The title is
Manauli, Uttam Singh of Ghanauli,
personal, and was conferred on Janu- and other Sardars of the Ambala
ary 1, The Maharaja had
1898. division. The founder of the family
received the title of Raja in 1875 for was Sardar Khushal Singh, who
eminent services rendered during the achieved conquests in the Manjha, and
famine of 1873-74, and had been granted took possession of the town of Jalan-
the title of Raja Bahadur on January dhar. In 1756 a.d. he had large Cis-
Sutlej possessions; they were subse-
clamation of Her Most Gracious
quently wrested from the family by
Majesty as Empress of India, and that the Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Lahore,
of Maharaja on January 2, 1888. but ultimately came under British
Created a Companion of the Most control with the other Cis-Sutlej terri-
Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, tories. Sardar Dayal Singh, the
January 2, 1893. The family cogniz- grandson of Sardar Khushal Singh,
ance is a flag, bearing on it the figure succeeded to the Kandaula estates, and
of an elephant. Besidence : Bhagalpur, his grandson is the present Sardar.
Bengal. For services during the Mutiny of
HARBANS RAI (of Hatri), Bdjd; b. 1857 the Sardars of this loyal family
April 1835. The title is hereditary,
7,
received large remissions from the
and is said to have been first conferred Government. Besidence : Kandaula,
by a Muhammadan King, in 1494-95, Ambala, Punjab.
on the Raja Sahal Shah of Bakhti- HARDERAM ANUPRAM MUNSHI, Bao
yargarh. Succeeded the late Raja on Saheb. The title is personal, and was
May 8, 1848. Rendered good service conferred on December 18, 1888. Be-
to Government during the Mutiny of sidence: Bombay.
1857. Has two sons, of whom the
elder enjoys the title of Diwan —Diwan HARDHIAN SINGH, Bai Bahadur.
Kishori Singh and Bhan Partab Singh. Granted the title, as a personal dis-
Besidence : Damoh, Central Provinces. tinction, January 2, 1893. Is an
Honorary Magistrate of Delhi. Besi-
HARBANS SINGH, Bdjd ; b. 1846. The dence: Delhi, North-Western Pro-
title is hereditary, the Raja being the
brother and the adopted son of the
famous Sardar Tej Singh, who was HARDHYAN SINGH, Bai Bahadur. See
Commander-in-Chief of the Sikhs in Hardhian Singh.
the first Sikh war, subsequently ap-
HARDIT SINGH (of Dayalgarh), Sar-
pointed President of the Council of dar. The Besid-
Regency, and on August 7, 1847, created Ambala, Punjab.
Raja of Sialkot. Throughout the
rebellion of 1848-49 the Raja Tej Singh HARDIT SINGH, Roza, Sardar. The
remained faithful to the Government, title is and Sardar Hardit
hereditary ;
and on the annexation of the Punjab Singh succeeded his father, the brave
the jdgirs of himself and his cousin, and loyal Sardar Kahan Singh, in June
Sardar Bhagwan Singh, son of Jama- 1864. Sardar Kahan Singh was the
dar Khushal Singh, were confirmed for grandson of Tek Singh, who was in the
service of the Bhangi Sardars of La- HARI CHAND YAJOJI, Rai Bahadur.
hore, and received from them the grant The title is personal, and was conferred
of the village Nodhpur. Kahan Singh on January 1, 1877- Residence : Bom-
entered the service of the Maharaja bay.
Ran jit Singh in 1822 ; and, on the HARI CHARAN SARMA, Rai Bahddur.
recommendation of General Ventura, The title is personal, and was conferred
was appointed Commandant in the on October 3, 1872. Residence : Cachar,
Life Guards, served with his regiment Assam.
in Kulu, Mandi, and elsewhere, and
being severely wounded in the attack
HARI KRISHAN PANT,
Rai Saheb.
on Raja Suchet Singh, was promoted on January 1, 1898.
Received the title
to be Colonel, with large emoluments. Residence : Unao, Oudh.

He fought on the Sikh side in the HARI MOHAN SANDYAL, Rai Saheb.
battles of Sobraon and Firuzshahr. The title is personal, and was conferred
After the annexation Colonel Kahan on January 1, 1894. Residence: Na-
Singh lost his jdgirs, but was granted diya, Bengal.
a peusion by the British Government.
When the Mutiny broke out in 1857 HARI NARAYAN KALE, Rao Bahddur.
he was one of the first chiefs selected
on January 1, 1877. Residence : Rat-
for service by Sir John Lawrence, and,
nagiri, Bombay.
starting at once for Delhi with fifty-
three of his retainers, he served with HARI RAJ SINGH (of Kashipur), Rdjd;
the Guides till the fall of the city, b. 1857. The title is hereditary. Be-
being again severely wounded in one longs to a family connected with that
of the rebel sallies. For these services of the Chand Rajas of Kumaun, being
he received substantial rewards from descended from Pahar Singh, a
the Government, including the re-grant younger son of Raja Baz Bahadur
of some of his old Sikh jdyirs. Resid- Singh, Raja of Kumaun from 1638 to
ence : Lahore, Punjab. 1678. In the time of Raja Dip Chand
of Kumaun (1748-77), Mohan Singh,
HABDOI, Rdjd See Narand Singh.
of. grandson of Pahar Singh, became
Bakshi or head of the army. He
HARI APPAJI, Rao Bahadur. The title
is personal, and was conferred on eventually seized and imprisoned Raja
Januarj' 2, 1888. Residence : Baroda. Dip Chand, and, on the death of the
latter in prison in 1777, proclaimed
HARI BALLABH BOSE (Basu), Rai himself Ra ja under the title of Mohan
Bahadur. The title was conferred on Chand, He himself was killed in 1788
May 20, 1896. Residence: Cuttack, by Harak Deb Toshi, who again was
driven out by Lai Singh, brother of
Mohan Singh, with the aid of Faiz-
HARI CHAND, Rai Bahddur. The title ullah Khan of Rampur. Mahendra
Singh, son of Mohan Singh, was
dence : Multan, Punjab. installed as Raja by Lai Singh, who
claimed for him the protection of the
HARI CHAND (of Bhabaur), Rai. The
Nawab of Oudh, as recognized owner
title is hereditary. The Bai belongs
to the same family as that of the Rajas of the Tarai. In 1790, however, the
of Kangra, Jaswan, Goler, Siba, Da- Gurkhalis from Kathmandu invaded
tarpur, etc. being descended from
;
Kumaun and defeated the forces of
Mahendra Singh, who fled with his
Raja Pirthi Chand, son of Raja, Beni
Chand. The Rai Karm Chand, in the uncle, Lai Singh, to Kota, and fixed
time of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh, upon Kilpuri as his headquarters,
held a laxgejdgir in this district and where he endeavoured to enlist troops
;
his grandson, Rai Ratan Chand, died

foran attack upon Kumaun. Hearing
October 24, 1884, and was succeeded this, the Gurkhali general, Amar
by his son, the present Rai. Residence : Singh Thapa, marched on Kilpuri and
thus deprived the Kumaunis of their
Bhabaur, Hoshiarpur, Punjab.
only rallying-point. Mahendra Singh
HARI CHAND (of Lahaiil) , Thdkur, The and his partisans, deprived of every
title is hereditary. Residence: Lahaul, acre that they could lay claim to, fled
Kangra, Punjab. to the Oudh Subahdar, and represent-
ing that the tract from which the HARI SINGH (of Akalgarh), Diwdn.
Gurkhalis had ousted them formed a The title is hereditary. Residence;
part of the Tarai, which of right Gujranwala, Punjab.
belonged to the Nawab, requested his
aid in recovering it from the Gurkhalis. HARI SINGH (of Nadaun) , Mian. The
A war with Nepal would probably have title hereditary. The Mian is a
is
resulted had not the good offices of brother of Raja Amar Chand of Na-
Mr. Cherry promoted an understand- daun, and a younger son of the Raja
Sir Jodhbir Singh, brother-in-law of
ing, by which the Gurkhalis agreed to
the Maharaja Ran jit Singh of Lahore,
yield up all pretensions to the low
country. At the same time provision
who died in 1873. The Mian is an
was made for the retention by the Extra Assistant Commissioner of the
exiled family of some doubtful tenure Punjab. Residence : Nadaun, Kangra,
of a portion of the Tarai for their Punjab.
subsistence. Mahendra Singh retired
first to Rudrapur and then to Kilpuri,
HARI SINGH (of Pindit Lala), Sarddr.
The title is hereditary. The Sardar
but, owing to bad management, this is one of the Sardars of the Gujrat
Pargana was reduced to a swamp, and district, Punjab. Residence : Gujrat,
was rendered so unhealthy that on the
Punjab.
petition of the representatives of the
family to the British Government, it HARI SINGH, Babu, Sarddr. The title
was exchanged for the confirmation of was conferred on June 22, 1897, for
possession in taluqa Chachait in the eminent services as an Inspector of
Pilibhit district. Kunwar Partab Schools in the Punjab. Residence:
Singh, son of Mahendra Singh, sued Punjab.
his uncle, Lai Singh, for a share in
Chachait, but his claim was dismissed.
HARIHAR SHASTRI DRAVIDA, Mahd-
He then petitioned the Government, mahvpddhydya. The title is a personal
who gave him Rs. 250 per mensem in one, and was conferred on February 16,
1820, Partab Singh's claim to Bazpur 1887, in recognition of his eminence
in oriental learning. It entitles him
was also negatived. Lai Singh had
held possession as head of the family to take rank in Darbar immediately
after titular Rajas. Residence; Indore,
and retained it. Guman Singh, son
of Raja Lai Singh, received a sanad Central India.
from the British Government in 1828, HARIHAR The
SINGH, Rai Bahadur.
as Raja, His son, Raja Shiuraj Singh, title was conferred on January 1, 1894.
C.S.I., rendered good service during Residence: Sambalpur, Central Pro-
the Mutiny of 1857, and was rewarded vinces.
with the Order of the Star of India,
and with an increased grant. He died HARIHARA SUBBARAYA AIYAR,
in October 1886 and was succeeded
; Avergal, Diwdn Bahadur; b. 1842.
by his son, the present Raja, who Received the title on January 2, 1897.
married a daughter of Kupendra Residence: Madura, Madras.
Bikram Singh of Nepal, and has a son
named Kunwar Udai Raj Singh. The HARILAL AMBASHANKAR, Rao Saheb.
Raja is an Honorary Magistrate. Re- on January Residence ; Surat,
sidence : 1, 1879.
Kashipur, Tarai, North-
Western Provinces. Bombay.
HARI RAO, Sakharama, Rao Bahadur. HARINDAR SINGH (of Kandaula),
The title was conferred on June 22, Sarddr. The title is hereditary ; the
1897. Residence: Madras. Sard&r belongs to the same family as
those of the Sardars Tara Singh of
HARI RAOJI CHIPLUNKAR, Rao Ba-
hadur. The title is personal, and was Manauli, Uttam Singh of Ghanauli,
and other Sardars of the Ambala
conferred on January 2, 1888. Resid-
ence: Poona,
division. For an account of the Kan-
Bombay. daula branch of this family, see Harbans
HARI SINGH, Sarddr, The title is Singh (of Kandaula), Sardar. The
hereditary, Js one of the Sikh Sardars Sardar is a grandson of Sardar Dayal
of the Ludbiaua district, Punjab. Singh of Kandaula, Residence : Kan-
Residence : Ludhiana, Punjab. daula, Ambala, Punjab.
HARNAM CHANDAR, Seth, Rai Baha- HAROL, Thakur Jawansinghji, Thdkur
dur. The titlewas conferred on May of. A ruling chiefb. 1883. Succeeded
;
26, 1894. Residence: North- Western to the gadi March 22, 1888. Belongs
Provinces. to a Thakerda (Hindu) family. The
State contains a population of nearly
HARNAM SINGH, Sir Ahluwalia, 3000, chiefly Hindus. Its name is also
K.C.I.E., Kunwdr ; b. January 19, spelt Hadol. Residence : Harol, Mahi
1851. Is a son of his late Highness
Kantha, Bombay.
the Raja Sir Randhir Singh, G.C.S.I.,
of Kapurthala, and only brother of the HARSA SINGH (of Mughal Chak),
late Raja Kharak Singh of Kapurthala, Sarddr. The Be-
and uncle of the present Raja of Ka- longs to an ancient

Sikh family,
"Was created a Com- famous for the conspicuous bravery of
purthala (q.v.).
its members. Sardar Anup Singh,
panion of the Most Eminent Order of of Probyn's Horse, was one of the
the Indian Empire on January 1, 1885,
and a Knight Commander on Janu- most distinguished officers in the army
ary 1, 1899. Residence: Kapurthala,
throughout the Mutiny campaigns of
1857, 1858, and 1859. He was present
Punjab.
at the fall of Delhi, at the capture of
HARNAM SINGH (of Xharar), Sarddr; Lucknow, and on many other great
b.1857. The title is hereditary. Be- occasions was four times wounded,
;
longs to a Khatri family, whose ancestor, and had three horses wounded under
Sardar Dayal Singh, took possession him. He also fought with great
of considerable territory in the Hoshi- distinction in the China campaign in
arpur, Firozpur, and Ambala districts. 1860, and subsequently in the dis-
His sons were deprived of much of turbances on the North-west frontier.
their land by the Maharaja Ranjit He twice received the Order of Yalour
Singh; but the eldest, named Sardar for bravery in the field. In 1876 he
Dharm Singh, secured some lands in accompanied His Royal Highness the
Kharar, Ambala district. His grand- Prince of Wales to England, and was
son, Sardar Ganda Singh, rendered honoured with the marked approval
excellent services during the Mutiny of Her Most Gracious Majesty the
of 1857, and received a khilat from Queen Empress and the Royal Family.
the Government in acknowledgment He died in 1885, amid universal
thereof. He died at Patiala about the expressions of regret, and was suc-
year 1876, and was succeeded by his ceeded by the present Sardar. Resid-
son, the present Sardar. Residence: ence: Mughal Chak, Gujiranwala,
Ambala, Punjab. Punjab.
HARNAM SINGH (of Moron), Sarddr;
HASAN ALI walad MUHAMMAD
b. 1861. The title is hereditary. Be- AISAN, Alidn Bahadur. The title is
longs to a Jat family, that came origin- persona], and was conferred on June
1888. Residence Karachi, Sind.
ally from Varpal, in the Amritsar 1, :
district. About 1759 Sardar Salig HASAN ALI walad MUHAMMAD

Singh obtained possession of territory KHAN, Mir. The titleis hereditary,
around Moron. The family fell under the Mir being a representative of one
the power of the Maharaja Sher of the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at the
Singh but when the Jalandhar doab
; time of the annexation. Residence :
was ceded to the British after the first Sind.
Sikh war, a considerable jagiv was
confirmed to the head of the family in
HASAN ALI, Muhammad. See Mu-
hammad.
perpetuity, and is now enjoyed by
Sardar Harnam Singh. Residence: HASAN ALI BEY EFFENDI, Khan
Jalandhar, Punjab. Bahadur. Is a leading member of
the Karachi Bar, and was in 1886
HARNAM SINGH (of Mukerian), Sar- appointed Consul for Turkey by His
ddr. Succeeded the late Sardar Bur Imperial Majesty the Sultan. Pre-
Singh, Sarddr Bahadur, of Mukerian, sident of the Sind Branch of the
in 1892. The title of Sardar is here- Central National Muhammadan As-
ditary. Residence : Mukerian, Hoshi- sociation, 1884 ; also President of the
arpur, Punjab. Karachi Madrasa Board, managing
the Karachi Muhammadan College, the earlier Rajas was u Sen " ; this in
which has an endowment fund of the sixteenth descent was changed to
about six lakhs of rupees. " "
Residence :
Singh," in the eighty-third to Mai,"
Karachi, Bombay. and in the eighty-seventh to " Sahi."
HASAN ALI KHAN, The traditions of the family state
Mirza, CLE., that the title of Maharaja was con-
Nawdb. The
title is hereditary. The
ferred on the eighty-sixth in this hue,
Nawab was created a Companion of
the Maharaja Kalyan Mai, and that of
the Most Eminent Order of the Indian
Empire on February 5, 1881. Resid- Maharaja Bahadur on the eighty-
ence : Baluchistan. seventh, the Maharaja Isham Karan
Sahi Bahadur, both by the Emperor
HASAN ALI KHAN, Mir Muhammad, of Delhi. In the time of Akbar it is
CLE. His Highness. See Muhammad.
, said that the Maharaja Jubraj Sahi
Bahadur obtained possession of Par-
HASAN ALI KHAN BAHADUR,
Mahabat Jang, Nawab Sir, K.C.I.E.
gana Sipa by killing the Muhammad
Chief Kabul Muhammad, probably
See Murshidabad.
one of those Muhammadan Chiefs
HASAN ALI MULLA HAKIMJI, Khan who had rebelled against the Imperial
Saheb. Received the title on June 3, authority in Southern Behar. Four
1899. Residence: Bombay.
generations later the Maharaja Sardar
HASAN AZAD, Maulavi Muhammad. Sahi invaded the Majauli Raj, and
See Muhammad. destroyed their garh or fort, and
imposed as terms of peace on the
HASAN BAKHSH, Sayyid, Khan Baha- Chief of Majauli the condition that
dur. See Sayyid. he and his descendants were not to
HASAN KHAN, Khan Saheb. The title display their nishans and dunkas (flags
was conferred on May 25, 1892. Re- and drums) till these should be retaken
sidence : Gujranwala, Punjab. from the Hasipur (or Hatwa) Rajas.
The eldest son of the Maharaja Sardar
HASAN KHAN, Muhammad. See Mu-
Sahi died before his father he was
hammad. ;
succeeded by the second son, the

HASAN RAZA SAHEB, Maulavi, Say- Maharaja Fateh Sahi Bahadur, who
yid, Shams-ul-Ulama. The title was was a rebel against the British Govern-
conferred onMay 21, 1898. Residence : ment in 1767, in the time of "Warren
Madras. Hastings, and ultimately fled to the
HASANALI. See Hasan Ali. Gorakhpur jungles. His cousin, Babu
Bassant Sahi, displayed his loyalty by-
HASANPUR, Raja of. See Mehdi Ali assisting the Government with his
Khan, Muhammad, Raja. retainers, and doing all in his power
HASHIM KHAN, Muhammad, to arrest Fateh Sahi. But in 1775 he
Mir,
Sardar Bahadur. See Muhammad. was surprised by the rebel and killed,
and his widow ascended the funeral
HATI SINGH (of Chandgarh), Rao; b.
pyre, and was burnt with her husband's
September 5, 1844. The title is head on her lap. Bassant Sahi's son,
hereditary, and is said to have been
Babu Mahes Datt Sahi, followed in
originally conferred by Gori Shah his father's footsteps, and the Gov-
Padishah. The family is descended ernment was about to proclaim him
from Prithi Singh, who was eleventh the rebel
the rightful successor of
in descent from the famous Bhoj Raj.
Fateh Sahi when he died, leaving a
Residence : Nimar, Central Provinces.
son, Babu —afterwards Maharaja —
HATNAPUR, Rdjd of. See Ran jit Singh. Chhatardhari Sahi. In 1790, when
the Decennial Settlement was in
HATRI, Rdjd of. See Harbans Rai.
contemplation, Lord Cornwallis, after
HATWA, Maharaja-Kumar Guru Ma- inquiring into all the facts and the
hadeo Laran Prasad Sahi, Mahdrdj- usages of the family, granted to the
Kumdr of; b. July 19, 1893. Belongs latter the estates of Fateh Sahi and ;
to a Baghochhia Brahman family, in 1837 the title of Maharaja Bahadur

that claims to have been settled as was conferred upon him. This title
Rajas in the district of Saran for was renewed in October 1858 in favour
102 generations, The patronymic of of the Maharajd Rajendar Partab
Sahi, and by the sanad of August 31, HETAMPUR, Rdjd of. See Ram Ranjan
1874, in favour of the late Maharaja Chakravartti.
Bahadur. At the time of the Santal HILL TIPPERAH, Rdjd See Tip-
of.
insurrection,and again during the
perah.
Mutiny of 1857, the Maharaja
Chhatardhari Sahi Bahadur rendered HIMANCHAL SINGH (of Barhpura),
most valuable services to the Govern- Rao Bahadur: b. February 20, 1867.
Succeeded his father, the late Rao

ment, and was rewarded at the close
of the Mutiny with the grant of a Umrao Singh Bahadur, in 1889. The
which is is of ancient
portion of the confiscated estates of title, hereditary,
the rebel Kunwar Singh. He was origin, having been originally conferred
succeeded by his great-grandson, the by Prithiraj, last Hindu Emperor of
Delhi. Residence Etawah, North-
Maharaja Rajendra Partab Sahi Baha-
:
Western Provinces.
dur, who died in 1871, leaving a minor
son, the late Maharaja Sir
Krishna HIMANCHAL SINGH (of Kuarpur),
Partab Sahi. The latter attained his Thdkur. The title, which is hereditary,
majority and was installed on the is of ancient origin. Residence: Ja-
gadi on August 31, 1874. He received balpur, Central Provinces.
a medal of distinction at the Imperial
Assemblage at Delhi in 1877, on the
HIMMAT SINGH (of Katra Balkhera),
Thdkur. The title is hereditary.
Residence: Katra Balkhera, Jabalpur,
Central Provinces.
India, and in 1889 he was created a
Knight Commander of the Most HIMMATLAL DHIRAJIRAM, Rao
Eminent Order of the Indian Empire. Bahadur. The title was conferred on
He died in 1896, and was succeeded June 3, 1893. Residence : Ahmadabad,
by the present Maharaj Kumar.
-
Bombay.
The family cognizance consists of a
shield between two swords, with
HIMMODH, Thdkur of. See Sita Prasad.
tigers as supporters, and underneath HINDOL, Raja Janardan Mardraj
is the motto — " Jagder, Rdjd of. A ruling chief ; b.
V*nF!'WTs-l<<JTn 1885. Succeeded to the qadi July 18,
Residence : Hatwa, Saran, Bengal. 1877. The title of Raja has always
HAYAT KHAN, Muhammad, Khan, been enjoyed by the head of this
C.S.I.y Naicdb. See Muhammad. family since Mahratta times, and was
formally recognized by Government in
HAZARA SINGH, Rai BaMdur. The 1874. The State was founded by two
titlewas conferred on January 21, brothers named Lakshman Mahratta
1896. Is Commandant of a Mountain
and Bharat Mahratta, scions of the
Battery in the Imperial Service Troops. family of the Khemdi Raja in Ganjam.
Residence : Kashmir.
The present Raja, who succeeded his
HAZARI LAL, Rai Saheb. The title brother, Raja Fakir Singh Mardraj
was conferred on June 3, 1893. Resid- Jagdeb, is stated to be twenty-fifth in
ence: Ajmer, Rajputana. succession from them. His father
HAZURA SINGH, Subahdar, Rai Baha- was Raja Ishwar Singh Mardraj
dur. The title is personal, and was Jagdeb. The family cognizance is a
conferred on March 25, 1880. Resid- dagger. The area of the State is 312
ence : Rewa, Central India. miles; its population 33,802, chiefly
Hindus. The Raja, maintains a mili-
HEM CHANDRA SARKAR, Rai Baha- force of 148 infantry and 2 guns.
dur. The title was conferred on tary
The State is one of the Orissa Tributary
January 1, 1894. Residence: Moni- Mahals. Residence: Hindol, Orissa,
rampur, Bengal.
Bengal.
HET NAND LAL, Gosain, Rai Saheb. HINDUPAT (of Ghat Piparia), Thdkur.
title
The title is hereditary. The present
1898. Is an Honorary Magistrate.
Thakur is the son of the late Thakur
Residence : Dera Ismail Khan, Punjab The family is de-
Orjuri Singh.
HET RAM, Pandit, CLE. Created a scended from ancestors who obtained
CLE. on January 1884. Residence
1, the village of Ghat Piparia, with the
Bareilly, North- Western Provinces. title of Thdkur, from the old Mahratta
Government of Sagar. Residence: the Maharajd Gulab Singh to subdue

Ghat Piparia, Sagar, Central Provinces. the rebellion in Kashmir. The Colonel
rendered excellent service in this
HINDUR (NALAGARH), Raja Isri
A b. campaign, and also throughout the
Singh, Rdjd of. ruling chief; Multan rebellion (or second Sikh war),
1832. Succeeded to the gadi December
in which he was severely wounded
16, 1876. Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) when
was named Aji fighting gallantly under Major
family, whose founder Nicholson against the rebels in the
Singh, and the present Raja is twenty-
fifth in succession from him. The Margalla Pass. On the annexation
he was rewarded with extensive lands.
State was overrun by the Gurkhas,
but they were expelled by the British
On his death he was succeeded by his
forces in 1815-16, and in that year the son, the present Sarddr. Residence:
Amritsar, Punjab.
Raja received a sanad confirming him
in the possession of all his territory HIRANAND KHEMSINGH, Rao Baha-
except the fort of Malaun, for which dur. Received the title on May 21,
the Thdkuri of Barauli was substituted. 1898. Residence : Sind, Bombay.
Subsequently, in 1846, the fort was
restored to him. The area of the
HIRANYAGARBHAYAJI RAVIKULA
State is 249 square miles its
popula-
MUTHUVIJAYA RAGUNATHA
tion is 53,373, chiefly
|
Hindus, but
BHASKARA (Zamindar of Ramnad),
Rdjd and See Rdmnad,
including 7201 Muhammadans. The of.
Setupati.
Raja maintains a military force of Raja
375 infantry and 4 guns. Residence : HIRAPUR, Thdkur of. See Nihal Singh.
Hindur, Punjab.
HIRAPUR, Rao Chhatar Singh, Rao of.
HIRA, Rawat (of Dewair), Thdkur A ruling chief b. 1821 ;
; succeeded
Rdwat. The title was conferred on to the gadi on May 1, 1841. Belongs to
January 1, 1877, as a personal distinc- a Rajput (Hindu) family. The popu-
tion, on the occasion of the Proclama- lation of the State is 963, chiefly
tion of Her Most Gracious Majesty Hindus. Residence : Hirapur, Bhopal,
as Empress of India. Residence: Central India.
Merwara.
HISSAM-UD-DIN, Shaikh, Khan Baha-
HIRA SAHEB LAL RAMANAJ PAR- dur. The title was conferred on
SAD SINGH, C.I.E. See Lai.
January 1, 1891. Residence: Secun-
HIRA SINGH, Rai BaMdur. The title derabad, Hyderabad.
is personal, and was conferred on HITTTJ RAM, CLE., Rai Bahadur; b.
February 16, 1887, on the occasion of 1842. Has long been a distinguished
the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most political officer on the frontier of
Gracious Majesty, for eminent official Baluchistan and Afghanistan, having
services in the Survey. Residence: entered the service in 1859, when he
Survey of India. received a reward for preparing a
"
HIRA SINGH, Rai Saheb. Received History of Dera Ghazi Khan District
the title on January 1, 1898. Resid- and Frontier." Appointed to special
ence : Bikaner, Rajputana. duty for Kalat in 1875 accompanied
;
Sir Robert Sandeman on two missions

HIRA SINGH, Ahluwalia, Sarddr to Kalat, and received a khilat in 1877
Bahadur ; b. March 3, 1847. Received for his services thereon, also the title
the title of Sardar on May 25, 1892, of Rai. Appointed Extra Assistant
aud was promoted to be Sardar Commissioner of the Punjab in 1879 ;
Bahadur on January 1, 1896. Resid- and in same year received a khilat at
ence: Ajmer, Rajputana. the Kalat Darbar, and was placed in
HIRA SINGH, Man (of Manawala), charge of Sibi district. Received the
Sarddr. The title is hereditary. title of Rai Bahadur as a personal
Belongs to a Man
Jat family, de- distinction on April 20, 1881, having
scended from Sardar Sar ja Singh, whose served in the Political Department
grandson, Colonel Budh Singh, Man, throughout the Afghan war of 1880-1,
served throughout the Sutlej cam- with medal. In the same year he
paign, and after its close was sent received a jdgir, and in 1882 was
with the Sher Singh brigade to assist created a Companion of the Most
Eminent Order of the Indian Empire. indicated by the letters A.T.M. after
Was in charge of arrangements for the name. Residence : Mogok, Burma.
supplies, etc., for the Afghan Boundary
Commission, 1884, across the Baluch HMU, Maung, Ahmudan gaung Tazeik
Desert ; and received the thanks of ya Min. The title is personal, and was
conferred on January 1, 1894. This
Government for the same. Was on
Burmese title is indicated by the
special duty in the Bolan Pass, in the letters A.T.M. after the name. Resi-
military preparations for the expected dence : Prome, Burma.
outbreak of hostilities between Eng-
land and Russia, March 1884 to No- HOLKAB, His Highness the Maharaja
vember 1885. Deputed to hold charge Bahadur {of Indore). See Indore.
of Las Bela State on the death of the
Jam in 1889, pending installation of HOPON, Kun Wara, Myoza of. A
ruling chief. The area
of the State,
successor ; and was on special duty
which is one of the Shan States on the
with Sir R. Sandeman in 1889-91, and frontier of Burma, is about 400 square
specially commended. Residence: Sibi, miles. Residence: Hopon, Burma.
Baluchistan.
HORMASJI ADARJI PATEL, Khan
HKUN LAI (Sawbwa of Lai Hka), Kyet Bahadur. The title is personal, and
thaye zaung shwe Sahoe ya Min. The was conferred on June 1, 1888. Resi-
dence: Surat, Bombay.
It is indicated by the letters K.S.M.
after the name, and means
" HOSHANGJI JAMASPJI, Dastur, Khan
Recipient
of the Gold Chain of Honour." Resi- Bahadur, Shams-ul-Ulama. These titles
dence : Lai Hka, Shan States, Burma. are personal the first was conferred
;
on January 1, 1878, and the second on

HKUN LU KWAN, Ahmudan gaung January 1, 1890. The title of Shams-
Tazeik ya Min. Is Heng of Kokang ul- TJlama entitles the Khan Bahadur —
in North Hsen Wi in the Northern who a " Dastur," or High Priest
is also
Shan States. The title is personal, of the Parsis of the Deccan to take —
and was conferred June 22, 1897. It rank in Darbar immediately after
means "Recipient of the Medal of titular Nawabs. The Dastur Jamas-
Honour for Good Service," and is passa family are descended from As-
indicated by the letters A.T.M. after saji. The last Dastur of that family,
the name. Residence : Northern Shan the Dastur Nasarwanji Jamaspji, Khan
States, Burma. Bahadur, rendered valuable services
to Government during the time of the
HKUN SAING, CLE. See Hsi Paw.
Mutiny; and received the title of
HKUN SAN TON HON, Kyet thaye zaung Khan Bahadur as a reward for them
shwe Salwe ya Min, Is Sawbwa of in 1868. The title of Shams-ul-Ulama
North Hsen Wi in the Northern Shan was conferred on Dastur Hoshangji
States. The title was conferred on Jamaspji in recognition of his emin-
June 22, 1897. It means " Recipient of ence in oriental learning. Residence :
the Gold Chain of Honour," and is Poona, Bombay.

indicated by the letters K.S.M. after Saw Naw
the name. Residence : Northern Shan
HSENWI, Chief of. S'ee
Maing ; see also Hkun San Ton Hon.

States, Burma.
HLAING, Maung (Shwedabo of Baw), HSI PAW, Hkun Saing, CLE., Sawbwa
Thuye gaung ngwe Da ya Min. The of. A ruling chief. The area of the
title is personal, and was conferred on State, which is one of the Northern
June 1888. It means " Recipient of Shan States on the frontier of Burma,
1,
the Silver Sword for Bravery," and is isabout 4000 square miles. The Saw-
indicated by the letters T.D.M. after bwa was created a Companion of the
the name. Residence : Shan State of Most Eminent Order of the Indian
Baw, Burma. Empire, for loyalty and good service,
on July 1, 1895. Residence: Hsi Paw,
HMAT, Maung, Ahmudan gaung Tazeik Burma.
ya Min. The title is personal, and
was conferred on January 1, 1894. It HUCHRA0. See Hacharao.
means "Recipient of the Medal of HUKM SINGH (of Gangwai), .Rq/a. The
Honour for Good Service," and is title is
hereditary. The Raj& succeeded
to it on September 19, 1859. Resi- hero of the capture of Bijapur in 1686

dence: Narsinghpur, Central Provinces. a.d.;
he was largely concerned in the
overthrow both of that kingdom and
HUKM SINGH, Sodhi (of Firozpur), Rai of the Golkonda dynasty, and in the
Bahadur and Diwdn Bahadur. The establishment of the Mughal power in
was conferred oh January 3,
first title
the Deccan, which then became a
1893, and the second on January 1, subah (or province) of the Mughal
1896. Residence: Bikanir, Rajputana.
Empire of Delhi. His son and suc-
HUMAYUN BEG, Khan Bahddur. The cessor was Chin Kulij Khan, 1 better
title was conferred on January 1, 1898. known as the great Asaf Jah, the real
Is "Wazir of Hunza. Residence : Hunza, founder of the Hyderabad dynasty.
Kashmir. He was born in 1644 and in 1713 was
;
appointed Subahddr or Viceroy of the

HURDAOLAL MUGATLAL MUNSHI, Deccan by the Emperor Farukh Siyar,
Rao Saheb. The title was conferred with the title of Nizam-ul-Mulk (Ad-
on June 22, 1897. Residence : Bombay. ministrator of the Country), which
HUSAIN ALI KHAN walad ALA- has ever since been retained by his
DITTA KHAN, Mir. The title has descendants. He reigned till 1748 >
been continued for life. Residence: attaining the great age of 104; and
Shikarpur, Sind. throughout this lengthened career,
with occasional vicissitudes of fortune,
HUSAIN ALI KHAN, Muhammad, he continually increased his
Sarddr Bahddur. Muhammad.
See power
during the days of the declining vigour
HUSAIN KHAN, Arbab, Khan Bahddur. of the Mughal Empire. The dynasty,
The title was conferred on May 20, thus established as the greatest native
1896. Residence: North-Western Fron- Power in the Indian Peninsula, has
tier, Punjab. been almost uniformly closely attached
HUSAIN KHAN, Muhammad, Khan 1 — —
Bahddur. See Muhammad. Kulij or Qidij sometimes spelt Chillich
isthe Turki word for swwrd : and Kulij Khan,
HUSAIN KHAN, Subadar Muhammad, as a title, bears the same meaning as the
Khan Bahadur. See Muhammad. Persian Shamsher Khan. On the title of Asaf
Jah, subsequently borne by the Nawab Chin
HUSSAN. See Hasan. Kulij Khan and his descendants, the learned
Professor Blochmann gives this note "Asaf :
HUTWA. See Hatwa. was the name of the Vazir of Solomon, who
like his master is proverbial in the East for
HYDERABAD (or. The Deccan), His wisdom. During the reign of Akbar three
Highness the Nizam of, G.C.S.I. A
grandees received this title. Badaoni, to avoid
ruling chief, and the Premier Prince confusion, numbers them Asaf Khan I., II.,
of the Indian Empire b. August 18,
; and III. .
Jahangir conferred the title of
. .
1866. Succeeded to the masnad as a Asaf Khan (IV.) on Abul Hasan, elder brother
of the Empress Nur Jahan, and father of the
minor, on the; death of his father, his
late Highness the Nizam Afzul-ud- Empress Mumtaz Mahal (or Taj Bibi, Shah-
jahan's wife), whose mother was a daughter
daula, February 26, 1869. The Nizam's of Asaf Khan II. During the reign of Shah-
full titles are —
His Highness Asaf Jah, jahan, when titles containing the word Dauld
Muzaffar-ul-Mamalik, Rustam-i-Dau- were revived, Asaf Khan was changed to Asaf-
ran, Arastu-i-Zaman, Nizam-ul-Mulk, ud-daula; and this title was conferred on
Asaf-ud-daula Jumlat-ul-Mulk Asad Jang, a
Nizam-ud-daula, Nawab Mir Sir Mah- relation of Asaf Khan IV. Under Ahmad
bub Ali Khan Bahadur, Fath Jang,
Shah, lastly, we find Asaf-ud-daula Amir-ul-
Knight Grand Commander of the Most Mamalik, whose name, like that of his father,
Exalted Order of the Star of India. Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah, occurs so often in
Belongs to a family of the highest later Indian history." As the ancient titles
of the Mughal Empire are retained among the
antiquity and importance among Mu- nobles of the Deccan, and are still conferred
hammadan rulers, being lineally de-
by His Highness the Nizam, it may here be
scended from the first Khalif, Abu noted that in ascending order they contain
Bakr, the successor of the Prophet. the words Jang, Dauld, Mulk, and Umara or
His descendant, after a long line of Jah. Titles containing the words Jah or
Dukes
intervening generations, was the Umara may be compared with English
those containing Mulk with
Turkoman Chief named Ghazi-ud-din, or Marquesses;
English Earls; those containing Dauld vrith
one of the greatest of the Generals of Viscounts and those containing Jang with
;
the Emperor Aurangzeb, who was the Barons.

to the British Power in India, and has by Muhammad Kutb Shah, King of Gol-
consequently obtained from English konda. In 1761 Salabat Jang was de-
writers the style of "Our faithful throned by his brother Nizam Ali, who
ally the Nizam." At all the most put him to death in 1763, and reigned
critical periods in the history of the till 1803 —
playing a prominent part
—
Indian Empire in the Mysore wars, during the whole of that period in the
in the Mahratta wars, during the incessant wars with the English, the
Mutiny of 1857, and recently when Mahrattas, and the Sultans of Mysore,
Russian invasion seemed probable — Haidar and Tippu. The first treaty
the Nizam of the day has always between the British Power and the
rendered invaluable help. Of Asaf Nizam was concluded in 1766, followed
Jah, the founder of the dynasty, an by great and permanent treaties in 1798
English writer thus speaks :
— and 1800. In accordance with these
" engagements, after the defeats of the
Content, however, with actual sovereignty, Mahrattas at Laswari and Assaye, the
he never assumed its title and insignia. The
family, indeed, to the last professed subordin-
Nizam received large accessions of ter-
ation to the Court of Delhi, and the Nizam's ritory, including the greatand rich pro-
successors continued to be formally confirmed vince of Berar ; and similarly after the
by mandates from the Mogul Emperors. The conquest of Tippu the Nizam shared in
immunity enjoyed by Nizam-ool-Moolk, in a the division of territory. Nizam Ali
practical surrender of the Deccan to his rule,
appears to have been merely due to his essen-
died in 1803, and was succeeded by his
tial importance as the only available check to son, theNizam Sikandar Jah, who was
the growing power and harassing incursions served in turn by three famous Prime
—
of the Mahrattas a constant source of dis- Mir Alam, Munir-ul-Mulk,
Ministers,
turbance and alarm to his titular master. The
and the Raja Chandu LAI. In 1829
evening of his eventful life, whose span is said
to have exceeded a century, was spent by the Sikandar Jah was succeeded by his son,
first Nizam with singular retention of extra- the Nizam Nasir-ud-daula, who reigned
ordinary physical and mental faculties, in his till 1857. He had
no great liking for
so strangely gained principality, when death which he left largely to
affairs of State,
closed in 1748 a career remarkable and pro-
minent in a stirring and productive time.
the care of his Prime Minister, the
Impartial estimates of his character can
Nawab Suraj-ul-Mulk, who died in 1853,
hardly begrudge his descendants a pride in when the Nizam appointed his nephew,
the founder of their name and renown, for his the well-known Sir Salar Jang, to suc-
politic compass and tenacious hold of inde- ceed him in the office of Minister.
pendent power were unstained by treachery "
or cruelty, and the later annals of the family
Nasir-ud-daula is described as having a
are similarly clear of the grosser incidents of gracious disposition to private charity,
conquests. He left them, too, an example and with much bountiful kindness to his
of equanimity undaunted in adversity and dependants." He died in May 1857, just
superior to elation by success." i before the outbreak of the Mutiny, and
After the death of the aged Nizam-ul- was succeeded by his late Highness the
Mulk the throne of the Deccan was long Nizam Afzul-ud-daula, father of the
and fiercely contended for, with varying present Nizam.
The loyalty of the late Nizam and his
fortunes, by his grandson Muzaffar Jang,
and his sons (uncles of Muzaffar Jang), troops during the crisis ®f 1857 has been
known as Ghazi-ud-din, Nasir Jang, Sala- well commemorated by an English writer
bat Jang, and Nizam Ali. Involved in in the following words :
—
these wars were also the English and
"
French forces in the Carnatic, and the When, on the 17th of July in that memor-
armies of the Mahrattas and of the able year, after a frantic promulgation of
Jihad or Holy War on the part of the indi-
Nawabs of Arcot. It was the Nizam
genous Muhammadans of both Southern and
Salabat Jang who finally adopted the Northern India, the Rohillas attacked the
city of Hyderabad, on the river Musi, as Residency, and were repulsed by troops under
his capital ; its ancient name was Bhag- the command of the late Colonel Briggs, had
and it had been founded in 1585 the Nizam, untried as he then was, aided the
nagar,
movement, or even openly avowed sympathy
1
Quoted in the learned and voluminous with the mutineers, there can be no doubt
History of Hyderabad Affairs, compiled for that any success at Hyderabad would have
private circulation in 1883 by the Maulavi proved a signal for revolt to the bigoted and
Sayyid Mehdi Ali, Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk, fanatic Muhammadan population, not only
Secretary to the Government of His Highness there, but in all Central, Western, and Southern
the Nizam. India, and that our terrible straits elsewhere
would have been multiplied and sorely ag- the thousands of miles marched by the cavalry
gravated. For we had at the time but one of this force, accompanied often by the infantry
European corps at Secunderabad, the military and artillery, I need not dwell. Sir Hugh
station, and camped at Trimulgherry, about Rose termed these troops 'the wings of my
two miles from the central arsenal, which army.' With the restoration of peace came
must have been left in the charge of native full time for recognizing the Nizam's fidelity
soldiers if attacked from the capital.. . But
. and active aid. Presents to the value of
the Nizam was firm in his alliance, attracting £10,000 were made to His Highness, and the
to our side all that was respectable in his Star of India was conferred on him. The
Court and capital. The traditions of the territory transferred in '53 to our management
family also, and old memories of rescue from was now yielding more than the requisite
the Mahrattas, were with us, and not ineffi- revenue, and a new arrangement was accord-
cacious in our hour of need. ingly proposed, under which, in 1860, districts
"And now for the behaviour of the Hydera- of the value of 13 lacs were restored to the
bad contingent. In this force, recollect, are Nizam, together with a transfer of the princi-
thousands of the same caste as those whose pality of Shorapoor, whose Rajah had been
relatives elsewhere were murdering their seduced into the rebellion of the Southern
officers, or marching towards the Mogul Mahratta country. This acquisition affords
standard at Delhi. From these came emis- an annual surplus of £15,000. We also
saries, not only to their brethren of the con- remitted the entire debt."
tingent, with letters and personal entreaties
to join, but to the Court itself. The greater The Nizam Afzul-ud-daula, G.C.S.I.,
portion of the contingent was presently died in 1869, and was succeeded by his
ordered into the field, and a brigade of all
arms was pushed into Central India, where son, the present Nizam, who has fol-
they fought, under Sir Hugh Rose, with
lowed all the best traditions of his
bravery and endurance unsurpassed by any ancestors, and has demonstrated his at-
corps in the Service. With only eighteen tachment to the Empire in even more
hours' warning, i. e. receiving their orders at In 1885 he offered to
seven in the morning, and starting at midnight
striking fashion.
of the same day, these troops took the field,
send troops to aid the Government in
and were absent from their homes for fifteen Egypt and
;
in the same year, when there
months, remaining the whole of that time was a menace of Russian aggression on
under canvas, leaving their own fertile plain the Afghan frontier, he repeated the
of the Deccan behind them, until, after fight-
generous offer. But it was in 1887, in
ing their way inch by inch, they bathed in the the year of the Jubilee of Her Most
holy river at Calpee, after a signal victory
obtained over the rebels at that place. In- Gracious Majesty's reign, that His High-
stancing a few of their exploits, I may mention ness gave the most signal proof of his
that at Mehidpoor, the seat of former triumph
princely loyalty. In August of that year
to the contingent, when they formed a part of His Highness wrote the following most
Sir John Malcolm's army in 1817, they arrived,
remarkable and patriotic letter to the
after a forced march of sixty miles, in time to
rescue an English lady and finding that the
; Viceroy of India ;
—
enemy, consisting of the Mehidpoor con-
tingent and the escaped garrison of Dhar, had
made away with the Mehidpoor battery and "My Friend, —"Hyderabad, August 26.
No inhabitant can be in-
arsenal stores, they immediately, after de- different to the persistent advance of another
spatching Mrs. Timmins to the camp of the great military power towards India; to the
Bombay column, rattled off in pursuit, the necessity that exists for putting the frontier
enemy having got several hours' start of them. in a proper state of defence and to the burden
;
They overtook the rascals late in the after- it imposes on those charged with its safety
noon, about twelve miles distant from Mehid- and the care of the Empire. All who have the
poor, charged, and captured both battery and welfare of India at heart are bound to consider
stores, cutting up a large number of mutin- what should be done, and to show they are
eers, and severing at a blow, from the enemy, heartily in sympathy with those who are en-
most important means of offence and defence, deavouring to place the frontier in a proper
which a week later would assuredly hive been state of defence, so as to ward off all danger
in position and used against us when the great from our hearths and homes. The Princes of
battle, which lasted throughout four days, was India have not been blind to the movement of
fought at Mundessoor. The troops, especially events. We realize the financial responsibility
the native portion, lived almost entirely on the present state of affairs imposes on the
parched grain collected from the fields in the Indian Exchequer. It seems to me that the
neighbourhood, and immediately submitted to time has arrived for showing in some open
the process of hand manipulation over the manner that India is united on this question,
fire. It is not my intention to trace here the and for that reason I write now to sponta-
further exploits of the Hyderabad contingent neously offer to the Imperial Government a
troops, beyond noticing the fact of their rapid contribution from the Hyderabad State of
journeys in advance of the main columns they twenty lakhs annually for three years, for the
accompanied, returning only to headquarters exclusive purpose of Indian frontier defence.
when a general action was to be fought, On This is my offer in time of peace. At ft later
stage you can count upon my sword.~Your potentate, great or small, from Travancore to
sincere friend, Cashmere, yet it has remained voiceless, not
" Mir Mahbub Ali Khan." for want of will, but rather of knowledge as to
how and when to speak. With remarkable
The effect of this letter on public acumen the Nizam has not only seen that the
time has come, but he has chosen the very
opinion throughout the world was very best and the most original mode of giving
great. Her Most Gracious Majesty the vent to the pent-up feeling of a large section
Queen Empress was pleased to express of the Indian population. In time of war and
her warm appreciation of the loyal invasion, or, indeed, of any military operations
action of His Highness in the following beyond the frontier, the rulers of the Native
States would be compelled to play a certain
letter, by His Excellency the Viceroy's
hand :
— part, and we should receive, as we have received
before, the offer of their military contingents.
" But we are fortunately not in any imminent
Simla, October 7.
" My —
Friend, I have received from Colonel risk of war or invasion, although we have
Marshall your letter of the 26th of August, and sanctioned an expenditure of some ten millions
send this reply by his hands. It is difficult sterling on frontier defence, and it is this
for me to express in fitting terms my sense of which makes the Nizam's princely gift all
the ready loyalty and goodwill which have the more gratifying and significant. There is
prompted your Highness to come forward at absolutely no precedent in Indian history for
this time with so generous an offer, emanating the Nizam taking this step in time of peace,
as it does from the head of one of the largest nor, indeed, for any Native Court admitting
and most important States in India. It is the least responsibility in regard to the financial
indeed a striking proof of the friendly feelings embarrassments of the Central Government,
entertained towards Her Majesty and the even if caused by expenditure on objects from
British Government by the Princes of the which that Court derives a direct benefit. The
Empire; and I had the greatest satisfaction action of the Nizam, magnificent in itself, is
in acquainting the Queen Empress with the enhanced by all the attendant circumstances.
contents of your Highness's kharita. There is It is quite unexpected, the step having been
no doubt that the advance of a great military taken by the Nizam entirely on his own
power towards the borders of India has imposed initiative. . . We can assure His Highness
.
on the Government the obligation of taking that his generous friendship will wake a re-
those precautions for the defence of our frontier sponsive feeling in the breasts of the British
which are adopted by all nations on becoming people, not merely for the noble proportions
conterminous with each other, no matter how of his contribution to frontier defence, but for
friendly their existing relations. This duty the loyal feelings which inspired him to place
undoubtedly has considerably added, and will on unmistakable record before the world the
continue to add for some time, to the expendi- unanimity of opinion in India on the subjects
ture of the Government of India and it is a con- of English rule and Russian aggression. The
;
vincing proof both of your Highness's states- Nizam's act cannot fail to arouse our en-
manlike capacity as well as of your generosity thusiasm at the same time that it furnishes a
that you should have been the first among the uniquecompliment to our authority and power.
Princes of India to recognize the principle "The impression produced by the Nizam's
that the Native States are as much interested letter will not be limited to India or this
as the rest of the Indian population in assisting country, although its full effect will be felt
the Government to take whatever measures most in the Peninsula of Hindostan, where
may be necessary to preserve the borders of the ruler of Hyderabad speaks as the great
the Empire from any dangers which may arise political chief among the fifty million Ma-
from external complications. Again thanking homedans of the Empire. The great service
your Highness in the name of my Government, which he has rendered our Government and
as well as in the name of Her Majesty and the cause is that, at a moment when even the
Government of England, for the noble example suspicion of compulsion could not exist, he
which you have set,— I remain, my friend, has come forward with the frank declaration
" Dufferin." that in his opinion every ruler and native of
yours sincerely,
India has a common interest in the security of
And the appreciation of the people of the country against external attack. In doing
of the this he has not only committed his own person
England of the friendly action
and dynasty to a policy of implacable hostility
First Prince of the Indian Empire was to a
foreign invader, but he has set all the
aptly expressed in the following leading feudatories of the Indian Empire a splendid
article in the Times : — example. If any other Indian chief had taken
this step the deed would have been in a per-
"This is an intimation which no one can sonal sense quite as gratifying, but it would
misinterpret, that the great Native Courts, not have possessed the same political signi-
who are outside the red line of British ad- ficance. When an Indian Mahomedan talks
ministration, have been alive to th« incessant of the secular power of Islam, his expressed
encroachments of Kussia in the direction of thought may be for the Sultan as Caliph, but
India, and now perceive that this advance his real conviction is that for him personally
constitutes a danger for them as well as for the Nizam is quite as important a personage.
us. We believe that feeling by every The Nizam has spoken not only as the oldest
'
is shared
ally of the English in India,' but as the fore- is to be found absbiutesecufity, both now and
most Mahomedan potentate in our quarter of in the future, and the Nizam has shown that
Asia. He is an infinitely greater prince, tested this union exists."
by his revenue, the number of his subjects, In November 1892 the Marquess of
and his own personal enlightenment and that
of his Government, than the Ameer of Bokhara, Lansdowne visited His Highness's capital
who is termed the Head of Islam in Central in State, as Viceroy of India ; and was
Asia. . . . The silly stories which those ad- entertained at dinner by the Nizam, who
venturers who wish to make a livelihood out took the opportunity, when proposing
of Russian credulity have been circulating
the health of his distinguished guest, to
about English oppression in India, and especi-
reiterate his sentiments of loyalty and
ally at the expense of Mahomedans, have now —
received the clearest possible refutations at friendliness in the following words :
the hands of the most representative Mahome- "The historical friendship that has existed
dan prince in the Peninsula. The Nizam's State and the British Government
letter is also important as putting an end to
between my
has not been confined to mere mellifluous
all possible ambiguity as to the cordial re-
words, but has been tested by deeds deeds
—
lations and good understanding subsisting in which the best blood of Hyderabad was
between the Central Government and the chief shed in defence of British interests, deeds in
feudatories of India. A
great deal too much which British blood was spilt in defending the
notice has been paid to alleged disaffection at
throne of a faithful ally. This friendship is
native courts ana capitals, instigated by out-
a most precious legacy left to me by my
side intriguers and the armies and the social
ancestors, which I am not only most anxious
;
state of Native States, kept up in conformity

to maintain but to increase by continuous
with written treaty, may perhaps have been deeds of loyal amity."
scanned with too closely critical an eye under
the sudden perception of what might be a And the speech of the Viceroy recipro-
concealed danger. The Nizam's letter annihi- cated these sentiments ; the following is
lates such petty and personal criticism. It is
an extract from it :
—
impossible after this to suspect Hyderabad of
being less staunch in the cause of defending "His Highness the Nizam rules over an
India than ourselves ; and when the greatest area of 100,000 square miles and a population
and most powerful of Indian States is thus of over eleven millions of human beings. It
outspoken we may feel sure that the rest will is perhaps instructive, in order to give a correct
not lag far behind. The Nizam has been good idea of the importance of the State, to recall
enough to take the most effectual steps to the fact that its population is about five times
shatter the pleasing belief of Russian com- that of Denmark, considerably more than '
manders and some Continental critics, that double the population of the Netherlands, of
when the Czar's armies move towards the Norway, Sweden, and of Turkey in Europe,
Indus the discontented princes and peoples, while it is also considerably more than double
alienated by the greed and tyranny of England, that of the great island Continent of Australia
will rise to welcome them as deliverers, so and of that vast Dominion of Canada in which
that the contest will be virtually over before I had for some years the honour of representing
the first shot is fired.
. . The present Nizam
. Her Majesty. His Highness's territories com-
has bettered his predecessor's example. He prise some of the richest in natural resources
has anticipated the crisis which may be before of any in India, and it is not too much to say
that country, and he declares in the most that given a Government founded upon justice
emphatic and unequivocal manner that if the and personal security, there is no reason why
fatal hour comes he will be with us, and that the State should not be what His Highness, I
'England can count on his sword.' This we am sure, desires it to be, an example to the
never doubted, but what is as surprising as it rest. And I may add that there is no ruler
is welcome is that he has discovered the very whom, upon personal grounds, the Govern-
best way to convince the world that his words ment of India is more desirous of supporting
are sincere, and not mere lip service. It would and encouraging in the discharge of his onerous
be futile to talk of making the Nizam some duties than His Highness the Nizam.
adequate return, for there is no repaying such I have had the advantage of meeting several
'
!
generosity and cordiality as he has shown. of those who have had official relations with
But we cannot do less than admit that he him, and they are all agreed in bearing witness
acquires an additional claim on our confidence to the personal qualities which have attracted
and consideration by conferring an inestimable to him the sympathy and goodwill of those
service on the whole of the Empire, and one with whom he has been brought into contact.
which no one but he, as the first of Indian It is satisfactory to know that he has on more
princes, and the greatest magnate in alliance than one occasion shown by his acts that he
with the Crown, could have rendered with the is sincerely anxious to do his duty as the ruler
same effect. British politicians can learn from of this important State. I may refer in illus-
his action the moral that British authority in tration of my meaning to the liberality with
India is both popular and useful, and at the which the support of the State has been given
same time that the menace from Russia is to such useful measures as the improvement
regarded by the responsible representatives of of the water-supply of Secunderabad, and to
the Peninsula as a real and growing danger. the public spirit shown by His Highness
In the union of those who will suffer from it in connection with the appointment of the
102 THE« GOLDEN BOOK OF INDIA
Chloroform Commission, ably presided over His Highness has cared for the medical
by Surgeon-Lieuteuant-Colonel Lawrie— an wants of his female subjects by employing
enquiry which has already produced scientific
results of importance, and which shows that lady-doctors, establishing schools for the
His Highness is prepared to recognize the training of nurses, and by many similar
claims of philanthropy transcending the limits benefactions. Some of the sons of the
of his own possessions."
Hyderabad nobles are sent to England,
at the cost of the State, to be educated.
The progress of the State of Hyderabad The Nizam has also established a system
under the rule of this brave and patriotic of famine-relief, for use in time of famine,
Prince has been most surprising, and is based on the Report of Sir James Caird's
evident in every department of public Famine Commission, that may be com-
affairs. In communication and means pared with that of British India. In
of locomotion, in education, in sanitation, every way the progress attained, especi-
in the administration of justice, police, and ally of late, has been most remarkable
prisons, in finance, in revenue-adminis- and gratifying.
tration and surveys, and in every other The family banner of the Nizam is
department, the most thorough reforms coloured yellow, and it bears in its centre
have been attempted with marked success. a disc, which represents the "Lucky
"
The recent increase in trade and manu- Chapati of the first Nizam. This family
factures — cotton-spinning, cloth and silk cognizance took its origin in the following
weaving, shawl-making and the like has— incident. When the first Nizam was
been most marked. It is not too much departing to the wars in the Deccan, a
to say that the Nizam is idolized by his holy man came forward to give his
people; on the occasion of his serious benediction to the hero of the faith, and
illness in 1884, the prayers in all the presented him with a chapati as an
mosques, and the public anxiety through- emblem of good fortune ; this chapati
out the State, reminded every one of the the warrior carried with him as an amulet
feeling evoked in England by the illness through all his successful campaigns, and
of the Prince of Wales. The Nizam has his descendants have ever since borne
had the advantage of being served by the device called the kulcha on their
many of the ablest and most experienced banner.
and successful Statesmen that India has The Nizam rules his State in a con-
produced, among whom the most pro- stitutional manner, through the medium
minent have been the late Sir Sahar Jang, —
of a Prime Minister His Excellency
the late Shams-ul-Umara, and the great Sir Vikar-ul-Umara, K.C.I.E.— with a
—
Shamsiya family the late Sir Asman Jah, Council of State. His Highness has
Sir Kurshid Jah, and the present Prime fixed days in the week when he transacts
Minister, Sir Vikar-ul-Umara. By the public business with the Council; and
aid of these Ministers His Highness has thrice a week the Prime Minister attends
developed his State by a great railway — at the Palace, with all reports, financial
which he opened in person on April 3, 1 886 ; statements, and other documents, there-
he has established an extensive system by keeping the Nizam fully informed of
of public instruction, based on the most the state of public affairs. His Highness
perfect models, both for elementary and is said to take a personal interest in all
for secondary education ; he has purified that goes on and indeed, for some time
;
the administration of justice, and put it before the appointment of the last
on a par with that in British India he ;
Prime Minister, he acted as his own
has repaired the neglect of centuries in Minister, with the aid of an English
the maintenance and construction of him by the Viceroy. He is
officer lent
tanks and wells, and in the sanitation of a keen sportsman, and a proficient in all
the great cities of the State, and especially manly exercises, especially in that of
in the capital. He has introduced and tent-pegging, which is his great amuse-
largely carried out a scientific system of ment, and in which he is very expert.
Revenue Survey, and safeguarded the The area of the Nizam's dominions
rights of the poorer cultivators. The
— including the Berars or Hyderabad
great central jail of Hyderabad, although Assigned Districts, which are temporarily
it contains some of the most desperate administered by the British Government
criminals in India, is admirably arranged —
in trust for him is about 98,000 square
and administered, and is becoming a miles ; its population is nearly 13,000,000,
valuable centre for jail-manufactures. chiefly Hindus, but with over a million
Muhammadans. It is by far the largest, when the famous Abhai Singh, Rahtor
richest, and most populous of the feuda- Raja of Jodhpur, was Subahdar of
tory States of India ; it is three times as Guj arat under the Emperor Muhammad
large as Bavaria, and more than twice Shah, and his brother Bakht Singh
as populous. The Nizam maintains a Rahtor was the conqueror of Nagar,
military force of 6228 cavalry, 24,068
two other brothers, named Anand Singh
infantry, and 35 guns; exclusive of
the Rahtor and Rai Singh Rahtor, estab-
lished themselves at Idar by force of
Prigah or Household Troops. His High-
ness is entitled to a salute of 21 guns. arms. The Peshwa and the Gaekwar
Residence : Hyderabad, Deccan. soon despoiled the young State; and
the Raja Sheo Singh Rahtor, son of
HYDERSHA AMEDSHA MUNSHI, Anand Singh, who died in 1791, was
Khan Saheb. The title was conferred compelled to lose part of his territories,
on June 22, 1897. Residence : Godhra, and to pay tribute to the Gaekwar.
Bombay. This tribute is still paid by the Chief
of Idar, who in return receives tribute
IBA.D-ULLA, Muhammad, Khan Bahd- from some other minor States. Sheo
aur. See Muhammad.
Singh was succeeded by his sonBhawan
IBAHIM, Sayyid, Khan Bahadur. See Singh, who died shortly afterwards,
Muhammad. leaving the (jadi to a minor son, the
Raja Gambhirsinghji. The latter was
IBRAHIM ALI, Sayyid, Khan Bahadur. succeeded by the Maharaja Jawan-
Tie titlewas conferred on January 1, singhji, K.C.S.I., who was a Member
1898. Is Wazir of the Bahawalpur of the Legislative Council of Bombay,
Stite. Residence: Bahawalpur, Punjab. and died in 1868, leaving his son, the
present Maharaja, as a minor. His
IBRAHIM All, Muhammad Awali Highness was educated at the Raj-
Martabat Mirza Bahadur, Prince. kumar College at Indore. His State
See Muhammad. has an area of 2500 square miles and ;
a population of 258,429, chiefly Hindus,

IBRA3IM HAJI SUMAR PATEL, Haji, but including 8700 Muhammadans and
Khd% Saheb. Received the title on
6266 Jains. The Mahara ja has obtained
Jun< 3, 1899. Residence : Bombay. a sanad of adoption ; and was created
IBRAIIM KHAN. See Muhammad a Knight Commander of the Most
Ibralim Khan. Exalted Order of the Star of India on
February 15, 1887, on the occasion of
IBRAIIM SAYYID. See Muhammad the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most
Ibralim, Maulavi, Sayyid. Gracious Majesty. His Highness main-
IBRAR AHMAD, Kazi, Khan Bahddur. 100 infantry, and 21 guns, and is
The ttle was conferred on May 25, 1895. entitled to a salute of 15 guns. Resi-
Residence : Moradabad, North-Western dence : Idar, Mahi Kantha, Bombay.
Provhces.
ICHHRl SINGH, Sarddr. The title is IJAZ HUSAIN, Muhammad, Khadim-ul-

hereditary. Residence : Gujranwala, Aima, Mirza Bahadur, Prince. See
Punjtb. Muhammad.
IDAR, His Highness Maharaja Sri Sir IJPURA, Thakur Gobar singly i, Thdkvr
Kesrisinghji Jawansinghji, K.C.S.I., of. A ruling chief ; b. 1850. Belongs
Maharaja of. A
ruling chief; b. 1864. to a Koli (aboriginal) family. His State
Succeeded to the yadi December 26, has a population of about 392, chiefly
1868. Belongs to the great Rahtor Hindus. Residence: Ijpura, Mahi
Rajput (Hindu) family, said to spring Kantha.
from the second son of the legendary
hero Rama, and therefore of the Solar IKDARIA. See Raipur Ikdaria.
race; of whom the principal Chief is
His Highnessthe Maharaja of Jodhpur, IKRAM-ULLA KHAN, Sayyid Muham-
and to which also belong the Chiefs of mad, Khan Bahddur. The title was
Bikanir and Kishangarh in Rajputana, conferred on June 3, J. Residence:
and other important Princes. In 1729, Delhi, Punjab.
ILAHI BAKHSH, Hafiz, Khdn BaMdur. in Zhob and the Ghumal country, and
The title was conferred on May 25, in the Shirani Hills. He has taken
1895. Residence :
Lahore, Punjab. part also in exploring expeditions to
the Vaziri country, to Buner, to Agror,
ILAHI BAKHSH, Muhammad, Khdn
Bahadur. The title was conferred on Kandahar, and Kabul. He is a Member
of the Municipal Committee of Dera
January 1, 1891. Residence: Delhi, Ghazi Khan and has received a khilaf
;
Punjab.
and a chair in Darbar from the
ILAHI BAKHSH,Shaikh, Khdn Bahadur. Government. Residence: Dera Ghazi
The title is personal, and was conferred Khan, Punjab.
on May 24, 1889. Residence : Ajmir.
IMAM BAKHSH KHAN, Mazari, Sir,
ILOL, Thakur Wakhatsinghji Dip- K.C.I.E., Mir, Nawdb. The first title
singhji, Thakur. A
ruling chief; b. (of Mir; is hereditary, the second (of
1864. Succeeded to the gadi April 16, Nawab) is personal, and was conferred
1866. Belongs to a Koli (Hindu) on February 23, 1877, in recognition of
family; was educated at the Rajku- his loyal and zealous services in S5r
mar College, Rajkot. The State of R. Sandeman's mission to Kal^t.
Ilol is tributary to the Gaekwar, and Belongs to a Mazari Baluch famly
also to Idar. Its area is 44 square that claims descent from Amir Hamza,
miles ; its
population is
5603, chiefly the uncle of the Prophet, whose sen,
Hindus. Residence : Ilol, Mahi Kantha, Kul Charag, emigrated from Persiato
Bombay. Kalat, and settled in Kach *nd
ILTIFAT HUSAIN, Mir, Khdn Bahadur. Makran. A
descendant, Batil Kbin,
received the title of " Mazar," mean-
on May ing a lion in the Baluch language, on
24, 1889. Residence : Baroda.
account of his gallantry in the battles
IMAM BAKHSH walad SHER MU- with the Lashiris, and hence the mme
HAMMAD KHAN (of Mirpur), Mir. of this Baluchi clan. Bahrain Khan,
The title is continued for life, the the father of Sir Imam Balhsh,
Mir being a representative of one received a sanad from the Mahiraja
of the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at the
Ranjit Singh of Lahore. Durinj the
time of the annexation. Residence :
Mutiny of 1857 Sir Imam Btkhsh
Hyderabad, Sind. gave conspicuous aid to the Govern-
IMAM BAKHSH (of Raikot), Rai. ment; and was created a Enight
Belongs to a Edj put Muhammadan Commander of the Most Eninent
family, that claims descent from the
Order of the Indian Empire, Mty 24,
same stock as that of the ruling 1888. He an Honorary Magistrate
is
house of Jaisalmir. Its founder, Tulsi of the and one of tht most
first class,
influential and loyal Chiefs m the
Ram, second son of Raja Dulchi Ram
of Jaisalmir, is said to have become a Baluch frontier. His eldest son,aamed
convert to Islam in the year 1833. Bahram Khan, was born in 18«JV and
His descendants occupied Raikot till has married the daughter ani only
the death of Rani Bhagbari in 1852, child of his cousin, Sher Muhatnmad,
when the territory lapsed to the British which marriage ensures* the "aman-
Government. Rai Imam Bakhsh is a ddrship, or headship of the clan, to
distant relative of the late Rani, and Sir Imam Bakhsh's desceidants.
has succeeded to her private estate. Residence : Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab.
He has three sons, Amir Khan, Fateh
IMAM SHARIF, Khdn Bahddur. The
Khan, and Faizulla Khan. Residence : title is personal, and was conferred on
Raikot, Ludhiana, Punjab. Residence
February 16, 1887. : Survey
IMAM BAKHSH KHAN, Bozdar, Khdn of India.
Bahadur; b. 1834. The title was IMDAD
conferred on April 10, 1884, as a per- ALI, Khdn Bahddur. The title
was conferred on January 1895.
1,
sonal distinction, in recognition of
Residence :
Damoh, Central Provinces.
his eminent services in the Survey
Department as an explorer of un- IMDAD ALI KHAN walad TURAB All
known tracts on the Frontier. He KHAN, Mir. The title is continued
has done especially valuable work as for life, the Mir being a representative
an explorer in the Gilgit country, also of one of the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind
at the time of the annexation. Resi- INDAR NARAYAN, Rai ; b. 1850. The
dence: Sind. title is hereditary, and was conferred
on June 5, 1858. Belongs to a Brahman
IMDAD IMAM, Maulavi, Sayyid,
family of Kashmir. The late Pandit
Shams-ul-Ulama. The title was con-
Rai Kishan Narayan was Settlement
ferred on May 24, 1889, as a personal
in recognition of his Deputy Collector of Sagar in the
distinction, Central Provinces at the time of the
eminence as an oriental scholar. Resi-
dence: Patna, Bengal.
Mutiny of 1857, and greatly dis-
tinguished himself by his courage and
IMLAI, JRdjd of. See Lala Saheb. fidelity, which were of the greatest
value to the local authorities through-
INAYAT ALI KHAN
walad MIR
out the time of the disturbances. As
GHTJLAM SHAH, Mir. The title is a reward he received the hereditary
hereditary, the Mir being a repre- title of Rai, with a grant of lands.
sentative of the Mirs or Chiefs of
On his death his son, the present Rai,
Sind at the time of the annexation, who is a Subordinate Judge in the
Residence : Shikarpur, Sind. North-Western Provinces, inherited
INAYAT ALI KHAN walad MIR the title and estates. He was educated
GHTJLAM SHAH, Mir. The title has at Agra, and has two sons Brij —
been continued for the Mir being
life, Narayan and Iqbal Narayan. Resi-
a representative of one of the Mirs or dence : Cawnpur, North-Western
Chiefs of Sind at the time of the Provinces.
Sind. INDORE, His Highness Maharaj-
INAYAT HUSAIN, Khan Ba- Adhiraj Sir Shivaji Rao Holkar,
Bahadur, G.C.S.I., Maharaja of. A
Shaikh,
conferred on November 25, 1870. Resi-
the gadi on July 12, 1886. His
dence: Hyderabad, Deccan. —
Highness's full titles are His High-
INAYAT HUSAIN KHAN, MunsM, ness Maharaj-Adhiraji Raj Rajesh-
Khan Bahadur; b. September 1834. war Sawai Sir Shivaji Rao Holkar
Belongs to a Pathan family, and has Bahadur, Knight Grand Commander
been in service of the Government of the Most Exalted Order of the Star
since 1850. During the Mutiny he of India. Holkar is the dynastic
rendered valuable services at the risk name of the Princes of this great
of his own life and property, and for Mahratta family, who have occupied
these he has been rewarded with a a very conspicuous place in the
grant, and on June 6, 1885, obtained history of India since the first half of
the title of Khan Bahadur as a per- the 18th century. It is derived from
sonal distinction. Residence: Alla- Hoi, the name of the village on the
habad, North-Western Provinces. Nira river in the Deccan, where, in
1693, was born Malhar Rao, the
INAYAT-ULLA KHAN, Khan Bahadur. founder of the dynasty. It is an in-
The personal, and was con-
title is
ferred on June 3, 1893. Residence: teresting fact in connection with the
history of this Principality, that its
Hardoi, Oudh. administration has twice, at important
INDAR DEO (of Akhrota), Rdjd. The periods, been in the hands of ladies of
title is hereditary.The family is of —
the family once, most successfully,
ancient Rajput origin. Its founder in those of the famous Ahalya Bai
was Raja Ranjit Deo, Raja of Jammu, (1765-95), and once (less happily) in
the son of Raja Darab Deo, who was those of Tulsi Bai (1811-17). Malhar
the ancestor of the Maharajas of Rao adopted a military life in his early
Jammu and Kashmir.
Raja Indar youth, and in the year 1724 entered
Deo's grandfatherwas the ruling the service of the Peshwa, from which
chief at Jammu, who was ejected by time his rise was very rapid. Eight
the Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Lahore years later he had become the Com-
when he conquered that territory. mander-in-Chief of the Peshwa's
He is the son of the late Raja Raghbir armies, had conquered the Imperial
Deo. Residence : Akhrota, Pathankot, Subahdar of Malwa, and had received,
Gurdaspur, Punjab. from the gratitude of the Peshwa,
the territory of Indore, with most of Maharaj-Adhiraj Tukaji Rao Holkar,
the conquered territory. He continued father of the present Chief. Tukaji Rao
to strengthen his position, and at the was only eleven years old at the date of
great battle of Panipat, in conjunction his accession, and was the second son
with Sindhia (see Gwalior, Maharaja of Bhao Holkar. In 1852 he attained
of), he commanded one division of his majority, and was invested with
the Mahratta hosts. After that the full management of the State.
disaster he retired to Indore, and In 1857 the Indore army mutinied, and
devoted himself to the development besieged the British Resident, Sir
of this great Principality, which he Henry Durand, at Indore, who was
left in 1765 to his grandson, a minor exposed to much difficulty and danger
named Mali Rao Holkar, in a state of in taking off the women and children
prosperity. The latter died in a few to a place of safety at Bhopal. The
months and the administration was
; Maharaja, however, remained loyal,
then assumed by his mother, Ahalya and his rebellious troops soon after
Bai, the daughter-in-law of the first were forced to lay down their arms.
Holkar. Aided by her Commander- The Maharaja subsequently received
in-Chief, Tukaji Rao Holkar, this a sanad of adoption, an increased
clever and courageous lady ruled for personal salute, and the rank of a
thirty years, and left Indore, at her Knight Grand Commander of the Most
death in 1795, in a well-ordered and Exalted Order of the Star of India. He
prosperous condition. Thereon much died in 1886, and was succeeded by
disorder ensued. At last Jeswant Rao the present Maharaj-Adhiraj Bahadur.
Holkar, an illegitimate son of Tukaji, His Highness has visited England,
amid many vicissitudes of fortune, and is known as a Prince of great
managed to maintain the position of enlightenment and ability. Like his
the family. He defeated the combined illustrious father, he has received the
armies of Sindhia and the Peshwa in rank of a Knight Grand Commander
1802, and took possession of the of the Most Exalted Order of the Star
Peshwa's capital of Poona which,
; of India. The area of his State is
however, reverted to the Peshwa by 8400 square miles ; its population

British intervention after the Treaty about 1,055,000, chiefly Hindus, but
of Bassein in the same year. Again, including about 73,000 Muhammadans,
after the Treaty of Sarji Anjengaon, and 86,000 belonging to various ab-
war ensued between Jeswant Rao original tribes. In size the State of
Holkar and the Paramount Power, Indore may be compared with the
with varying fortune, till at length, in kingdoms of Saxony or Wiirtemburg,
1805, Holkar was forced to surrender but is larger than either. In popula-
to Lord Lake, and sign a treaty on the tion it may be compared with the
banks of the river Bias in the Punjab. Grand Duchies of Hesse or Baden,
He died in 1811, leaving a minor son, being more populous than the former,
Malhar Rao Holkar and the adminis-
; and less so than the latter. His
tration was carried on by Tulsi Bai, Highness maintains a military force
one of the concubines of the late of 3231 cavalry, 6128 infantry, and 65
Maharaja, as Queen Regent. She was guns. He is entitled to a salute of
murdered in 1817 by her own officers ; 21 guns within the limits of Indore
but the Indore army was defeated by territory, and 19 guns elsewhere.
the British forces at the battle of Residence : Indore, Central India.
Mehidpur, and the Treaty of Mandesar
followed in 1818, by which Malhar INDRA BIXRAMA SINGH (of Raipur
Rao Holkar became a feudatory Prince Ikdaria, Itaunja),,Rdjd; b. November
of the British Empire. He died in 21, 1864. The title is hereditary, having
1833 without issue. Martand Rao been assumed by Rai Dingar Deo,
Holkar was adopted as his successor, ancestor of the Raja, and having been
but was speedily deposed by his cousin, recognized as hereditary by the Govern-
Hari Rao Holkar. The latter, dying ment in 1877. Belongs to a Puar
in 1843 without issue, was succeeded Rajput (Hindu) family, of the Vasishta
by his adopted son, Kandi Rao, who Gotra or clan, tracing their descent
died in 1844, and was succeeded by from Deo Ridh Rai, eighth son of
adoption by his late Highness the Raja Rudra Sah of Dharanagar or
Deogarh, who took service under the and his father, Rai Rdjd Tikam
King of Delhi, and obtained from him Chand Bahddur, both successively held
important commands. The Rdjds have important posts under the Nawdbs of
before their residence a large square the Carnatic. Belongs to a Kayastha
stone, which they hold in almost family, claiming descent from the
sacred reverence. They say that they famous Chitragupta. Has received the
brought it from Delhi, and that it is thanks of Government for his public
the symbol of their right to the estates services and his benevolence. His
granted to them by the Emperors of adopted son is named Lachmi Das.
Delhi. The late Rdjd Jagmohan Singh Residence: Madras.
died in 1881, four months after attain-
ISHWAR DAS, Pandit, Rai Bahddur.
ing his majority, and was succeeded The title is personal, and was conferred
by his brother, the present Rdjd, then on Residence: Pesha-
sixteen years old, as a minor under May 24, 1889.
the Court of Wards. Educated at war, Punjab.
Canning College, Lucknow; attained ISHWAR LAL OCHHAVARAM, Rao
his majority, and received possession Saheb. The was conferred Janu-
title
of his estate on January 2, 1886. Resi- ary 1, 1895. Residence: Ahmadabad,
dence : Itaunja, Mahona, Lucknow, Bombay.
Oudh. ISKHAN KHAN, KUn
Malik, Tarin,
INJHAR SINGH, Rao Bahadur. The Saheb. Received the title on June 3,
title is personal, 1899. Residence: Peshin, Baluchistan.
February on the occasion of ISMAIL BEG AMIR
16, 1887,
the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most
BEG, Khdn Saheb.
Gracious Majesty. Residence : Chark- Residence : Poona, Bombay.
hdri, Central India.
ISMAIL KHAN walad SALE KHAN,
ISHAK HAJI ISA, Haji, Khdn Saheb. Khdn Saheb. The title was conferred
Received the title on June 3, 1899. on June Residence
22, 1897. : Kolaba,
Residence :
Bombay. Bombay.
ISHAN CHANDRA MITTRA, Rat ITAUNJA. See Raipur Ikdaria; see
Bahadur. The title was conferred on also Indra.
January 1, 1892. Residence : Hughli,
Bengal.
ITHAR KHAN AIMAT KHAN, Khdn
Saheb. Received the title on May 21,
ISHRI PARSHAD TEWARI, Rat. The 1898. Residence: Jalgaon, Bombay.
May 20, 1890. Residence: Central JABRIA BHIL and JABRI, Mian Yusuf
Provinces. Muhammad, Mian of. A ruling chief;
b. 1874. Succeeded to the gadi May
ISHRI SINGH (of Nadaun), Mian. The 10, 1888 as a minor. Belongs to a
title is hereditary. Is a near relative Pinddri (Muhammadan) family, de-
of the Rdjd Narindar Chand of Nadaun scended from Rajdn Khdn, brother of
(q. v.), and a descendant of the Rdjd the Pinddri leader Chitu. The State
Sir Jodhbir Chand, K.C.S.I. Resi- is tributary to Gwalior, and contains
dence : Kdngra, Punjab. a population of about 1000, chiefly
ISHWAR CHANDRA MITTAR, Rai Hindus. Residence : Jabria Bhil, Bho-
Bahadur. The title was conferred on pdl, Central India.
June 3, 1893. Residence : Calcutta. JACOB, Elijah, Khdn Saheb. The title
ISHWAR CHANDRA SIL, Rai Bahddur.
1,
The title was conferred on January

Residence : Jabalpur, Central Provinces.
1,
1892. Residence : Dacca, Bengal. JADAB CHANDRA BARTJA. Rai Ba-
ISHWAR DAS, Rai Bahddur, Rdjd conferred on August 30, 1888. Re-
Ddyawant; b. June 13, 1826. The sidence : Nowgong, Assam.
titles are personal, and having been
conferred by the Nawdb of the
JADAB CHANDRA DEB, Rai Bahddur.
Carnatic, were recognized by the
Government in 1890. His grandfather, 1897. Reside nee : Malda, Bengal.
the Rai Rdjd Makhan Lai Bahadur, JADAV. See Jadab.
108 THE GOLDEN BOOK OP INDIA
JADU. See Yadu. Eminent Order of the Indian Empire,
June 25, 1887. Is an officer in Her
JADUNATH DEO (of Aul), Kumdr. Is
the son of the late Raja Padmalabh Majesty's Army, with the rank of
Risaldar. Residence: Caloutta.
Deo of Aul, who was born in 1830,
succeeded to the gadi in 1840, and has JAFAR All KHAN, Nawab Bahadur.
recently died. Is descended from the The title is personal. Is the grandson
ancient Royal family of Orissa. The of the lateAmjad Ali Shah, King of
Maharaja Makund Deo, the last Maha- Oudh, being the younger son of Nizam-
raja of Orissa, was conquered by the ud-daula, who married a daughter of
Raja Man Singh {see Jodhpur) as the King. Residence: Lucknow, Oudh.
Viceroy of the Mughal Emperor to- JAFAR ALI KHAN, Muhammad, Na-
wards the close of the 16th century. wab Bahadur. Muhammad.
See
When subsequently Ram
Chandra
Deo, belonging to another family, was JAFAR YUSUF, Khan Bahadur. The
proclaimed Maharaja of Orissa by the
headmen of the country, his title was Residence : Poona,
Bombay.
disputed by the two surviving sons of JAFARABAD, Chief of. See Janjira.
Makund Deo, of whom the elder was
also called Ram Chandra Deo, and the JAGADINDRA NATH RAI (of Nator),
disputes were finally settled by Raj 4 Maharaja. The title is personal, and
Man Singh in 1580 A.B., who appointed was conferred on January 1, 1877-
Ram Chandra Deo, the son of Maha- Belongs to a Saritra Brahman family,
Makund Deo,
to be Raja of Aul,
who were eminent for many genera-
raja,
tions as Maharajas of Nator, and at
and his brother to be Raja of Sar-
of while the other one time owned the greater portion of
ungar Patiya,
the Rajshahi district. It is stated
Ram Chandra Deo was made Raja
that the title of Maharaja Bahadur
of Khurda. In 1803 the Raja of Aul
was conferred on Ram Jiban Rai by
acknowledged fealty to the British the Emperor of Delhi, and another
Government. Residence : Aul, Orissa,
sanad from Delhi was conferred on his
Bengal.
grandson, the Maharaja Ram Krishna
JADUNATH HALDAR, Rai Bahadur; Rai Bahadur of Nator. His son was
b. April 5, 1832. The title is personal, the Maharaja Bisvanath Rai Bahadur
and was conferred on May 24, 1889. of Nator, who is said by the family to
His great-grandfather was in the have been granted a political pension
service of the Nawab of Murshidabad Government
by the British in 1806.
in Bengal, and was granted by him the His grandson was the Maharaja Go-
appellation of Haldar, which his de- bindanath Rai Bahadur of Nator, the
scendants retain as their family name.
(adoptive) father of the present Ma-
After the British conquest of Bengal haraja. Residence: Nator, Rajshahi,
he was appointed Tahsildar of Khas Bengal.
Mahal in Barrackpore. During the
JAGADISHWAR CHATTARJI, Rai Ba-
Mutiny the Rai Bahadur was a prisoner hadur; b. March 17, 1846. The title
in the hands of the rebels for five '
is personal, and was conferred on
months, and has subsequently ren- January 2, 1888, for long and approved
dered excellent service in the Police service in the Opium Department, in
of the North-Western Provinces. Re-
which he held an important position.
sidence : Allahabad, North- Western
Provinces.
Belongs to a Brahman family of
Bengal. Residence: Benares, North-
JADUNATH MUKHARJI, Rai Bahadur. Western Provinces.
The title is personal, and was conferred JAGAMANPUR, Raja of. See Rup Sah.
on May 22, 1876, "for liberality dis- JAGAN PARSHAD, Munshi, Rai Ba-
played by him in various matters of hadur. The title was conferred on
public progress and improvement." May 26, 1894. Residence: Agra, North-
Granted the title of Rai Bahadur, as western Provinces.
a personal distinction, January 2, 1893.
Residence :
Haz^ribagh, Bengal.
JAGANNADHA CHETTIAR, P. K, Rao
Bahadur. on Janu-
Received the title
JAFAR ALI KHAN, CLE. Was ary 2, 1899. Is Tahsildar of Karnul,
created a Companion of the Most Madras. Residence : Karnul, Madras.
JAGANNADHA RAO, Valluri, Rai Ba- hore family. Residences: Sialkot,

hadur. The title is personal, and was Punjab; and Bahraich, Oudh.
conferred on February 16, 1887. Re- JAGJOT SINGH, Sarddr. See Jagjodh
sidence Vizianagram, Madras.
:
Singh.
JAGANNATH, Lala, Rai Bahadur. The JAGMOHAN SINGH, CLE. (of Atra
title was conferred on January 1, 1896.
Chandapur), Rdjd; b. August 21,
Residence : Pilibhit, North-Western 1841. Succeeded 1864. The title is
Provinces.
hereditary. Belongs to the great
JAGANNATH BARUA, Rai Bahadur. Kanhpuria (Rajput) family (see Surpal
The titlewas conferred on June 22, Singh Bahadur, Raja of Tiloi), being
1897. Residence : Jorhat, Assam. descended from Raja Madan Singh of
Simrauta, third son of Prasad Singh,
JAGAT BAHADUR (of Umri),Rdjd; b. who was seventh in descent from
November 17, 1850. Succeeded to the
Kanh, the Kshatriya founder of Kanh-
gadi October 23, 1872. The title is pur in the time of the great Manik
hereditary. Is the senior represent- Chand. The seventh in descent from
ative of the ancient Bilkhari (Rajput)
Madan Singh was the Raja Mandhata
Chiefs of Fort Bilkhar, the vast ruins
Singh, who was in possession of
of which remain to this day in the
mauza of Agyapur; descended from Chandapur at the time of the conquest
of Oudh by Saadat Khan. The Raja
Ghaibar Sah, fourth son of Jaswant, Shiudarshan Singh had half the estate
and great-grandson of Balbhaddar confiscated at the time of the Mutiny in
Dikhit, who built Fort Bilkhar after 1857. His grandson, the present Raja,
the fall of Kanauj. About 600 years ago is an Honorary Magistrate, and re-
one of his descendants, Raja Ram Deo, ceived a Medal of Honour at the
was the Bilkharia Chief of Patti and
Fort Bilkhar, but was deposed by his Imperial Assemblage at Delhi on
January 1, 1877, on the occasion of
son-in-law, Bariar Singh Bachgoti (see the Proclamation of Her Most Graci-
Madho Prasad Singh, Rai), who slew ous Majesty as Empress of India; and
his son Dalpat Sah, and seized the
subsequently for good services he was
fort, leaving only a few villages to
the descendants of Raj 4 Ram Deo.
created a Companion of the Most
The present Raja has a son and heir, on January 1, 1891. Residence : Chan-
named Lai Krishna Pal Singh. Re-
dapur, Rai Bareli, Oudh.
sidence : Umri, Partabgarh, Oudh.
JAGODESHWAR CHATTERJI, Rai Ba-
JAGAT SINGH, CLE., Sarddr Baha- hadur. See Jagadishwar Chattarji.
dur. The Sardar Bahadur Jagat
Singh, Kalalwala, CLE., was formerly
JAHANDAD KHAN (of Khanpur), Rdjd,
Khdn Bahadur. The first title (Raja)
Subadar-Major, 29th jPunjab Infantry. is hereditary, and the second (Khan
He was created a Companion of the
Most Eminent Order of the Indian Bahadur) is personal, and was con-
ferred on May 24, 1881. Belongs to
Empire on January 3, 1893. Residence : a of the Gakkar who
family tribe,
SiaTkot, Punjab.
overran Kashmir in early times, and
JAGAT SINGH (of Singhpur), Thdkur. were formidable opponents of the
The title is hereditary. Residence: Emperor Babar. Is the son of Raja
Singhpur, Narsinghpur, Central Pro- Haidar Bakhsh Khan; has acted as
vinces. Extra Assistant Commissioner of the
JAGATJIT SINGH BAHADUR, His Punjab. His son and heir is named
See Kapurthala. Fazaldad. Residence: Hazara, Punjab.
Highness Sir, Rdjd.
JAGGAN. See Jagan. JAHANGIRABAD, Rani of. See Zeb-
un-nisa.
JAGJIWAN, Mehta Bhuj), Rai
The title
(of JAI CHAND Lambagraon), Rdjd; b.
(of
Bahadur. is personal, and
was conferred on May
1870. The hereditary, and was
title is
26, 1894. Re-
conferred on December 12, 1851. Be-
sidence :
Jaisalmir, Rajputana.
longs to the Katoch family of Rajputs,
JAGJODH SINGH, Sarddr. The title and is head of the Kangra family.
is hereditary. the son of the late
Is Raja Parmad Chand died childless in
Kunwar Peshawara Singh of the La- exile at Almora, and was succeeded by
his relative, Raja Partab Chand, the late Raja. Residence :
Partabgarh,
father of the present Raja. Residence : Oudh.
Kangra, Punjab. JAIKISHAN DAS, C.S.I., Rdjd Bahadur;
JAI KISHAN DAS, C.S.I., Rdjd Ba- b. November 24, 1832. The title is
hadur. See Jaikishan. personal, and was conferred on Janu-
JAI SINGH (of Guler), Rdjd. The title ary 18, 1860. Belongs to a family of
Chaube Brahmans, who fled to Etah
is hereditary, and was conferred on
from Muttra in the reign of Ala-ud-
February 28, 1878, the Raja being
the brother of the late Raja Sham- din Ghori, because they had slain the
sher Singh of Guler, and having pre- Kazi of Muttra. Chaube Ghansham
viously enjoyed the hereditary title
Das, having long been in Government
of Mian. His son and heir is named service, and having retired on pension,
in 1857 rendered most valuable aid to
Rughnath Singh. The family is con- the Government, although blind and
nected with that of His Highness the
Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir by infirm; and ultimately was surprised
and slain by the rebels at Kasganj.
marriage. It is an offshoot of the
families of Kangra and Lambagraon. His brother, the present Rdjd Jai
Residence : Guler, Kangra, Punjab. Kishan Dds Bahddur, had loyally sup-
ported him, and was rewarded with
JAI SINGH (of Kot Khai), Rdnd. The the title and a grant of lands and
title is hereditary. Succeeded the late other honours in 1860. He was created
Rand Ram Saran Singh in 1892. Re- a Companion of the Most Exalted
sidence: Simla, Punjab. Order of the Star of India in 1870.
Is a Fellow of the Allahabad Uni-
JAI SINGH (of Siba), Rdjd. The title
is personal, and was conferred on versity, and Deputy Collector of Bare-
Residence : Moradabad, North-
August 7, 1878. The Siba family is illy.
an offshoot of the Guler family (see western Provinces.
Jai Singh, of Guler, Raja), which itself JAIKISHAN DAS, Lala, Rai Bahddur.
was an offshoot of that of Kangra. The personal, and was conferred
title is
Is descended from Sibaru Chand, a on Residence:
January 1, 1894.
younger son of the Raja of Guler, who Kashmir.
conquered the Siba territory, calling
it Siba after his own name. Raja Ram
JAIPUR, His Highness Sir Madho
Singh Bahadur, G.C.S.I., Mahdrdjd
Singh, the last of the old hereditary A ruling chief; b. 1861. As-
of.
Rajas of Siba, died without male issue cended the gadi as a minor September
in 1875. The territory lapsed to the
18, 1880, and was invested with full
Paramount Power, but as an act of
favour to His Highness the Maharaja governing powers on attaining his
of Jammu and Kashmir, who is related majority in September 1882. Is the
Chief of the famous Kachhwdha tribe
to the family by marriage, the territory
of Rdjputs, descended from the le-
and title was continued to a scion of
the family named Raj d Bije Singh. gendary hero Rdma, and therefore of
the Swryavansi or Solar race. Tod
He died in 1878, and was succeeded devotes a large part of his learned
by his son, the present Raja. Re- Annals of Rdjdsthdn to the history of
sidence : Siba, Kangra, Punjab.
this family, which, indeed, is no un-
JAIBANS KTJNWAR Kaithola),
(of important part of the history of India.
Rdni; b. 1849. The heredi-
title is Tod says of the ruling familv of Jaipur
tary. The Chief of Kaithola is the (otherwise called Amber or Dhundar) :
head of the great Kanhpuria family "A family which traces its lineage
(see Surpal Singh), being the repre- from Rama of Koshala, Nala of
sentative of Sahas, the eldest son Nishida, and Dola the lover of Ma-
of Kanh. From him a line of twenty roni, may be allowed 'the boast of
descents from father to son ends in heraldry'; and in remembrance of
the late Raja Mahesh Bakhsh of Kai- this descent, the Cushites [Kachhwd-
thola, who died without male issue ha] of India celebrate with great
in 1881. The estates were under solemnity the annual feast of the sun,
Government management for some on which a stately car, called the
time, and were then handed over to Chariot of the Sun, Surf/a ratha, drawn
the present Rdni, the widow of the by eight horses, is brought from the
temple, and the descendant of Ramesa, Singh II., the subsequent history of
ascending therein, perambulates his the family is much occupied with
capital." The full title of the Maha- leagues with Udaipur and Jodhpur
—
raja is His Highness Saramad-i-Ra- against the Imperial Power, with con-
jaha-i-Hindustan Raj Rajendra Sri tests with Jodhpur for the honour of
Maharaj-Adhiraj Sawai Sir Madho marrying a Princess of Udaipur, with
Singh Bahadur, Knight Grand Com- Rajput rivalries and defections, and
mander of the Most Exalted Order with Mahratta raids. In order to
of the Star of India (see Introduction, regain the privilege of marrying
§ 11). From Rama, the hero of the Princesses of the House of Udaipur
Rdmdyana,the greatest of the legendary
— which honour they had forfeited by
heroes of India, to Dhola Rao, the marrying a daughter to the Mughal
founder of the Jaipur State in 967 —
Emperor the Rajas of Jaipur agreed
A.D., there are enumerated 34 genera- that the issue of the marriage with an
tions; and from Dhola Rao to the Udaipur Princess should succeed to
present Maharaja, 106 generations. the Raj even before an elder brother
Early in the 11th century a descendant by another Rani; and this promise,
of Dhola Rao named Hamaji conquered coupled with the rivalry of the Rajas
Amber from the Minas, and fixed his of Jodhpur for the same privilege,
court there ; and Amber remained the produced endless troubles and dis-
capital of the dynasty until the time asters. In the time of the Raj 4 Jagat
of Jai Singh II., who transferred it to Singh, Amir Khan, the notorious
Jaipur in 1728. In the time of the Pindari leader (afterwards Nawab of
Great Mughal, the Emperor Akbar, Tonk), sided first with the Raja of
Raja Bhagwan Das of Jaipur was one Jaipur against Jodhpur, and then with
of the first Princes of the Empire. the Raja of Jodhpur against Jaipur;
Overcoming Rajput pride of race, he and devastated each country in turn.
gave his daughter in marriage to the At last, in 1818, the British Govern-
Emperor's son and heir, Prince Salim, ment intervened took the Jaipur
;
afterwards the Emperor Jahangir, and State under its protection, and the
was himself one of the greatest Im- Raja became one of the great feu-
perial commanders. But his adopted datories. The late Maharaja Sawai
son and successor, the Raja Man Ram Singh succeeded to the garli in
Singh, was the most famous of all 1835. He rendered excellent service
the Imperial generals. He and his throughout the Mutiny of 1857, and
Rajputs carried the arms of the Empire again in the famine of 1868. As a
successfully into Orissa, Bengal, As- reward, he twice received an increase
sam, and Kabul ; the chronicles of the to his salute he was created a Knight
;
age are full of the exploits of the Grand Commander of the Most Ex-
brother-in-law of the Emperor, and he alted Order of the Star of India and;
was successively Governor of Kabul, on the occasion of the Imperial As-

Bengal, Behar, and the Deccan. His semblage at Delhi, and the Proclama-
nephew, the Raja Jai Singh, known as tion of Her Most Gracious Majesty as
the Mirza Raja, was equally famous Empress of India, he was appointed a
throughout the wars of Aurangzeb in Councillor of the Empire, and received
the Deccan ;
he it was who effected a suitable addition to his titles and
the capture of the famous Sivaji, territory. The banner of His High-
founder of the Mahratta Power; and ness that was unfurled at Delhi on
he is said to have fallen a victim to that auspicious occasion was exceed-
the jealousy of the Emperor, who ingly interesting, as showing the close
caused his death by poison. Some approximation of Rajput and Euro-
generations later, in the time of the pean heraldic devices ; for the Ra jput
Emperor Muhammad Shah, the second Pancharanga was properly rendered
Jai Singh was famous, not only as a —
as " A Barry of 5 yules, vert, argent,
warrior, but also as an astronomer. azure, or"; and the solar lineage of
He built observatories at Jaipur (to the Kachhwaha Prince was indicated
"
which place he removed his capital by the device In chief a Sun in its
from the hills of Amber, five miles splendour." The late Maharaja died
off), Delhi, Benares, Muttra, and Uj- in 1880; and was succeeded by his
jain. After the death of the Raja Jai adopted son, a scion of the Kachhwaha
race, the present Maharajd. The area their heads, and then sword in hand
of the State is 14,465 square miles ; sallied forth to die amid the slaugh-
and its population 2,534,357, chiefly tered heaps of the foe. Again a similar
Hindus, but including more than disaster befell the city in 1306 a.d.,
170,000 Muhammadans and nearly not long after it had been repaired
60,000 Jains. Jaipur is therefore larger by the Rawal Dudu. Finally, in the
than either Holland or Belgium, and reign of the Rawal Sabal Singh, the
more populous than Greece. The Ma- brave Bhattis were compelled to be-
hard j 4 maintains a military force of come feudatories of the Emperor Shah
3578 cavalry, 16,099 infantry, and 281 Jahan. Outlying provinces were sub-
guns; and is entitled to a salute of sequently wrested from them by the
19 guns (including 2 guns personal). neighbouring States of Jodhpur and
There are many Rajput Chiefs who Bikanir; till at length in 1818, under
are feudatories of His Highness. the rule of the Rawal Mulraj, the
Arms. — Barry of 5,
gules, vert,
argent, State came under the protection and
azure, or in chief a Sun in its
splen- control of the British Power, and has
Crest. — A kuchnar tree proper,
;
dour. enjoyed the blessings of peace. On
bearing cinquefoils argent. the death of the Rawal Ranjit Singh,
ers.—A tiger and a whiteSupport- horse. his younger brother, the late Mahara-
Motto. — "Jato Dharma Stato Jayo." wal Bairi Sal, succeeded to the gadi in
Residence : Jaipur, Rajputana. 1864; and he was succeeded in 1891
by the present Maharawal. The area
JAIPUR, Maharaja Sri Vikrama Deo of Jaisalmir is 16,447 square miles;
Garu (of Vizagapatam), Maharaja its population about 109,000, chiefly
of. See Vikrama.
Hindus, but including about 28,000
JAISAIMIR, His Highness Maharawal Muhammadans. In extent it may be
Salivahan Bahadur, Maharawal of. compared with Switzerland or Hol-
A ruling chief; b. 1886. Succeeded land; but is larger than either. His
to the gadi as a minor April 12, 1891. Highness maintains a military force of
Is the Chief of the Jadu Bhatti Raj- 140 cavalry, 353 infantry, and 25 guns,
puts, claiming direct descent from and is entitled to a salute of 15 guns.
the divine Krishna, and undoubtedly Residence : Jaisalmir, Rajputana.
boasting a lineage hardly less ancient
than that of the great Maharana of JAISINGH RAO ANGRIA, Rao Baha-
dur. The title is personal, and was
Udaipur himself. The tribe takes its conferred on May 24, 1889. Residence :
name from Bhati, who was its leader
in very remote ages, when Settled in
Baroda.
the Punjab; whence it appears to JAISINGHNAGAR, Rao of See Ganpat
have been driven by conquerors from Rao ;
also Govind Rao ;
also Ram-
Ghazni, and to have gone to the oasis chand Rao.
of the Great Indian Desert, which it
JAKHNODA, Thdkur of. See Jiwan
has ever since inhabited. Deoraj, born
in 836 a.d., was the first to take the Singh.
title of Rawal, and he founded the JALAL-UD-DIN KHAN, .Kazi, Khan
city of Deorawal. One of his descend- Bahadur, CLE. An Extra Assis-
ants, the Rawal Jaisal, founded the tant Commissioner in Baluchistan.
city of Jaisalmir, and built a strong Granted the title of Khan Bahadur,
fort there, about the year 1156 a.d. as a personal distinction, on January 2,
More than a century later, when Mul- 1893. Received the CLE. on June 3,
raj II. was Rawal, Jaisalmir was cap- 1899. Residence Quetta, Baluchistan.
:
tured and sacked by the Moslem troops

JALAL-UD-DIN, Maulavi, Shams-ul-
of the Emperor Ala-ud-din, in 1294 Ulama. The title was conferred, for
a.d., after a siege that had lasted eight eminence in oriental learning, on
years; and this was the occasion
of
January 1, 1891. Residence: Fatwa
one of the great Sakas so famous in and Patna, Bengal.
Rajput history— when Mulraj and
his warriors, having slain all their JALAM SINGH (of Amoda), Rdwat.
women and children, cased themselves The title is hereditary, and the
in armour, put on the saffron robe, present Rawat succeeded to the title
bound the mor or nuptial crown on and estates on the death of his father,
the late Eawat Lakshmi Singh of but including 7628 Muhammadans.

Amoda. Belongs to a Tuar Rajput The Chief maintains a military force
family, descended from Jet Singh. of 52 cavalry, 943 infantry, and 1 gun.
Residence: Amoda, Nimar, Central Residence : Jamkhandi, Southern Mah-
Provinces. ratta Country, Bombay.
JAIIA DEVANI, Jareja Mansinghji,

Tdlukdcirof. A ruling chief ;
b. 1852.
JAMMU AND KASHMIR, Major-
Succeeded to the gadi as a minor General His Highness Sir Partab
December 31, 1868. Belongs to a Singh Indar Mahindar Bahadur Sipar-
i-Saltanat, G.C.S.I., Maharaja of. A
Rajput (Hindu) family. The area Succeeded to
of the State is about 36 square miles ruling chief; b. 1850.
;
the gadi September 12, 1885. Is the
son of the late Maharaja Ranbhir
The Talukdar maintains a military
force of 4 cavalry and 35 infantry. Singh, G.C.S.I. ; and grandson of the
late Maharaja Ghulab Singh, the
Residence : Jalia Devani, Kathiawar,
founder of the dynasty, who was
Bombay. constituted Feudatory Chief of the
JAM KHAN walad MUHAMMAD hill-territories east of the Indus and
KHAN, Mir. The title is hereditary, west of the Ravi (with certain specified
the Mir being a representative of one exceptions) by the treaty of March
of the Mirs who were Chiefs of Sind 1846, concluded after the close of the
at the time of the annexation. Resi- first Sikh war. Belongs to a Dogra
dence :
Hyderabad, Sind. or Jamwal Rajput family (Hindu) of
ancient lineage, claiming descent from
JAMAL-UD-DIN, Fakir Sayyid, Khan that of the former Rajas of Jammu.
Bahadur. The title is personal, and
was conferred on January 1, 1892. The Maharaja Ghulab Singh was the
Residence : Lahore, Punjab. great-grandson of the Raja Dharab-
deo ; and a grandson of the Mian
JAMASPJI, Bamanji, Dastur, CLE. Jorawar Singh, who was a brother
See Bamanji.
of Raja Ranjit Deo. He began life
JAMBULINGAM MUDALIYAR, Karan- as a cavalry soldier, and became a
guli, Rao Bahadur. The title is per- trusted officer under Maharaja Ranjit
sonal, and was conferred on January Singh of Lahore, who conferred on
1,1892. Residence: Cuddapah, Madras. him the principality of Jammu. At
JAMIAT RAI, Diwan, Rai Saheb. Re- the outbreak of the first Sikh war he
ceived the titleon January 1, 1898, had been elected Minister of the
for services in the Bolan Pass. Resi- Khalsa, and was one of the most con-
dence : Bolan Pass, Baluchistan. spicuous Sikh leaders and after the
;
battle of Sobraon he negotiated a

JAMIAT SINGH (of Ghoriwaha), Sar- separate treaty with the British Power,
dar. The title is hereditary, the Sar-
by which he acquired the Feudal
dar being of a Jat family, descended Jammu and Kashmir on
Chiefship of
from Sardar Sukha Singh, who in of a sum
of 75 lakhs of
payment
1759 established his power at Ghori- In the Mutiny of 1857 he
rupees.
waha in the Hoshiarpur district. The rendered excellent service, and sent
family subsequently fell under the a contingent to Delhi. He died in
power of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of August 1857, and was succeeded by
Lahore. Sukha Singh's grandson was his third and only surviving son, the
the Sardar Partab Singh, father of late Maharaja Ranbhir Singh, G.C.S.I.,
the present Sardar. Residence : Ho- who was a munificent patron of learn-
shiarpur, Punjab. ing,and did good service in connection
JAMKHANDI, Ram Chandra Rao Gopal, with the British Mission to Yarkand.
Chief of. A ruling chief; b. 1834. He had the distinguished honour of
Succeeded to the gadi as a minor receiving His Royal Highness the
November 18, 1840. The Chief of Prince of Wales at Jammu in 1876;
Jamkhandi also bears the name of he also had his salute raised to 21
Appa Saheb Patwardhan. Belongs to guns, by the addition of 2 guns as a
a Br&hman (Hindu) family. The area personal distinction. In January 1877,
of his State is 492 square miles its ;
on the occasion of the Proclamation
population is 83,917, chiefly Hindus, of Her Majesty as Empress of India,
I
he was gazetted a General in the JAMSHEDJI RUSTAMJI, Khan Baha-
Army and created a Councillor of the dur. The title is personal, and was
Empress. The Maharaja died on conferred on June 3, 1893. Residence :
September 12, 1885, and was succeeded Mhow, Central India.

by his eldest son, the present Maha- JAMSHEDJI RUSTAMJI, Khan Saheb.
raja, who was created a Knight Grand The
Commander of the Most Exalted personal, and was con-
title is
ferred on August 18, 1881. Residence :
Order of the Star of India on May 25,
1892. The area of his State is 79,784 Bombay.
square miles; and its population is JAN KHAN, Malik, Khan Bahadur.
about 1,500,000, including nearly a The title was conferred on June 3,
million Muhammadans, about half-a- 1893. Residence: Shahpur, Punjab.
million Hindus, and over 20,000
Buddhists. In point of area, the
JAN MUHAMMAD NASIR-UD-DIN
State is more than double the com- KHAN, Khan Saheb. Received the
title on June 3, 1899. Residence:
bined area of Bavaria and Saxony, and
Medical Department, India.
equal to that of any three or four of
the smaller European kingdoms put JAN MUHAMMAD WALI All MU-
together. His Highness maintains a HAMMAD KHAN, Mir. The title is
military force of about 8000 cavalry hereditary, the Mir being a represent-
and infantry, and 288 guns; and is ative of one of the Mirs who were
entitled to a salute of 21 guns within Chiefs of Sind at the time of the
the limits of the State, and to one of annexation. Residence: Sind.
19 guns in the rest of India. Resi-
dence: Srinagar, Kashmir; and Jammu,
JANAK PRIYA, Rani. The title is
hereditary, the Rani being the last
Punjab.
surviving Rani of the late Raja Nara-
JAMNIA, Bhumia Hamir Singh, Bhumia yan Singh of Sambalpur. The Rajas
of. A ruling chief; b. 1855. Suc- of Sambalpur were Chauhan Rajputs
ceeded to the gadi in 1863 as a minor. of very ancient lineage. Balram Das
—
Belongs to a Bhilala family the Bhi- Chauhan conquered Sambalpur about
lalas being reputed to spring from the the year 1445 and left it to his elder
;
intermarriage of Rajputs and Bhils. son Raja Hirda Narayan, while his
The founder of the family was Nadir younger son became Raja of Sonpur
Singh, a famous Bhumia of Jamnia. The Chauhan device is the
Residence: Kunjrod, Jamnia, Bhopa-
(q.v.).
—
chakra a circle with four tridents
war, Central India. (trisul) as radii, pointing north, east,
south, and west. The Rani uses this
JAMRAT HUSAIN KHAN, Maulavi, device on her seal, and for signature.
Khan Bahadur. Received the title
Residence: Sambalpur, Central Pro-
on June 3, 1899. Residence: Police
Department, Bengal.
JAMSETJI. See see also
JANAKIBALLABH SEN (of Mahiganj),
"
Jejeebhoy; The title was conferred for
Jam shedji. Raja.
liberality and public spirit," on Janu-
JAMSHEDJI DHANJIBHAI WADIA, ary 1, 1891. Residence: Rangpur,
Khan Bahadur. The title is personal, Bengal.
and was conferred on January 1, 1877, JANARDAN SINGH, Rai Bahadur. The
on the occasion of the Proclamation title was conferred on January 1,
of Her Most Gracious Majesty as 1896. Residence: Madras.
Empress of India. Residence: Bom-
bay. JANG BAHADUR KHAN, CLE. (of
Nanpara), Raja; b. 1845. The title
JAMSHEDJI FRAMJI PALKIWALA, is and the Raja succeeded
Khan Bahadur. The title is personal, hereditary,
his father, the late Raja Munawar Ali
and was conferred on May 24, 1883.
Residence: Khan, in 1847. Belongs to a Pathan
Bombay.
family, descended from Rasul Khan,
JAMSHEDJI H0RMASJI MASTER, Togh Pathan, a Risaldar in the service
Khan Saheb. Received the title on of the Emperor Shah Jahan, who in
May 21, 1898. Residence: Karachi, 1632 sent him to Salonabad to coerce
Sind, Bombay. the Banjaras who had overrun the
jagir of Salona Begam, the wife of Bikramajit Singh. Residence: Paras-

Prince Dara. For his performance pur,Gonda, Oudh.
of this duty he received the grant of
JANKI NATH, Pandit, Rai Bahadur.
Nanpara. In 1763 his descendant Received the on May 21, 1898.
title
Karam Khan of Nanpara obtained Residence : Rajputana-Malwa Railway.
the title of Raja from the Nawab
Shuja-ud-daula. The present Raja JANKI PARSHAD (of Pamakheri),
was created a Companion of the Most Thdkur. The title is hereditary. Resi-
Eminent Order of the Indian Empire dence : Sagar, Central Provinces.
in 1886. He is an Honorary Magis- JANKI PARSHAD, Pandit, Rai Baha-
trate ; and has a son and heir named dur. Is Extra Assistant Com-
an
Muhammad Sadiq Khan, born 1870. missioner in the Punjab. Received
Residence : Bahraich, Oudh. the title on January 2, 1899. Resi-
JANJIRA, Nawab Sir Sidi Ahmad Khan dence: Punjab.
Sidi Ibrahim Khan, K.C.I.E., Nawab JANKI PERSHAD, Kamdar (of Datia),
of. A ruling prince ; b. 1863. Suc- Rao Bahadur. The title was conferred
ceeded to the gadi January 28, 1879. on January 1, 1898. Residence : Datia,
Belongs to an Abyssinian family of Central India.
Sunni Muhammadans, claiming descent
from Sidi Sarul Khan. The family JANNAT HUSAIN KHAN, Maulavi,
were Abyssinian admirals of the fleet Khan Bahadur. Received the title on
of the Muhammadan kings of Bij&pur, June 3, 1899. Residence : Bengal.
who in 1670 transferred their allegiance
to the Emperor of Delhi, Aurangzeb.
JAORA, Major His Highness Ihtisham-
Ud-Daula Nawab Muhammad Ismail
The Mahrattas often tried to conquer Khan Bahadur Firoz Jang, Nawab of.
the island of Janjira but were always A ruling chief; b. 1855. Succeeded
;
successfully resisted. The Nawab is to the gadi April 30, 1865, as a minor.
also Chief of Jafarabad, a small
Belongs to a Pathan (Muhammadan)
State in Kathiawar. He was created
family, descended from Nawab Gha-
a Knight Commander of the Most fur Khan, an Afghan of the Swati
tribe, brother-in-law of the famous
on January 1, 1895. The area of the Amir Khan of Tonk, whom he repre-
State is 324 square miles ;
its popula- sented at Holkar's Court. After the
tion is 76,361, chiefly Hindus, but battle of Mehidpur, Nawab Ghafur
including 13,912 Muhammadans. The Khan, being in possession of this terri-
Nawab maintains a military force of
tory as a grant from Holkar, was con-
310 infantry and 179 guns; and is firmed by the British Government.
entitled to a salute of 9 guns. Resi- The present Nawab has been appointed
dence: Janjira, Kolaba, Bombay. an Honorary Major in the British
JANJIT, alias NANBI RAJA (of Darri), Army. The State, which is feudatory
Sawai. The title is hereditary. Resi- to Indore, has an area of 581 square
dence :
Sagar, Central Provinces. miles and a population of 119,945,
;
chiefly Hindus, but including 13,318

JANKI KTJNWAR (of Paraspur), Rani:
Muhammadans and over 2000 Jains.
!>. 1839. The title is hereditary ;
the
His Highness maintains a military
Rani succeeded her late husband,
force of 63 cavalry, 177 infantry, and.
Raja Randhir Singh, on June 16, 1878. 15 guns, and is entitled to a salute of
The head of the family is the chief
13 guns. Jaora,the capital of the State,
of the six Thakurs of Chhedwara,
is a station on the Rajputana-Malwa
famous for their turbulence in the
times before the annexation of Oudh. railway. The Nawab has a son and
heir named Muhammad Sher Ali Khan.
They claim descent from the Kalhans
Rajas of Khurasa, through Maharaj
Residence: Jaora, Malwa, Central
India.
Singh, second son of Achal Narayan
Singh. A descendant, named Newal JASDAN, Khachar Ala Chela, C.S.T.,
Singh, obtained the title of Raja while Chief of. A ruling chief; b. 1833.
on a visit to the Court at Delhi and ; Succeeded to the gadi in 1852. Be-
it was recognized as hereditary in longs to a Kathi (Hindu) family. The
favour of the late Raja, Randhir State, which is tributary to Baroda
Singh. The Rani's son and heir is and Junagarh, contains an area of
283 square miles, and a population of additional title of Bahadur as a per-
29,037, chiefly Hindus. The Chief, sonal distinction, at the Imperial
who was created a C.S.I, on June 22, Assemblage of Delhi on the occasion
1897, maintains a military force of 60 of the Proclamation of Her Most
cavalry, 354 infantry, and 5 guns. Gracious Majesty as Empress of India.
Residence : Jasdan, Kathiawar, Bom- The area of the State is 75 square
bay. miles; its population over 80,000,
chiefly Hindus. The Diwdn maintains
JASHPUR, Raja Pratap Narayan Singh a military force of 2 horsemen, 60
Deo Bahadur, CLE., Rdjd of A
b. 1822. Succeeded to infantry, and 4 guns. Residence : Jaso,
ruling chief;
the gadi October 24, 1845. Belongs Bundelkhand, Central India.
to a Kshatriya (Rajput) family, form- JASWANT RAI, Rai BaJuidur. The
erly feudatories of the Mahrattas of title ispersonal, and was conferred on
Ndgpur, that came under British con- February 16, 1887, on the occasion of
trol in 1818. Rendered good service the Jubilee of Her Majesty's reign, in
in the military operations in 1857 consideration of eminent services in
against the mutineers and rebels in the Army Medical Department. Resi-
Udaipur and Palamau. Was created dence : Shahpur, Punjab.
a Companion of the Most Eminent JASWANT SINGH (of Nurpur), Rdjd;
Order of the Indian Empire, May i. 1836. The title is hereditary. Nurpur
21, 1890. The area of the State is is a to the west of
hill principality
1947 square miles; its population is Guler. The Raja belongs to a Rajput
90,240, chiefly Hindus. The Raja has descended from Jit Pal, who
family,
a military force of 2 guns. Residence : came from Delhi about 700 years ago,
Jashpur, Chota Nagpur, Bengal. and established himself at Pathankot.
JASMER SINGH, Sardar; b. 1848. The Subsequently the family removed to
title is hereditary. Belongs to a Jat the hills and Nurpur became their
;
family, descended from Sardar Gur- capital in the time of Raja Basu, about
bakhsh Singh, who acquired the terri- the year 1640 a.d. At the time of the
tory of Thol Thangor, in the Ambala conquests of the Maharaja Ranjit
district of the Punjab, by conquest Singh of Lahore, Raja Bir, father of
in 1759 a.d. During the Sikh rebellion the present Raja, was Raja of Nurpur.
of 1848-49, and again in the Mutiny He endeavoured to resist Ranjit Singh ;
of 1857, this family rendered good but being compelled to take refuge in
service to Government, and were Chamba, was given up by the Raja of
rewarded for the latter service. On Chamba, and imprisoned in the for-
the death of Sardar Jawahir Singh he tress of Gobindgarh. Subsequently he
was succeeded by his two sons, the was ransomed by his brother-in-law,
present Sardars— Kishan Singh and Sardar Charat Singh, for Rs. 85,000 ;
Jasmer Singh of Thol Thangor. The and in 1846 raised the standard of
Sardar Jasmer Singh has two sons— revolt, besieged Nurpur, and died be-
Ram Narayan Singh (born 1863) and fore its walls. He was succeeded by
Sheo Narayan Singh. Residence : Thol the present Rdjd, who has received a
Thangor, Ambala, Punjab. large grant from the British Govern-
ment. Residence: Nurpur, Kdngra,
JAS0, Diwan Jagatraj, Jagirdar, Diwdn
of A ruling chief; b. 1860. Suc- Punjab.
ceeded to the gadi July 7, 1889. Be- JATH, Amritrao Rao Saheb Daphle,
longs to the great Bundela Rajput Jagirdar of. A ruling chief b. 1835. ;
family, descended from the founder Succeeded to the gadi July 28, 1841,
of the Orchha State that has given as a minor. Belongs to a Mahratta
ruling families to Panna, Datia, (Hindu) family. The late Jagirdar,
Rdmrao, died in 1841 without issue;
Ajaigarh, Charkhdri, and most of the
other States of Bundelkhand Bharti-
. whereon his widow, Bhagirthibai,
chand, the founder of the Jaso State, adopted Amritrao, the present Jdgirdar.
was the fourth son of the Maharaja The Daphle is also Chief of Kardsgi ;
Chhatrasal; and his great-grandson, and the jdgir of Daphldpur (or Dafld-
Diwan Murat Singh, received a sanad pur) is also really a part of this State,
from the British Government in 1816. and will revert to it on the demise of
The Diwan Bhopal Singh received the the three widows of the late Chief.
The founder of the Jath State was the JEHANGIR PESTANJI VAKIL, Khan
hereditary pat el, or headman, of Bahadur. The title was conferred on
Daflapur village. The area of the May 25, 1895. Residence : Ahmadabad,
State is 884 square miles its popula-
; Bombay.
tion is chiefly Hindus, hut
49,491, CLE. See
JEHANGIR, Pestanji,
including 2842 Muhammadans. Resi- Pestanji.
dence : Jath, Bijapur, Bomhay.
JEJEEBHOY, Sir Jamsetjee, Baronet,
JAWAHIR Lala, Rai Saheb. The
LAL, C.S.I. ; b. March 3, 1851. Succeeded
title is personal, and was conferred on his father, the late Sir Jamsetjee
May 20, 1890. Residence : India. Jejeebhoy, second Baronet, in 1877,
when (in accordance with the special
JAWAHIR LAL, Pandit, Rai Bahadur ; Act of the Indian Legislature of 1860)
b. 1856. The was conferred on
title
he assumed the name of Jamsetjee
January 1, 1898. Is a Deputy-Col-
lector. Residence: Jalaun, North- Jejeebhoy in lieu of Manekjee Curset-
jee. Is the third Baronet and has ;
Western Provinces. been created a Companion of the Most
JAWAHIR SINGH Rai Exalted Order of the Star of India.
(of Garhwal),
Bahadur. The titlewas conferred on Is a merchant of the city of Bombay,
Residence: Azamgarh, a Magistrate and Member of the Legis-
May 26, 1894.
North-Western Provinces. lative Council of Bombay. Belongs
to a family that has long been regarded
JAWAHIR SINGH (of Jhamari), Rao; as the leaders of the Parsi community
b. 1845. The hav-
title is hereditary, of Western India. The first Baronet,
ing been originally granted by the Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, K.C.B., of
Raja Mori Pahlodh of Chanderi, and Bombay, was so created in 1857, in
subsequently confirmed under British recognition of his unbounded munifi-
rule. Residence: Jhamari, Sagar, cence, and public spirit, and of his
Central Provinces. undoubted loyalty. His very great
wealth was used in promoting the
JAWASIA, Rawat Lai Singh, Rdwat of.
good of others and the second Baronet,
A ruling chief ; b. 1858. Succeeded to ;
who died in 1877, also earned a similar

the gadi in 1882. Belongs to a Rajput
The population of reputation for benevolence and liber-
(Hindu) family. ality. In 1860, the special Act of the
the State is about 607, chiefly Hindus. Indian Legislature, referred to above,
Residence: Jawasia, Western Malwa, was passed with the sanction of Her
Central India. Most Gracious Majesty, enacting that
all future holders of the title, on suc-
JAWHAR, Patangshah Vikramshah their
Mukni, Raja of. A ruling chief b. ceeding to it, shall relinquish
;
1855. Succeeded to the gadi June 29, own names and assume those of the
first Baronet. The present Baronet,
1866, as a minor. Belongs to a Koli
in 1869, married Jerbai, daughter of
(Hindu) family, descended from Jaya
Mukni, a freebooter who possessed Shapurji Dhanjibhai, Esq. and has a ;
himself of this territory about 1335, son and heir, Cursetjee,born November
His son, Nim Shah, obtained the title 11, 1878. Sir Jamsetjee's brothers
of Raja from the Emperor of Delhi in are: (1) Cowasjee Cursetjee, born
the year 1341. The late Raja Yi- November 25, 1852, married, in 1869,
kramshah died in 1865 and his widow,
;
Gulbai Rustamji Wadia and (2) Jam-
;
the Rani Lakshmibai Saheb, adopted setjee Cursetjee, born 1860, married,
the present Raja, who was then called 1882, Awabai Shapurji Dhanjibhai.
Malhar Rao, son of Madhavrao Dewrao The family arms are azure, a sun
Mukni, a descendant of Raja Krishna rising above a representation of the
Shah, ninth Raja of Jawhar. The Ghats (mountains near Bombay) in
State has an area of 534 square miles, base, and in chief two bees volant, all
and a population of 48,556, chiefly proper. The crest is a mount vert,
Hindus. The Raja maintains a mili- thereon a peacock amidst wheat, and
in the beak an ear of wheat, all proper.
tary force of 8 cavalry and 25 infantry.
The family cognizance is an arrow, Residence : Mazagon Castle, Bombay.
barbed, point downward. Residence: JETPUR, Azam Vala Lakshman Meran,
Jawhdr, Th&na, Bombay. Tdlukdur of. A ruling chief; b.
1849, Succeeded to the gadi September married to the heir, and his descend-
17, 1883. Jointly rules Jetpur with ants thus acquired the title of Mama
vseveral other Talukdars. The State is ("maternal uncle") in Kotah. Ulti-
tributary to Baroda and Junagarh. mately, in 1838, a portion of the State
Residence: Jetpur, Kathiawar, Bom- of Kotah was cut off, with the consent
bay. of the Maharaja and of the British
JETPUR, Azam Vala Surag Ganga, Government, and erected into the
State of Jhalawar, under one of Madhu
Tdlnkddrof. A ruling chief b. 1799. ;
Succeeded to the gadi September 1, Singh's descendants, Madan Singh, son

of Zalim Singh, who had long been the
1847. Joint-Talukdar of Jetpur With
others. Residence: successful administrator of Kotah.
several Jetpur,
Madan Singh received the title of
Kathiawar, Bombay.
Maharaj Rana. His son, Prithi Singh,
JETPUR, Azam Vala Naja KalaDeodan, did good service during the Mutiny
Tdlukddr of. A ruling chief b. 1865.
;
; and was succeeded in 1876 by his

Succeeded to the gadi June 14, 1890. adopted son, the present Maharaj
Is joint-Talukdar of Jetpur with
Rana, as a minor. His Highness was
several others. Residence: Jetpur, educated at Mayo College, Ajmir ;
Kathiawar, Bombay. and was invested with full powers of

JHA. See Dukha Mochin Jha. government on attaining his majority
in 1884. The State has an area of
JHABUA, His Highness Raja Gopal 2694 square miles, and a population
Singh, Rdjd of. ,A ruling chief; b. of 340,488, chiefly Hindus, but includ-
February 22, 1841 ; succeeded to the ing 20,863 Muhammadans. His High-
gadi as a minor in October 1841. Be- ness maintains a military force of 403
longs to the great Rathor Rajput
family of the Maharajas of Jodhpur, and is entitled to a salute of 15 guns.
Idar, etc. The title of Raja was be- Residence : Jhalra Patan, Rajputana.
stowed on Kishan Das, a remote an-
cestor of the present Raja, by Ala-ud- JHALERA, Thakur Hatte Singh, Thd-
din, the Emperor of Delhi, as a reward kur of. A ruling chief b. 1858.
;
for a successful campaign in Bengal, Succeeded to the gadi May 22, 1884.
and for punishing the Bhil Chiefs of This is a Girdsia State, connected with
Jhabua, who had murdered an Imperial Gwalior. Residence : Jhalera, Bhopal,
Viceroy of Gujarat. The State, which Central India.
was at one time tributary to Indore,
has an area of 1336 square miles and ;
JHAMARI, Rao of. See Jawahir.
a population of 92,938, chiefly Hindus, JHAMAR0, Rao of. See Kaliyan Singh.
but including nearly 50,000 belonging JHANDA SINGH, Subadar-Major, Rai
to the aboriginal Bhil and other tribes. Bahddur. The title was conferred on
The State flag is red. The Raja June 3, 1893. Residence: Meiktila,
maintains a military force of 64 cavalry, Burma.
253 infantry, and 4 guns ; and is en-
titled to a salute of 11 guns. Resi- JHARAULI, Sarddr Bahddur of. See
dence: Jhabua, Bhopawar, Central Jwala Singh. *
India. JHARI GHARKHADI, Naik Sukrona

loalad Chambarya Reshma, Chief
JHALARIA, Thdkur of. See Jhalera. of.
A ruling chief; b. 1850. Belongs to
JHALAWAR, His Highness Maharaj a Bhil (aboriginal) family. The State
Rana 2alim Singh, Bahadur, Mahdrdj
Rand A 1864. (which is one of the Dang States of
of. ruling chief b.
Khandesh) has an area of 8 square
;
Succeeded to the gadi June 24, 1876,

miles, and a population of 167, chiefly
as a minor. Is a Chief of the Jhala
Bhils. Residence: Jhari Gharkhadi,
Rajputs, whose ancestors came from
Jhala war in Kathiawar. In 1709 a.d. Khandesh, Bombay.
Bhao Singh, a younger son of the JIGNI, Rao Lakshman Singh Bahadur,
Chief of Halwad in Kathiawar, took Rao of. A ruling chief; b. 1860.
some retainers with him and went to Succeeded to the gadi as a minor
Delhi. His son Madhu Singh rose to September 16, 1871. Belongs to the
high favour and rank in the service of great Bundela Rajput family, des-
tbe Mah£ra;ja of Kotah his sister was
;
cended from the founder of the Orchha.
State, which has given ruling families appointed a Councillor of the Empress.
to Panna, Datia, Ajaigarh, Char- The present Raja succeeded in 1887.
khari, Jaso, and most of the States of The area of his State is 1259 square
Bundelkhand. The founder of Jigni miles and its population is 249,862,
;
was the Rao Padam Singh, one of the chiefly Hindus, but including 34,247
sons of the great Maharaja Chhatarsal. Muhammadans and 4335 Sikhs. His
His great-grandson was the Rao Prithi Highness maintains a military force of
Singh, who received a sanad from the 379 cavalry, 1571 infantry, and 12
British Government in 1810. His guns, and is entitled to a salute of
grandson hy adoption (being adopted 11 guns. Residence : Jind, Punjab.
from the kindred ruling family of JIND WADO walad AMIR ALI
KHAN,
Panna) is the present Rao, who re- Mir. The title is hereditary, the Mir
ceived the additional title of Bahadur a of one of the
being representative
at the Imperial Assemblage of Delhi, Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at the time of
on the occasion of the Proclamation of the annexation. Residence: Shikarpur,
Her Most Gracious Majesty as Empress Sind.
of India. The area of the State is 22
square miles; its population is 3427,
JIT SINGH (of Maheru), Sarddr. The
chiefly Hindus. The Rao Bahadur title ishereditary. Belongs to a Jat
maintains a military force of 47 in- family, descended from Sardar Ramdas
fantry and 3 guns. Residence : Jigni, Singh and Sardar Gurdas Singh, two
Bundelkhand, Central India. brothers, who took possession of
Maheru at the time of the decline of
the Mughal power. In 1799 a.d.,
JIND, His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband
Rasikh-ul-itikad when the Maharaja Ranjit Singh be-
Daulat-i-Inglishia
came all-powerful in the Punjab,
Raja-i-Rajagan Raja Ranbhir Singh
Sardar Charat Singh of Maheru made
Bahadur, Rdjd Bahadur of. A ruling and retained
chief b. 1878. Succeeded to the gadi his submission to him,
;
as a minor March 7, 1887. Belongs to his possessions. His son, Sardar

the famous Phulkian family of Sidhu Jawahir Singh, succeeded, and was
confirmed in eleven villages. But on
Jats, descended from Phul, the com-
mon ancestor of the ruling families of his death, and the succession of Sardar
Jaimal Singh, these were resumed
Patiala, Jind, Nabha, and other Pun-
with the exception of Maheru. The
jab States. Phul was twenty-ninth in
descent from the Rawal Jaisal Singh, Sarddr Jaimal Singh did good service
the head of the Jadu Bhati Rajputs, in the time of the Mutiny in 1857, and
who founded Jaisalmar in 1156 a.d. on his death was succeeded by the
A great-grandson of Phul, named present Sardar. Residence: Maheru,
Gajpat Singh, obtained the title of Jalandhar, Punjab.
Raja of Jind from Shah Alam, JITMAN GURANG, Subadar-Major,
Emperor of Delhi in 1772. His son, Rai Bahadur. The title was conferred
Raja Bhag Singh, aided Lord Lake in on May 25, 1895. Residence : Shillong,
his pursuit of Holkar in 1805, and was Assam.
accordingly confirmed by the British
Government in his possessions. In JIVANJI JAMSHEDJI MODI, Shams-
ul-Ulama. The title was conferred
1857 Raja Sarup Singh of Jind was
for eminence in oriental learning on
the first to march against the mutineers
of Delhi ; and he and his troops took
June 3, 1893. Residence : Bombay.
a prominent part in the siege and JIWAN SINGH, C.S.I. (of Shahzadpur),
capture of the city, for which services Sarddr; b. 1860. The title is heredi-
he received large extensions of his tary. Belongs to a Jat (Sindhu)
territory. He died in 1864, and was family, descended from Sarddr Dip
succeeded by his son, the Raj 4 Ragbir Singh, who was the Mahant of the
who was created a Knight " Damdama or
Singh, Saheb," resting-place,
Grand Commander of the Most Ex- which was the retreat of the Guru
alted Order of the Star of India and
; Govind Singh, the tenth and last Sikh
at the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi, Guru, after his defeat by the Imperial
January 1, 1877, on the occasion of army of Delhi. A large number of
the Proclamation of Her Most Gracious Sikhs assembled around Dip Singh,
Majesty as Empress of India, he was who was ultimately slain in a battle
with the Governor of Lahore. Dip sides by forest-clad mountains, and
]
Singh was succeeded by Sudha Singh, i

overlooking the town of Jobat. The
who fell in a battle with the Governor area of the State is 132 square miles ;
of Jalandhar, and has always been its population 9387, chiefly Hindus,
known among the Sikhs as " Shahid," but including 3916 belonging to Bhil
or the Martyr, which became a family and other aboriginal tribes. The Rana
name. His successor was Sardar Ka- maintains a military force of 5 cavalry
ram Singh, who took possession of and 44 infantry. Residence: Jobat,
some territory in the Singhpura dis- Bhopawar, Central India.
trict, which, with the other Cis-Sutlej
territories, came under British control JODHA SINHA (of Kakhauta), Rao; b.
in 1808-9. Sardar Sheo Kirpal Singh, 1838. The title is hereditary. The
Shahid, did good service in the time of Rao belougs to an old Sengar family,
the Mutiny of 1857, and was rewarded who settled in Pargand Auraiya in
by Government; and his son is the Etawah. He has a son and heir,
present Sardar, who was created a named Lala Guman Singh, born Febru-
Companion of the Most Exalted Order ary 27, 1870. Residence: Kakhauta,
of the Star of India on January 1, Etawah, North- Western Provinces.
1891. Residence: Shahzadpur, Am-
bala, Punjab. J0DHPUR, His Highness Raj Rajesh-
war Maharaj-Adniraj Sard&r Singh
JTWAN SINGH Sardar; b.
(of Atari), Bahadur, G.CjS.I., MaMrdjd of. A
1835. The title is hereditary. Be- b. 1880. Succeeded to
ruling chief;
longs to a Sidhu Jat (Rajput) family, the gadi October 24, 1895. Is the
descended from Kanh Chand. His Chief of the great Rahtor tribe or
great-grandson was the famous Sardar clan of the Rajputs, claiming direct
Sham Singh, whose daughter was be- descent from the legendary hero Rama,
trothed to the Prince Nau Nihal Singh,
and, like the Sesodias of Udaipur and
grandson of the Maharaja Ranjit the Kachhwahas of Jaipur, represent-
Singh. When the Sikh army invaded ing the royal line of the Surya Vansa
the Cis-Sutlej territory, Sardar Sham or Solar race. The proper name of
Singh disapproved of the war, but be- the State, the capital of which is Jodh-
ing reproached with his inaction he pur (from the name of its founder),
joined the camp, and fell in battle in is —
Marwar anciently Marusthdn,
1846. His sons were Sardar Thakur "the land of death," a term applied
Singh and Sardar Kanh Singh, and formerly not only to the country of
after the annexation much of the
Marwar, but to the whole of the great
family estate was confirmed to the Indian Desert from the Sutlej to the
latter. He died without issue in Indian Ocean. Tod, in his learned
1872, and his estates were allowed to Aninah of Rdjdsthdn, says of the
devolve on Sardar Ajit Singh, son of
family of the Jodhpur Maharaja
—
Sardar Thakur Singh, and a younger " It
requires neither Bhat nor Bard
brother of the Sirdar Jiwan Singh. to illustrate its nobility ; a series of
The latter is the eldest son of the late
splendid deeds which time cannot ob-
Sardar Thakur Singh. He has two literate has emblazoned the Rahtor
sons, named Partab Singh and Changa name on the historical tablet. Where
Singh. Residence: Atari, Amritsar, all these races have gained a place in
Punjab. the Temple of Fame it is almost in-
JIWAN SINGH, Thakur (of Jakhnoda), vidious to select, but truth compels
Rao Bahadur. The title is personal, me to place the Rahtor with the
and was conferred on May 20, 1890. Chauhan on the very pinnacle." In
Tod's work the Annals of Jfdried r
Residence :
Alirajpur, Central India.
occupy a place only second to those
JOB AT, Bana Indarjit Singh, Rand of. of Me war (or Udaipur), and present a
A ruling chief b. 1889.
; Succeeded to most interesting view of feudalism in
the gadi on August 14, 1894, as a India. Even to the present day the
minor. Belongs to the Rahtor tribe —
feudal Thakurs of Rajputana feuda-
of Rajputs (Hindu) occupies a fort
; tories of their Highnesses the Maha-
picturesquely situated on the summit rana of Udaipur, the Maharajas of
of a steep rocky hill, shut in on three Jodhpur and Jaipur, and the other
—
Princes of this territory are nobles heavy troubles thereafter befell the
of high account and great local power. Rahtor family. There was a long war
Up to 1194 a.d. the Rahtor family between the Rajas of Jaipur and
were rulers of the vast Empire of Jodhpur, who were rival suitors for
Kanauj. The famous Jai Chand was the hand of a Princess of Udaipur.
the last King of Kanauj, and his Amir Khan, the great Pindari leafier
grandson, Sivaji, migrated westward (afterwards Nawab of Tonk), took
to Marwar. Scions of the family besides, first with Jaipur, then with
came rulers of Bikanir and Kishangarh Jodhpur, and plundered and utterly
in Raj pu tana, of Idar and Ahmadnagar exhausted both States in turn. At
in Gujarat, and elsewhere. Mandor, last the British Government inter-
the ancient capital of Marwar, was vened, and a
by treaty in 1818 Jodhpur
conquered by Rao Chanda, who was became a feudatory of the Paramount
tenth in descent from Sivaji, about Power. Raja Man Singh died in 1843,
the year 1382 a.d. His grandson leaving no son, and the nobles and
Jodh, the eldest of twenty-four sons Court officials, with the consent of the
of Kinmal, moved the capital from British Government, elected Takht
Mandor to Jodhpur 1459 a.d. After Singh, Raja of Ahmadnagar, a des-
resisting the Emperor Babar, and the cendant of A jit Singh, to the vacant âs/t
.
Afghan Sher Shah, Jodh ultimately The Raja Takht Singh did good service
had to submit to the Great Mughal, during the Mutiny of 1857. He died
Akbar, and sent his son Udai Singh to in 1873, and was succeeded by the
take service at Delhi ; and late Maharaja Sir Jaswant Singh, who
ultimately
Udai Singh's sister, the famous Jodh was subsequently created a Grand
Bai, became the consort of the Mughal Commander of the Most Exalted Order
monarch. When Udai Singh's son, of the Star of India. The same ex-
Raja Sur Singh, succeeded to the gadi alted dignity, that of G.C.S.I., was
of Jodhpur, he rose to high favour conferred on the present Maharaja on
with his Imperial uncle, and was the June 22, 1897. The area of his State
general of Akbar's troops who added is 37,000 square miles its population
;
Gujarat and the Deccan to the Mughal is 1,750,403, chiefly Hindus, but in-
Empire. His son, Raja Jaswant Singh, cluding about 155,000 Muhammadans
was the general whom the Emperor and about 172,000 Jains. In point of
Shah Jahan sent against his rebellious extent the Jodhpur State is larger
son Aurangzeb, and was defeated by than any of the smaller European
the latter. The successor of Jaswant States, and is somewhat larger than
Singh was a posthumous son, the Bavaria and Saxony combined; in
famous Ajit Singh. In his time population it surpasses the Grand
Aurangzeb in person attacked Rajpu- Duchy of Baden. The Maharaja
tana, sacked Jodhpur, and ordered the maintains a military force of 3162
conversion of the Rajputs to Muham- cavalry, 3653 infantry, and 121 guns,
madanism. But Ajit Singh formed a and is entitled to a salute of 21 guns
league with Udaipur and Jaipur, and ('including 4 guns personal). The
the combined forces of the three great family cognizance is the falcon, the
Rajput States held in check the armies sacred garur of the Solar Rajputs. The
of Aurangzeb. One stipulation of this arms of His Highness were displayed
league is famous, and was disastrous on the banner presented to his prede-
to Jodhpur and Jaipur by reason of cessor by the Empress of India at the
the domestic feuds it caused. It was Imperial Assemblage of Delhi in
to the effect that the Jodhpur and January 1877, on the occasion of the
Jaipur families, who had lost the Proclamation of Her Most Gracious
privilege of marrying Princesses of Majesty as Empress. Rexidemce : Jodh-
Udaipur because they had given their pur, Rajputana.
own daughters to the Mughal Em-
perors, should recover this privilege, J0GESH CHANDRA CHATTARJI (of
on condition that the issue of any
Annliya, Ranaghat,), Rai Bahddmr,
marriage with an Udaipur Princess The title personal, and was con-
is
should succeed to the Raj before all ferred on February 16, 1887, on the
other children. Ajit Singh was mur- occasion of the Jubilee of Her Majesty's
dered by his son Bakht Singh, and reign. Residence: Assam,
JOGESHWAR CHANDRA CHANDRA, ceeded by his son, the present Rana.
Rai Bahadur. The title was conferred The area of the State is 257 square
on June 22, 1897. miles its population is 19,196, chiefly
Residence: Cut- ;
tack, Bengal. Hindus. The Rana maintains a military

force of 50 infantry. Residence : Jubbal,
JOGINDRA CHANDRA MITTRA, Rai Simla Hills, Punjab.
Bahddur. The title is personal, and
was conferred on January 1, 1895. JUGAL KISHOR, Rai Bahddur. Rc-
Residence : Calcutta, Bengal. ceived the title on January 1,
Residence : Gwalior, Central India.
JOGINDRA KISHOR RAI CHANDHRI,
Rai Bahddur. The title is personal, JUGAL KISHOR, Rai Saheb. Received
and was conferred on May 25, 1895. the title on January 1, 1898. Is dis-
Residence: Maimansingh, Bengal. trict engineer of Hardoi. Residence:
NATH Rai Ba- Hardoi, Oudh.
JOGINDRA MITTRA,
hddur. The title is personal, and was JUGAL KISHOR, Lala> Rai Saheb. The
conferred on June 3, 1893. Residence : titlewas conferred on May 21, 1898.
Bengal. Residence: Delhi, Punjab.
JOGINDRA NATH RAI (of Nator), JUJHAR SINGH JU DEO, Rao Bahddur
Kumar. The title is personal. The Diwan, CLE. Created a Companion
Kumar is the son of the late Raja of the Most Eminent Order of the
Anandanath Rai Bahddur, C.S.I. Indian Empire on January 1, 1895.
Residence: Rajshahi, Bengal. Residence : Charkhari, Central India.
JORA MAL, Rai Saheh. The title was JUMKHA, Becharbha Baryal, Chief of.
conferred on January 1, 1892. Resi- A niling chief; b. 1836. Belongs to
dence : Delhi, Punjab. an aboriginal tribe. Residence: Jum-
JOTINDRA KRISHNA DEB, Kumar. kha, Rewa|Kantha, Bombay.
The Kumar holds this title as a per- JUMM00 AND CASHMERE, His High-
sonal distinction, as the eldest sur- ness the Maharaja Bahddur of. See
viving son of a Raja. Residence : Jammu and Kashmir.
Calcutta, Bengal. His Highness Sir Rasul
JUNAGARH,
JOTINDRA MOHAN TAGOR, Sir, Khanji Muhabat Khanji, K.CS.L,
K.C.S.I. Mahdrdjd Bahddur. See Nawab of, A ruling chief. Belongs
Tagore. to a Babi Pathan (Muhammadan)
JOWAHIR MAL, Diwan, Diwan Bahd- family. Is tenth in succession from
dur. See Diwan. Sher Khan Babi, the founder of the
State, who about the year 1735 ex-
JOY GOBIND LAW, CLE. Created a
pelled the Mughal Governor and estab-
CLE. on January 1, 1899. Residence: lished his own power. The Nawab
Calcutta. Sir Muhabat Khanji, was created
JUBBAL, Rana Padam Chand, Rand of. Knight Commander of the Most Ex-
A ruling chief; b. 1861. Succeeded to alted Order of the Star of India in
the gadi as a minor March 17, 1877. 1871. He died in 1882, and was suc-
Belongs to a Rahtor Rajput family ceeded by his son, the late Nawab Sir
{see Jodhpur), claiming descent from Bahddur Khanji, who was invested
the ruling family of Sirmur, which with the insignia of a Knight Grand
preceded the present dynasty. Origin- Commander of the Most Eminent
ally tributary to Sirmur, this State Order of the Indian Empire on
(which is one of the Simla Hill States) November 20, 1890. His Highness
was freed by the British after the the present Nawab was created a
conclusion of the Gurkha war, and the K.C.S.I. on January 1, 1899. The
Rana, Puran Singh, received a sanad area of the State is 3279 square miles,
from Lord Lake in 1815. After great and population is 387,499, chiefly
its
vicissitudes of fortune, Puran Singh Hindus, but including 76,401 Muham-
(who had given up his State to the madans. His Highness maintains a
BritishGovernment) died in 1849, and military force of 251 cavalry, 1972
it was then resolved to restore the infantry, and 66 guns, and is entitled
State to his son, Rana Karm Chand. to a salute of 11 guns. Residence:
The Jatter died in 1877, and was suc- Junagarh, Kdthi&w&r ?
Bombay
JWALA PERSHAD, Rai Bahadur. The KABLL SHAH, Sayyifl, Khan Bahadur.
title is personal, and was conferred on The title personal, and was conferred
is
January 7, 1876. Residence: Ujjain, on January 1, 1877, on the occasion of

Central India. the Proclamation of Her Most Gracious
Majesty as Empress of India. Resi-
JWALA PERSHAD, Rai Bahadur; b.
dence : Thar and Parkar, Sind.
July 13, 1848. Received the titleon
January 1, 1898. Residence: Faru- KABIR-UD-DIN, Shaikh, Khan Baha-
khabad, North-Western Provinces. dur. The title was conferred as a
personal distinction on May 20, 1896,
JWALA SINGH (of Jharauli), Sarddr for meritorious service in the Medical
Bahadur; b. 1846. The title of Sar- Residence: Bengal.
Department.
dar is hereditary, and the higher title
of Sardar Bahadur was conferred as a KACHESAR, Rao of See Umrao
personal distinction on May 25, 1892. Singh.
Belongs to a Sindhu Jat (Rajput) KACHI BARODA, Thakur Dalel Singh,
family, descended from Dip Singh, the Thakur A
ruling chief b. 1839.
Mahant of the " Damdama Saheb," or of. ;
Succeeded to the gadi 1864. The State

resting-place of the Guru Govind Singh is tributary to Dhar, to which it is
(see Jiwan Singh, Shahid, Sardar).
adjacent, and contains a population of
His successor, Sudha Singh, falling in about 3000. Residence : Kachi Baroda,
battle with the Governor of Jalandhar,
the family have since been known by
Bhopawar, Central India.
the name of Shahid ("Martyr"). KADATTANAD, Valiya Rdjd of. The
Sarddr Jwala Singh Bahadur, son of title is hereditary, the present Raja
Sardar Jit Singh of Jharauli, is the being the twenty-eighth in descent.
present head of the Jharauli Shahids. Belongs to a Samanda family, which
He has two sons, Devindar Singh and originally held the rule over a district
Mohindar Singh. Residence : Jharauli, named Vatakumpuram. One of his
Ambala, Punjab. ancestors was driven out of Vatakum-
JWALA SINGH (of Wazirabad), Sar-

puram by the Zamorin of Calicut, and
thenceforward the family ruled a dis-
ddr ; b. 1822. The title is hereditary.
trict on the Malabar coast, extending
The Sardar is the youngest son of the
Sardar Ganda Singh, who was in at- originally from Mahe to Badagara,
tendance on the Maharaja Sher Singh
where the Raja now lives. This terri-
when that prince was assassinated, tory is said to have been granted by
the Cherakal Raja of Kolathiri. In
and Was severely wounded in the en-
deavour to defend him. Sardar Ganda 1766 Haidar Ali of Mysore invaded the
country, and the Raja took refuge with
Singh was killed at the battle of Firuz- the East India Company's officers in
shahr. Sardar Jwala Singh is an
Tellicheri and again, when the Sultan
Honorary Magistrate. Residence : Guj-
;
ranwala, Punjab.
Tippu invaded the country, the Raja
and his family took refuge with the
JYOTI PRASAD GARGA (of Maisadal), Maharaja of Travancore. In 1792 the
Rdjd. The title is personal, and was Raja entered into an agreement with
conferred on January 1, 1890, for his the British Government to receive an
"liberality and public spirit." The annuity as compensation for the estates
Raja is the present representative of of his ancestors. Like the other Mala-
the Maisadal family. Their title of bar Rajas, the family follows the Ma-
Raja is said to have been conferred by rumakkatayam law of inheritance, by
the old Nawabs of Bengal. The first which the succession is with the off-
Raja was the Raja Janardhan Upad- spring of its female members, the next
hyaya. Two ladies of this family at eldest male to the Raja being always
different periods
—
the Rani Janaki his heir. Residence : Badagara, Mala-
Devi and the Rani Mathura Devi — bar District, Madras.
have been in charge of the Raj. The
late Raja, Lakshman Prasad Garga of KADER PRASANNA LAHIRY, Rai
Bahadur. See Kedar.
Maisadal, is recorded to have rendered
good service during the Orissa famine KADIR BAKHSH BHATTE, Mian,
of 1866. Residence : Maisadal, Midna- Khdn Saheb. The Mian was granted
pur, Bengal, the title of Khan Saheb as a personal
distinction on January 1, 1894. Resi- their expulsion it was confirmed to the
dence : Gujranwala, Punjab. then Raja by a sanad from the British
Government, dated March 6, 1815.
KADIR BAKHSH KHAN, Amdani, The Raja Hira Singh, predecessor of
the present Raja, rendered good service
January 2, 1899. Residence: Dera
during the Mutiny of 1857, and was
Ghazi Khan, Punjab. rewarded with a salute of 11 guns.
KADIR HUSAIN, Khan. The title is The area of the State (which is one of
was the Simla Hill States) is 448 square
personal, and originally conferred
miles ; its population is 86,546, chiefly
by the Nawab of the Carnatic, and
in 1890. Residence: Ma- Hindus. The Raja maintains a mili-
recognized
dras. tary force of 40 cavalry, 620 infantry,
and 11 guns, and is entitled to a salute
KADIR MOHI-UD-DIN, KMn Bahadur. of 11 guns. Residence: Kahlur, Simla
The was conferred
title is personal, it
Hills, Punjab.
originally by the Nawab of the Car-
natic, and recognized on December 16, KAI KHUSRU BARJ0RJI COOPER,
1890. Residence : Madras. Khan Bahadur. The title was con-
ferred as a personal distinction on May
KADIR MOHI-UD-DIN SAHEB, Khan 20, 1896, for meritorious service in the
Bahadur. The title was conferred on Army Medical Department. Residence :
January 1, 1877. Residence : Mysore. Ahmadabad, Bombay.
KADIR NAWAZ KHAN, Muhammad, KAILASH CHANDAR BOSE (BASU),
Khan Bahadur. The title was con- Rai Bahadur. The title was conferred
ferred on January 1, 1891. Residence : on January 1, 1895. Residence: Cal-
Maunargudi, Madras. cutta, Bengal.
KADIR (SHAIKH) SHAIKH AB- KAILASH CHANDAR DAS, Rai Baha-
DULLA, Khan Saheb. The title was dur. Received the title on June 3,
conferred on January 1, 1894. Resi- 1893. Residence :
Faridpur, Bengal.
dence : Kirkee, Bombay.
KAILASH CHANDAR MUKHARJI,
KADIRDAD KHAN GUL KHAN, CLE., Rai Bahadur. The title is personal,
Khan Bahadur. The Khan Bahadur and was conferred on January 1, 1887,
is Deputy Collector in Sind, and for
a for
"
long and meritorious service in
his services to the State Was created a the Bengal Secretariat." Residence:
Companion of the Most Eminent Order 20 Durjipara Street, Calcutta, Bengal.
of the Indian Empire on May 25, 1892.
Residence : Sind. KAILASH CHANDRA SIR0MANI,
Pandit, Mahdmahopddhydya. The
KAHLUR, His Highness Raja Bije titlewas conferred on May 20, 1896,
Chand, Raja of. A ruling chief; b. for eminence in oriental learning.
1872. Succeeded to the gadi as a minor Residence: Benares, North-Western
February 3, 1889. Belongs to a Rajput Provinces.
(Hindu) family, claiming descent from
Argok, a Raja whose territory was KAIMAHRA, Rani of. f
See Dayawant
situated in the Deccan. Harihar Kuar.
Chand, a descendant of Argok in the KAIMORI, Rao of. See Kamal.
fourteenth generation, came on a
pilgrimage to Jwalamukhi, a sacred KAISAR MIRZA, Nawab Bahadur.
place in the Kangra district of the The title is personal, the Nawab Ba-
Punjab he saw Jhandbhari, in the

;
hadur being the grandson of a daughter
of the late Muhammad Ali Shah, King
Hoshiarpur district, and, attracted by
the place, conquered it and settled of Oudh. He is the son of the Nawab
down there. One of Harihar Chand's Abul Hasan Khan. Residence : Oudh.
sons conquered and took possession of Rani
the Chamba State (q.v.); another
KAITHOLA, of. See Jaibans
Kunwar.
carved out a principality for himself in
Kanidon while a third son, Bir Chand,
;
KAKARBAI, Rao of. See Lachhman
founded the State of Kahlur or Bild- Singh.
spur. From 1803 to 1815 the State KAKARKHERI (BH0PAL), Thdkur of.
was overrun by the Gurkhas, and after See Dhabla Dhir.
KAKAT KRISHNAN, Edavalath, Di: I

A ruling chief. The title of Beglar
wan Bahadur. Is of Muni-
Chairman Begi was conferred on one of His
cipal Council of Tellicherry.
Keceived Highness 's ancestors, named Nasir
title on January 1, 1899. Residence: Khan, by the great Persian invader
Tellicherry, Madras.
Nadir Shah in 1739. Nasir Khan sub-
Jodha Sinha. sequently was embroiled in wars with
KAKHAUTA, Rao of See
the King of Kabul, Ahmad Shah
KAKRALI, Ghaudhri. See Muhammad Abdali, and later on became a trusted
Azim. leader of that monarch's troops. Nasir
Khdn died in extreme old age in 1795,
KALAHANDI, Rdjd of. See Karond. and was succeeded by his son Mahmud
KALAHASTI, Kumara Maddu Venka- Khan. In 1839, at the time of the
tappa, Rdjd of; b. 1850. Succeeded first Afghan war, Mehrab Khan was
to the gadi on the death of his the Wali of Kalat and ruler of Balu-
father, the Raja Damarakumara chistan on account of his supposed
;
Maddu Yenkatappa Nayudu Bahadur treachery (which was afterwards dis-

Garu, C.S.I. Belongs to an ancient covered to have been falsely attributed
family that acquired importance in the to him by his Wazir), the town and
15th century under the Government fort of Kalat were stormed by General
of the Rajas of Vijayanagar, and in-
Willshire, and the unfortunate Meh-
creased in consequence of the decline rab Khan was among the slain. In
of that dynasty. Under the Muham-
1841, however, his son Nasir Khan was
madan Government the head of the reinstated by the British, whose army
family held the position of aMansabddr thereon evacuated the country ; and in
of 5000 foot and a sanad granted hy
; 1854 a treaty was concluded, stipulat-
the Emperor Aurangzeb of Delhi made
ing for the protection of the State by
the family directly subordinate to the the British Power. Nash* Khan died
Nawab of Arcot. An ancestor of the in 1856, and was succeeded by his
Raja was the local Naik who procured
brother, the late Wali Sir Muhammad
for the English from the Raja of Khodadad Khan. His Highness had
Chandragiri the privilege of settling at an interview with the Viceroy of India
Madras and of building a fort there
(Lord Lytton) in 1876 at Jacobabad,
;
and his father's name being Chenappa, when the treaty of 1854 was renewed
he stipulated that the place should be and extended ; and, with his great
called Chenappa-patnam. The late
vassals, he attended the Imperial As-
Raja received the Companionship of semblage at Delhi in 1877, on the
the Most Exalted Order of the Star of occasion of the Proclamation of Her
India from His Royal Highness the
Majesty as Empress of India, and was
Prince of Wales, at the Darbar held created a Knight Grand Commander
at Calcutta on January 1, 1876. The of the Most Exalted Order of the Star
family banner is the "Hanumadwa- of India. Throughout the Afghan war
jam," or flag bearing the device of of 1878-79 the Wali rendered the most
Hanuman (the sacred monkey) in five valuable aid to the Government —
colours. The Raja owns large estates
placing all the resources of his country
in Nellore and North Arcot districts, at his disposal, and sending his son
Madras. Residence: Kalahasti, Nel- and heir-apparent to accompany the
lore, Madras. General in command of the army pass-
KALALWALA, Sarddr of. See Raghbir ing through his territory. His High-
Singh. ness the present Wali was created a
KALANDAR KHAN, Haji (Gandapurof Knight Grand Commander of the Most
Khdn Saheb. Received the Eminent Order of the Indian Empire
Madi),
titleon June 3, 1899. Residence :
on August 10, 1894. The area of the
Dera Ismail Khan, Punjab. State is about 91,000 square miles ; its
population is about 150,000, chiefly
KALANDAR SHAH KHAN DARA- Muhammadans. His Highness main-
SHAH, Khdn Saheb. The title was tains a military force of 300 cavalry,
conferred on June 3, 1893. Residence : 1500 infantry, and 6 guns and is en-
;
Mahmudabad, Bombay. titled to a salute of 21 guns (including

KALAT, His Highness Beglar Begi 2 guns personal). Residence: Kalat,
Mir Sir Mahmud, G.C.I.E., Waliof. Baluchistan.
KALATHI, Mating, Thuye gaung ngwe KALI PRASANNA GHOSE, Rai Bahd-
Da ya Min. This Burmese title dur. The titlewas conferred on June
on Residence: Bhowal, Dacca,
(see Introduction) was conferred 22, 1897.
January 1, 1894. Residence : Rangoon, Bengal.
Burma.
KALI PRASANNA MUKHARJI, Rai
KALB ALI KHAN, Mirza, Khan Baha- Bahadur. The title was conferred on
dur ; b. June 22, 1828. The title is
was on May 30, 1891, for eminent services in
personal, and conferred May the Military Works Department.
24, 1889, for his" distinguished loyalty Residence : Calcutta, Bengal.
in the Mutiny and his good services."
The Khan Bahadur was formerly Sub- KALI PRASANNA ROY, Rai Bahadur,
Judge of Unao, and has had a long and Received the title on May 21, 1898.
distinguished service in the Judicial Residence : Lahore, Punjab.
Department. Residence : Unao, Oudh.
KALIKA DAS DATT Rai Bahadur; b. r
KALE, Myook, Kyet thaye

Maung, July 3, Son of the late Rai
1841.
zaung shive Salwe ya Min. This Bur- Golak Nath Datt, Educated at the
mese title (see Introduction) was con- Krishnagar and Presidency Colleges of
the Calcutta University (B.A., 1860;
Tharrawaddy, Burma. B.L., 1861). Appointed to the Judicial
Service in 1861, and became Diwan of
KALE KHAN, Major, Khan Bahadur.
Late Governor of Gilgit. Granted the the State of Kuch Behar in August
title of Khan Bahadur, as a personal 1869. Was formally invested with
distinction, January 2, 1893. Resi- insignia of office in 1870, and became
dence : Gilgit, Kashmir. Member of the Kuch Behar State
Council. Has rendered long and
KALI BAORI, Bhumia Sher Sing, Bhu- meritorious service as Minister of the
mia of. A ruling chief ; b. 1859. Suc-
Kuch Behar State, and in recognition
ceeded to the gadi in 1874.The thereof was granted the title of Rai
Bhumia receives allowances both from Bahadur on January 1, 1891. Has
Dhar and from Gwalior, on condition —
three sons (1) Charu Chandra Datt,
of preserving order in certain territory.
born June 16, 1876 ; (2) Atal Chandra
The State contains about 1700 inhabit-
Datt, born June 5, 1878 (3) Nirmal ;
ants, chiefly Hindus. The Chief be- Chandra Datt, born January 23, 1881.
longs to a Bhilala family. Residence : Residences : The Dewankhana, Kuch
KaU Baori, Bhopatoar, Central India. Behar, Meral, Burdwan,
Bengal ;
KALI BHUSAN GHOSH, Rai Bahadur. Bengal and 4 Gangadhar Babu's Lane,
;
The title was conferred on January 1, Calcutta.

1894. Residence : Barasat, Bengal.
KALIYAN SINGH (of Jhamaro), Rao;
KALI CHARAN MISR, Raja; J.Sep- b. 1863. The hav-
tember 20, 1 889. Succeeded on October
ing been originally conferred by the
7, 1895. This title is hereditary. De- old Mahratta Government of Deori,
scended from Raja Baij Nath Misr, and subsequently recognized by the
who did good service in the Mutiny of British Government. Residence : Jha-
1857. Residence: Bareilly, North- maro, Sagar, Central Provinces,
Western Provinces.
KALI DAS CHAUDHRI, Rat'Bahadur. KALIYAN SINGH, Rai Bahddur ; b.
The title was conferred on May 26, 1840. The title was conferred on
1894. Residence: Hoshangabad, Cen- January 1, 1895, for good services
tral Provinces. rendered in the management of the
KALI KISHOR MUNSHI, Rai Bahadur. Magh Mela, Allahabad. Residence:
Received the title on January 1, 1898. Aligarh, North-Western Provinces.
Is Zamindar of Sherpur. Residence: KALIYANA SUNDARAM CHETTIYAR,
Sherpur, Bogra, Bengal. Chekkappa, Rao Bahadur, Diicdn
KALI KUMAR DE, Rai Bahadur. Bahadur; b. 1837. The former title
Granted the title of Rai Bahadur as a was conferred on June 1, 1888, and the
personal distinction, January 2, 1893, latter on June 22, 1897 Was appointed .
for eminent services in the Currency aDeputy-Collectorinl878. Residence:

Department. Residence: Calcutta. Cuddalore, Madras.
ELALSIA, Sardar Banjit Singh, Sarddr KAMALESHWARI PAESHAD SINGH,

of. Aruling chief; 5.1881. Succeeded Rai Bahadur. The title was conferred
to the gadi as a minor August 28, on May 20, 1896. Residence: Monghyr,
1886. Belongs to a Jat (Sikh) family, Bengal.
originally of Kalsia in the Lahore
district, whose founder, Sarddr Gur- KAMALPUR, Thakur Madan Singh,
bakhsh Singh, conquered this territory Thakur of. Aruling chief ; b. 1850.
in the last century. His son, Jodh Succeeded to the gadi October 11,
1881. Receives an allowance, in lieu
Singh, was a brave and able man, who
made considerable conquests in the of land rights, from Gwalior. Belongs
to a Rdjput (Hindu) family. Residence :
neighbourhood of Ambala towards the
close of the century. When the Cis- Kamalpur, Bhopdl, Central India.
Sutlej States came under British KAMBAKHSH HASAN MIRZA BAHA-
protection, Sardar Jodh Singh followed DUE, Prince. The Prince is the tenth
the general example. His grandson, son of the late Wajid Ali Shdh, King
Sarddr Lahna Singh, was the grand- of Oudh, and bears the title of Prince
father of the present Sarddr. The as a personal or courtesy title. Resi-
area of the State is 169 square miles ; dence: Calcutta, Bengal.
its population is 67,708, chiefly Hindus,
but including 19,930 Muhammadans KAMBAE KHAN icalad SHEE MU-
and 5923 Sikhs. The Sarddr maintains HAMMAD KHAN, Mir. The title
a military force of 48 cavalry, 181 has been continued for life, as the Mir
is the representative of one of the
infantry, and 3 guns. Residence:
Kalsia, Punjab. Mirs of Sind at the time of the
LA.LU KHEEA, Eao Umed Singh, Rao
Sind.
ceeded to the gadi 1843. The Rao KAME KADK MIEZA. See Abid Ali
belongs to a Rajput family, and his Bahddur.
title is hereditary.The State contains
a population of about 1000. Residence :
KAMEAN SHAH, Raja; b. 1840. The
Kalu Khera, Westei-n Mdlwd, Central having been origin-
India. ally conferred by the ancient Gond

Rdjds of Deogarh and Ndgpur, and
CALUBA, Kumar Shri, CLE. See Ku- subsequently recognized by the British
mdr. Government. Belongs to a family of
LALUBAWA BHUNSINGHJI, TkdJcur.
Gond (aboriginal) origin, that is, a
SeeRdmpura (Rewa Kantha). younger branch of the family of Rdjd
Sulaimdn Shdh of Deogarh and
LALYAN. See Kaliyan. Ndgpur. The family became Muham-
CAMADHIA, Mir Zulfikar Ali, Tdlukddr madan about 200 years ago. In 1860
of. A rulingchief. Belongs to a the British Government confirmed his
Muhammadan family in the Gohelwar jdgirs in perpetuity to Rdjd Kdmrdn
Prant, Kdthidwdr. The area of the Shah, in consideration both of his own
State is 4 square miles its population
; loyal services during the Mutiny, and
about 772, chiefly Hindus. Residence : of his father's good services previously
Kamadhia, Kdthidwdr, Bombay. rendered. The Rdjd is an Honorary
Magistrate, and Member of the local
CAMAL NARYA SINGH, Thakur fof Municipal and School Committees.
Kaimori), Rao; b. 1871. Succeeded He has two sons, named Kuar Omri
the late Rao Delan Singh on December Shdh and Kudr Sultdn Shah. Resi-
2, 1896. The title is hereditary, hav- dence : Ramangan, Hoshangabad,
ing been originally conferred by the Central Provinces.
Rdj-Gond Rd jd Nizam Shah of Mandla.
Residence : Kaimori, Jabalpur, Central KAMR-UD-DIN, Fakir, Khan Bahadur.
Provinces. The personal, and was conferred
title is
on February 16, 1887, on the occasion
IAMALA PATI GH0SAL, Rai Bahadur. of the Jubilee of Her Majesty's reign.
Residence : Lahore, Punjab.
on January 1, 1889, for distinguished
service in th e Bengal Police. Residence : KAME-UD-DIN HAIDAE, Muhammad,
Naihdti, Bengal. Mirza Bahadur. See Muhammad.
KAMTA EAJAULA, Eao Eharat Par- Member British Medical Association,
shad, Jagirdar of. A
ruling chief ; 1863 ; Honorary Member, Pharma-
b. July 18, 1847. Succeeded to the ceutical Society of Great Britain,
gadi October 23, 1874. Belongs to a 1863 ; additional Chemical Examiner
Kayastha (Hindu) family, descended to Government, 1867-72 ; teacher of
from Sardar Ajudhya Parshad, an Chemistry and Medical Jurisprudence
agent of the State of Charkhari (q.v.), to the Vernacular Classes, Calcutta
who became an agent of the Kalinjar Medical College, 1869-84; Fellow of
Chaubes, and obtained from them the the University of Calcutta, 1870;
jdgir of Kamta. His son, Rao Gopal Member Faculty of Medicine, Univer-
Lai, received a sanad from the British sity of Calcutta, 1871 ; Rai Bahadur,
Government, and dying in 1874, was 1872; Justice of the Peace, 1872;
succeeded by the present Jagirdar. Member Committee of the Economic
The area of the State is 4 square Museum, 1874; Prof essor of Chemistry
miles; population is about 1500,
its and Government Chemical Examiner,
chiefly Hindus. The Jagirdar main- Calcutta Medical College, 1877-78;
tains a military force of 15 infantry Municipal Commissioner, 1877-85 ;
and 1 gun. He has sons, of whom the Member Central Committee for the
eldest is named Bhaya Ram Parshad. Selection of the Vernacular Text-
Residence: Kamta Raj aula, Bundel- Books, 1887 Certificate of Honour in
;
khand, Central India. recognition of services to the State on

the occasion of Her Majesty's assump-
KANCHI KRISHNASWAMI RAO, tion of the Imperial title, 1877 ; Ex-
JDiwdn Bahadur. The title was con-
ferred on The Diwdn aminer in Medical Jurisprudence,
May 25, 1895.
Bahadur is Chief Justice of the 1878; Fellow Chemical Society, London
Travancore State. Residence : Tri van- (F.C.S), 1880; Vice-President of the
Calcutta Medical Society, 1881; Presid-
drum, Travancore.
ency Magistrate for Calcutta, 1881 ;
KANDAULA, Sardar of. See Harbans Member of Committee and Juror at
Singh see also Harindar Singh.
; the Calcutta Exhibition of Indian
Art Manufactures, 1881-82 ; Juror at
KANDHAI SINGH, Bahadur. See
the Jaipur Exhibition, 1883, also
Khandhai.
Calcutta International Exhibition,
KANG, Sardar of. See Narayan Singh. 1883-84 created a Companion of the
;

KANGSEU, Myoza A
ruling chief.
of.
This Chief rules over one of the Shan Empire, 1884 ; appointed Member of
the Syndicate, Calcutta University,
States, Burma. Residence: Kangseu,
Shan Burma. 1886; Member District Charitable
States,
Society, Calcutta, 1886; Honorary
KANHAILAL DE, CJ.E.,Rai Bahadur; Fellow College of Physicians, Phila-
b.September 24, 1831. The title of Rai delphia, 1886. The Rai Bahadur is
Bahadur is personal, and was conferred the author of treatises on chemistry,
on June 6, 1872, for distinguished physics, and medical jurisprudence in
medical services. The Rai Bahadur Bengali. He has helped to develop
is a son of the late Radha Nath De, the drug resources of India, and
Rai Bahadur, and the name is very written an elaborate descriptive cata-
commonly spelt "Kanny Lall Dey." logue of same. He represented India
He was educated at the Medical at the International Exhibition, Lon-
College of Bengal, where he graduated don, 1862; Universal Exposition of
with distinction in 1854, and in the Paris, 1867 and 1878 Vienna Univer-
;
same year was appointed to a Professor- sal Exhibition, 1872; Melbourne Ex-
ship of Chemistry in the Calcutta hibition, 1880 ; Amsterdam Exhibition,

Medical College, and a Chemical Ex- 1883 World's Industrial Cotton Cen-
;
aminer to Government. In 1862 he was tennial Exposition, New Orleans,

appointed Professor of Chemistry in the U.S.A., 1884-85; and Colonial and
Presidency College of the University Indian Exhibition, 1886, for which he
of Calcutta, and from that time his received certificates and medals, also
—
honours professional, scientific, and thanks of the Government. The Rai
—
other have been exceedingly numer- Bahadur has a son, named Priyalal
ous. He was appointed successively De (the name is very frequently spelt
Preo Lall Dey), born July 24, 1855 a ; KANSI (Latawng of Kansi), Kyet thaye
Fellow of the Chemical Society of zaung shwe Salwe ya Min. This Bur-
London (F.C.S.), 1886; Presidency mese title, indicated by the letters
Magistrate for Calcutta, 1890. Resi- K.S.M. after the name (see Introduc-
dences: 11 Beadon Street and 62 tion), was conferred as a personal
Aheritola Street, Calcutta, Bengal. distinction on January 1, 1898. Resi-
dence : Kansi, Burma.
KANHAYA LAL, Rai Bahadur. The
title is personal, and was conferred on KANTARAWADI, Sawlawi, Myoza of.
March 30, 1876. Residence: Lahore, A ruling chief. The Myoza is the
Punjab. Chief of one of the Karen States in
Eastern Karenni, Burma. The popu-
KANHAYA LAL, Rai Bahadur. The lation consists chiefly of Karens. Resi-
title is personal, and was conferred on dence : Kantarawadi, Eastern Karenni,
January 1, 1890. Residence: Jalan- Burma.
dhar, Punjab.
KANTI CHANDAR MUKHARJI, C.I.E.,
KANHYA LAL, Rai Bahadur. Received Rao Bahadur. The title is personal,
the title on January 1, 1897, for emin- and was conferred on February 16,
ent services in the P.W.D. Residence :
Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab. the reigu of Her Most Gracious
KANT, Wun of. See Po Tok, Maung. Majesty. The Rao Bahadur was created
a Companion of the Most Eminent
KANKER, Maharaj-Adhiraj Narhar Order of the Indian Empire on Janu-
Deo, Maharaja of. A ruling chief; ary 1, 1891, for distinguished services
b. May 13, 1850.Succeeded to the yadi as Diwan or Prime Minister of the
as a minor December 5, 1853. Be- State of Jaipur in Rajputana. Resi-
longs to a very ancient Rajput family, dence : Jaipur, Rajputana.
whose ancestors, according to tradition,
were raised to the yadi by a popular KANTIGYI, Chief of. A ruling chief.
vote in very early times. During the This Chief rules over one of the Shan
dominion of the Haihai Vansi dynasty States on the frontier of Burma. Its
in Chhattisgarh the Kanker Zamindars population consists almost entirely of
were rich and prosperous. The area Shans. Residence: Kantigyi, Shan
of the State is 639 square miles; its States, Burma.
population is 63,610, chiefly Gonds KANTIT, Raja Bhup Indra Bahadur
(aboriginal tribe). Residence: Kanker, Singh, Rdjd of; b. 1863. As a minor
Raipur, Central Provinces. succeeded his father, Raja Rajendra
Bahadur Singh, in the year of his
CANNANUR NARAYANA AIYAR, Rao
birth. Belongs to an ancient family
of Gaharwar Rajputs, said to be a
January 1, 1898. Is a Deputy-Col-
branch of that of the Rahtors of Kan-
lector. Residence: Madras Presidency.
auj, and descended from Gudan Deo.
CANNAYYA CHETTI, C. V., Rao Baha-
In ancient times, for a long series of
dur; b. 1857. The title is personal, years it appears that there was a
and was conferred on June 1, 1888, for Gaharwar Raj of the Kan tit family,
eminent services to the State. Was settled at Benares, and owning domains
elected a member of the Madras Muni- in Mirzapur district, south of the
cipal Commission in 1885. Residence : Ganges. In 1758 the Raja Vikrama-
Madras. ditya Singh of Kantit was driven out
by Balwant Singh, the first Raja of
CANNY LALL DEY, C.I.E., Rai Baha- Benares (q.v.) ; but after the flight of
dur. See Kanhai Lai De.
Raja Chet Singh of Benares in 1781,
[ANRANMAL CHANDANMAL, Rao Raja Govinda Singh, son of Raja
Bahadur. Received the title on May Vikramaditya, recovered his posses-
sions He was succeeded by his nephew
21, 1898. Residence .
Bombay.
: Sind,
and adopted son, Ram Ghulam Singh,
[ANSHI SINGH, Rai Saheb. The title whose son was Raja Mahipal Singh ;
was conferred on January 1, 1896. and the latter in turn was succeeded
Residence: Military Works Depart- by his son, Jagat Bahadur Singh. He
ment, Simla. died in 1850, leaving two minor sons,
K
of whom the elder, Raja Rajendra Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the first
Bahadur Singh, succeeded his father, Sikh treaty concluded with the British
but hardly lived to attain his majority. Government. In 1826 Sardar Fateh
On his death he was succeeded by the Singh sought the protection of the
present Raja. Residence: Bijaipur, British Power against Ranjit Singh ;
Mirzapur, North- Western Provinces. but in the first Sikh war his troops
KAPHAS KUMARI (of Phulghar) Mm. fought against the British at the
The
,
battle of Aliwal, and on this account
title is hereditary. The Rani
his Cis-Sutlej territories were con-
belongs to a very ancient Gond family, In the second Sikh war his
fiscated.
descended from the Chanda stock of
Gond Rajas, 800 years ago. It is said son Sardar Nihal Singh rendered
that the title of Raja was conferred good service and in recognition of it
;
on an ancestor by one of the ancient he was created a Raja in 1849. On

the outbreak of the Mutiny in 1857, the
Kings of Delhi, before the family left Sir Randhir Singh, G.C.S.I., of
Chanda. Until recently the Phulghar Raja
Zamindari was classed as a Gurjhat Kapurthala, volunteered the services
of himself and all his followers. He
feudatory State; but the late Raja
Jagsai died without legitimate heirs strengthened the hold of Government
in the Jalandhar Doab, and then
in 1867, and the State lapsed into the
form of a Zamindari, in the hands of volunteered to aid in the subjugation
of the rebellious Province of Oudh.
the late Rani Sagan Kumari of Phul-
His offer was accepted, and accom-
ghar, who was the lawful wife of the
Raja Prithi Singh. The Rani Sagan panied by his brother, the brave
Kumari was more than seventy years Sardar Bikrama Singh Bahadur,
C.S.I. , he marched to Oudh at the
of age when she succeeded to the
head of 2000 horse and foot and four
estate, as she was born before the
commencement of the present century ;
guns. This force fought no less than
six actions with the rebels, with
she was succeeded by the present
Rani. Residence: Phulghar, Sambal- conspicuous valour on the part alike
of the Chief, his brother, and his
pur, Central Provinces.
followers. They held most important
KAPURCHAND, Seth, Rai Saheb. Re-
—
positions first at Bani to protect the
Lucknow and Cawnpur road, and
Residence : Raipur, Central Provinces. afterwards at Daryabad and captured
;
KAPURTHALA, His Highness Sir Jagat- ten guns from the rebels. The Kapur-
jit Singh Bahadur, K.C.S.I., Rdjd of. thala troops remained in Oudh for a
A ruling chief b. September '1872.
; whole year and the Raja Sir Randhir
;
Succeeded to the gadi as a minor on Singh received as a reward for his

September 5, 1877. The Raja's full loyalty andbravery large estates
title is —
His Highness Farzand-i-Dil- there, confiscated from the rebellious
band Rasikhul-Itikad Daulat-i-In- Rajas of Bhitauli, Baundi, and Ikauna,
glishia Raja-i-Rajagan Raja Sir as well as a khilat of Rs. 10,000, and
Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, K.C.S.I. many other honours. In 1870 he set
Belongs to a Jat Kalal (Sikh) family, out to visit England, but unfortunately
well known under the distinguished died at Aden on the way. He was
name of Ahluwalia, from the village succeeded by his son, the Raja Kharak
of Ahlu near Lahore. The Sardar Singh, father of the present Raja ;
Jassa Singh was one of the most leaving also a younger son, the Kunwar
conspicuous of the leaders who con- Harnam Singh, CLE. (q.v.), and a
solidated the Sikh Power during the daughter married to the Sardar Buta
disorders and weakness of the Mughals, Singh of Sirnanwa. His Highness
consequent on the invasions of Nadir the present Raja was created a Knight
Shah and Ahmad Shah Durani. He Commander of the Most Exalted
died without issue, and was succeeded Order of the Star of India on June 22,
by Sardar Bagh Singh, a descendant 1897, on the auspicious occasion of the
of his uncle. The Chiefs of Kapur- Diamond Jubilee of Her Most Gracious
thala largely extended their territories Majesty the Queen Empress. The
and power ; and the name of Sardar area of the State is 598 square miles ;
Bagh Singh's successor, Sardar Fateh, its population is 252,617, chiefly Mu-
Singh, was associated with that of the hammadans, but including, 82,900
Hindus and 26,493 Sikhs. In addition are still to be found in the north and
to this, Oudh estates of His
the west of that country. They are usually
Highness have an area of 700 square of the Shia sect of Muhammadans.
miles, and a population of 253,000. When the Emperor Babar invaded
The Raja maintains a military force India, Hati Khan was the Chief of
of 197 cavalry, 829 infantry, and 13 the Gakkars; and in the Emperor's
guns ; and is entitled to a salute of 11 Autobiography there is a notice of his
guns. Residences: Kapurthala,Punjab ; contest with that Chief. Babar
and Bhitaula, Baundi, and Ikauna, marched against Pharwala then, as —
Oudh. now, the capital of the Gakkars in —
KARA AHMAD. See Muhammad Jam 1526 a.d., and captured it after a
Jah Ali. gallant resistance, Hati Khan making
his escape from one gate of the town
KARAM CHAND, Lala, Rai Saheb. The as Babar's troops entered by another.
title was conferred on January 1, 1897. Sultan Mukarrab Khan was the last
Residence :
Srigovindpur, Gurdaspur, independent Gakkar Chief, and in his
Punjab. day the power of the Gakkars was
KARAM DAD, Subadar, Khan Bahadur. very great. He defeated the Yusufzai
The title was conferred on January 1, Afghans and the Chief of the Khattaks,
1896. Residence : Kalat, Baluchistan. and captured Gujrat, overrunning the
Chib country as far north as Bhimbar.
KARAM HUSAIN, Makhdum, Khan He joined Ahmad Shah Durani on his
several invasions of India, and was
January 1, 1896. Residence: Muzaf-
treated by that monarch with the
fargarh, Punjab.
greatest consideration, being confirmed
KARAM HUSAIN walad ALI GAUHAR in the possession of his large territories,
KHAN, Mir. The title has been which extended from the Chinab to
continued for life, the Mir being a the Indus. Mukarrab Khan was at
descendant of one of the Mirs or last defeated by the powerful Sikh
Chief, Sardar Gujar Singh, Bhangi,
annexation (see Khairpur). Residence : and compelled to retire across the
Shikarpur, Kind. Jhelum, giving up his possessions in
KARAM KHAN, Mir. The title is the Chaj Doab. His power being thus
hereditary, the Mir being a Jagirdar, broken, the rival Chiefs of his own
and a descendant of one of the Mirs tribe declared against him, and he
or Chiefs of Sind at the time of the was treacherously put to death. He
annexation (see Khairpur) Residence : . left four sons, of whom the youngest
Shikarpur, Sind. was Sultan Shadman Khan, grand-
father of the present Raja. The
KARAMAT-ULLA, Muhammad, Khan family were greatly impoverished,
Bahadur. Muhammad.
See
weakened, and stripped of most of
KARAMAT-ULLA KHAN, Khan Baha- their possessions, by the attacks first
dur. The title was conferred on May of Sardar Gujar Singh, and subse-
for eminent services in
25, 1895, quently of Anand Singh, Thipuria,
the Medical Department. Residence :
grandson of the famous Sardar Milkha
Bengal. Singh of Rawal Pindi. In 1826 the
KARAMDAD KHAN (of Pharwala), family was conceded some proprietary
Rdjd. The title is hereditary, and the rights in Pharwala, the ancient cradle
Raja succeeded his father in March and home of their race. Shadman
1865, as the foremost of the Gakkar Khan's eldest son was Hayat-ulla-
Chiefs of the Punjab. The Gakkars Khan, who became Raja he rendered
;
trace their descent from Kai Gohar, excellent service under Captain Abbott
of Ispahan in Persia, whose son, in 1848-49, and again during the
Sultan Kaid, is said to have conquered Mutiny of 1857. He was succeeded
Badakshan and a part of Tibet. For by the present Raja in 1865. Resid-
many hundreds of years the Gakkars ence : Pharwala, Rawal Pindi, Punjab.
were undoubtedly possessed of great
power and a wide extent of territory ; KARAMDAD KHAN, Khan Bahadur.
they overran Kashmir in very early The title was conferred on January 1,
times, and traces of their occupation 1896. Residence : Baluchistan.
KARAMSI DAMJI, Rao Bahadur. Re- cavalry, 1640 infantry, and 56 guns,
ceived the title on January 1, 1899. and is entitled to a salute of 17 guns.
Residence: Bombay. The family banner is coloured yellow.
Residence : Karauli, Rajputana.
KARAN SINGH, Rao. The title is here-
ditary. Residence: Aligarh, North- KARENNI, Western, Po Bya, Chief of
western Provinces. A ruling chief. Po Bya is chief of
one of the Karen States in Burma.
KARAN SINGH, Rao (of Bedla), Rao Its population consists almost entirely
Bahadur. The title of Rao Bahadur of Karens. It has three feudatory
was conferred on the Rao of Bedla as
dependencies Bawlake,
—
Kyetpogyi,
a personal distinction on May 20, 1896. and Naungpale. Residence: Western
Residence : Mewar, Rajputana. Burma.
Karenni,
KARAR HAIDAR, Khan Bahadur. The KARIM KHAN, Sarddr Bahadur; b.
titlewas conferred on January 1, 1894. 1813. Belongs to a Pathan (Afghan)
Residence : Bijnor, North-Western Pro- family settled in Unao, Oudh. He
vinces. was distinguished for his bravery and
See Jath. loyalty during the Mutiny of 1857,

KARASGI, Chief of.
when he held the military rank of
KARAULI, His Highness Maharaja Subahdar ; and in recognition thereof
Sir Bhanwar Pal Deo Bahadur Yadukul he received the title of Sardar Bahadur
Chandra Bhal, G.C.I.E., Mahdrdjd of . as a personal distinction, by a sanad
A ruling chief ; b. 1862. Succeeded dated September 18, 1860. Residence :
to the gadi August 14, 1886. Is the Unao, Oudh.
head of the great Jadun clan of
KARIM-UD-DIN AHMAD, Khan Baha-
Rajputs, who claim descent from
dur. The title is and was personal,
Krishna, and are called the Chandra- conferred on
vansi or Children of the Moon. The May 20, 1890. Residence :
title of Maharaja has descended to

Sirsa, North- Western Provinces.
them from the remotest antiquity. KARMIE, Raja of See Tenduk Pulger.
Probably the first historical personage
in the pedigree is Bijai Pal, who built KAR0DIA, Thakur Chain Singh, Thdkur
the fort of Biana in 995 a.d. Arjan of. A ruling chief b. 1864. Succeeded
;
to the gadi October 26, 1880. Belongs

Deo, in 1348 a.d., established the
to a Rajput (Hindu) family. Resid-
State, and founded the capital of
Karauli in Rajputana. The Maharaja ence : Karodia, Indore, Central India.
Dharm Pal became Maharaja of
Karauli in 1644 a.d. ; and the present KAR0LI, Thakur Bhawansinghji, Thd-
kur of A ruling chief ; b. 1856.
Maharaja Bahadur is ninth in succes- Belongs to a Koli (aboriginal) family.
sion from Dharm Pal. The Maharaja The area of the State is 12 square
Madan Pal rendered good service
miles; its population about 1500,
during the Mutiny of 1857, sending chiefly Hindus. Residence : Karoli,
a body of his troops against the
Mahi Kantha, Bombay.
Kotah mutineers and for these ser-
;
vices he received an addition of two KAROND, Raja Raghu Keshar Deo,

guns to his salute as a personal dis- Rdjd of. A ruling chief; b. 1871.
tinction, and was created a Knight Succeeded to the gadi April 7, 1881.
Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Belongs to an ancient Rajput family
Order of the Star of India. The area of the Nagbansi (snake-race) clan —
of the State 1208 square miles ; its
is the cognizance of the Nagbansi clan
population is 148,670, chiefly Hindus, is the sacred Serpent descended on —
but including 8836 Muhammadans. the female side from the original
His Highness was created a K.C.I.E. Gangabansi dynasty of Karond, and
on January 1, 1894, and promoted to on the male side from the Rajas of
be a Knight Grand Commander of the Satrangarh in Chota Nagpur. The
Most Eminent Order on June 22, 1897, late R&ja, Udit Partab Deo, for his
on the auspicious occasion of the good services to Government, received
Diamond Jubilee of Her Most Gracious the honour of a personal salute of 9
Majesty the Queen Empress. He guns, which was conferred on January
maintains a miltary force of 281 1, 1877, on the occasion of the Pro-
clamation of Her Most Gracious Majesty shuman Krishna, of the Political

as Empress of India. The present Department and Police of Khandesh.
Raja is thirty-first in descent from Was invested with the title of Rao
the founder of the dynasty. The area Bahadur at a Darbar held at Dhulia
of the State is 3745 square miles, and on June 15, 1883. In 1846 he married
its population is 224,548, chiefly Gonds Ganga, the only daughter of the late
(an aboriginal tribe). The Raja is Jagirdar of Waroda; and has issue
entitled to a salute of 9 guns. Resid- —
four sons (1) Martand, born July 30,
ence : Karond, Sambalpur, Central 1865, married Lakshmibai, daughter
Provinces. of Purushotam Pant Khandekar; (2)
KARRAR HAIDAR, Khan Bahadur. Waman, born July 27, 1867, married
See Karar. Jankibai, daughter of Prathad Pant
Shahane, Mamlatdar of Tasgaon ;
KARVETNAGAR, Rdjd of. See Kumara (3) Govinda, born August 28, 1871,
Venkata Perumal Raz, Rdjd. married Gopikabai, daughter of Mad-
hava Rao Khandekar Phadnis, late
KARWAR, Rdjd of See Partab.
Mamlatdar of Satara; (4) Gopal,
KARWI, Srimant Rao of. See Balwant born June 24, 1878, married Rukhmini-
Rao. bai, daughter of Narayan Rao Bho-
KASHI NATH BISWAS, Rai Bahddur ; patkar of Azvi. Residence : Jalgaon,

b. October 1830. The title was con- Khandesh, Bombay.
ferred on February 16, 1887, on the See Hari
KASHIPUR, Rdjd of. Raj
occasion of the Jubilee of the reign Singh.
of Her Most Gracious Majesty. The
Rai Bahadur's great-grandfather was KASHIRAS SARVE, General, C.S.I.
in the service of the Nawab Nazim of
Sarddr Bahadur. The title was con-
ferred on January 21, 1896. The
Bengal ; and his father and grandfather General is Commander-in-Chief of the
were employed under the Governor-
Forces of His Highness Maharaja
General's agent at Benares. He entered
the Judicial Service in 1856 became
Sindhia of Gwalior, and was created
;
a first-grade Subordinate Judge in

a Companion of the Most Exalted
and received a Silver Medal of Order of the Star of India on the
1875,
Honour at the Imperial Assemblage at auspicious occasion of the Diamond
Jubilee of Her Most Gracious Majesty
Delhi in January 1877, on the occasion
of the Proclamation of Her Majesty
the Queen Empress. Residence:
as Empress of India. He received Gwalior, Central India.
the title of Rai Bahadur in recognition
of his long and meritorious services as
KASHMIR, His Highness the Mahdrdjd
Bahadur of. See Jammu and Kashmir
a Judge. Residence: Benares, North-
western Provinces. KASIM ALI, Muhammad, Mirza Baha-
dur. See Muhammad.
KASHI NATH SAMBHAJI MURKAR,
Rao Sahcb. Received the title on KASIM ALI KHAN (of Pataudi), Khdn
January 2, 1899. Residence : Bombay. Bahddur. Received the title on Janu-
KASHI PERSHAD, Rai Saheb. Re- ary 1, 1897. Residence: Pataudi,
ceived the title on June 3, 1899. Is Punjab.
Vakil of Charkhari. Residence : KASIM HAJI MITHA, Khdn Bahddur,
Charkhari, Central India. Sarddr. The title of Khdn Bahddur
KASHI RAO HOLKAR DADA SAHEB, was conferred on January 1, 1896 ;
Rao Sir (of Indore), K.C.S.I. Created and that of Sarddr on June 22, 1897.
a K.C.S.I. on October 23, 1875. Resid- Residence : Bombay.
ence : Indore, Central India. KASIM HASAN KHAN, Khdn Bahddur.
KASHINATH LAKSHMAN, Rao Baha- The title was conferred on January 1,
1895. Residence: Shdhjahdnpur, North-
dur; b. July 16, 1833. The title was
conferred on May 24, 1883, for long western Provinces.
and distinguished service in the Police KASIM HUSAIN TAJ - UL - MULK
Department, in Khandesh, Bombay. MIRZA BAHADUR, Prince. The
The Rao Bahddur belongs to a Karhada Prince is the ninth son of the late
Brahman family, and the son of Lak- Wajid Ali Shah, King of Oudh; and
accordingly bears this title as a personal June 1, 1897. Belongs to a Makwanna
or courtesy title. Residence : Calcutta, Thakura (Hindu) family. The popu-
Bengal. lation of the State is about 1743.
Residence : Katosan, Mahi Kantha,
KASSALPURA, Thakur Manaji, Thakur Bombay.
of. A
ruling chief ; b. 1823. Belongs
to a Koli (aboriginal) family. The KATRA BALKHERA, Thakur of. See
population of the State is about 400. Himmat Singh see also Sarnet Singh.
;
Residence: Kassalpura, Mahi Kantha, KAUSIL KISH0R PARSHAD MALL (of

Bombay. Majhauli), Rdjd. See Majhauli.
KASTUR CHAND, Seth, Rai Bahadur. KAVASJI. See Kawasji.
on February 16, 1887, on the occasion KAWARDHA, Thakur Rajpal Singh,
of the Jubilee of the reign of Her Thakur of. A ruling chief ; b. Novem-
Most Gracious Majesty. Residence: ber 13, 1849. Succeeded to the gadi
December 11, 1874. Belongs to a Raj
Kamthi, Central Provinces.
Gond (aboriginal) family, claiming
KASTUR CHAND, Seth. The title is
descent from Sham Chand, from whom
it was originally conferred
personal ;
the present Thakur is thirteenth in
by the Nawab of the Carnatic, and descent. His father was the Thakur
was recognized on December 16, 1890, Ram Singh of Pandaria. The area of
by the British Government. Resi- the State is 887 square miles ; its
dence : Jaipur, Madras. population is 86,362, chiefly Hindus.
KATARI, Rdjd of. See Partab Bahadur Residence: Kawardha, Bilaspur, Cen-
Singh. tral Provinces.
KATEHRA, Rdjd Bahadur of. See KAWASJI DINSHA ADENWALA,

Sardar Singh. CLE. Created a CLE. on May 26,
KATHI, Chandra Singh Rahi Padri,
Chief of. A ruling chief; b. 1866. KAWASJI E. PATEL, Khan Saheb.
Belongs to a Bhil (aboriginal) family. Received the title on June 3, 1899.
The area of the State, which is one of Residence : Bombay.
the Mewas States in Khandesh, is KAWASJI HATTI DARU, Khan Saheb.
about 500 square miles ; its population The title was conferred on January 1 ,
rather over 10,000, chiefly Bhils. The 1896. Residence: Central
Seoni,
Mewas Chiefs maintain a force of Provinces.
irregulars, called Sibandis, who collect
the revenue, attend the Chiefs, and KAWASJI H0RMASJI DADA CHARJI,
Khan Saheb. The title is personal,
keep order on the frontier and perform and was conferred on January 1, 1889.
other police duties under the Khandesh
Residence: Aden.
Superintendent of Police. Besides
these irregulars, a considerable number KAWASJI JAMSHEDJI LALKAKA,
of Bhil headmen, naiks, are bound, if KhdnBahcidur ; b. September 19, 1851.
called upon by their Chiefs, to furnish The title was conferred on February
from 30 to 50 bowmen apiece. Resid- 21,1884, for eminent services rendered
ence : Kathi, Khandesh, Bombay. to the State in the Postal Department.
KATHIWARA, Thakur Bahadur Singh, Belongs to a Parsi family, son of

Jamshedji Dosabji Lalkaka. Is a
Thakur of. A
ruling chief ; b. 1839.
Justice of the Peace, April 1881. Acted
Succeeded to the gadi in 1865. Belongs
as Deputy-Postmaster General of the
to a Rajput (Hindu) family. The area
Central Provinces and Berar in 1889,
of the State is 68 square miles its ;
is 2376, Hindus and Bhils.

and of Rajputana in 1890. Married,
population December 3, 1873, Manikbai, daughter
The Thakur maintains a military force
of Nasarwanji Khurshidji Sabavala of
of 39 infantry. Residence : Kathi wara,
Surat; and has issue two sons
—
Bhopawar, Central India.
Jahangir, b. May 29, 1875; and Kai-
KATIARI, Rani of. See Mahtab Kunwar. khushro, b. June 27, 1878. Residence :
Ahmadabad, Bombay.
KAT0SAN, Thakur Parhatsinghji Adaji,
Thakur of. A ruling chief ; b. Jan- KAWASJI KAIKHTJSRTJ JASSAWALA,
uary 31, 1876. Succeeded to the gadi Khan Saheb, The title is personal and ,
was conferred on May 24, 1889. Resi- the service of Sardar Charat Singh,
dence: Aden. head of the Sikh misl or confederacy
known as Sukarchakia, and grand-
KAYATHA, Thakur Sheodan Singh, father of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh
of Lahore. Sardar Amar Singh, son
Succeeded to the gadi 1863. Belongs
of Laha Singh, was taken into the
to a Rdjput (Hindu) family. Resi-
service of Sardar Charat Singh, re-
dence : Kayatha, Indore, Central India.
ceived a jdgir, and served with
KAZI.—A prefix. distinction under Charat Singh's son,
KAZIM Sarddr Daydl Singh, and under his
ALI, Mirza Bahadur. The
Mirza Bahddur is the grandson of the grandson the Mahdrdjd. After his
late Muhammad Ali Shah, King of death his three sons, Sarddrs Fateh
Oudh, hting a son of the Mirza Azim- Singh, Daydl Singh, and Mohar
us Shan Bahadur, son of that monarch. Singh, rose into favour with the
Residence: Oudh. Mahdrdjd ; and the last especially dis-
tinguished himself in an action with
KAZIM AH KHAN (1), Nawdb Bahadur. the Afghdns at Khiva in the Gujrat
The NaWib Bahddur a grandson is
district. Mohar Singh subsequently
of the late Muhammad
Ali Shah,
retired to Benares, and the Mahdrdjd
King of Oudh, being a son of the Ranjit Singh confiscated his jdgirs.
Nawab Nuazzam-ud-dauld Bahadur, His brother, Sarddr Daydl Singh
by a daughter of that monarch. Resi- (grandfather of the present Sarddr),
dence : Lucknow, Oudh.
fought in the battle of Attock, 1813,
KAZIM All KHAN (2), Nawab Bahadur. where he was severely wounded and ;
The Nawab Bahadur is a great-grand- he was again wounded in the expedition

son of the late Saddat Ali Khan, King to Kashmir, for which he received some
of Oudh, being a son of the Nawab valuable jdgirs. He died in 1832 and ;
Ikhtiar-ud-daula Bahadur, who was a his son, Sarddr Bishan Singh, died two
grandson of that monarch. Residence : years afterwards, leaving Kishan, a
Lucknow, Oudh. child of two years of age. Sarddr
Kishan Singh was loyal in the time of
EAZIM HUSAIN, Muhammad, Khur- the Multdn rebellion of 1848-49 and
shed Jah, Mirza Bahadur, Prince. See ;
Muhammad. later, in the time of the Mutiny of

1857, he rendered good service to
KAZIM HUSAIN KHAN, Muhammad (of Government, and was rewarded for it.
Paintipur), Rdjd. See Muhammad. He died in 1860, and Sarddr Kehar
KEDAR NATH, Pandit, Rai Bahadur. Singh is the surviving member of the
title family. He is also known as the
Sarddr Nand Singh. Residence :
1894. Residence:
^
Meerut, North-
Western Provinces. Khiva, Gujrat District, Punjab.
KEDAR NATH CHATTARJI, Rai KENDA, Thdkur of. See Khenda ; see
Bahadur. The title is personal, and alsoRdm Singh.
was conferred on June 6, 1885. Resi-
dence
KEONTHAL, Raja Balbir Sain, Rdjd of.
: Bali, Bengal. A ruling chief ; b. 1852. Succeeded to
KEDAR NATH KUNDU CHAUDHRI, the gadi August 23, 1882. Belongs to
Rai Bahadur. The title is personal, a very ancient Rdjput family, that
and was conferred on May 24, 1884. bore the title of Rand from early times
Residence: Howrah, Bengal. till 1857, when the title of Rdjd was
conferred on Rdnd Sansar Sain for his
KEDAR PRASSANNA LAHIRI, Rai
services in the time of the Mutiny.
Bahadur. Received the title on
After the expulsion of the Gurkhas a
January 1, 1898. Is Zamindar of
Residence : portion of the State was made over to
Kasimpur. Kasimpur, the Mahdrdjd of Partidla, and the
Rajshahi, Bengal. remainder was confirmed to the then
SINGH (of Khiva), Sarddr. Rand by a sanad of the British
The title is hereditary. Belongs to a Government in 1815. He has six
Sikh family descended from the Sarddr feudatory Chiefs subordinate to him,
Rai Maha Singh who, with his son,
; viz. the Chiefs of Thiog, Koti, Ghund,
Sarddr Laha Singh, fell in battle in Kheri, Madhan, and Ratesh ; and of
these the first four are tributaries. his brother, Raja Chandra Kanta
The area of the State is 112 square Singh ;
and the grandson of the latter
miles ; its population is 31,154, chiefly isthe present Raja. The family
Hindus. The Raja maintains a mili- cognizance is an Arowan (Royal
tary force of 108 infantry and 2 guns. Umbrella) and Sripus Kalki (Golden
Residence : Keonthal, Simla Hills, Head-dress). Residence : Gauhati,
Punjab. Assam.
KERALA VARMA RAJA, Rdjd. See KESHAVRAO BHASKARJI, Rao Ba-
Chirakal, Valiya Rdjd of.
conferred on January 1, 1877, on the
KERALA VARMA RAJA, Rdjd. See occasion of the Proclamation of Her
Kottayam, Valiya Rdjd of. Most Gracious Majesty as Empress of
India. Residence: Bombay.
KERALA VARMA VALIYA KOIL TAM-
BURAN, C.S.I. Is the consort of Her KESOBATI KUMARI, Musjamat, Rdni.
Highness the Senior Rani of Travancore, The title was conferred on January 1,
was created a Companion of the Most 1898. Residence: Hemuie, Santal
Exalted Order of the Star of India on Parganas, Bengal.
May 1895. Residence : Trivan-
25, KESOWJI NATHU SAILOR, Rao
drum, Travancore. Bahadur. Received the title on
KEROWLEE, His Highness the Mahdrdjd January 2, 1899. Residence :
Bombay.
of. See Karauli.
KESRI. See also Kishori.
KESARI. See Kishori.
KESRI NARAYAN, Rai ; I. November
KESHAB KANTA SINGH, Rdjd; h. 24, 1864. Succeeded to the title on
November 1852. The title is personal, March 16, 1895. The title is heredit-
and was conferred on February 2, 1861, ary, and of ancient origin. Residence :
the Raja being the grandson and Allahabad.
representative of the late Raja KESRI SINGH
(of Lakhnadon), ThdAr.
Chandra Kanta Singh, the last reign- The title is hereditary, the Thaknr
ing Raja of Assam. Belongs to the
being the representative of one of tie
historical Ahom dynasty, who were
ancient Chiefs of the Seoni district.
rulers in Assam for
many centuries, Residence : Lakhnadon, Seoni, Centrd
and are said to be originally Shans Provinces.
from Burma. The first Raja of the
dynasty who adopted Hinduism is KET, Maung, Kyet thaye zaung shnn
stated to have been Chuhum-Pha, who
Salwe ya Min. The title is personal
and was conferred on June 1, 1888. Ii
succeeded to the gadi in 1497 a.d.
From him the fourth in succession, means "Recipient of the Gold
Chain of Honour," and is indicated by
Raja Chutum-Hla, adopted the Hindu the letters K.S.M. after the name.
name of Jayadhajiya Singh and he ;
Residence : Yaw, Burma.
was reigning at the time of theMughal
invasion by Mir Jumla under the orders KEUNJHAR, Maharaja Dhanurjai
of the Emperor Aurangzeb. The in- Narayan Bhanj Deo, Rdjd of. A
vasion was unsuccessful, and the Ahom ruling chief ; b. July 27, 1849 ; suc-
Raja extended his frontier to Goal- ceeded to the gadi as a minor
para. The greatest of the dynasty September 4, 1861. Belongs to a
was Raja Rudra Singh, who succeeded Rajput (Hindu) family, claiming
to the gadi in 1695 and in the next
;
descent from Joti Bhanj, a brother
century their power decayed. Raja of Adi Bhanj, the founder of the
Gaurinath Singh was the titular Raja Moharbhanj State (q.v.), thirty-four
when the British first sent a force into generations back. The following is
Assam in 1792 to restore him after his the local tradition as to the way in
expulsion by the Koch Raja of Darrang. which the Keunjhar Rajas got the
Then followed an invasion of the patronymic of Bhanj, in which the
Burmese, who ruled the country till State got the name of Keunjhar, and
the first Burmese war ; at the close of in which its borders were enlarged :
—
which Assam was ceded by Burma to Jai Singh, a son of Man Singh, the
the British Power. Raja Gaurinath Maharaja of Jaipur in Rajputana,
Singh had been succeeded in title by came to visit the shrine of Jagannath
in Puri. He married Padmavati, the Ra ja the Zamindari of Athgarh,

^
daughter of the Gajapati King of which adjoins the eastern border of the
Puri, Prattlpendra Deb, and received Keunjhar State, and on his return
as her dowry the State of Hariharpur, from Puri he was installed on the
which then comprised the two States Keunjhar gadi. Since that date the
of Moharbhanj and Keunjhar. Two zillah of Athgarh has remained an-
sons were horn to him, the elder of nexed to killa Keunjhar. It is
whom was named Adi Singh and the commonly known as Anandpur. In
younger Joti Singh. In Mauza 1794 a.d. Jainirdan Bhanj married
Rarua in killa Hariharpur there was Krishnapriya, the daughter of Man-
a petty Zamindar named Mayura ipal and grand-daughter of Arnapurna,
Dhwaja in possession of five pirs. the R&ni of Pal Lahera, and received
He was conquered by Prince Adi as dowry the Zamindari of Pal Lahera.
Singh, and deprived of his Zarnindari. On the death of Krishnapriya in 1825,
The Gajapati King of Puri, hearing of the petty Zamindars of Pal Lahera
the success of Prince Adi Singh, combined with the ryots of that
conferred on him the title of Bhanj. State and opposed Janardan Bhanj 's
Since that time the title has been possession of Pal Lahera. From 1794
hereditary in the Moharbhanj and to 1825 the Raja of Keunjhar had
Keunjhar Rd,j families. Adi Singh on full authority over P&l Lahera and ;
his accession to the gadi changed the though the latter was subsequently
name of Hariharpur into Moharbhanj, made independent, it still pays its
and in commemoration of his conquest tribute through the former. The title
of the territory of Mayura Dhwaja, of Raja is hereditary in this family,
called it and the villages comprised in and dates from the period of the
it Adipur Pir, after his own name. Mahratta dominion in Orissa ; it was
Prior to his death, Jai Singh separated formally conferred by the British
from his killa a portion of land which Government in 1874. The title of
at present goes by the name of Ni jgarh Maharaja was conferred on the
zillah, and left it in possession of his present Chief as a personal distinc-
younger son, Joti Bhanj. Thereupon tion, January 1, 1877, on the occasion
the latter left Moharbhanj, and estab- of the Proclamation of Her Most
lished a garh (fort) at Jotipur, where Gracious Majesty as Empress of
he dwelt. Subsequently he removed India. The cognizance of the family
his headquarters to a place where is a peacock with the tail spread.
there was a spring (Jhar) in an ebony The area of the State, which is one of
(kendu) forest ;
and since then the the Orissa Tributary Mahals, is 3096
headquarters and the killa itself are square miles its population is 215,612,
;
called Khendu-Jhar or Keunjhar. chieflyHindus, but including nearly

Jotipur Garh, with its adjoining 20,000 belonging to various aboriginal
villages, was annexed to killa Keun- tribes. The Mahar4ja maintains a
jhar and called Jotipur Pir. The military force of 2949 infantry and 32
boundaries of killa Keunjhar since its guns. Residence: Keunjhar, Oinssa,
foundation by Joti Bhanj up to the Bengal.
reign of Govind Bhanj are laid down KHACHAR ALA CHELA, C.S.T. Created
in the topographicalmaps which were a Companion of the Most Exalted
prepared by Government between Order of the Star of India on June
1850 and 1862. Govind Bhang being Residence: Jasdan, Kathi-
22, 1897.
offended by some reason or other with
dwar, Bombay.
his father, Trilochan Bhanj, retired to
Puri and lived there He was ap- KHADIJA BEGAM SAHIBA. Princess.
pointed Commander-in-Chief of the on March 1866. Residence:
11,
army of the Gajapati King of Puri, Madras.
and gained a victory for him in the
battle of Kanchi-Cavery in the KHAEtBAKHSH KHAN, Mir, Marri,
Madras Presidency. Soon after, be- Khan Bahadur. The Mir received the
title of Khan Bahadur on May 20, 1896.
ing informed of his father's death, he
got the permission of the Puri Raja Residence : Baluchistan.
to return home. Before his departure KHAIRA, Raja of. See Ramnarayan
he obtained as a reward from the | Singh,
KHAIR-UN-NISA BEGAM, Her High- tained its political existence as a
ness the Nawab. The title is personal ; feudatory of the Empire. In 1866 a
it was originally conferred by the sanad was granted to His Highness's
Nawab of the Carnatic, and recognized predecessor, guaranteeing the succes-
on December 16, 1890. Her Highness sion according to Muhammadan law.
is the Shadi widow of His Highness His Highness was created a Knight
the late Nawab Ghulam Muhammad Grand Commander of the Most Emin-
Ghaus Khan, last titular Nawab of the ent Order of the Indian Empire on
Carnatic. Residence: Madras. June 22, 1897, on the auspicious oc-
casion of the Diamond Jubilee of Her
KHAIRAGARH, Kamal Narayan Singh, Most Gracious Majesty the Queen
Rdjd of. A ruling chief; b. 1879.
Succeeded to the c/adi on the death of Empress. The area of the State is
Lai Umrao 6109 square miles its population is
;
Singh, February 19, 1891,
and received the title of Rajd as a 129,153, chiefly Muhammadans, but
including more than 26,000 Hindus.
personal distinction on January 1, 1896. His Highness maintains a military
Belongs to a Kshatriya family that force of 700 cavalry, 774 infantry, and
claims descent from the ancient Maha-
On January 32 guns, and is entitled to a salute of
rajas of Chutia Nagpur.
15 guns. Residence: Khairpur, Sind,
1, 1898, the title of Raja was declared
hereditary. The area of the State is
Bombay.
941 square miles ; its population is KHAJURGA0N, Rand of. See Shankar
86,000, chiefly Hindus. Residence: Bakhsh Singh see also Sheoraj Singh.
;
Khairagarh, Raipur, Central Provinces.

KHAJURIA, Mian Karim Bakhsh, Midn
KHAIRIGARH. Rani of. See Surat of. A ruling chief; b. 1859. Suc-
Kunwar. ceeded to the gadi December 24, 1863.
KHAIRPUR, His Highness Mir Sir Faiz Belongs to a Pindari (Muhammadan)
Muhammed Khan, Talpur, G.C.I. E. }
Mir of. A ruling chief. Has recently is 467, chiefly Hindus. Residence:
succeeded his father, the late Mir His Khajuria, Bhopal, Central India.
Highness Sir Ali Murad Khan, Talpur. KHAKSIS, Rdjd of. See Raghunath.
Is the representative of the historical
Baluch family called Talpur, that con- KHALAK SINGH (of Mohli), Thdkur.
Succeeded his father, the late Thdkur
quered Sind in 1783 a.d. In that year
Mir Fateh AM Khan Talpur established Hamir Singh, in 1894. The title is
himself as Rais of Sind and subse-
;
hereditary, and was originally con-
ferred by the Raja of Benares. Be-
quently his nephew, Mir Sohrab Khan
Talpur, with his two sons, named longs to the same family as the Rajas
Mir Rustam and Ali Murad of Hatisi in Damoh district, Central
respectively
— the last-named being the late Mir Provinces. This branch of the family
of Khairpur—founded the Khairpur obtained the jdgir of Mohli from the
branch of the Talpur rulers of Sind. former Government of Sagar. Resi-
Mir Sohrab Khan gradually extended dence : Sagar, Central Provinces.
his dominions until they extended from KHALTHAUN, ThakurHargayan Singh,
the Jaisalmir Desert on the east to Thdkur of. A ruling chief; b. 1864.
Kachh Gandava in Baluclustan on the Succeeded to the gadi in 1883. Belongs
west. In 1813 he ceased to pay tribute to a Kshatriya Yadav (Hindu) family.
to Afghanistan, and in 1832 Khairpur The area of the State is 5 square miles ;
was recognized as a separate State from its population is about 8000, chiefly
the rest of Sind, in a treaty with the Hindus. The Thakur maintains a
BritishPower. During the first Afghan military force of 15 cavalry and 50
war, when most of the Sind Mirs were infantry. Residence : Khalthaun,
believed to be hostile, the Mir Ali Gwalior, Central India.
Murad Khan cordially supported the
British policy. Consequently, when,
KHAM HS0I, Ahmudan gaung Tazeik ya
Min. This Burmese title {see Intro-
after the close of that war, the victory
of Miani (Meeanee) effected the con- duction) was conferred on May 30,
1891. Residence: Mongye, Burma.
quest of Sind, and the rest of Sind was
annexed and incorporated in the British KHAN BABA KHAN, Khdn Bahddvr.
territory, the State of Khairpur re- The title is personal, and was con-
ferred on February 16, 1887, on the Peshwa Mahadeo Rao Narayan ; he

occasion of the Jubilee of Her Majesty's served with great success in many
reign. Residence: Peshawar, Punjab. campaigns, and rose to high honours,
with considerable grants of land. His
KHAN MUHAMMAD KHAN walad
son, Vishwasrao Khanderao, was a
WALI MUHAMMAD KHAN, Mir. Sardar of the Deccan of the second
The title has been continued for life, the class ; he was granted a pension by the
Mir being a representative of one of the Government in 1819, and was suc-
Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at the time of ceeded by his son, the present title-
the annexation. Residence: Shikar- holder. The Rao Bahadur was
pur, Sind. educated at the Poona College was a;
KHANDERAO APPAJI, Member of the Bombay

Gupte, Rao Sa- Legislative
heb. The title is personal. Residence : Council, 1884-86 ; is a Magistrate for
Thand, Bombay. Poona, and also for Kolaba, and a
Justice of the Peace for the town and
KHANDERAO SIDRAMAPA DESAI island of Bombay. Residence : Poona,
NADGAODA (of Kurbet), Shriman Bombay.
Maha Naik Nadgaoda Nagnuriebirada
Himori. The title is hereditary, KHANDHAI SINGH, Subadar-Major,
Bahadur. Received the title of Baha-
having been originally conferred by the dur on July 24, 1896. Residence : Ba-
Chief of Anigundi on an ancestor, for
hadurpur, Rai Bareilly, North- Western
having cleared the jungles of Gokak of
the bandits who frequented them and — Provinces.
having been recognized by the British KHANDKAR FAZL-I-RABBI, Khan Ba-

Government. Belongs to a Mahratta hadur. See Fazl-i-Rabbi, Khwandkhar.
(Hindu) family claiming descent from KHANDPARA, Raja Natobar Singh
Jogi Nikumbi Naik, through a long Mardraj Bhramarbar Rai, Raja of.
series of generations. Khanderao A ruling chief b. 1837. Succeeded to
;
Baba Saheb succeeded his father the gadi February 28, 1867. Belongs
Sidramapa Balapa Desai. Residence: to a Rajput (Hindu) family, claiming
Belgaum, Bombay. descent from a younger son of the
KHANDERAO VISHWANATH RASTE, Nayagarh family, seventy-one genera-
Rao Bahadur; b. 1845. The title of tions ago. The RaVjii Raghunath
Rao Bahadur is personal, and was Singh of Nayagarh had two sons.
conferred on January 1, 1877, at the The elder son, Harihar Singh, became
Imperial Assemblage at Delhi, on the Raja of Nayagarh, and the younger,
occasion of the Proclamation of Her Jadunath Singh Mangraj, retained
Majesty as Empress of India when
— possession of four Garhs or forts, as
he also received a Medal of Honour. his share, viz. Kadua, Ghuntsahi,
Is also a First Class Sardar of the Sardhapur, and Khedpada, all in Naya-
Deccan, and claims the hereditary garh. There was at that time a Chief
rank of Sardar. Belongs to a Kon- ruling over a tract from Ogalpur to
kanasth Brahman family, resident Harichandanpur in Khandpara. Him
from early times in Velneshwar, in the the said Mangraj defeated, and took
district of Ratnagiri ; originally the possession of his territory. Gradually
family name was "Gokhle," changed in course of time and by dint of arms,
at a later date for
" Raste." The his son Pitabas Singh, his grandson
founder of the family was named Narayan Singh, and his great-grandson
Ballah. His descendant Shamji Naik Balunkeswar Singh extended their
had three sons, who entered the service dominions, and strengthened the State
of the Shahu Raja of Sat&ra, in which of Khandpara. The petty Chiefs who
they acquired important positions. ruled within the jurisdiction of this
The second of these, named Bhikaji, State during these times, and their
had a daughter married to the Peshwa subjects, were savage aborigines. The
Narayan Rao the eldest, named
; Rajas of Khandpard defeated these
Haribaji Naik, was the ancestor of petty Chiefs, gave education to the
this family. His great-grandson, savages, cleared the jungle, formed
Khanderao Nilkant Raste, was ap- villages and civilized the country. Up
pointed to a military command by the to the reign of Raja Narayan Singh
celebrated Nana Farnavis under the Mangraj, Khandpara extended on the
east up to Banki, on the west to Bala- population of 66,296, chiefly Hindus.
ramprasad in Daspalla, on the north to The Raja maintains a military force of
Kantilo, and on the south up to Jogia- 1085 infantry and 12 guns. Residence :
pali in Nayagarh. During the reign Khandpara, Orissa, Bengal.
of Banamali Singh Mardraj Bhra-
marbar Rai, son of Raja Balunkeswar KHANIADHANA, Raja Chhatar Singh,
Aruling chief ; b. 1863.
Singh Mangraj, the Raja of Bod did Jdgircldr of.
Succeeded to the gadi December 13,
not give the State to his adopted son
1869. Belongs to the great Bundela
Makund Deb Bhanj, whom he had
brought from Moharbhanj, but gave it (Rajput) family of Orchha, that has
to another person whom he subse- given ruling families to Panna, Datia,
Ajaigarh, and most of the States of
quently adopted as his son. This gave Bundelkhand. Amresh was a younger
offence to Makund Deb Bhanj, and he
son of the Maharaja Udit Singh of
consequently sought help from the
Orchha, and received the territory of
Raja of Khandpara, Banamali Singh Khaniadhana as his portion. Much of
Mardraj Bhramarbar Rai. This Bana- this territory was taken away by the
mali was a brave and powerful Raja,
Mahrattas. Fourth in descent from
and expert in war. He engaged the
Amresh was the Raja Guman Singh,
Raja of Bod, and after defeating him who received a sanad from the British
made the said Makund Deb Bhanj
Government in 1863. Guman Singh
Raja over a part of Bod territory, and died in 1869, and was succeeded by the
gave the new State the name of
present Jagirdar, who on January 1,
Daspalla. Raja Jadunath Singh Man-
the founder of the Khandpara 1877, at the Imperial Assemblage at
graj,
the title of Mangraj from Delhi, on the occasion of the Pro-
State, got
clamation of Her Majesty as Empress
the Maharaja of Orissa, and it was
of India, received the title of Raja as
enjoyed from this time down to a personal distinction. The area of the
Balunkeswar Singh. Banamali Singh,
State is 84 square miles; its population
the son of Balunkeswar Singh, was a
is 13,494, chiefly Hindus. The Raja
very powerful Chief, and defended the maintains a military force of 5 cavalry,
Maharaja of Orissa from the attacks 65 infantry, and 2 guns. Residence:
of his enemies. The latter gave him
as a reward the title of Bhai Mardraj Khaniadhana, Bundelkhand, Central
India.
Bhramarbar Rai, which has been
enjoyed by successive Chiefs to the KHANPUR, Rdjd of. See Jahandad
present day. During the reign of Raja Khan.
Niladri Singh Mardraj Bhramarbar
Rai, Raghuji Bhonsle, the Maharaja
KHARAL, Mian Sursinghji Sardar-
of Nagpur, gave the Raja a flag, which singhji, Mian of. A
ruling chief ; b.
1860. Succeeded to the gadi April 20,
is still used., When Orissa was first
1884. Belongs to a Koli (Muhamma-
conquered by the British Government,
dan) family. The area of the State is
Raja Narsingha Singh Mardraj Bhra- 16 square miles ; itspopulation 3189,
marbar Rai gave assistance to the chief Hindus. Residence: Kharal,
chiefly
military officers of the British Govern- Mahi Kantha, Bombay. *
ment, and received an elephant and a

cannon in recognition thereof. The KHARAN, Sarddr of. See Naoroz Khan.
present Raja is a son of the late Raja
Krishna Chandra Singh Mardraj Bhra- KHARDA, Rdjd of. See Mukund Deb.
marbar Rai and succeeded his brother,
; KHARIAR, Thdknr of. See Padman
the late Kunja Vihari Singh Mardraj Singh.
Bhramarbar Rai, who died without
issue in 1867. The title of Raja is
KHARSEDJI RUSTAMJI THANA-
hereditary in the family, and dates
WAIA, Khan Bahadur, CLE. Re-
ceived the CLE. on June 3, 1899. Is
from the period of the Mahratta Diwanof Ratlam. Residence: Ratlam,
dominion in Orissa; it was formally
Central India.
recognized by the British Government
in 1874. The cognizance of the family KHARSEDJI RUSTAMJI, Khan Bahd-
is a tiger's head. The State, which is dnr. The title is personal, and was
one of the Orissa Tributary Mahals, conferred on January 1, 1877, on the
has an area of 244 square miles, and a occasion of the Proclamation of Her
Majesty as Empress of India. Resi- Mandla, and confirmed by Government .
dence : Baroda. Is a descendant of Raja Karan, and

rendered good service in the campaigns
KHARSIA, Thakur Balwant Singh, that followed the Mutiny of 1857.
Thdlcur of. A ruling chief; b. 1855.
Residence: Gobra, Damoh, Central
Succeeded to the gadi September 26,
Provinces.
1876. Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu)
family. Residence : Kharsia, Bhopal, KHETTAR (KSHETTRA) CHANDAR
Central India. ADITYA, Rai Bahadur. The title
Thakur Mahendra Na- was conferred on May 25, 1892. Resi-

KHARSOWAN, dence
Singh Deo, Thakur of. A Bengal.
:
rayan
ruling chief; b. Succeeded his
1869. KHETTAR (KSHETTRA) CHANDAR
father, Thakur Raghunath Singh Deo, BANARJI, Rai Bahadur. The title
March 2, 1884, as a minor. Belongs to is personal, and was
conferred on
a Rajput (Hindu) family, descended December 6, 1884, for services rendered
from a younger son of the ancient in the Public Works Department.
Porahat family, that came into Orissa Residence : Calcutta, Bengal.
in very early times from Jodhpur in
Rajputana. The title of Thakur was KHLANDA, Madan Singh, Chief of . A
ruling chief b. 1880. Succeeded to
originally bestowed by the Raja of ;
the gadi as a minor December 27, 1889.

Porahat, and has been conferred on
the Chief as a personal distinction. The The population of the State is about
State (which is one of the Chota 1100, chiefly Hindus. Residence: Khian-
Nagpur Tributary Mahals) has an area da, Guna, Central India.
of 149 square miles, and a population KHTLCHIPUR, Rao Bahadur Amar
of 31,051, chiefly Hindus. The Thakur
Singhji, Rao Bahadur of. ruling A
has a military force of 3 guns. Resi- chief ; b. 1834. Succeeded to the gadi
dence : Kharsowan, Singhbhum, Chota November 27, 1868. Belongs to a
Nagpur, Bengal. Khichi Rajput (Hindu) family, de-
KHEM SINGH, Bedi, The Hon. Baba scended from Durjan Sal, a Khichi
Chief. The area of his State is about
Sir, K.C.I.E. See Baba.
272 square miles its population 36,125,;
KHEMCHAND, Tahilrdm, CLE. See chiefly Hindus. The Rao Bahadur

Tahilram. maintains a military force of 45 cavalry,
KHENDA, Thakur of. See Rani Singh. 202 infantry, and 2 guns and is ;

KHERAWARA, Thakur Vajesinghji, family has a white banner (with black
Thakur of. A ruling chief; b. 1847. silk tassel), bearing the effigy of Hanu-
Belongs to a Koli (aboriginal) family. man, the monkey-god. The Rao Baha-
The area of his State is 27 square dur's eldest son is named Lalji Bhawani
miles; its population is over 1300, Singh. Residence: Khilchipur, Bhopal,
chiefly Hindus. Residence: Kherawara, Central India.
KHIMSIPUR, Rao of See Baisni, Tha-
KHERI, Chief of. Is a feudatory of the kurain.
Raja of Keonthal (q.v.), and rules over KHIRASRA, JarejaRaisinghji Jijibhai,
one of the Simla Hill States. Resi- Tdlukddr of. A ruling chief ; b. 1850.
dence : Kheri, Simla Hills, Punjab. Succeeded to the gadi January 1, 1872.
KHERWASA, Thakur Partab Singh, Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) family.
Thakur of. A ruling chief; b. 1880. The area of his State is 13 square miles ;
Succeeded to the gadi as a minor in its population is 4377, chiefly Hindus.
1887. Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) Residence : Khirasra, Kathiawar, Bom-

family. The population of the State is bay.
about 500, Hindus and Muhammadans. KHIR0DA PRASAD PAL, Rai Bahddxir;
Residence: Kherwasa, "Western Malwa, b. 1852. The title was conferred on
Central India. January 1, 1897, for liberality and
Residence : Sikandarpur,
KHET SINGH (of Gobra), Rdjd; b.
public spirit.
February 4, 1842. The title is heredi- Hooghly, Bengal.

tary, having been originally conferred KHITABAT KHAN. See Muhammad
by one of the old Gond Rajas of Garha- Ghaus, Shaikh.
KHITISH (KSHITISH) CHANDAR RAI KHUDA BAKHSH, Jamadar, Khan
(of Nadiya), Maharaja Bahadur; b. Saheb. The title was conferred on
April 16, 1868. The title was con- January 1, 1896. Residence: The
ferred on January 1, 1890, as a per- Somali Coast.
sonal distinction, when the Maharaja KHUDA BAKHSH, Khan
Maulavi,
Bahadur came of age after a long Bahadur. The title is personal, and
minority and it has been enjoyed by was conferred on January
;
1883, as a 1,
the Rajas of Nadiya (or Nuddea) for reward for highly meritorious service
many generations, having been first as Government Pleader. Residence:
conferred by the Emperor of Delhi on
Patna, Bengal.
the Maharaja Rudra ten generations
ago. Belongs to a Kulin Brahman
KHUDA BAKHSH, Shaikh, Khan Baha-
dur. The title was conferred on
family of the highest caste, claiming
descent from the famous Bhatta Nara- January 1, 1895. Residence : Amritsar,
yan, one of the five Brahman apostles Punjab.

whom King Adisur brought to Bengal KHUDA KAKHSH KHAN walad JAM
from Kanauj. A
far man bearing the NINDO, Mir. The title is hereditary,
seal and signature of the Emperor the Mir being the representative of
Alamgir is extant, in which the Raja one of the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at
Rudra is addressed as Raja. His the time of the annexation. He is the
great-grandson, the Maharaja Krishna only son of the Jam Nindo Khan, a
Chandra Rai, received two farmdns member of the Sohrabani branch of
from the Emperor Shah Alam, con- the Talpur family. Residence: Hy-
ferring on him the title of Maharaja. derabad, Sind.
Since the establishment of British rule
in Bengal each Raja of Nadiya in suc-
KHUDADAD KHAN, Khan Saheb. The
cession has been created a Maharaja
January 2, 1888. Residence: Sukkur,
Bahadur. The late Maharaja Satis
Sind.
Chandra Rai Bahadur, Raja of Nadiya,
was eminently loyal to the Govern- KHUDADAD KHAN, Kazi, Arbab, Khan
ment, and exceedingly liberal, especi- Bahadur. The title was conferred on
ally to his tenants and to educational June 22, 1897. Residence: Quetta,
institutions. He presented a beautiful Baluchistan.
park as the site for the Krishnagar KHUDADAD KHAN imlad KHAIR
State College of the Calcutta Uni- MUHAMMAD KHAN, Mir. The title
versity, at the town of Krishnagar, has been continued for life, the Mir
which is the capital of Nadiya ; and he
being the representative of one of the
subscribed largely to the funds, both Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at the time of
for the building and for the endow- the annexation. Residence: Shikar-
ment of that important institution.
pur, Sind.
The present Maharaja Bahadur was
his son by adoption, and has only KHUDADAD KHAN RAZU KHAN,
Khan Bahadur. The title was con-
recently (1890) attained his majority.
Residence: Krishnagar, Nadiya, Bengal. ferred on January 1, 1892. Residence:
Sarddr See Kehar Singh. Karachi, Sind.

KHIVA, of.
KHOJANKHERA, Thakur Bakhtawar KHUMAN

SINGH (of Ghatakheri),
A Thakur. The title is hereditary. Rest'
Thakur
Singh, chief b.
of. ruling ;

dence : Nimar, Central Provinces.
Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) family. KHURDA, Raja of. See Mukund Deb.
The population of the State is about KHURSHID JAH, Bahadur, K.C.I.E.,
500. Residence: Khojankhera,Western
Sir, JVawdb, Shams-ul-Umara, Amir-i-
Malwa, Central India.
Kabir. One of the Premier Nobles of
KH0MAN SINGH, Bakhshi, C.S.I. See the Hyderabad State. The Nawab
Bakhshi. Bahadur, who was born about the
KH0RY, A. .M M Khan Bahadur. The year 1838, is the present representa-
title is personal, and was conferred on tive (with his brother, Sir Vikar-
February 16, 1887, on the occasion of ul-Umara, q.v., and his late cousin,
the Jubilee of Her Majesty's reign. Sir Asman Jah) the great and
of
Residence : Mhow, Central India. powerful Shamsiya family, the first
among the noble families of Hydera- and Member of the Council of State.
bad, which has been frequently con- The Nawab is a fine Persian and Urdu
nected by marriage with the Ruling scholar, and has travelled in many
House, and entrusted with the heredi- parts of India. Like their late kinsman
tary command of the Paigah or House- Sir Asman Jah, both Sir Khurshid Jah
hold Troops of the Nizam. Descended and his brother Sir Vikar-ul-Umara
from the famous captain, Shaikh Abul have shared the fortune of their an-
Khair Khan, Imam Jang, Shamsher cestor, in allying themselves in mar-
Bahadur, who was a Mansabdar in riage with Princesses of the Royal
Malwa under the Emperor Aurangzeb. House of Hyderabad. In his palace at
He attached himself to the fortunes of Hyderabad are to be seen the sword
the great Asaf Jah, the founder of and armour of his ancestor, Abul Fateh
the Hyderabad dynasty, under whose Khan Teg Jang, a warrior of great size
banner he rose to the highest com- and height. Residences: Hyderabad;
mands. In 1745 he defeated a Mah- Shams-ul-Umara's Baradari, Hyder-
ratta force, and under the successors abad.
of Asaf Jah, the Nizams Nasir Jang
and Salabat Jang, he continued his KHUSHAL SINGH (of Eajaur), Rdjd;
successful career. In 1752 he died at b. 1846. The hereditary ; the
title is
Burhanpur, and was succeeded by his Raja being one of the Chiefs of the
son, Abul Fateh Khan Teg Jang, who Chauhan Rajputs, and boasting a direct
became the first Noble of the Nizam descent from Prithiraj, the last Chau-
Ali, obtaining the command of the han Rajput Emperor of Delhi, whose
Paiaak or Household Troops, immense romantic history is sung by every
and the titles of
territorial possessions, Hindu bard, and whose fall virtually
Shams-ud-daula, Shams-ul-Mulk, and transferred the sovereignty of India
Shams-ul-Umara. He died in 1786, from the Hindus to the Muham-
when campaigning in Panghul, and madans. Prithiraj perished in battle
was succeeded by his son, who at the with Shahab-ud-din Ghori in 1193 a.d.
early age of four had received from Eighth in descent from him was the
the Nizam the titles of Ba-ud-din famous Bhoj Raj of Hansi, who re-
Khan, Imam Jang, Khurshid-ud-daula, conquered Ajmir, the old home of the
and Khurshid-ul-Mulk. He succeeded Chauhan Rajputs —
Prithiraj having
to all the honours of his father, and been the son of a Chauhan Raja of
became a famous scholar and savant, Ajmir by a daughter of the Tomara
receiving at various times the titles of Rajput Raja of Delhi, Anang Pal, and
Teg Jang, Shams-ud-daula, Shams- having been adopted by his maternal
ul-Mulk, Shams-ul-Umara Bahadur, grandfather at Delhi. Fifth in descent
and in 1827 the title of Amir-i- from Bhoj Raj was Dhira Raj, who
Kabir. In 1849 he became for a short migrated from Hansi to Bilram; and
time Prime Minister of Hyderabad. fourth in descent from him was Sakit
He died in 1862, leaving two sons, Deo, who founded Sakit, and whose
Umdat-ul-Mulk (who became Amir-i- descendants were the Chauhan Rajas
Kabir) and Ikhtidar-ul-Mulk (who be- of Sakit and Rajaur. His grandson,
came Vikar-ul-Uinara). The former Bhupal Deo, had two sons, Yahani
died in 1877, when the latter succeeded Sahai and Udaicharan; the latter
him in the family honours, and as Co- founded the family of the Chauhan
Regent of the State, adding the title Rajas of Mainpuri, the former re-
of Amir-i-Kabir to that of Vikar-ul- mained as Raja of Sakit and Rajaur.
Umara. He died in 1881, leaving two Seven generations later Raja Sawant
sons, the Nawab Sir Khurshid Jah Sen was driven out of these ancestral
Bahadur and the Nawab Sir Vikar-ul- possessions by the army of Ibrahim
Umara (Ikbal-ud-daula, Bahadur). Sir Shah Lodi, Sultan of Delhi ; but after
Khurshid was created a Knight Com- the subversion of the Lodi dynasty by
mander of the Most Eminent Order of the invasion of Babar and his Mughals,
the Indian Empire on February 16, Sawant Sen's grandson, named Chakra
1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee Sen, was enabled to return 'to Sakit and
of the reign of Her Most Gracious Rajaur as a feudatory of the Mughal
Majesty; and he has held the offices Emperor. Eight generations followed
of Member of the Council of Regency, each other in peaceful possession of
the Raj under the strong arm of the 1886. Belongs to a Bhil (aboriginal)
Mughals ; and Raja Hari Singh in the family. The State (which is one of
time of Aurangzeo was famous for his the Dang States of Khandesh) has an
prowess, won many battles, and was area of 12 square miles, and a popula-
high in the favour both of that tion of 1671, chiefly Bhils. Residence^
Emperor and of his successors, the Kirali, Khandesh, Bombay.
Emperors Farukhsiyar and Muham- KIRAT CHAND (of Lambagraon), Mian.
mad Shah. But in the time of Hari The title is hereditary, the Mian
Singh's son, Raj Singh, the country being the brother of the late Raja
was given up to anarchy, and during Partab Chand of Lambagraon, and
this disturbed period Sakit was seized the uncle of the present Raja, Jai
by the of Farukhabad, and was
Nawab Chand (q.v.) of Lambagraon, who is
lost for ever to the Chauhan Rajas of the head of the great Katoch Rajput
Rajaur. Raj Singh's grandson was family of Kangra. The Mian is the
Raja Datta Singh; and the grandson younger son of Mian Rudra Chand of
of the latter was the late Raja Drigpal
Lambagraon, who was the grandson of
Singh, father of the present Raja. the Raja Tegh Chand of Kangra, and
Raja Khushal Singh has two sons, who became the head of the Kaugra
Kunwar Lai Jagmohan Singh, born family on the failure of the elder
1873 and Kunwar Lai Dharm Singh,
; branch. Residence : Lambagraon, Kan-
born 1883. Residence: Rajaur, Etah,
gra, Punjab.
North- Western Provinces.
KIRPAL SINGH (of Dhin), Sardar; b.
KHUSHAL SINGH, Subadar-Major, 1836. The title is hereditary. The
Rai Bahadur. The title was conferred Sardar the head of a Jat family of
is
for eminent military services on May
Sikhs, descended from Sardar Parsa
25, 1894. Residence : Burma. The latter was the nephew
Singh.
KHUSHALRAI SARABHAI, Rai Baha- and heir of Sardar Sham Singh, who
dur. The title is personal, and was at the time of the decline of the Mug-
hal Empire came from the district of
conferred on January 1, 1877, on the
occasion of the Proclamation of Her Amritsar, conquered the territory of
Most Gracious Majesty as Empress Dhin in the Ambala district of the
Punjab, and settled there. Parsa
of India. Residence: Ahmadabad,
Bombay. Singh's grandson was the Sarddr Ranjit
Singh, who was slain by Kanh Singh,
KHWAJA—A prefix. and who was succeeded by his son, the
KHYRIM, A., Khur Singh, Seim of. A present Sarddr. Residence: Anibala,
.
ruling chief 1843.;
Succeeded to
b. Punjab.
the (jadi December 4, 1871. The Seim KIRTI SAH (of Tehri), Raja. See Tehri.
is Chief of one of the Khasi and
Jaintia Hill States, the population of KISHAN. See Krishna.
which is about 24,000, and consists of KISHAN DATT SINGH (of Oel), Rdjd;
Khasis and Christian converts. Resi- b.1861. Succeeded his father, the late
Khyrim, Khasi Hills, Assam.
dence : Raja of Oel, on October 18, 1879.
KINNU RAI, Rai Bahadur; b. 1829. The title is hereditary, having been
The title is personal, and was con- originally conferred by the late King
ferred on June 6, 1885, in recognition of Oudh in 1849, and recognized by
of his loyal services during the time the British Government in December
of the Mutiny in 1857, when he 1877. Belongs to the Janwar family
of Kheri, Oudh, of which the elder
protected the Stud property of the
Government at the risk of his own branch is represented by the Raja
life. Residence: Ghdzipur, North- Achal Singh (q.v .) of Kaimahra. But
Western Provinces. the late Rdjd of Oel, Rdjd Anrudh
Singh, was recognized as the head of
KINWUN MINGYI MAUNG GATING, the Kheri Janwars on account of his
Created a C.S.I. on February
C.S.I.
great wealth and ability. The family
16,1887. Residence: Burma. were originally Chauhdn Rdjputs in
KIRALI, Cholu walad Apsingh Naik, the service of the Sayyids of Pihdni,
Chief of. A ruling chief; b. 1861. having migrated from Rdjputdna in
Succeeded to the gadi November 1, the sixteenth century. In the time of
Sayyid Khurd, Jamni Khan Janwar verted by Shahdb-ud-dinGhori. Their

became Chaudhri of Kheri in 1553 Highnesses the Mahdrdjds of Jodhpur
a.d., with the right to levy a cess on and Bikanir (q.v .) are descended from
all the lands in that Pargand. His the eldest son of Jaichandra, the
descendants gradually increased their former being the head of the whole
possessions, the Chaudhri Parbal Singh Rdhtor clan and the Rdjd of Rdmpur
;
Janwar owning Oel, Kaimahra, and is descended from his second son, who
Khogi and his descendant, the Rai

,
was named Jaipdl. Prajanpdl, the
Than Singh, of Oel, owning many fifth in descent from Jaipdl, left
more villages. In 1838 Rai Umrao Kanauj, and established himself at
Singh was the head of the family. Khor, where the family remained for
The Rai Bakht Singh, grandfather of many generations There Jaideo, four-
.
the late Raja Anrudh Singh, built a teenth in descent from Jaipdl, was
large and handsome temple at Oel. attacked by Altamsh, and driven out
The Raja has a son and heir, named after a siege of twelve years. Eight
Kunwar Baldeo Singh. Residence: generations later Karan Singh settled
Oel, Kheri, Oudh. in the district of Budaun. His great-
grandson, Rdjd Pratdp Rudra, received
KISHAN KUMAR, Rai (of Sahespur), a grant of territory from the Nawab of
Rdjd; b. December 25, 1848. The title Farukhabad for assisting him against
of Raja is personal, and was conferred the Rohillas; and subsequently the
on May 24, 1882, the family title
Rdjd Rdmsahai, twenty-eighth in de-
being Rai. Belongs to a Kshatriya scent from Jaipdl, established the
(Rajput) family, said to have come family residence at Rdmpur in Etah,
from the Punjab, and settled in the where it still remains. At the time of
district of Moradabad, in the reign of
the cession of the territories of the
the Emperor Muhammad Shah, by Nawdb to the British, Nawdl Singh
whom the title of Rai was conferred was the Rdjd of Rdmpur, and his
on its then head. On the cession of
grandson, the late Rajd Rdm Chandra
Rohilkhand, Rai Atma Ram, great- Singh, was the husband of the present
grandfather of the present Rdjd, was Rdni. He died on May 20, 1883, and
chakladdr of Bijnor, and subsequently was succeeded by his widow. The
he entered the service of the British Rdni has a grandson and heir, named
Government. His grandson, the late Ldl Jagmohan Singh, born in 1877.
Rai Pardaman Kishan, rendered good Residence: Azamnagar, Etah, North-
services during the Mutiny of 1857-58,
western Provinces.
assisting the British officers who had
taken refuge at Naini Tal by sending KISHAN LAL, Pandit, Rai Bahadur.
them money and information. For The titlewas conferred on January 1,
these services he was rewarded with a 1895. Residence Mustafabad, Punjab.
:
grant of estates. The present Raja KISHAN SINGH, Sarddr ; b. 1847. The
received a Medal of Honour at the title is hereditary. Belongs to a Jat
Imperial Assemblage of Delhi on (Sikh) family, descended from the
January 1, 1877, on the occasion of Sarddr Gurbakhsh Singh, who acquired
the Proclamation of Her Most Gracious some territory in the Ambdla district
Majesty as Empress of India ; and a by conquest in 1759 a.d. The repre-
khilat at the Agra Darbar of February sentatives of the family rendered good
10, 1879. He is an Honorary Magis- service during the first Sikh war of
trate. ?He has a son and heir, Kunwar
1845-46, and also at the time of the
Raj Kumar. Residence : Sahespur, Mutiny in 1857. Residence: Ambdla,
Moradabad, North- Western Provinces. Punjab.
KISHAN KUNWAR (of Rdmpur), Rdni; KISHAN SINGH (of Rai), Midn. The
b.September 1857. The title is here- title is hereditary.Belongs to a Rdj-
ditary, the Raja of Rampur being the put family, descended from Rdjd Indar
acknowledged head of the Rahtor Raj- Singh, who ruled in Shdhpur in the
puts in Northern India, and boasting Kdngra district. He married a daugh-
direct descent from the famous Jai- ter of the Katoch Rdjd of Kdngra (see
chandra, the last Rahtor Rdjd of Jai Chand, Rdjd of Lambagraon,
Kanauj, who was slain in 1191 A.D., Kdngra), whither he fled when driven
when the Empire of Kanauj was sub- out of his territory by Rdjd Pirthi
L
Singh and his grandson, Mian Ishri The Maharaja has two younger
;
Singh, father of the present Mian, brothers —

Maharaj Jawan Singhji, and
obtained a considerable jdgir from Maharaj Raghunath Singhji. The
the Rajd Sansar Chand of Kangra, son families most nearly related to His
of Raja Tegh Chand. Ishri Singh's Highness are the Rdjwin (or royal)
sister was married to the Jammu family groups of Fatehgarh and
Eaja, Dhian Singh. Residence: Rai, Ralaota, which are, however, con-
Kangra, Punjab. nected with him only in the seventh
and eighth degrees of relationship
KISHAN SINGH, Milmyal, Rai Baha- respectively. As descendant
of the
dur; b. August 13, 1850. The title
Mota Raja\ Udai Singh of Jodhpur,
was conferred on December 12, 1884, the Maharaja has sub-clan relation-
in recognition of his remarkable
ship with the Chiefs of Jodhpur and
services to the State, and to science, Bikanir in Rdjputana; Ratlam, Jha-
as an explorer in Nepal, Great Tibet,
bua, Sailana, Sitamau, and other
Mongolia, and elsewhere. Belongs to Rahtor Chiefs of Central India; and
a Rajburah family of Rajputs long Idar in Gujarat. By marriage His High-
settled in Kum&un, who, during the ness is related to all the other great
rule of the Chands and Gurkhas
Rajput Houses, being himself the
there, held lease of the Parganas of head of one of the greatest and most
Johar and Dhanpur. In 1812 his
illustrious; viz. with the Sesodias of
father, Deo Singh, procured the re- Udaipur and Partabgarh, with the
lease of two British subjects from Kachhwahas of Jaipur and Alwar, the
Tibet. The Rai Bahadur has been Hara Houses of Bundi and Kotah, the
deputed on exploration duty four Bhatis of Jaisalmir, and the Jhalds
times, and has received honours from and Shekhawats. Among the more
the Royal Geographical Society, and
important of these matrimonial con-
the Geographical Society of France, as
nections, which are interesting as
well as substantial rewards from the
illustrating the inter-marriages of the
Government. Residence : Kumaun, most illustrious Rajput Houses, may
North-Western Provinces. be mentioned the following :
—
KISHANGARH, His Highness Maharaj-
Sardul Bahadur, With, the Sesodias of Udaipur (the family oj
Adhiraj Singh
G.C.I.E., Maharaja of. A ruling
1.
"The Sun of the Hindus").
His Highness's grandmother (widow of
chief ; b. December 10, 1857. Succeeded
the Maharaja Mokham Singh of Kishan-
to the (/add December 25, 1879. Is
garh) is a daughter of the Maharana Amar
one of the Chiefs of the great R&htor Singhji of Udaipur.
clan of Rajputs (see Jodhpur), and 2. His Highness's eldest sister is Dowager
Maharani of Udaipur, being a widow of the
belongs to the Kishansinghot sept or late Maharana Sajan Singhji.
sub-clan, so called from Kishan Singh, 3. His Highness's son and heir-apparent,
who was the founder of this State and the Maharaj -Kunwar Madan Singh, has been
city, and was the second of the twelve recently betrothed to the fourth daughter
sons of Raja Udai Singh of Jodhpur, of His Highness the present Maharana
nicknamed Mota Raja (the Fat Raja) Fateh Singhji.
by the Emperor Akbar. His Highness The Kachhwahas of Jaipur.
is a Hindu of the Ballabhkul Vaish- His Highness's third sister is married to
nava sect, and was the son and suc- the present Maharaja Sawai Madho Singhji,
cessor of the late Maharaja Pirthi Chief of Jaipur, and is the Maharjini of
Singh. He was married in 1870 a.d.

Jaipur.
to the eldest daughter of the Maharao The KachModhas of Aliear.
Umed Singhji of Sirohi, and on His Highness's second sister was married
to the late lamented Maharaja Man gal
January 1, 1892, was created a Knight
Grand Commander of the Most Emin- Singhji, late Chief of Alwar, and was the
(Pat) head Maharani of Alwar.
ent Order of the Indian Empire. His
Highness has only one son, the The Haras of Bundi.
1. The late Maharaja Ramsingh of Bundi's
Maharaj-Kunwar Madan Singh, born mother was a Kishangarh Princess.
November 2, 1884, who is now the 2. His Highness's niece, a daughter of
heir-apparent, as in March 1880 the Maharaj Jawan Singhji, has been recently
Maharaja had the sorrow of losing an betrothed to the younger brother of the
elder son when only five years old. present Maharaja of Bundi,
The Jhdlds of Jhalawar. as a personal distinction on January 1,

His Highness's fourth and youngest sister 1892. Residence : Marwar, Rajputana.
is married to the Maharaj Rana Zalim
Singhji, present Chief of Jhalawar, and is KISHUN. See Kishan.
the (Pat) head Maharani of Jhalawar.
To may be added that His
the above KIZHAKKE KOVILAGAM MANA
mother was a Princess of VDXRAMA, Raja. See Calicut.
Highness's
the" Rana wat" (Sesodia) clan, being a KIZHAKKE MELEDATHDL KUNJI
daughter of the late Raja Dhiraj Madho KOMBI ACHCHHAN (of Palghat),
Singhji of Shahpura. In addition to the Valiya Rdjd. See Palghat.
titles given above, formally recognized
by the Government as belonging to the KODANDA RAO PANTULU, P., Rao
Maharaja of Kishangarh, His Highness Bahadur. See Pandurangi.
also bears those of Vmdai Rajhai and
Buland Makan. The area of the State KODE NARAYANASWAMI NAYUDU,
is 724 square miles; its population is
Rai Bahadur; b. 1846. The title is
112,633, chiefly Hindus, but including
8492 Muhammadans and 6295 Jains. February 16, 1887, on the occasion of
The Maharaja maintains a the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most
military
force of 499 cavalry, 2000 infantry, and Gracious Majesty. Entered the
51 guns and is entitled to a salute of Government service in 1874 ; has
;
—
15 guns. Arms. Argent, three towers rendered good service both in the
two and one in chief a Barry of Central Provinces and in Madras.
proper,
— ;
5 gules, vert, argent, azure, or. [This is During the Rumpa and Gudiem dis-
the Rajput Pancharanga ; see Jaipur.] turbances, 1879-86, served with much
Supporters. Two
— horses. Crest. —A distinction in the Madras Police, and
falcon rising, proper. [This is the sacred again in the Golugonda Hill disturb-
the of the Rahtor ances of 1891. Residence : Viziana-
Garur, cognizance
Rajputs; see Jodhpur.] Motto. The
— gram, Vizagapatam, Madras.
Hindi words Niti Riti, meaning "Law
and Usage." Residence: Kishangarh,
KOIL TAMBURANG, C.S.L See Kerala.
Rajputana. KOLHAPUR, His Highness Sir Shahu

KISHEN DAS, Sri, Rai Bahadur. See Chhatrapati Maharaj, G.C.S.I., Rdjd
Sri Kishen Das. of. A ruling chief ; b. 1875. Succeeded
to the gadi as a minor on March 17, 1884.
KISHEN SINGH, Bhai, Sarddr. Re-
Is a descendant of the Mahratta family
of Sivaji the Great, the founder of
Residence : Kurram, Punjab Frontier.
the Mahratta Empire, being descended
KISHOR SINGH (of Jhamari), Rao; from Raja Ram, his second son, and
b. 1840. The title is hereditary, and husband of the famous Tara Bai.
the Raos of Jhamari formerly held Sivaji's elder son Sambhaji was taken
great possessions in the Sagar district. prisoner by the Emperor Aurangzeb,
The title was originally conferred by and ultimately executed and his son ;
the Raja Mori Pahludh of Chanderi, Shahu was long detained in prison by
and has been recognized by the British the Mughals, but obtained his liberty
Government. The Rao has two sons, in 1707, fixed his capital at Satara,and
the elder (who has the courtesy title asserted his rights as the heir of his
of Diwan) being Diwan Parichhat Singh Meanwhile Raja
grandfather Sivaji.
Jangjit, and the younger being Jujhar Ram had died, and
widow, Tara
his
Singh. Residence: Jhamari, Sagar, Bai, a woman of great ability and
Central Provinces. courage, assumed the administration
KISHORI. See also Kesri. of Kolhapur in the name of her elder
son Sivaji II., who was an idiot child
KISHORI LAL Gurgaon), Rai
(of of ten years, and proclaimed him
Bahadur. The was conferred as
title
a personal distinction on January 1,
Raja of the Mahrattas. The latter
died in 1712, when his half-brother
1891. Residence: Rajputana and Sambhaji (son of Raja Ram by
Malwa Railway, Bombay. another wife) succeeded him, and
KISHORI LAL (of Muzaffarnagar), Rai removed Tara Bai from the adminis-
Bahadur. The title was conferred tration. The contending claims of
Shahu, Raja of Sat&ra, and Sambhaji, Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) family,
Raja of Kolhapur, were at length claiming descent from a Chauhan
settled in 1731, when precedence was Rajput Chief named Dhawal Singh,
surrendered to Satara, and the in- who came to Korea from Rajputana
dependence of Kolhapur acknow- about 600 years ago, and conquered
ledged. In 1811 a treaty with the the country. The title of Raja is
British Power was concluded, by which hereditary in the family from early
Kolhapur became a feudatory and as ; times, and was formally conferred by
the Raja remained faithful to the the British Government in 1875.
British cause in the war against the The area of the State (which is one of
Peshwa in 1817, he received some the Chota Nagpur Tributary Mahals)
additional territory. descendant,A is 1631 square miles, and its
popu-
Sivaji III., died in 1866, and on his lation is 29,846, chiefly Hindus. Resi-
deathbed was allowed to adopt his dence: Korea, Manbhum, Chota Nag-
sister's son, Raja Ram. In 1870 Raja pur, Bengal.
Ram visited Europe, and died at
K0RI SIDHAULI, Rdjd See
Florence on his return journey. His of. Rampdl
Singh.
adopted son was Sivaji Maharaja
Chhatrapati IV., who was made a K0T KHAI, Rand of. See Jai Singh.
Knight of the Most Exalted Order of K0T SARANG, Rdjd See Muham-
the Star of India. He became insane, of.
and the Government appointed a
mad Khan.
relative, the Chief of Kagal, as Regent. K0TAH, His Highness Maharao Umed
Sivaji IV.died in December 1883, and Singh Bahadur, Maharao of. A ruling
was succeeded, by adoption, by His chief ;b. 1873. Succeeded to the gadi
Highness the present Raja, who was June 11, 1889. Like His Highness
the eldest son of the Regent, and who the Maharao Raja of Bundi, the
was created a Knight Grand Com- Maharao is one of the Chiefs of the
mander of the Most Exalted Order of Hard sept of the great Chauhan clan
the Star of India on January 1, 1895. —
of Rajputs Kotah forming with Bundi
The area of the State is 2816 square the tract known for centuries as
miles, and its population is 800,189, Haraoti, after the name of that sept.
chiefly Hindus, but including 33,022 Is descended from Madhu Singh, the
Muhammadans and 46,732 Jains. The second son of the Rao Ratan of Bundi,
Raja has eleven feudatory Chiefs who about the year 1625 a.d. was
subordinate to him, of whom the most granted the feudatory Chiefship of
important are those of Vithalgarh, Kotah and its dependencies, for his
Bavda, Kapshi, Kagal, Ichalkaranji services to the Emperor JaMngir
Tor gal, and Datva. His Highness, against his rebellious son, who after-
with his feudatories, maintains a wards became the Emperor Shah
military force of 255 cavalry, 1902 Jahan. Similar services to the latter
infantry, and 67 guns and is entitled
; Emperor were rendered by Madhu
to a salute of 19 guns. Residence: Singh'sson and successor, Mokand
Kolhapur, Bombay. Singh who, with three of his brothers,
;
a battle at U jjain* agaiust Shah

fell in
K0M0L. See Kamal. Jahan's rebellious son, who afterwards
became the Emperor Aurangzeb.
K0NDKA, Mahant Sham Kishor Das,
Mokand Singh was succeeded by his
Mahant of. A ruling chief ; b. 1838.
Succeeded to the gadi December 13, son Jagat Singh. Early in the present
1887. Belongs to a Bairagi (Hindu) century, Kotah, greatly weakened by
intestine dissensions, was attacked by
family of Mahants, or Chief Priests,
the regulations of his order permitting Jaipur and by the Mahrattas, to whom
it became tributary. It was only
marriage. The area of the State is
174 square miles its population is saved from ruin by the extraordinary
;
abilities of its great Minister, Zalim

32,979, chiefly Hindus. Residence:
Kondka, Raipur, Central Provinces. Singh, to whom the Maharao gave up
the active task of ruling the State.
KOREA, Raja Pran Singh Deo, Rdjd of. During a Ministry of forty-five years
A ruling chief ;
b. 1857. Succeeded to Zalim Singh raised the State of Kotah
the gadi April 4, 1864, as a minor. to great prosperity. Ultimately, in
1838, was arranged that Zalim

it the State is about 500. Residence:
Singh's descendants should receive Kothide, Bhopdwar, Central India.
independent charge of a part of the
State, as feudatories of the Empire, K0TI, Chief of. Is a feudatory of the
and this part became a separate Rdjd of Keonthal (q.v.), and rules
Principality, under the name of Jhala-
over one of the Simla Hill States.
war (q. v. ). The late Maharao, Chhatra Residence : Koti, Simla Hills, Punjab.
Sal Singh, succeeded his father in
1866, and on his death in 1889 was
K0TRA SANGANI, Thakur Mulvaji
succeeded by his adopted son, the Togaji, Thakur of. A
ruling chief ;
His b. 1873. Succeeded to the gadi as a
present Maharao, as a minor.
minor November 23, 1887. Belongs to
Highness was a student in the Mayo
The area of the a Jareja Rdjput family. The area of
College, Ajmir.
State is 3797 square miles ; its popu- his State is 74 square miles ; its
lation is 517,275, chiefly Hindus, population 8642, chiefly Hindus.
is
but including 32,866 Muhammadans The Thdkur maintains a military force

and 4750 Jains. His Highness main- of 8 cavalry, 142 infantry, and 4
tains a military force of 949 cavalry, guns. Residence: Kotra Sangani,
5756 infantry, and 148 guns, and is Kdthidwdr.
K0TTAYAM, Kerala Varma Raja,
family banner is orange in colour,
Valiya Rdjd of; b. 1842. Belongs to
displaying a figure of the Garur or a family that claims to be of Kshatriya
sacred falcon of the Hara Rajputs.
origin, and to have come from the
Residence : Kotah, Rdjputdna.
east and acquired sovereignty in
Muhammad Waindd. Subsequently they appear
KOTAHA, Mir of. See
to have acquired some territory from
Bakar Ali.
the Rdjd of Chitrakal in Malabar,
KOTHARIA, Jareja Jethiji, Tdlnkddr either by a gift or in war. On Haidar's
of. Aruling chief; b. 1828. Succeeded invasion of Malabar the Rdjd and all
to the f/adi January 8, 1857. The his family fled to Travancore ; returned
State, which is tributary to the Nawdb in 1782, but fled to Travancore a
of Jundgarh, has an area of 6 square second time on Tippu's invasion in
miles, and a population of 2366, 1789, and died there. The family,
chiefly Hindus. The Chief maintains like that of the Zamorin of Calicut
a military force of 4 cavalry and 38 and other Chiefs of Malabar, follows
infantry. Residence : Kotharia, Ka- the Marumakkatayam law of inherit-
thiawar. ance, by which the succession is to
the offspring of its female members,
KOTHI, Raja Bahadur Avadhendra among whom the next eldest male
Bahadur Singh, Rdjd of. A ruling after the Rdjd is his heir-apparent.
chief ; b. 1870. Succeeded to the f/adi The late Valiya Rdjd of Kottayam
January 8, 1896. Belongs to a Baghel was called Shangara Varma Rdjd,
Rajput family (Hindu); succeeded and he was succeeded by the present
the Raja Bahadur Bhagwat Bahadur
Valiya Rdjd under the Marumak-
Singh, whose father was Raja Ran katayam law. He receives an allow-
Bahadur Singh and the family have
; ance from Government in compensation
been seated in Kothi for a great many for the estate that belonged to his
years, and were confirmed in posses- ancestors. Residence : Malabar, Madras.
sion by the British Government. The
area of the State is 90 square miles ; K0TJRE KHAN, Jatoi, Khdn Bahadur.
itspopulation is 18,386, chiefly Hindus. Honorary Magistrate of Muzaffargarh.
The Rdjd maintains a military force Created a Khdn Bahddur, as a per-
of 35 cavalry, 210 infantry, and 4 sonal distinction, January 2, 1893.
guns.
Residence : Kothi, Baghelkhand, Residence :
Muzaffargarh, Punjab.
Central India.
KRIPA SHANKAR, Rat Saheb ; b. May
KOTHIDE, Bhumia Moti Singh, Bhumia 20, 1848. The title was conferred on
of. A ruling chief ; />.1850. Succeeded January 1, 1897, for good service in
to the gadi in 1860. Belongs to a the Education Department. Residence :
Bhildla family. The population of Narsinghpur, Central Provinces.
KRISHNA BAKHSH EAI, Rai Bahadur. school of logic. Residence : Purbas-
Received the on January 1, 1898.
title thali, Nadiya, Bengal.
Is Zamindar of Deogan. Residence : Narendra
KRISHNA, Sir (Deb),
Deogan, Palamau, Bengal. K.C.I.E., Mahdrdjd Bahadur. See
Narendra.
KRISHNA CHANDAR RAI, Rai Ba-
hadur; b. in 1823. The title is per- KRISHNA PERTAP SINGH SAHI,
sonal, and was conferred on July 16, K.C.I.E., Sir (of Hatwa), Mahdrdjd
"
1885, for long and meritorious service Bahddur. See Hatwa.
under Government." The Rai Bahadur
rendered excellent service as Deputy-
KRISHNA PRASAD SINGH, Rai, Rai.
See Rai.
Magistrate and Deputy-Collector of
Diamond Harbour. Belongs to an KRISHNA RAO JALRAM, Rao Bahddur.
old Baidya family, formerly of Mur- Thetitle of Rao Saheb was conferred
shidabad, now settled in the Dacca on May 25, 1895, and that of Rao
district, and known as the Baira Rais ; Bahadur on June 3, 1899. Residence :
descended from Sri Chandra Rai, who Malegaon, Bombay.
served under the Nawab Shaista
KRISHNA RAO MURLI, Rao Bahddur.
Khan, and received from him a khilat. The title was conferred on May 25,
Educated at Dacca College appointed
;
1895. Residence: Dewas, Central India.
to the service of the Government of
Bengal in 1841. Is an Honorary KRISHNA RAO BAPU SAHEB JADU,
Presidency Magistrate of Calcutta, Sardar, Sir, K.C.I.E. The Sardar was
Vice-President of the East Bengal created a Knight Commander of the
Association, etc. He has five sons — Most Eminent Order of the Indian
Lalit Chandra Rai, physician, born Empire on May 25, 1895, for services
1852 ; Vipina Chandra Rai, D.L., of as late President of the Council of
the Judicial Service, born 1854 ; Hem Regency in Gwalior. Residence : Gwa-
Chandra Rai, M.A., B.L., born 1864 ; lior, Central India.
Sarat Chandra Rai, B.L., born 1867 ;
Gnan Chandra Rai, B.A., born 1870.
KRISHNA SAH, Lala, Rai Bahddur;
b. March 18, 1856. The title was con-
Residence : Baira, Manikganj, Dacca, ferred on January 2, 1888, as a personal
Bengal. distinction, in recognition of his services
KRISHNA CHANDRA BANDOPAD- as an Honorary Magistrate and Member
HYAYA of the Municipal Commission of Naini-
(or BANERJI), ifoi Bahddur.
Received the on June tal. Is the son of the late Lala Moti
title 3, 1899.
Residence : Calcutta. Ram Sah, the well-known banker, who
rendered distinguished services to the
KRISHNA CHANDRA CHATTERJI, Government in the time of the Mutiny
Rai Bahddur. The title was con- in 1857, and received a handsome
ferred on May 21, 1898. Residence: reward for them. Belongs to a Rajput
Maimansingh, Bengal. family of the North-Western Provinces.
Residence : Nainital, North-Western
KRISHNA MOHAN MUKHARJI, Rai
Provinces.
Bahddur. Received the title on June
3, 1899, for eminent services in the KRISHNA SAHAI, Lala, Rai Bahddur;
Judicial Department. Residence : b. April 2, 1824. The title was con-
Hazaribagh, Bengal. ferred on January 2, 1888, as a personal
distinction, in recognition of his services
KRISHNA NATH, Pandit, Nyayapan- as an Honorary Magistrate and Member
chanana, Mahdmahopddhydya. The of the District Board of Meerut. The
title was conferred, as a personal
family has from time immemorial been
distinction, on May 24, 1892, in re- bankers and landowners in the North-
cognition of his eminence as a Sanskrit Western Provinces. Residence : Mee-
scholar. It entitles him to take rank
rut, North-Western Provinces.
in Darbar immediately after titular
Rajas. The title Nydyapanchdnana KRISHNA SINGH, Pandit (Thakur of
is a literary title or degree, conferred Bhoar), Mahdmahopddhydya. The title
by the learned Pandits of the Sanskrit is a personal one, and was conferred
University of Navadwipa or Nadiya, on January 1, 1890, for eminence in
and refers to proficiency in the Nydya oriental learning. It entitles him to
take rank in Darbar immediately after Bolihar in the district of Rajshahi,

titular Rajas. Residence: Bhoar, Mad- Bengal. Is descended from Ram Rai
hubani, Darbhanga, Bengal. Sanyal, whose grandson was Ram
Chandra Rai. His grandson was the
KRISHNAJI JAIRAM VILAIT, Rao Raja Rajendra Rai, whose adopted son
was the Rdjd Shiva Prasad Rai, father
1898. Residence : Nasik, Bombay. of the present Raja Bahadur. He
KRISHNAJI LAKSHMAN NALKAR, rendered good service to the Govern-
C.I.K, The Hon. A
Member of the ment during the scarcity of 1874.
Viceroy's Legislative Council. Was

Residence : Bolihar, R&jshahi, Bengal.
created a Companion of the Most KRISTO CHANDAR GHOSH, Rai Baha-
Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, dur. The title is and was
personal,
January 1, 1888. Residence: Calcutta. conferred on June 1, 1888, for good
KRISHNAJI RAMCHANDRA GUR- service in the Opium Department.
WARE, Rao Saheb. Received the title Residence : Bankipur, Bengal.
on May 21, 1898. Is Honorary Magis-
KSHETTRA CHANDRA ADITYA, Rai
trate. Residence : Satara, Bombay. Bahadur. See Khettar Chandar Aditya.
KRISHNALAL OCHHAVRAM, Rao Thdlcur Himanchal
Saheb. The title is personal, and was KUARPUR, of. See
conferred on July 30, 1886. Residence : Singh.
Ahmadabad, Bombay. KUCH BEHAR, Lieut. -Colonel His High-

ness Maharaja Sir Nripendra Nara-
KRISHNAMA CHARIYAR, Vembakam, Mahd
yan Bhup Bahadur, G.C.I.E.,
Avargal, Rao Bahadur and Diwdn A ruling chief b. October 4,
Bahadur. The title of Rao Bahadur rdjd of. ;
1862. Succeeded his father, the late

was conferred'on January 1, 1891 and
Maharaja Narendra Narayan Bhup
;
that of Diwan Bahadur on January 1,

1898. Residence: Madras. Bahadur, in August 1863. Belongs to
a Kochi family that has held uninter-
KRISHNARAO MALHARRAO, Vish- rupted sovereignty for the last 382
wasraa. The title is hereditary. Resi- years in this territory, since their first
dence : Khandesh, Bombay. settlement in the plains from which ;
KRISHNARAO VINAYEK DHURAN- family also descend the Bijni and

DHAR, Rao Bahadur. Received the Darung Houses of Assam, the Raikats
titleon January 2, 1899. Is Sanitary of Baikanthpur (q.v.) in Jalpaiguri,
Commissioner of Baroda. Residence: and the Panga family in Rangpur.
Baroda. His Highness was educated, first, in the
Wards Institute at Benares ; secondly,
KRISHNASWAMI AIYAR, Appathu- under the guardianship of Mr. H. St.
rai, Rao Bahadur. The title was con- J. Kneller, in the Bankipur College,
ferred on January 1, 1!895. Residence: Patna, and next as a Law Student
Madras. in the Presidency College, Calcutta.
KRISHNASWAMI AIYAR, Padur Sita- During his minority the State rendered
rama, Diwdn Bahdduf. The title was good service in the Bhutan war, 1863-
conferred on January 1/ 1894. Resi- 65, for which two guns were presented
dence : Bezwada, Madras. to His Highness by the British Govern-
ment. Was presented with medal and
KRISHNASWAMI RAO, Kanchi, Diwdn sword in 1877 at the Imperial Assem-
blage at Delhi, on the occasion of the
May 25, 1895. Residence : Travancore, Proclamation of Her Most Gracious
Madras.
Majesty as Empress of India. Married,
KRISTENDRA RAI (of Bolihar), Rdjd in March 1878, the eldest daughter of
Bahadur. The title was conferred on the famous reformer, Keshub Chander
February 16, 1887, as a personal dis- Sen. Was sent to England the same
tinction, on the occasion of the Jubilee year to complete his education, under
of the reign of Her Majesty. He had the joint guardianship of Surgeon-
already received the title of Raja on Major (now Sir) Benjamin Simpson
February 23, 1880. He belongs to an and Mr. Kneller. Returned to India
old Kulin Brahman family, originally in the spring of 1879, and was formally
called Sanyal, and long settled at installed on his ancestral audi on
November 8, 1883, by the Lieutenant- of an enemy as an offering to the
Governor of Bengal. The titles of Goddess Kali). The supporters are a
Maharaja Bhup Bahadur were recog- tiger and an elephant. The crest is a
nized as hereditary by the Government "Hanuman," holding a club in each
of India in 1885. His Highness was hand. Residences: Kuch Behar, Bengal;
appointed Honorary Major in the Calcutta; Darjiling.
British Army in the same year. He
visited England in the Jubilee year
KUDRAT AZIZ. See Muhammad Kudrat
Aziz.
1887, to take part in the rejoicings on
the occasion of the Jubilee of the reign KUDRUT-ULLA, Shaikh, Khdn Bahadur.
of Her Most Gracious Majesty, with The title is personal, and was conferred
the Maharani and children, and was on October 12, 1860. Residence : Bir-
invested with the Insignia of Grand bhum, Bengal.
Commander of the Most Eminent KULA NAND,
Order of the Indian Empire by Her Babu, Rai Bahddur; b.
March 14, 1849. Received the title
Most Gracious Majesty the Queen for services in the famine of 1896
Empress herself, the Maharani being in Bundelkhand. Residence: Jalaun,
invested with the Imperial Order of North-Western Provinces.
the Crown of India in the same year.
Was made Honorary Aide-de-camp to
KUMAR.—A prefix.
His Royal Highness the Prince of KUMAR SHRI KALUBA, CLE. Was
Wales, with the rank of Lieutenant- created a CLE. on June 30, 1887.
Colonel in the British Army. The Residence: Kutch, Bombay.
Maharaja in 1888 established the KUMARA VENKATA PERUMAL RAZ
Brahmo Somaj or the Reformed Church
in the State of Kuch Behar. He (of Karvetnagar), Raja. The title is
founded the Victoria College for higher hereditary, having been in the family
education therein, and granted a long
from early times, and confirmed by the
British Government in 1802. Is the
term settlement of revenue to his
son of the late Raja of Karvetnagar,
subjects for thirty years, assessments
being made on the most approved
Raja Kumara Bomma Raz. Belongs
to a family that was called the Bomma
principles. His Highness established
the India Club at Calcutta in 1882,
Raz (or " Bomrauze ") family, that rose
to power in the district of North Arcot
founded Nripendra Narayan Hall at
about 200 years ago, in consequence of
Jalpaiguri in 1883, and presented house
the decline of the Vijayanagar dynasty.
and lands at Darjiling, wherewith the
Lowis Jubilee Sanitarium was started The family cognizance is a white flag
at that station in 1887, and established
with the device of a boar on its field ;
the family motto, borne on its seal, is
the " Anandamayi Dharmasala " (alms-
house) in 1889. The Maharaja's age Karvetnagar "Venugopdlaswdmi Sahd-
is now thirty, and he has issue, four yam, meaning May Venugopalaswami
sons and two daughters. While in
— the deity of Karvetnagar assist." —
Residence : Karvetnagar, North Arcot,
England in 1887 he received the dis-
masonic Madras.
tinguished honour of Past
Grand Senior Warden of England at KUMARAPURAM SHESHADRI AI-
the hands of the Most Worshipful the YAR, Sir, K.C.SJ. See Sh'eshadri.
Grand Master, made District Grand
Master of Bengal in 1890, installed KUMARASWAMI MURUGESAM PH-
District Grand Mark Master of Bengal, LAI, Rao Bahddur. Received the title
1891. The area of the State
on June 3, 1899. Residence : Madras.
is 1307
;
KUMHARSAIN, Rana Hira Singh, Rdnd
chieflyHindus, but including 174,539 of. A ruling chief; b. 1851. Suc-
Muhammadans. His Highness main- ceeded to the gadi November 12, 1874.
tains a military force of 9 cavalry, 176 Belongs to a Rajput family, whose
infantry, and 4 guns, and is entitled founder, Kirat Singh, came from Gaya
to a salute of 13 guns. The ancestral about 1000 A. D., and acquired possession
banner of the family displays a sword of the State by conquest. The State,
and a blade of grass (with which, formerly a feudatory of Bashahr, was
according to tradition, one of the taken under direct British protection
Maharaja's ancestors cut off the head after the expulsion of the Gurkhas in
1815, by a sanad dated February 1816. KUNJAL SINGH (of Bhatgaon), Raja.
Rana Kehr Singb died without issue The title is hereditary. Belongs to a
in 1839, and in consideration of his family descended from Jogi Rai, who
early attachment to British interests was the Diwan of Kalyan Sai, Raja of
during the Gurkha war, the Govern- Ratnapur. Residence: Bhatgaon, Bilas-
ment confirmed the State to a collateral pur, Central Provinces.
heir of the family named Rana Pritam
Singh. His successor was the Rana
KUNWA KHERA, Nawdb of. See Mu-
Bhawani Singh, who was succeeded in hammad Bakar Ali Khan.
1874 by the present Rana. The area KUNWAR.—A prefix.
of the State, which is one of the Simla
Hill States, is 94 square miles; its
KUNWAR MUHAMMAD LUTF AH
is 9515, Hindus. KHAN, Khan Bahadur; b. March 20,
population chiefly 1844. Received the title on January
The Rana maintains a military force Residence: Talibnagar, Ali-
1, 1894.
of 45 infantry and 1 gun. Residence :
garh, North- Western Provinces.
Kumharsain, Simla Hills, Punjab.
KUMUD KRISHNA SINGH (of Susang), KUNWAR PERMANAND, Rai Bahadur.
Received the title on 1898.
See Susang, January 1,
Maharaja. Maharaja of. Is Government Pleader. Residence:
KUN HMON, Mating, Kyet thaye zaung Allahabad, North-Western Provinces.
since Salwe ya Mm; b. May 27, 1843.
KURANDWAD (Senior Branch), CHIN-
TAMAN RAO RAGHUNATH, alias
1897, for good and meritorious service. BALA SAHEB PAT WARDHAN,
It is indicated by the letters K.S.M. Chief
after the name. Residence: Ruby of. Aruling chief; b. February 14,
1850. Succeeded to the gadi January
Mines, Burma. 25, 1876. Belongs to a Konkanasth
KUN KYI (SAWBWA), Kyet thaye Brahman (Hindu) family, claiming
descent from Hari Rath, of Kotwadi.
zaung shwe Salwe ya Min. The title
is personal, and was conferred on April His descendant, Trimbak Rao of Kot-
It means
" wadi in the Konkan, obtained Kurand-
17, 1890. Recipient of the
Gold Chain of Honour," and is indicated wad in indm, and was succeeded by his
by the letters K.S.M. after the name. son, Nilkanta Rao, who received the
Residence :
Mone, Burma. saranjam and the title of Sardar from
the Peshwa. The Chief has a son and
KUNATHAMAKOR NAGOJI RAO, Rao heir named Bhalchandra Rao, with
Bahadur. The title was conferred on the title of " Anna Saheb." The area
June 22, 1897, for distinguished service of the State, which is in the Southern
as an Inspector of Schools. Residence: Mahratta country, is 182 square miles ;
Coimbatore, Madras. its population is 35,187, chiefly Hindus,
but including 3409 Muhammadans. The
KUNHIAR, Thakur Tegh Singh, Thakur Chief maintains a military force of 10
of. A ruling chief b. 1836. Succeeded
;
to the gadi in 1867. Belongs to a cavalry, 164 infantry, and 2 guns.

There are three Chiefs of Kurandwad,
Rajput (Hindu) family; descended all of the Patwardhan family, the Bala
from Bhoj Deo, who in early times
came from Jammu, and conquered this Saheb Patwardhan being the Chief of
that division of the State that is known
territory. The State was overrun by
the Gurkhas at the beginning of the
as " Kurandwad (senior branch)," —
but on their expulsion by the being rather a larger part; while the
century ;
British in 1815, it was confirmed to Bapu Saheb Patwardhan and the Daji
Rao Puran Deo, the then Thakur, by Saheb Patwardhan are j ointly the Chiefs
a sanad dated September 4, 1815. The of that part that is known as " Kurand-
wad (junior branch)." Residence : Ku-
present Thakur succeeded Rao Kishan
Singh on the death of the latter in randwad, Southern Mahratta Country,
1867. The area of the State is 9 square Bombay.
miles; its population is 1923, chiefly KURANDWAD (Junior Branch), GAN-
Hindus. The Thakur has a son named PAT RAO RAGHUNATH, alias BAPU
Shib Singh, and maintains a military SAHEB PATWARDHAN, Chief of.
force of 20 infantry. Residence : Kun- A ruling chief ; b. 1839. Succeeded to
hiar, Simla Hills, Punjab. the gadi April 5, 1854. Belongs to a
Konkanasth Brahman family (see Ku- KUTCH, His Highness Maharao Shri
randwad, senior branch). Shares the Mirza Raja Sawai Sir Khengarji, Ba-
Chiefship of this State with the Daji hadur, G.C.I.E., Rao of. A ruling
Saheb Patwardhan. The State has an chief; b. August 16, 1867. Succeeded
area of 114 square miles, and a popula- to the gadi December 19, 1875. Is
tion of 25,811, chiefly Hindus, hut Chief of the Jareja Rajputs, who came
including 2548 Muhammadans. The to Kutch from Sind early in the 14th
Chiefs maintain a military force of 12 century, under the leadership of his
cavalry, 306 infantry, and 1 gun. Resi- ancestor, the Jam Lakha Phulani, son
dence : Kurandwad, Southern Mahratta of Jara, from whom the clan takes its
Country, Bombay. name. Lakha is said to have com-
pleted the conquest of Kutch in the
KURANDWAD (Junior Branch), Harihar year 1320 a.d. His descendant, Khen-
Rao Vinayak, alias DAJI SAHEB gar, when oidy a lad of fourteen, slew
PATWARDHAN, Chief of A ruling a Hon with his sword at a hunting
chief ; b. 1852. Succeeded to the gadi
party with the King of Ahmadabad,
as a minor April 5, 1854. Belongs to who was so much pleased with this
a Konkanasth Brahman (Hindu) family feat that he conferred on the young
Kurandwad, senior branch).
(see prince the territory of Morvi, in the
Shares the Chiefship of this State north of Kathiawar, with the title of
with the Bapu Saheb Patwardhan Rao. After this the Rao Khengar
(vide svpra). Residence: Kurandwad, succeeded in making himself the
Southern Mahratta Country, Bombay. master of the whole of Kutch, with
the city of Bhuj for his capital, in
KURIMANIL VALLIAMANIA CHEY
1548 a.d. Khengar's uncle, the Jam
KETTI, Khan Bahadur. The title was
conferred on January 1, 1898. Re- Eawal, fled to Kathiawar, and founded
the State of Nawanagar, the rulers
sidence: Madras.
of which are still called Jams. The
KURWAI, Nawab Muhammad Yakub Rao Khengar I. was succeeded by Rao
Ali Khan, Nawab of. A
ruling chief ; Bharmal L, during whose reign, from
h. 1880. Succeeded to the gadi July 1585 to 1631 a.d., the government of
1897. Belongs to a Pathan (Muham- Gujarat passed from the Kings of
maclan) family, descended from Nawab Ahmadabad to the Mughal Emperors.
Dalel Khan, an Afghan leader. His Bharmal who was at the head of a
,
descendant, the Nawab Muhammad large military force, visited the

Nazaf Khan, succeeded to the gadi Emperor Jahangir in 1617, and re-
in 1858. Having rendered good service ceived from him most costly presents,
to Government, and being without including his own horse, elephants,
male issue, he was permitted to adopt dagger, and a sword with diamond-
his grandson, the son of his eldest mounted hilt. A descendant, Rao
daughter, who was the late Nawab Lakhpatji, who reigned from 1741 to
Munawar Ali Khan. The family 1760 a.d., set up a cannon-foundry,
banner is green, bearing on its field and introduced other manufactures
a crescent. The area of the State is from Europe by the aid of an ad-
about 140 square miles ; its population venturer named Ramsingh ^ and the
is 24,631, chiefly Hindus, but including mechanical skill and working in metals,
3609 Muhammadans. The Nawab for which the craftsmen of Kutch are
maintains a military force of 12 still famous, date from this reign. In
cavalry, 190 infantry, and 9 guns. 1809 the rulers of Kutch sought British
Residence: Kurwai, Bhopal, Central help; the Rao Raidhan II. being on
India. the gadi, but the administration of
the State being carried on by a very
KURWAR, Rdjd of. See Partab Ba-
powerful and ambitious Prime
hadur Singh. Minister named Fatheh Muhammad.
Thdlcur See Kassal-
A treaty was signed in that year, and
KUSALPURA, of.
again another in 1812. In 1813 both
pura.
Fatheh Muhammad and the Rao died.
KUSHABA CHAPAJI KALE, Rao Ba- The latter was succeeded by his son,
hadur. Received the title on Janu- Rao Bharmal II. ; but there was so
ary 1, 1899. Residence: Bombay. much disorder in the State that the
British Power was compelled to in- over 12 lakhs of rupees, and the Alfred
tervene, and to send troops into the High School at Bhuj, the provincial
Principality in 1816, and again in centre of education ; and the establish-
1818-19. On the latter occasion the ment of two "Rao Shri Pragmalji
Rao was deposed, and his son, the Scholarships" in the Elphinstone
Rao Desalji II., succeeded as a minor, College, and two in Sir Jamsetji Jijib-
and ruled happily for more than forty hai's School Art, Bombay. His
of
years, 1860.
till He took vigorous Highness Rao Pragmalji was described
measures to suppress infanticide, sati by the British authorities as "most
(or the burning of widows on the enlightened and liberal," as well as a
funeral pile of their deceased hus- "loyal, consistent, and devoted friend"
bands), and the trade in slaves. On of the British Government. Rao
the death of Rao Desalji in 1860, Pragmalji built a palace at Bhuj at
the Government of Bombay thus a cost of about Rs.2,000,000 con- ;
recorded the official appreciation of structed the Pragsar Tank, which is

" Marked an immense reservoir of rain-water
his career :
by a love of
truth and plain dealing, Rao Desalji in the Chadwa range of hills, and a
was probably more than any one else causeway in the large Hamirsar tank ;
in Kutch learnedin the traditions and he also built the Jail (Rs.79,509), the
customs of the Province. He was a Hospital, the Horse and Elephant
careful and painstaking judge, and a Stables (Rs.184,303), and the Schools
staunch and devoted ally of the at Bhuj and Mandvi remitted transit
;
British Government. With the help duties, and occasionally remitted im-
of a few Chiefs and Court servants he port duties in times of scarcity or
managed the whole business of the deficient He ordered out
rainfall.
country, and by his knowledge of cotton gins, and
introduced screw
their character, friendly intercourse, presses, and finished the Bhuj-Mandvi
and timely concessions, avoided any road. He was a great sportsman, and
struggle with the Jareja chiefs." The killed many wild animals, including a
"Jareja chiefs" referred to are the number of panthers. The total ex-
—
Bhdyad brotherhood or frerage of penditure on public works started
the ruling family, being all descend- during His Highness Rao Pragmalji's
ants of the first Rao. The Rao reign amounted to Rs.3,241,435. He
Desalji II. was succeeded by his late was succeeded in 1876 by His High-
Highness the Maharao Pragmalji, ness the present Maharajd, Rao Khen-
father of the present Rao. During garji, who was described at that time
the fifteen years of his rule, 1860 to by the British Political Agent as "a
1875, he showed himself anxious to most promising boy of ten." In 1877
improve the management of the State. Sir Richard Temple, as Governor of
He framed codes for the guidance of Bombay, visited the State, and com-
his officers in matters of civil and plimented the young Prince on his
criminal justice, he undertook works general progress, and on the accuracy
of public usefulness, and introduced and ease with which he could converse
State systems of public instruction —
in English his education having been
and of vaccination. In recognition of mainly in the hands of M. Chhotalal
his excellent administration he was in Tewakram and Captain J. W. Wray
1871 honoured with the title of Knight of the Staff Corps. He was admitted
Grand Commander of the Star of India. into the Council of Administration, at
Unlike his forefathers, none of whom an unusually early age, in 1882; and
left Kutch, he thrice visited Bombay on August 11, 1884, having attained
— in 1870 to meet His Royal Highness his majority of eighteen years of age,
the Duke of Edinburgh, in 1871 to he was invested with full powers of
take part in a Chapter of the Star of State. On November 14 of that year
India, and in October 1875 to meet Sir James Fergusson, as Governor of
His Royal Highness the Prince of Bombay, visited Bhuj, and held a
Wales. These happy visits are marked grand Darbar for the purpose of
by important public works dedicated formally installing His Highness, in
—
to their Royal Highnesses the Albert the nameof the Queen Empress, as
Edward Breakwater and Harbour Rao of Kutch. In the course of his
Works at Mandvi, which have cost speech on that occasion Sir James
" "
Fergusson said : I venture to augur College in Bombay, the Kutch Barton
"
very favourably of His Highness's Scholarship to Kutch females attend-
reign. His natural intelligence has ing the Training College at Ahmadabad
been well developed, his mind has or Rajkot, scholarships for female as-
been instructed by a liberal education, sistant-teachers at Bhuj, the Rao Shri
he possesses a complete knowledge of Khengarji scholarships, and one for
the circumstances and wants of his girls attending the High School at
country and people, but more hopeful Puna. For males the Rao has founded
stillare his disposition and character. scholarships for Kutchis receiving
The frequent opportunities which I scientificand technical education in
have had of judging of them, as well England, for students receiving agri-
as the unanimous testimony of those cultural or other scientific education
who have known him from childhood, in India, for Kutchis attending the
convince me that he possesses a kind Veterinary College at Bombay, the
heart as well as a clear judgment, and Veterinary School at Puna and the
cherishes a resolute adherence to the College of Science at Puna ; also
call of duty. These qualities are not scholarships open to any citizen of
unknown to his subjects, and they Bombay attending the Ripon Technical
cannot fail to deepen their hereditary School,Bombay; and further gives
attachment to his family and person, annual prizes for qualifying for auy
which is so remarkable. It may indeed professional function in connection
actuate him
to deserve and reciprocate with a mill, and for the work of a
it. I doubt not that it will. I shall captain of a steamer. It should be
deem myself very ignorant of character mentioned that the scholarships for
if His Highness does not realize our Kutchis resident in Bombay alone
best anticipations." were established at a total cost of
On March 2, 1885, a Darbar was held Rs.25,000. As a further stimulus to
at the Bhuj Palace for the investiture education, and especially with the
of His Highness with the hereditary object of encouraging native talent
distinction of "Sawai Bahadur," con- and spreading knowledge amongst the
ferred on the rulers of Kutch by the people, the Darbar annually com-
British Government. In 1887 His missions competent persons to write
Highness proceeded to England to essays on various subjects, and to
represent the Princes of the Bombay translate standard English works into
Presidency on the occasion of the the Gujarati language. In the matter
celebration of the Jubilee of the Queen of public works considerable improve-
Empress, and during his absence he ments have been effected witliin recent
entrusted his State to his Diwan, Rao years in connection with the extension
Bahadur Motilal Lalbhai. Whilst in of roads, the pier and reclamation
England His Highness was created a works, and the erection of new build-
Knight Grand Commander of the ings. Since the accession of His
Indian Empire. He takes a deep Highness to the gadi the expenditure
interest in education, and especially incurred by the Darbar on works
in the education of women. He of public utility has amounted to
founded a Sanskrit school or Pathshala, Rs.6,624,672. Great attention is paid
at a cost of Rs. 25,000, and named it by His Highness to well-irrigation,
after his mother. He also founded which has been found by experience to
the Fergusson Museum and Library be most suited to the peculiar require-
at Bhuj, an institution erected as ments of the Province, the rainfall
a memorial of the Governorship of being limited and precarious. Other
Sir James Fergusson. This last cost means of irrigation have also been
Rs.32,000. To encourage learning he has adopted. Under his guidance strenu-
founded various scholarships of more ous efforts have also been made in the
or less importance, and has also in- direction of reclamation of waste land.
augurated a fund from which deserving In the course of the last fifteen years
scholars desirous to study in England the number of acres of waste land
or America can obtain their expenses. brought under the plough amount to
Among the scholarships for females 83,890, and fifteen new villages have
may be mentioned the one to Kutch been established. His Highness is a
females attending the Grant Medical thorough sportsman, fond of pig-stick-
ing, shooting, and all manly exercises. Kutch by an Emperor of Delhi. This
He moreover, a firm though con-
is, is considered a valued present, and is
ciliatory ruler, and is regarded hy his carried in State in all ceremonials by
subjects with a deep and ardent at- sowaris on the back of an elephant.
tachment. He married the daughters (5) The Trident of the family goddess,
of the Thakur Saheb of Sayla, and of and old weapons of the family. (6)
the Rana Jalamsinghji, cousins of His A Boat, showing that Kutch is a
Highness the Raj Saheb of Dhranga- maritime Power. (7) Two Horsemen,
dra, in Kathiawar (q.v.), on February representing Kutch as a horse-pro-
19, 1884. The occasion of this marriage ducing country, and showing specimens
was remarkable for the substitution of her military retainers. (8) A Cow,
for the old custom of giving Fulekas representing the customary title of a
(grand dinners and a nightly pro- native potentate. (9) A
killed Tiger,
cession, according to old practice) of indicating the great historical event
a small Darbar, at which nazars were from which the title of Rao was
paid, which His Highness touched, and derived. (10) The Motto adopted by
remitted to be utilized in furthering the family, showing the attributes by
the cause of female education. His wbich the first Rao Khengar suc-
—
sons are named Madhubha, otherwise ceeded in regaining his lost patri-
called Vijayarajji, born September 2, mony." Residence : The Palace, Bhuj,
1885 ; and Manubha, born September Kutch, Western India.
12, 1888.#
His Highness's brother is named Ka- KUTHAR, Rana Jaichand, Rana of. A
ransinghji, born in 1870, and educated
at the Rajkumar College, Rajkot ; he
the yadi as a minor December 27,
visited England on the occasion of
Her Majesty's Jubilee in 1887, and family, claiming descent from Surat
was then created a Companion of the Chand, who came in early times from
Most Eminent Order of the Indian Kishtwar in Jammu, and conquered
this territory. The State was overrun
Empire, and married a daughter of
the House of Aramda, in Okha, Ka- by the Gurkhas between 1803 and
1815, and after their expulsion by the
thiawar, in March 1889.
British was confirmed to the then
His Highness's sister was married to
His Highness the Maharaja of Bikanir Rana by a British sanad dated
(q.v.), in Rajpatana. The State has an
September 3, 1815. The area of the
area of 6500 square miles, exclusive of State (which is one of the Simla Hill
the Runn of Kutch, which is about 9000 States) is 19 miles square ; its popula-
tion is 3648, chiefly Hindus. The
;
Rand maintains a military force of 40
chiefly Hindus, but including 118,797
Muhammadans and 66,663 Jains. His infantry. Residence: Kuthar, Simla
Highness maintains a military force of Hills, Punjab.

354 cavalry, 1412 infantry,and 164 guns,
and is entitled to a salute of 17 guns.
KUTLAHR, Rdjd of. See Rampal.
—
Arms. The coat-of-arms adopted by KUVARJI K0WASJI, Khan Bahadur;
His Highness's family is most inter- b. March 1, 1822. The title was con-
esting, as illustrating oriental heraldry. ferred on February 16, 1887, as a
The coat is shown in a document personal distinction, on the occasion
kindly supplied by the Kutch Darbar, of the Jubilee of the reign of Her
and was described by His Excellency Most Gracious Majesty. Appointed to
the Diwan of Kutch in 1876 in the the service of the Bombay Government
following words
I :
—
"(1) The Fort of in 1840, and during a service of forty-
Bhujia, which overlooks the capital of six years held various important posts
Bhuj. (2) The Moon, showing that with credit to himself and advantage
the reigning family belongs to the to the State. Retired in 1886 on a
Lunar dynasty. (3) The Crown, and special pension, on account of his
the Jari Patha flag (with repre- ''longand highly meritorious services."
sentations of the sun and the moon), Was appointed in the same year a
emblematic of royalty. (4) The Mahi Delegate in the Parsi District Matri-
Is an
"
Muratab, a flag with a gold-fish at the monial Court of Surat.

top, presented to a former Rao of Honorary Magistrate of the First
Class. Has a son named Pestanji Silver Sword for Bravery," and is in-
Kuvarji Kowasji, born 1860. Resid- dicated by the letters T.D.M. after the
ence: Surat, Bombay. name. Residence : Pagan, Burma.
KUVERJI BHAIDAS, Rao Saheb. Re- KYE, Maung, Myook, Kyct thaye zaung
ceived the title on May 21, 1898. shwe Salwe ya Min. The title is per-
Residence: Bulsar, Bombay. sonal, and was conferred on May 20,
1896. It means " Recipient of the
KYAING KAN, Kim Un, Myoza of. A Gold Chain of Honour," and is in-
ruling chief. This Chief is Myoza of dicated by the letters K.S.M. after
one of the Shan States on the frontier the name. Residence : Burma.
of Burma. Its area is about 450 square
miles ; its population chiefly consists KYETHI BANSAN, Kun Than, Myoza
of Shans. Residence: Kyaing Kan, of. A
ruling chief. The Myoza is
Shan States, Burma. Chief of one of the Shan States on
the Burma frontier. The area of the
KYAING LUN, Kun Maung, Myoza of. State is about 300 square miles. Re-
A ruling chief. This Chief is Myoza sidence : Kyethi Bansan, Shan States,
of one of the Shan States on the Burma.
frontier of Burma. Its area is about
30 square miles ; its population almost KYM0RI. See Kaimori.
entirely Shans. Residence: Kyaing
Lun, Shan States, Burma. KY0N, Maung Po, Ngiocgunhmu of A
ruling The Ngwegunhmu is
chief.
KYAING TON, Sawbwa of. A ruling Chief of one of the Shan States on
chief. This Chief is the Sawbwa of the Burma frontier. The area of the
one of the Shan States on the frontier State is about 15 square miles. Re-
of Burma. He
has four feudatory sidence :
Kyon, Shan States, Burma.
chiefs tributary to him those of —
Kyaing Thingyi, Maingthal, Thinaung,
KYWE 0, Maung U, Kyet thaye zaung
shwe Salwe ya Min. The title is
and Thin Nyut. The population con-
sists chiefly of Shans, with a few Yins. personal, and was conferred on June
6, 1885. It means " Recipient of the
Residence: Kyaing Ton, Shan States,
Burma. Gold Chain of Honour," and is in-
dicated by the letters K.S.M. after the
KYAING YONGYI, Chief of. A ruling name. Residence: Rangoon, Burma.
chief. Is Chief of one of the Shan
States on the Burma frontier. Re- LACHHMAN. See Lakshman.
sidence :
Kyaing Yongyi, Shan States, LACHHMAN DAS, Seth, C.I.E., Raja.
Burma. Was created a Companion of the Most
KYAUKKULEYWA, Maung Thaing,
Ngwegunhmu of. A ruling chief. The May 26, 1886. The title of Raja was
Chief of one of the conferred as a personal distinction on
Ngwegunhmu is
Shan States on the frontier of Burma. June 22, 1897. Residence: Muttra,
The area of the State is about 80 North- Western Provinces.
square miles. Residence: Kyaukku- LACHHMAN DAS, Thakur, Rai Saheb. ,
leywa, Shan States, Burma. Received the title on January 2, 1897.
KYAW GAUNG, Maung, Myothugyi, Residence : Dir, Punjab Frontier.

Thuye gaung ngwe Da ya Min. The LACHHMAN DAS, Lala, Poplai, Rai
title is personal, and was conferred on Received the title on January
Saheb.
May 20, 1890. It means "Recipient 1, 1898. Is Extra Judicial Assistant
of the Silver Sword for Bravery," and Commissioner. Residence: Punjab.
is indicated by the letters T.D.M. after
the name. Residence : Ye-u, Burma. LACHHMAN DAS HAZARIKA, Rai
KYAW ZAW, Maung, Thuye gaung was conferred on March 3, 1880.
ngwe Da ya Min. The title is personal, Residence: Lakhimpur, Assam.
1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee LACHHMAN SINGH, Rai Bahadur.
of the reign of Her Most Gracious The title is personal, and was conferred
" on The Rai Bahadur
Majesty. It means Recipient of the May 24, 1882.
THE GOLDEN BOOK OF INDIA 15!
belongs to a family from 1898.

Cawnpur, Residence :
Sakarpara, Monghyr,
North-Western Provinces. Residence : Bengal.
Bombay.
LACHHMI SAHAI, Sarddr Bahadur.
LACHHMAN SINGH (of Kakarbai), The title was conferred on
Rao. The title is an ancient hereditary January 1,
1894. Residence : Amritsar,
one. The Rao Lachhman Singh was Punjab.
born about the year 1866, and suc- LACHHMINARAYAN SINGH, Deo (of
ceeded his father, the late Eao Kera), Thdkur. The title was con-
Udiajit, ferred on January
in 1890. This family of Bundela Tha- 1, 1877, as a personal
kurs is descended from Bharat distinction, on the occasion of the
Chand, Proclamation of Her Most Gracious
grandson of Raja Malkhan of Orchha.
The title of Rao is said to have been Majesty as Empress of India. The
conferred on the great-grandfather of Thakur is one of the representatives
the present holder by the of the great Porahat
Maharaja of family, from
Panna. Arjun Singh, the Rao's grand- which are descended the
feudatory
Chiefs of Serikala and
father, assisted in restoring order in Kharsawan, and
the Garotha Tahsil towards the close other Chota Nagpur Chiefs in the dis-
of the Mutiny. Residence : trict of Singbhum. Residence: Kera
Kakarbai,
Jhansi, North-Western Provinces. Singbhum, Bengal.
LACHHMAN SINGH (of Wazirpur),
LACHHMIYA NAYUDU, Kamalapu-
Rdjd; b. October 19, 1826. The title ram, Rao Bahadur. The title was
was conferred on January 1, 1877, as a conferred on January 1, 1895. Resi-
dence : Bangalore.
personal distinction, at the Imperial
Assemblage of Delhi, on the occasion LAIHNA. See Lehna.
Gracious Majesty as Empress of India. LAKHAN SINGH, Thakur, Rao Bahadur.
The Thakur was granted the title of
Belongs to a Rajput family of the Rao Bahadur as a personal distinction
Jadon clan, originally resident at Ka-
on January 1, 1878. Residence: Ba-
remna in Ra jputana. About 130 years
North-Western Provinces.
reilly,
ago Karemna was burnt by the troops
of the Raja of Macheri LAKHMICHAND,
(Alwar) in his Pandit, Rai Bahadur.
war with the Raja of Bhartpur ; and Received the title on
January 1, 1898.
Kalyan Singh, the ancestor of Lachh- Residence : Damoh, Central Provinces.
man Singh, took refuge in Bhartpur.
His eldest son was appointed Fotehdar LAKHNADON, Thdkur of. See Delhi
Singh ; see also Kesri Singh.
of Pargana Ruphas
by the Raja of
Bhartpur, but was subsequently LAKHPAT RAI, Rai; b. 1825. The
poisoned and the younger son, Lachh-
;
title was conferred on October 8, 1875,
man Singh's grandfather, took service as a personal
distinction, in recogni-
tion of the Rai's exertions in
in Sindhia's
army. He died at Aligarh improving
a few months before the the city of Peshawar. He to
capture of belongs
a Kshatriya family, and is the son of
that fortress by the
British, and his
sons removed to Agra. His the late Diwan Bhawani
grandson, Das, who
the present Raja, entered the Govern- held the responsible and
important
ment service in 1847, and for his office of in Peshawar during
Baftri
services during the time of the the Durani and Sikh rule. The Rai is
Mutiny, an Honorary Magistrate and a member
and generally to the cause of educa-
of the Municipal Committee of
tion, he has received the title of Raja, Pesha-
a hhilat, and various grants. Resi- war. Residence :
Peshawar, Punjab.
dence : Agra, North-Western Pro- LAKSHMAN BHIKAJI WAKHAR-
KAR, Rao Saheb. The title was con-
LACHHMI. See also Lakshmi. ferred on January 1, 1895. Residence :
LACHHMI PARSHAD, Khandesh, Bombay.
Rai Saheb. The
titlewas conferred on January 1, 1898. LAKSHMAN JAGANNATH, Biwdn
Residence : Harda, Bahadur; b. August 15, 1835. The
Hoshangabad, titlewas conferred on
Central Provinces. February 16,
1887, as a personal distinction, on
LACHHMI PRASAD SINGH, Rai Baha- the occasion of the Jubilee of Her
dur. Received the title on January 1, Majesty's reign. Belongs to a Chan-
draseniya Kayastha Prabhu family ;
nent services in the Baroda Residency.
second son of Jagannath Baji Rao, Residence : Baroda.
Mamlatdar in Khandesh. Prior to
LAL BEG, Khdn Saheb. Granted the
his appointment as Prime Minister of
title,as a personal distinction, January
the Baroda State he had rendered long for eminent
and meritorious services to the Bom- 2, 1893, magisterial ser-
vices in the Ganjam Hill Tracts,
bay Government ; and while Deputy Madras. Residence: Russell Konda,
Collector of Sholapur endeared him-
Madras.
self to the people to such an extent
that they called their market after his LAL BIHARI LAL, Rai Bahadur. Re-
name, "Lakshmanpet." In 1874 he Residence : Sutna, Central India.
became Assistant Revenue Commis-
sioner of the Northern Division of the LAL MADHAVA MUKARJI, Rai Ba-
Bombay Presidency, and shortly hadur ; b. Belongs to a Ku-
in 1841.
afterwards was invited to aid Mr. lin Brahman family, and is the son of
Dadabhai Naoroji (subsequently M.P. Ishwar Chandra Mukarji, an old and
for Central Finsbury) in the adminis- much-respected merchant of Calcutta.
tration of Baroda. He became, first, Educated at the Free Church College
Subahdar of the Naosari district, then of the Calcutta University and sub-
;
head of the Revenue Department in sequently graduated at the Calcutta

.1883, and finally in 1886 Diwan or Medical College. During the great
Prime Minister of the State. He re- Orissa famine of 1886 he was appointed
tired in 1890 with a pension from the Medical Officer in charge of the famine
British Government, and handsome Itospitals that were opened at Chitpore
allowances from the Gaekwar. He and Sealdah for the relief of the
married Bai Sitabai, and has issue famine-stricken. His good services
—
six daughters Gujabai, Chandrabai, there were duly acknowledged by the
Chingubai, Dhakubai, Naobai, and Government of Bengal. He then
Sundrabai. Residence: Narayan Pet, successively held the appointments of
Poona, Bombay. House Surgeon of the Calcutta Oph-
thalmic Hospital for thirteen years,
LAKSHMAN JIVAJI TILVE, Rao Sa- and teacher of Ophthalmic Medicine
heb. Granted the title, as a personal
and Surgery in the Campbell School for
distinction, January 2, 1893, for emi-
nent services in the Postal Department. three years. He has taken a very
Residence : Ahmedabad, Bombay. prominent place among the great
oculists of the world, and was deputed
LAKSHMAN SINGH MATHURA by the Government of India to Rajpu-
SINGH, Rao Bahadur. The title was
tana, to attend upon His Highness
conferred on January 1, 1891. Resi- the Maharaja of Jaipur, whose eye-
dence Poona, Bombay.
:
he successfully restored. He
sight
LAKSHMI CHAND, Rai Bahadur. The translated into Bengali the English
title was conferred on January 1, 1894. text-book on the Diseases of the Eye,
Residence : Karnal, Punjab. by Dr. Macnamara, which has been
LAKSHMI CHELLAYA (of Bobbili). highly eulogized by the most com-
See Venkatasveta Chalapathi petent authorities. In 1879 he was
Ranga
elected a Municipal Commissioner for
Rao, Ravu, Raja.
the town of Calcutta, and has been
LAKSHMI KUMARA SHATAKOPA re-elected in many subsequent elec-
CHARIAR, Mahdmahopddhydya. The tions. Has been several times Mem-
title was conferred on January 1,
ber of the Town Council of Calcutta.
1898, for eminence in oriental learning. Was
Residence: Cochin, Madras. appointed a Fellow of the Cal-
cutta University in 1881, and in 1890
LAKSHMI SHANKAR MISRA PANDIT, became a Member of the Syndicate.
Rai Bahadur. The title is personal, He is an elected Member of the Council
and was conferred on January 1, 1890. of the Calcutta Bethune Society ; of
Residence : Benares, North-Western the Calcutta Health Society and of ;
Provinces. the India Club. He is a Justice of

LAKSHMILAL DAULATRAI, Rao Sa- the Peace for the town of Calcutta.
heb. Granted the title, as a personal He is the first native gentleman who
distinction, January 2, 1893, for emi- has been honoured with the President-
ship of the Calcutta Medical Society. tury ago. The family came under
He is also the President and Honorary British protection, with the other Cis-
Lecturer of Ophthalmic Medicine and Sutlej Chiefs, after the first Sikh war.
Surgery in the Calcutta Medical Sarddr Ratan Singh succeeded his
School. When Her Majesty the Em- father, Rai Singh ;
and his grandsons
press,in recognition of his distinguished are the Sarddrs Bishan Singh (son of
medical services, was pleased to confer Sarddr Sarmukh Singh) and Ldl Singh
upon him the title of Rai Bahadur, (son of Sarddr Gurmukh Singh) of
the Government of India also pre- Bheri. Residence : Bheri, Ludhidna,
sented him with a handsome sword Punjab.
and a richly-embroidered sword-belt. LAL SINGH (of Talwandi), Sarddr; b.
Residence: Calcutta. 1822. The title is hereditary. The
LAL MADHUB MOOKERJEE, Rai Ba- Sarddr is the grandson of the Sarddr
hadur. See Lai Madhava Mukarji. Dal Singh Naharna, who was adopted
by the widow of the great Sarddr
LAL MUHAMMAD, Shaikh, Khdn Sa- Fateh Sing, Kdlidnwdla, and inherited
heb. Received the title on January 2,
1899. Residence : Baroda, Bombay.
his large possessions. He died in 1823,
and was succeeded by his eldest son,
LAL MUHAMMAD KHAN, Achakzai, Sarddr Atar Singh, who, about the
Khdn Saheb. Received the title on year 1846, received a seat in the Coun-
May 21, 1898. Residence: Gulistan, cil of Regency, which he retained until
Baluchistan. the annexation of the Punjab. On
LAL PERTAB SINGH, Rao Bahadur. the occasion of the outbreak at Multdn,
The title was conferred on January 1, Sarddr Atar Singh joined the British
1898. Is Assistant Diwan of Rewa. under Major Edwardes. His son, the
Residence : Rewa, Central India. present Sarddr Lai Singh, was at first
carried off by the troops, but after-
LAL RAGHURAJ SINGH (of Pandaria), wards escaped, and joined the same
Thdkur. The title is hereditary. The
founder of the family was Sham side. Sarddr Atar Singh died in 1851,
Chand ; and the late Thakur Gajapal and was succeeded by the present
Sarddr. Residence: Talwandi, Am-
Singh was thirteenth in succession.
He was the younger brother of the ritsar, Punjab.
Thdkur Rajpal Singh, feudatory Chief LALA GOVIND JAS, Rai Bahadur. See
of Kawardha (q.v.). Thakur Gajapal Govind.
Singh has been recently succeeded, at LALA SAHEB (of Imlai), Rdjd; b. 1862.
Pandaria, by Thakur Lai Raghuraj The title is hereditary. Belongs to a
Singh. Residence : Pandaria, Bilaspur,
Central Provinces. Rdj Gond (aboriginal) family, whose
ancestors came from Dhamda to
LAL RAMANAJ PARSAD SINGH, Hira Mandla, and obtained some jdgirs from
Saheb, CLE. Was created a CLE. Sheo Rdj Rai, the Gond Rdjd of
on June 1, 1888. Residence: Rewa, Mandla, because they were caste-fel-
Central India. lows of the Rdjd. This was in 1624
LAL SINGH, Rai Bahadur. The title a.d., and the family have been settled
at Imlai in the Jabalpur district ever
dence : Naiui Tal, North-Western Pro-
since. One of their ancestors married
a daughter of the Rdjput house of
vinces.
Ratanpur. Residence: Jabalpur, Cen-
LAL SINGH (of Bheri), Sarddr. The tral Provinces.
title is hereditary. The Sarddr is
the cousin of Sarddr Bishan Singh LALA SUNDAE LAL, Rai Saheb. See
Sundar.
(q.v.) of Bheri, in the district of Lu-
dhiana, Punjab. Belongs to a Jat LALCHAND KEVABRAM, Rao Saheb.
(Sikh) family, descended from Sardar
On retirement from the public service,
Mahtab Singh, Miran Kotia, a Sikh the Rao Saheb was permitted to re-
tain this title. Residence : Shikdrpur,
Chief, well known for his prowess,
who flourished about the year 1761 Sind.
a.d.
^
His son, Sarddr Rai Singh, LALGARH, Diwan Hari Singh, Biwdn
acquired by conquest some territory in of. A ruling chief ; b. 1877. Succeeded
the Ambala district more than a cen- to the gadi as a minor December 22,
M
1888. Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) LAS BELA, Jam of. A ruling chief.
family. The State contains a popula- Succeeded to the gadi January 14,
tion of about 2500, chiefly Hindus. 1896. The Jam was formerly a feu-
Residence: Lalgarh, Western Malwa, datory of the Wali of Kalat, but
Central India. has now the direct protection of the
British the
LALIT MOHAN SINGH, Rai Bahadur. Government, through
Governor-General's Agent for Balu-
The Rai Bahadur has rendered good
service as an Honorary Magistrate, chistan. The area of the State is
and as Vice-Chairman of the District about 8500 square miles, and its popu-
Board of Hughli, Bengal. Received lation about 56,000, chiefly Muham-
the title as a personal distinction on madans. The Jam maintains a mili-
May 25, 1892. Residence: Hughli, tary force of 33 cavalry, 276 infantry,
and 4 guns, and is entitled to a salute
Bengal. of 9 guns as a personal distinction.
IALJI PURSHOTAM RAI, Rao Baha- Residence : Las Bela, Baluchistan.
dur, Biwdn Bahadur. Both these
titles are personal. The former was LATARIA BHA0 (of Kamtha), Rao Ba-
conferred on December 15, 1881. The hadur. The title was conferred on
second title, that of Diwan Bahadur, May 20, 1896. Residence : Bhandara,
was conferred on May 25, 1892, for Central Provinces.
good service as an assistant to the LATHI, Thakur Sursinghji Takat-
Resident at Baroda. Residence: Ba- A ruling chief
singhji, Thakur of. ;
roda. b. 1875. Succeeded to the gadi as a
LALJI WALJI SETH, Khan Bahddur. minor November 4, 1878. Belongs to
The title was conferred on a Gohel Rajput (Hindu) family, which
May
21,
claim to be Suryavansi (of the Solar
race), as descendants of the legendary
LALLTJ LACHHMAN SINGH, Rao Ba- hero Rama. The Gohel sept of Raj-
hddur. The title is personal, and was
puts are said to have occupied a part
conferred on May 24, 1869. Residence : of Marwar for twenty generations,
Dholpur, Rajputaua. until they were expelled by the Rah-
LALTA PERSHAD, Lala, Rai Bahddur. tors {see Jodhpur) at the end of the
Received the title on January 1, 1898. 12th century. Thence, under their
Residence : Pilibhit, North- Western Chief, Sejak, they migrated to K&thia-
Provinces. war, about the year 1260, and are at
present represented in Kathiawar by
LALUBHAI NANDLAL, Rao Bahddur. the ruling families of Bhaunagar, Raj-
The title is
personal, and was conferred The
pipla, Palitana, and Lathi.
on February 3, 1886. Residence: founder of the Lathi State was Sa-
Ahmadabad, Bombay. rangji, second son of Sejak, whose
eldest son became the ancestor of the
LAMA.—A title.
Chiefs of Bhaunagar, whilst the third
LAMBAGRAON, Mian of. See Kirat son was the ancestor of the Chiefs of
Chand. Palitana. One of the Thakurs of
Lawa married his daughter to Damaji
LAMBAGRAON, Raid
9 J See Jai
of. Gaekwar, the great ancestor of the
Chand. Gaekwars of Baroda; and gave the
estate of Damnagar as a dowry, being
LANGRIN, U., Bor Sing, Seim of. A in return exempted personally from
ruling chief ; b. 1850. Succeeded to the
tribute. The State is tributary both
gadi September 23, 1874. The popula-
tion of the State (which is one of the to Baroda and to Junagarh and in ;
Khasi and Jaintia Hill States, Assam) addition to the tribute the Chief of
is about 1200, and consists of Khasis Lawa annually offers a horse to the
_
and Christians. Residence: Langrin, Gaekwar of Baroda, probably in com-

Khasi Assam. memoration of the relationship be-
Hills,
tween the families. The town of
LANKA KRISHNA AIYANGAR, Rao Lathi, which is the capital, is now a
Bahddur. The title was conferred on station on the Bhaunagar-Gondal rail-
May 25, 1892. Residence: Srirangam, way it has the palace of the Thakur,
;
Madras. a Dharmsdla, a good Dispensary, Post

and Telegraph Office, and the Lathi LEE BOON YEW. See Le Bun Yu.
Anglo-Vernacular School. The area
of the State is 42 square miles its
;
LEE KIM SENG, Ahmudan gaung Tazeik
population 6804, chiefly Hindus. The
ya Min. Granted the title, as a per-
sonal distinction, on January 1, 1891.
Chief maintains a military force of 12
It is indicated by the letters A.T.M.
after the name, and means " Recipient
Residence: Lathi, Kdthidwdr, Bom-
of a Medal for Good Service." Resi-
hay. dence : Rangoon, Burma.
LATIF HUSAIN KHAN walad IMAM
BAKHSH KHAN, Mir. The title has LEGYA, Ktin Le, Sawbwa of. A ruling
been continued for life, the Mir being chief. The Sawbwa is Chief of one
a representative of one of the Mirs or of the Shan States on the Burma
Chiefs of Sind at the time of the an- frontier, the area of which is about
nexation (see Khairpur). Residence :
1000 square miles. The population
consists almost entirely of Shans.
Shikdrpur, Sind.
Residence :
Legya, Burma.
LAW YAN, Mating, Kyet thaye zaung
shwe Salwe ya Min. The title is LEHNA SINGH (of Manasawal), Rdnd;
personal, and was conferred on Feb- b. 1801. The title is hereditary. Be-
ruary on the occasion of the
16, 1887, longs to a very ancient Rajput family,
Jubilee of the reign of Her Most that claims to be descended from the
" Re-
Gracious Majesty. It means legendary hero Krishna, through Basu
cipient of the Gold Chain of Honour," Chand, who is said to have taken
and is indicated by the letters K.S.M. possession of G arhmuktesar, and to
after the name. Residence : Mandalay, have reigned there about 2000 years
Burma. ago. His descendant, Jodh Chand,
with three brothers, is said to have
LAWA, Thakur Dhirat Singh, Thakur
visited Jwalamukh on a pilgrimage,
of. A ruling The Thdkur be-
chief.
and on that occasion to have taken
longs to the Kachhwdha Rajput family
— that is, the ruling family of Jaipur possession of Manasawal and the sur-
(g.v.), the State having originally rounding territory in the Hoshidrpur
district. Rdnd Chigar Chand, thirty-
belonged to Jaipur, and having been third in descent from Basu Chand,
granted by the Maharaja of Jaipur to made his submission to the Mahdrdjd
one of the scions of his family. It
was conquered by the Pinddri leader, Ranjit Singh, and is said to have been
Amir Khan, in the course of his confirmed by him in some of his lands.
The Rdnd has four sons Opindar —
Jaipur and Jodhpur campaigns, and
the Thdkur of Lawa then became a Singh, Madho Singh, Jandrdhan, and
another. Residence: Manasawal, Ho-
feudatory of Amir Khan's State of
Tonk. In 1867, however, this con- shidrpur, Punjab.
nection was terminated, and Lawa LIAKAT Khan Bahddur.
HUSAIN,
came under the direct protection of The personal, and was conferred
title is
the British Government. The area on May 20, 1890. Residence : Meerut,
of the State is 18 square miles its ; North-Western Provinces.
population is 2682, chiefly Hindus.
Residence : Lawa, Rdjputdna. LIDHBAN, Sarddr of. See Mahtab
Singh; also Albel Singh; also Saheb
LAXAMAN. See Lakshman.
Singh also Sheonarayan Singh also
; ;
LAXMI. See Lakshmi. Sher Singh.

LAXUMAN JAGANNATHJI, Vaidya, LIKHI, Thakur Jaswant Singhji, Thd-
Diwd n Bahadur. See Lakshman Jagan- kur of A ruling chief; b. 1886. Has
.
nath. recently succeeded to the gadi as a

minor. Belongs to a Koli (aboriginal)
LE BUN YTJ, Kyet thaye zaung since
Salwe ya Min. Granted the title, as family. The area of the State is 30
square miles; its population is 1307,
a personal distinction, January 3,
1893. It is indicated by tbe letters chiefly Hindus. Residence: Likhi,
K.S.M. after the name, and means Mdhi Kantha, Bombay.
"Recipient of the Gold Chain of LIMBAJI BA0 TUKAJI BA0, Rao
Honour." Residence: Rangoon, Burma. Saheb. The title is personal, and was
conferred on May 4, 1885. Residence ,
dence : Limri (or Limbdi), Kathiawar,
Bijapur, Bombay. Bombay.
LIN, Mating, Myook, Ahmudan gaung
LIMBDI, Thdkur Saheb of. See Limri. Tazeik ya Min. The title was con-
ferred on January 1, 1891. It is in-
LIMRI, Thakur Saheb Sir Jaswant- dicated by the letters A.T.M. after the
Thd- "
singhji Fatehsinghji, K.C.I.E., name, and means Recipient of a Medal
kur Saheb of. A ruling chief ;
b. May for Good Service."
23, 1859. Succeeded to the gadi as a
minor January 30, 1862. Belongs to L0GHASSI, Rao Bahadur of.
See Lug-
a Jhala Rajput (Hindu) family, hasi.
claiming a common descent with the L0HARTJ, The Hon. Nawab Sir Amir-
Chief of Dhrangadra from Harpaldev, Ud-Din Ahmad Khan Bahadur, Fa-
who came from the north in very early khar-Ud-Daula, K.C.I.E., Nawab of.
times, and established himself in that A ruling chief; b. 1859. Succeeded
part of Kathiawar called
Jhalawar to the gadi October 31, 1884. Belongs
from the name of his sept. The to an Afghan (Muhammadan) family,
present Chief, who succeeded
his descended from Ahmad Bakhsh Khan,
father, the Thakur Saheb Fatehsinghji, who was employed by the Raja of
was educated at the Rajkumar College, Alwar in the negotiation with Lord
Rajkot, and finished his education by Lake in 1806. In recognition of his
visiting England in company with the services he received Loharu from the
Principal of that College. He attained Raja, and the feudal possession of
his majority in 1877, and on August Firuzpur from the British Government.
1 of that year was installed as ruler. His son, Shams-ud-din Khan, suc-
In 1884 the Government of Bombay, ceeded him, but was executed at Delhi
in recognition of the ability and in- in 1835 for compassing the murder of
the
dustry with which he conducted the British Resident at Delhi. In
administration of his State, appointed consequence of this Firuzpur was
him a Member of the Legislative confiscated; but Loharu was subse-
Council of Bombay. In 1887 he was quently restored to the brothers of
selected as one of the representatives the Chief, who had no share in his
of the Princes of Western India to guilt, Amin-ud-din Khan
and Zia-ud-
to din Khan and Amin-ud-din was the
present their loyal congratulations ;
the Queen Empress on the auspicious great-grandfather of the present Na-

occasion of the Jubilee of Her Majesty's wab. The title of Nawab was restored
and on that occasion he had to the family, in 1866, as a personal
reign ;
the honour of receiving from the distinction and in 1874 it was con-
;
a
Empress in person the insignia of ferred on the Chief in recognition
Knight Commander of the Most Emin- of good administration. Created a
ent Order of the Indian Empire. He Knight Commander of the Most
extended his tour to all the chief Eminent Order of the Indian Empire,
of interest in the United King- June 22, 1897. Has been a Member
places
dom, in Canada, and in the United of the Legislative Council of the
States and was the guest successively
;
Viceroy. The area of the State is 226
of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, of
;
the Viceroy of the Canadian Dominion, chiefly Hindus, but including 1517
and of the President of the United Muhammadans. The Nawab maintains
States. He has the reputation of being a military force of 94 men. Residence :
a most able and painstaking ruler, and Loharu, Hissar, Punjab.
has received high acknowledgment of
his ability and success from successive LOK
_
SINGH (of Babhnipair), Rdjd.
Governors of Bombay. The area of Succeeded the late Raja Udai Narayan
the State is 344 square miles; its Singh of Babhnipair in 1892. The
is about 43,000, chiefly title is hereditary. The Raja is the
population
Hindus, but including more than 4600
head of the only legitimate family of
Muhammadans. The Thakur Saheb descendants from the old Kalhans
maintains a military force of 35 cavalry, Rajas of Khurasa, whose raj extended
174 infantry, and 28 guns, and is en- from Hisampur in Bahraich far into
titled to a salute of 9 Resi-
guns. the Gorakhpur district. Their an-
cestor, Sahaj Sah, who traced his mous son of Achal Narayan Singh,
descent from the great King Jura- Bhing Singh, the ancestor of the
sindhu of Behar, is said to have come present Raja, was shortly born. He
from Rajputana in the 14th century, possessed himself, when he grew up,
and to have taken service with his of a small principality, including
friend, Malik Ain-ud-din, who ruled Babhnipair and Burhapara in Gonda,
the south of Oudh from Karra Manik- and Rasulpur Ghaus in Basti. He was,
pur. That officer found him and his however, stripped of the Burhapara
band of Rajput soldiers useful in Pargana by Alawal Khan, the aggres-
suppressing the internal disorders of sive leader of the Pathans of Atraula,
the province, and assigned him in who after a long struggle finally ex-
jdgir the trans-Gogra district, after- pelled the Kalhans. For five genera-
wards known as Khurasa, where he tions the direct lineal descendants of
settled after expelling the Doms. the last Raja of Khurasa held the
Tradition says that the Dom Raja, combined Parganas of Babhnipair and
struck by the beauty of one of the Rasulpur Ghaus. Sixth in descent
daughters of the Chhattri, demanded from Bhing Singh was -Madhukar
her in marriage. The Kalhans Raja Singh, whose sons, Raj Singh and
dissembled his rage at the indignity Himmat Singh, divided the inheritance,
offered him, and pretended to comply, the former taking Rasulpur Ghaus
but when the Dom came with his with the title of Raja, the latter, as
followers to claim his bride, plied Babu, Babhnipair. The grandson of
them with strong drink till they were Raj Singh, Kesri Singh, was killed in
insensible and then murdered them. battle by the Raja of Bansi, who
In the 16th century, seventh in suc- forcibly possessed himself of the
cession from Sahaj Sah, was Achal Pargana of Rasulpur Ghaus. The
Narayan Singh, the last of the dynasty, murdered man left an infant son,
whose fall is related in a well-known Shuja Singh, who was adopted by his
legend. He carried off to his fort of cousin, the childless Babu Rani Singh
Lurhiaghat near Khurasa the daughter of Babhnipair, and transferred the
of Ratan Pande, a small Brahman title of Rdja to the holder of that
zamindar. The outraged father sat estate. His son, Abdhut Singh, held
for 21 days under a tamarind tree the Raj till 1821, and was succeeded
at the door of the ravisher, refusing by the blind Raja Jai Singh, who died
meat and drink till death put an end only a few years before the annexation.
to his sufferings. Before his spirit On the reoccupation of Oudh the
fled, he pronounced a curse of utter estate was settled with Rani Sarfaraz
extinction on the family of his Kumar, widow of Indrajit Singh, who
oppressor, modifying it only in favour had an infant son, the present Raja.
of the offspring of the younger Rani, In 1867 the estates were taken under
who alone had endeavoured to make management of the Court of "Wards.
him break his fast, and to whom he Raja Udhai Narayan Singh was
promised that her descendants (the educated at Canning College, and
present Rajas of Babhnipair) should received possession of the estates in
succeed to a small Raj, but that as 1873. He has issue, two daughters.
his eyes had fallen out from hunger, Residence : Babhnipair, Gonda, Oudh.
so should they also be blind. The
curse has only been partially ful- LORINDA MAL, Rai Bahadur. The
filled, as though there have been one
or two blind Rajas of Babhnipair, the January 2, 1888. Residence: Pesha-
majority of them have been unaffected war, Punjab.
in their eyesight. The avenging ghost LU NAING, Maung, Tlmye gaung ngwe
of the Brahman obtained the aid of Da ya Min. The title is personal, and
the river Sarju. Alofty wave rusbed was conferred on May 20, 1896. It
up from that river, overthrew the "
means Recipient of the Silver Sword
Raja's fortress of Lurhiaghat, and for Bravery," and is indicated by the
left not a member of his household letters T.D.M. after the name. Resi-
alive. The Rani had fled, on the dence : Burma.
Brahman's advice, to her father's home
in Rasulpur Ghaus, where the posthu- LUCHMI. Seelaahhmi.
LUGHASI, Rao Bahadur Khet Singh, established themselves as Chiefs of
Rao Bahadur A
ruling chief; b.
of. Virpur in 1225 a.d. and in 1434 a.d.
;
July 21, 1856. Succeeded to the gadi Rana Bhimsinghji removed to Luna-
January 3, 1872. Belongs to the wara across the Mahi. The State was
great Bundela Rajput (Hindu) family tributary both to Baroda and to
of the Orchha House, from which are Gwalior but the rights of the latter
;
descended the ruling families of Panna, were transferred to the British Govern-
Datia, Ajaigarh, and most of the ment in 1861. The Maharana was
other States of Bundelkhand all ;
educated at the Rajkumar College,
tracing their lineage from the same Rajkot, and was installed as ruler in
eponymous hero, Bir Singh, who first August 1880 on attaining his majority.
adopted the clan name of Bundela. He was created a Knight Commander
His descendant, the Maharaja Chhat- of the Most Eminent Order of the
rasal, possessed large territories in Indian Empire, May 25, 1889. The
Bundelkhand and is famous for having
;
called in the aid of the Mahrattas its population about 76,000, chiefly
against the Mughal Power, and having Hindus, but including over 3000 Mu-
adopted the Peshwa as one of his sons, hammadans. The Maharana maintains
who thereby acquired a third of his a military force of 201 cavalry, 295
dominions, and a footing in Bundel- infantry, and 40 guns, and is entitled
khand. Chhatrasal's eldest son, Hardi to a salute of 9 guns. Residence:
Sah, succeeded him at Panna ; and he Lunawara, Rewa Kantha, Bombay.
had two sons, the elder of whom
became Raja of Panna, while the LUTF All KHAN, Kunwar Muham-
younger, Salim Singh, became Diwan mad, Khan Bahadur. The title was
conferred on January 1, 1894, as a
of Lughasi. His son, the Diwan
personal distinction.Residence : Ali-
Dhiraj Singh, received a sanad from
the British Government in 1808. Three garh, North-Western Provinces.
generations have intervened between LUFT ALI KHAN walad ALADITTA
Dhiraj Singh and the present Chief. KHAN, Mir. The title has been
In 1857 the Diwan Sardar Singh of continued for life, the Mir being the
Lughasi was loyal to the Government representative of one of the Mirs or
during the time of the Mutiny, though Chiefs of Sind at the time of the
half the villages of the State were annexation. Residence : Shikarpur,
laid waste by the rebels in consequence Sind.
of his fidelity. As a reward for these
Diwan received the LUFT-ULLA, Maulavi Hafiz Muham-
services, the Muham-
mad, Shams-al-Ulama. See
hereditary title of Rao Bahadur at mad.
the Cawnpur Darbar of 1859, together
with a khilat, a valuable jdgir, and a LWE-E, Maung Kyi, Ngwegunhmu of.
sanad, authorizing the privilege of A ruling chief. The Ngwegunhmu is
adoption. The
present Rao Bahadur
Chief of one of the Shan States on the
is grandson of Sardar Singh. The Burma frontier, which has an area of
area of the State is 47 square miles about 30 square miles. Its population
;
consists almost entirely of Shans.
The Rao Bahadur maintains a military Residence: Lwe-e, Shan States, Burma.
force of 6 cavalry, 78 infantry, and 7
Residence: Lughasi, Bundel- LWEL0N, Maung Kan Chok, Myoza of.
guns. A ruling chief. The Myoza is Chief
khand, Central India. of one of the Shan States on the
Burma frontier ; its area is about 400
LUNAWARA, Maharana Shri Sir Wa- square miles. The population consists
khatsinghji Dalelsinghji, K.C.I.E., almost entirely of Shans. Residence:
Rdjd of. A ruling chief; b. August
Lwelon, Shan States, Burma.
minor October 7, 1867. Belongs to LWEMAW, Maung Shwe Pyi, Ngwe-
the family of the great Solanki clan gunhmu of. A ruling chief. The
of Rajputs, claiming descent from Ngwegunhmu is Chief of one of the
Sidraj Jaisingh, the ruler of Anhal- Shan States on the Burma frontier,
wara Patan and Gujarat. The Maha- the area of which is about 25 square
rana's ancestors are said to have miles. The population consists almost
entirely of Shans. Residence: Lwe- Bariar Singh, descendant of Chahir

maw, Shan States, Burma. Deo, Prithvi Raj's brother, left Sam-
and wandering eastward,
MADAN GOPAL, Lala, Rai Bahadur.
bhalgarh,
settled about 1248 a.d. in Sultanpur,
The title was conferred, as a personal
Oudh. He married the daughter of
distinction, on January 1, 1896. Resi-
dence : Lahore, Punjab. Raja Ram Deo, Bhilkaria, Chief of
Patti, became chief military officer
MADAN MOHAN BAISAK, Rai Baha- under the Raja, and ultimately dis-
dur. Granted the title of Rai Baha- possessed his brother-in-law, and seized
dur, as a personal distinction, January the territory. His descendant, Bodh
2, 1893, for eminent services in the Singh, received the title of Rai from
Postal Department. Residence: Cal- the Hasanpur Raja of Sultanpur, and
cutta.
aiding the Nawab Shuja-ud-daula in
Thdkur Saheh his war against the British, was de-
MADANPUR, of. See
feated with him at the battle of
Lai.
Baksar in 1775 a.d. His grandson,
MADHAB. SeeMadhav. Rai Mihrban Singh, was driven into
MADHAB CHANDAR RAI, Rai Baha- exile by the Nawab, and his fort of
dur. The title was conferred on May Kot Bhilkar was sacked by the latter
25, 1895. Residence : Naihati, Bengal. about the year 1780. His three sons,
who in turn succeeded, gradually re-
MADHAN, Chief of. Is a feudatory of
acquired much of the family property.
the Raja of Keonthal (q.v.), and rules
over one of the Simla Hill States.
The youngest, Rai Sitla Bakhsh, was
succeeded by his eldest son, Rai Kalka
Residence : Madhan, Simla Hills, Pun-
Bakhsh Singh and the latter by his
;
jab.
brother, the present Rai, on November
MADHAV CHANDRA BARDHAI, Rai 23, 1857. He is an Honorary Magis-
Bahadur. Received the title on Janu- trate and an Assistant Collector.
ary 1, 1898. Is an Extra Assistant Residence : Dalippur, Partabgarh,
Commissioner. Residence: Assam. Oudh.
MADHAVRAO BAJI, Rao Bahadur. MADHO RAM, Lala, Rai Bahadur. The
Received the titleon May 21, 1898. title was conferred on January 1, 1898.
Is Commandant of H. H. the Gaek- Residence: Cawnpore, North-Western
war's Light Field Battery. Residence : Provinces.
Baroda, Bombay. MADHO SINGH, Rai Bahadur; b. 1821.
MADHAVRAO MALHARRAO (of The titlewas conferred on May 24,
Nagar), Vishwasrao. The title is 1883, as a personal distinction. Be-
hereditary. Residence : Khandesh, longs to a Kshatriya family of the Bais
Bombay. clau, whose ancestors nine generations
MADHAVRAO SOMAJI MORE, Rao ago came from Baiswara in Oudh, and
Bahadur. See Mahadavrao Somji settled in the Jaunpur district. The
More. Rai Bahadur rendered valuable service
MADHO PRASAD SINGH Adhar- during the time of the Mutiny in 1857,
(of and from the first boldly took the
ganj), Rai; b. October 11, 1847. The side of the Government. He rendered
title is hereditary, the Rai being the
representative of the great Bachgoti
every assistance to Government, and
sept of Rajputs, sprung from the ancient
protected the lives and property of
several indigo-planters; for these
and illustrious family of the Chauhan
services he received a sanad and a
Rajputs of Mainpuri (q.v.). The sept
having incurred the excessive wrath of grant of land, and subsequently the
the Emperor Ala-ud-din of Delhi, who title of Rai Bahadur. Residence :
vowed its extermination, the survivors Jaunpur, North-Western Provinces.
emigrated, and for safety's sake adopted MADHO SINGH (of Bharawan), Raja,
the name of Vasishtagoti (contracted b. 1852. Succeeded the late Raja
into Batasgoti and ultimately Bach- Randhir Singh in 1889, the title being
goti), from the saint who called forth hereditary. Belongs to a Kshatriya
their ancestor (the Aynikula) from the family of the Bais clan, this family
fire to defend the Munis of Mount being an offshoot of the Bais of
Abu against the demons. The Chief, Daundia Khera. Raja Mardan Singh
in 1857 gave shelter to some fugitives MAHA SINGH (of Kharsal), Sarddr; b.
from Sitapur, and after the recapture 1849. The title is hereditary. The
of Lucknow made himself
useful in Sarddr Maha Singh belongs to a Gond
restoring order in the Sandila tahsil. (aboriginal) family, claiming descent
He was consequently rewarded with a from Urdhabo Gond, a soldier of for-
khilat, and a grant of some confiscated tune who came from Garha-Mandla,
estates. He was succeeded by Raja and settled in Sambalpur, acquiring a
Randhir Singh, the predecessor of the jdgir for military services from the
present Rajii. Residence: Bharawan, reigning Raja of Sambalpur. The
Hardoi, Oudh. head of this family uses the Gond
device as a signature. Residence:
MADHO SINGH, Thakur, Rao Saheb.
Kharsal, Sambalpur, Central Provinces.
title
1877, as a personal distinction, on the MAHABIR PARSHAD NARAYAN
occasion of the Proclamation of Her SINGH, Thakur, Rai Bahadur. The
Most Gracious Majesty as Empress of Thakur was granted the title of Rai
India. Residence: Kharwa, Central Bahadur as a personal distinction on
Provinces. January 1, 1891. Residence: Allaha-
bad, North- Western Provinces.
MADHU SUDAN CHAUDHBI, Rai Ba-
hddur. Received the title on June 3, MAHABIR PRASHAD SAH, Rdi Ba-
hddur. The title is personal, and was
1899, for eminent services in the Police
conferred on September 10, 1875, for
Department. Residence: Bengal.
his liberality during the famine of
MADHU SUDAN SMRITIRATNA, Pan- 1873-74, and in recognition of the good
dit Mahdmahopddhydya. The title was
, services of his family to the Govern-
conferred, for eminence in oriental ment. Residence: Saran, Bengal.
learning, on January 1, 1895. Residence : MAHABIR SINGH See
DEO, Bhaya.
Nadiya, Bengal.
Chang Bhakar.
MAGANLAL JAICHAND, Rao Saheb; MAHADAJI BALLAL LAGHATE, Rao
b. December 1, 1848. Received the Saheb. The title is personal, and was
title on May 26, 1897. Residence: conferred on January 1, 1890. Resi-
Mahuda, Kaira, Bombay. dence: Bombay.
MAGORI, Thakur Himatsinghji, TJidkur MAHADAVRAO SOMJI MORE, Rao

of. A
ruling chief; b. March 1, 1832; Bahadur. Granted the title, as a
succeeded to the gadi as a minor on personal distinction for good service
the death of his father, the late Thakur in the Salt Department, on January
Fatehsinghji, February 2, 1835. The 2,1893. Residence: Ratnagiri, Bombay.
Thakur belongs to the illustrious
of the chiefs of the Rahtor
MAHADEO GOVIND RANADE, CLE.,
family Rao Bahadur. "Was created a Com-
clan of Rajputs, claiming descent from
the legendary hero Rama, and the panion of the Most Eminent Order of
the Indian Empire February 15, 1887,
ancient Rahtor Emperors of Kanauj
of the Suryavansa or Solar race,
reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty.
through the House of Idar; the Residence: Bombay. ,
founder of the Magori family, Ratan-
singhji, having been a younger son of MAHADEO K. KUMTHEKAR, Rao Ba-
a Rawal of Malpur (q.v.), who was hadur. Received the title of Rao
descended from a younger son of one Saheb on May 21, 1898, and that of
of the ancient Raos of Idar (q.v.), who Rao Bahadur on June 3, 1899. Resi-
in turn was descended from the second dence : Poona, Bombay.
son of the last Rahtor sovereign of MAHARAJ. — Generally a prefix.
Kanauj. Certain payments called
kichri are made annually by this State MAHARAJ NARAYAN, Pandit, Siva-
to Idar. The Thakur has two sons, puri, Rai Bahadur. Received the title
Kunwars Mokhamsinghji and Daulat- on June 22, 1897. Residence : Benares,
The area of the State is 75 North- Western Provinces.
singhji.
square miles ;
its population 3076, MAHARAJ SINGH (of Haldaur), Rdjd
chiefly Hindus. Residence: Magori, Bahadur. The title is personal, and
Mahi Kantha, Bombay. was conferred on January 1, 1878.
Residence : Bijnaur, North-Western tainers) from the operation of certain

Provinces. provisions of the Arms Act. He was
MAHARAJ SINGH (of Patan), Rao. Eminent Order of the Indian Empire,
The title is hereditary, having been
originally conferred by the Mughal
May 30, 1891. Achal Deo was the
ancestor of the Bhadawar family at
Emperor of Delhi, through the Subah- the time of Timur's invasion, and
dar Ghairdt Khan, for good services
in capturing the fortress of Dhamoni. he appears to have given the name of
Belongs to the same family as that of Bhadauriya to his sept of Rajputs,
the Kao Bhopal Singh of Sehora, in from the village of Bhadaura, on the
Sagar district. The Kao Maharaj Singh right bank of the Jumna, in the Agra
is the son of the late Rao Khuman
district. In the time of the Emperor
Singh of Patan, whom he succeeded. Akbar, Rajao Rawut, then the head
of the family, slew a famous Meo free-
Residence: Patan, Sagar, Central
Provinces.
booter named Haitu, and obtained
great honours and rewards from the
MAHARAJ SINGH, Thakur, Rai Ba- Great Mughal, including the title of
"Mahendra," Lord of the Earth. In
conferred on May 20, 1890. Residence : the Ain-i-Akbari of Abul Fazl, the
Sagar, Central Provinces. grandson of Rajao Rawat is entered
MAHARAJ THUMMON SINGH as a mansabddr of 500, with the title
of Raja. At the Court of the Emperor
HAZARI, Rao Saheb. See Thummon.
Shah Jahan, the Raja Padam Singh,
MAHARAM, Kison Singh. Seim of. A Bhadauriya, was a mansabddr of 1500.
ruling chief ;
b. 1859. Succeeded to the Azam Shah, the son of Aurangzeb,
gadi December 15, 1877. The Seim is and the Emperor Muhammad Shah,
the Chief of one of the Khasi and granted sanads to the family, copies
Jaintia Hill States, under the Chief of which are in existence. During the
Commissioner of Assam ; its population palmy days of the Mughal Empire the
is 7591, consisting chiefly of Khdsis
Raja of Bhadawar was reckoned, with
and Christians. Residence : Maharam, the Rajas of Jaipur, Jodhpur, and
Khasi Hills, Assam. Bundi, as one of the four Hindu
"Pillars of the Empire"; and the
MAHDAUNA, Rdjd of. See Partab
Nardyan Singh. history of the family is full and inter-
esting. In the time of Lord Lake's
MAHENDRA LAL SIRCAR, CLE. Was campaigns against the Mahrattas, and
subsequently, the Rajas of Bhadawar
Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, rendered valuable aid ,to the British
January 1, 1883. Residence : Calcutta. arms. The late Raja Samait Singh,
MAHENDRA MAHENDRA SINGH, who died without issue in 1840, was
Raia (of Bhadawar), CLE., Maha- the son of Raja Partab Singh; and
raja; b.September 26, 1835. The the present Maharaja was the adopted
title of Maharaja is personal, and was son of Rdjd Samait Singh, and suc-
conferred on July 25, 1881, but the ceeded him. The Mahdrdjd " showed
title of Rdjd of Bhadawar is heredi- conspicuous zeal and loyalty" during
tary, and the Maharaja is the present the period of the Mutiny of 1857 his ;
head and representative of one of the levies barred the way of the mutineers
greatest and most powerful his- through his territories, and success-
torical families of the North-Western fully guarded the ghats of the Chambal
Provinces. He is the Chief of the and Jumna. Residence: Naugaon,
Bhadauriya sept of the illustrious Agra District, North-Western Pro-
Chauhdn clan of Rajputs ; has married
a sister of the Raja of Mainpuri,
who is the Chief of all the Chauhans, MAHENDRA NATH CHATTARJI, Rai
and has a son and heir, Maharaj- Saheb. The title was conferred on
kumar Mahendra Sumrat Singh, January 1, 1892. Residence: Bengal.
born October 11, 1875. The Maha-
raja has been exempted from MAHENDRA NATH CHATTERJEE,
personal appearance in the Civil Rai Saheb. Received the title on
Courts, and (together with his re- January 2, 1899. Residence: Bengal.
MAHENDRA NATH GUPTA, Eat Ba- Calcutta. During the tenure of the
hadur. Is an Assistant-Surgeon in Principalship he has taken the initi-
the Army Medical Department. Re- ative in the institution, by the Govern-
ceived the title on June 22, 1897. ment of Bengal, of an examination,
Residence: Calcutta. called the Sanskrit Title Examination,
MAHENDRA NATH for the conferment of titles on meri-
GUPTA, Bat Ba-
hadur. Received the title on January torious students of special departments
Is a Deputy Magistrate. of Sanskrit learning. To this examin-
1, 1898.
Besidence: Bengal. ation are admitted students from indi-
genous institutions (called Chatuspathis
MAHENDRA NATH OHDEDAR, Bat or Tols) as well as from the special
Bahadur. The title was conferred on classes that have been organized in
January 21, 1892. Besidence : Allaha-
connection with the Sanskrit College.
bad, North- Western Provinces. The Title Examination has been the
MAHESH CHANDRA NYAYARATNA, means of stimulating in some measure,
CLE. , Mahdmahopddhydya. The title all over Bengal, the rather waning
of Mahamahopadhyaya was conferred zeal for the cultivation of Sanskrit
as a personal distinction on February learning.
—
The titles given Nyaya-
16, 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee ratna, Vtdydratna, etc.
—are those of
of the reign of Her Most Gracious the ancient Sanskrit Pandits in the
Majesty, lor eminence in oriental Universities of Nadiya, Benares, and
learning. It entitles him to take rank elsewhere. He has edited, with copious
in Darbar immediately after titular Notes, theKdvya Prakds ; also the
Rajas. The Mahamahopadhyaya, who Mimdnsd Darsana, and the Black
is one of the most distinguished Yajur Veda. He has written many
Sanskrit scholars in India, belongs to pamphlets, such as Bemarks on Bayd-
a Kulin Brahman family of the highest nanda SarasvaWs Veda-Bhdshya, Tula-
rank, the Bhattacharyya family of sidhdrana Mimdnsd, The Authorship
Narit, which has long been distin- of Mrichchhakatika, Lupta Savivatsara.
guished for the zealous cultivation of He has done much for the general
Sanskrit learning, and the number of encouragement of Sanskrit learning;
learned Pandits it has produced. His and also, by pecuniary help and other-
father, Harinarayana Tarkasiddhanta, wise, in furtherance of famine-relief,
and his two uncles, Guruprasada Tar- the promotion of education, and the
kapanchanana and Thakurdasa Clmra- opening out of means of communica-
mani, were eminent Pandits. He tion. He maintains a secondary school
married, in the year 1848, the daughter (a High Anglo-Sanskrit School) at his
of Pandit Ram Chand Tarkabagis of native village of Narit; and he has
Sonagachi, in the Jehanabad sub- not only greatly improved the roads
division of the district of Hugli. He in and near about this village, but has
has a brother, Pandit Madhabchandra taken a leading part in the opening
Sarbabhauma, Sabha Pandit of Mai- out of good roads and tramways in his
sadal Raj. He has a daughter and native District. The Mahamahopad-
three sons —
Manmathanath Vidya- hyaya is a Member of the Bengal
ratna, M.A. (of the Financial Depart- Asiatic Society, the Indian Association
ment of the Government of India), for the Cultivation of Science, the
born April 1863 Munindranath Bhat-
;
Calcutta University, the Board of*
tacharyya, M.A., B.L. (Yakil of the Examiners, the Central Text Book
High Court of Calcutta), born February Committee of Bengal, the Behar
1868 andMahimanath Bhattacharyya,
; Sanskrit Samaj, and the Anthropo-
B .A., born April 1870. He was created logical Society of Bombay ; and he has
a Companion of the Most Eminent lately been elected a Foreign Member
Order of the Indian Empire, May 24, of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1881 and the estimation in which he
; at Buda-Pesth. He is also Joint-
is held by Indian scholars is marked Secretary of the Hindu Hostel Com-
" He
by his title of Nyayaratna." mittee, a Member of the Bethuen
succeeded, after an interval, Professor (Girls') College Committee, and a
E. B. Cowell (now Professor of Sanskrit Visitor of the Government Engineer-
in the University of Cambridge) as ing College at Sibpur in the neigh-
Principal of the Sanskrit College of bourhood of Calcutta. Besidence :
THE GOLDEN BOOK OP INDIA 171
Calcutta; Narit, Amta, Howrah; and Rudra's younger son), mentioned above
Benares. as the father of the present Raja.
He was renowned as a Vedanta scholar,
MAHESH PARTAB SINGH (of Anaula), and a friend to Sanskrit learning he ;
Rdjd; b. January 25, 1824. Succeeded founded a Bengali press, and kept a
to the Raj on March 23, 1890, the number of Pandits engaged in trans-
title heing hereditary on the death of
lating Sanskrit works into Persian,
his father, the late Raja Rudr Partab and vice versd. His son, the present
Singh. Belongs to a Sarnet Rajput Raja, educated at Rangpur School,
family, descended from the same an- succeeded to the estate as a minor ;
cestors as those of the TMkur of attained his majority in 1871. Has
Bansi. Residence : Anaula, Gorakhpur, founded several schools and charitable
North-Western Provinces. institutions is a poet, author, and
;
MAHESHWAR PRASAD SINGH, Ma- speaker on religious and political sub-

hdraj-kumdr Rao. Is the brother of jects, and a composer of many national
the Maharaja Bahadur of Gidhaur in songs. He married in 1868 Man Mo-
hini Rai Chaudhurani, and has issue
Bengal. Educated in Sanskrit, Persian,
Hindi, and English. Residence : Gid-
a son, Kumar Mahendra Ranjan Rai
haur, Bengal. Chaudhri, born September 19, 1874.
The family crest is an angel, volant,
MAHIGANJ, Rdjd of. See Janaki
proper; the motto Nisi Dominus
—
Ballabh Sen. Kakina ;
frustra. Residences : Rajbari,
MAHIMA RANJAN RAI CHAUDHRI, Rangpur, Benares.
Rdjd; b. February 3, 1853. The title MAHLOG, Thakur Raghnath Chand,
was conferred on February 16, 1887, Rdnd A b. 1861.
of. ruling chief;
as a personal distinction, on the occa-
Succeeded to the gadi May 16, 1880.
sion of the Jubilee of the reign of The Thakur was granted the title of
Her Most Gracious Majesty. The Rana as a personal distinction on
Raja isthe son of the late Babu
Sambhu Chandra Rai Chaudhri. Be- January 1, 1898. Belongs to a Rajput
(Hindu) family, claiming descent from
longs to the Chaudhri family of Ka- the Rajput Chief Rana Hari Chand,
kina, Rangpur, whose ancestors first who in early times came on a pilgrim-
settled in the district in the reign of
age, conquered the country, and
Charles I., at which period RamaNath founded the State of Mahlog. The
Chaki was in the service of the Raja Gurkhas overran the district between
of Kuch Behar. His son, Raghu Ram,
1803 and 1815 and on their expulsion
;
became the Sendpati or Commander-in- in the latter year by the British Power,
Chiet of the Kuch Behar forces. His the Thakur was confirmed in the
Ram Narayan, became the first
possession of his State by a sanad from
son,
Zamindar of Kakina under the Mughals the British Government, dated Sep-
when they gained possession of Rangpur tember 4, 1815. Thirty-four genera-
in 1687, and obtained the title of Chau-
tions of chiefs intervened between
dhri ; he died in 1710. His son, Raja Rana Hari Chand and the late Thakur
Rai Chaudhri, and his grandson, Rudra
Dalip Chand, who succeeded to the gadi
Rai Chaudhri, followed in succession ;
in 1849, and died in 1880. Mahlog is
the latter died in 1768, shortly after one of the Simla Hill States, and its
the passing of Rangpur into British area is 53 square miles its popula-
;
possession. His son, Rasik Rai Chau- tion about 9169, chiefly Hindus. The
dhri, died in 1770, leaving a minor son Rand maintains a military force of
and heir; his widow, Alaknanda
30 men. Residence : Mahlog, Simla
Chaudhurani, successfully adminis- Hills, Punjab.
tered the Zamindari until her son,
Ram Rudra Rai Chaudhri, succeeded MAHMUD All KHAN, Muhammad (of
in 1784. The latter, who was distin- Khdn Bahadur. See
Chitari), Naxodb,
guished as a philanthropist and scholar, Muhammad.
died in 1820, and was succeeded in MAHMUD HASAN KHAN, Munshi,
turn by his eldest son and grandson ;
Khdn Bahadur. The title was con-
the latter dying without issue in 1850 ferred on June 22, 1897. Residence :
was followed by his cousin, Sambhu Akbarpur, Cawnpore, North-Western
Chandra Rai Chaudhri (son of Ram Provinces.
MAHMUD JUANI, Shaikh, Shams-ul- Maharaja of Patiala. He was suc-
Ulama. The title is a personal one, ceeded by his only son, Sardar Charat
and was conferred on February 16, Singh, who had three wives, by each
1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee of of whom he had children, who suc-
the reign of Her Most Gracious ceeded to his estate in accordance with
Majesty, for eminence in oriental the rule of Chanda Vanda, which is the
learning. It entitles him to take rank custom of this family. Sardar Mahtab
in Darbar immediately after titular Singh is the son of the Sardar Budh
Nawabs. Residence: Calcutta, Bengal. Singh, who was born in 1812, and
rendered excellent service to Govern-
MAHMUD KHAN, Mir (of Kalat) CLE. ,
ment during the Mutiny of 1857, for
Was created a Companion of the Most
which he received a suitable reward.
Residence : Lidhran, Ludhiana, Pun-
January 1, 1878. Residence: Kalat,
Baluchistan. jab.
MAHMUDABAD, Raja of. See Muham- MAHTAB SINGH (of Piplod), Rand.
mad Amir Hasan Khan. Succeeded the late Rana Amed Singh
in 1892. The family claims descent
MAHOMED. See Muhammad. from the famous Chauhan Rajputs of
MAHOMEDBHAI IBRAHIM, Khdn Ba- Ajmir. The title is hereditary.
hadur. Received the of Khan
title Residence: Piplod, Nimar, Central
Saheb on May 21, 1896, and that of Provinces.
Khan Bahadur on January 1, 1899. See Narendra Baha-
Residence : Bombay.
MAHULI, Raid of.
dur Pal.
MAHOMET. See Muhammad. MAIHAR, Raja Raghbir Singh, Rdjd of.
MAHSTJD HASAN KHAN, Munshi, A ruling chief b. 1843.
;
Succeeded to
Khdn Bahadur. Beceived the title on the gadi as a minor in 1852. Belongs
January 1, 1899. Residence : Karbal, to a Jogi (mendicant ascetic) family of
Mainpuri, North- Western Provinces. Hindus ; descended from Beni Hazuri,
who was in the service of the Bundela
MAHTAB KUNWAR (of Katiari), Rani. Raja of Panna, and ultimately obtained
The title of Raja was conferred, as a
from his master the jdgir of Maihar,
personal distinction, on the late Raja with the title of Rais. When Baghel-
Tilak Singh of Katiari, in the district
khand became British territory by the
of Hardoi, Ouclh, on April 23, 1878.
The Raja has recently died, and his Treaty of Bassein in 1802, Durjan
Singh, the youngest son of Beni Hazuri,
widow, the Rani, has succeeded him. was in possession of Maihar, and he
Residence : Katiari, Hardoi, Oudh.
was confirmed by the British Govern-
MAHTAB SHAH, Khdn Saheb; b. 1868. ment. The grandfather of the present
Received the title on January 1, 1897. Raja was the grandson of Durjan
Residence : Lahore, Punjab. Singh. The Raja Raghbir Singh ob-
tained the title of Raja, in place of
MAHTAB SINGH, Subadar-Major, Rai the older title of Rais, on February 14,
Bahadur. The title was conferred for
eminent Police service, on May 20, 1869 he has a son and heir, named
;
Jadbir Singh. The area of the State

1896. Residence :
Upper Burma. is 400 square miles its population is
:
MAHTAB SINGH (of Lidhran), Sarddr. 71,709, chiefly Hindus, but including
The title hereditary, the Sardar
is more than 10,000 belonging to ab-
being a descendant of Sardar Jai Singh, original tribes. The Raja maintains a
who joined the Nishanwala misl or military force of 8 cavalry, 227 infantry,
confederacy which opposed Zain Khan, and 7 guns, and is entitled to a salute
the Governor of Sirhind, who was slain of 9 guns. Residence : Maihar, Baghel-
in battle. Sardar Jai Singh obtaiued khand, Central India.
considerable territories in Lidhran,
Ludhiana, and in Kharar, Ambala, MAIL0G, Rand of. See Mahlog.
about 1759 a.d. On the invasion of MAING KAING, Kun Hmon, Myoza of.
Ahmad Shah Durani he fled to the A ruling chief. The Myoza is Chief of
hills, and lost some
of his Ambala one of the Shan States on the Burma
possessions, which before his return frontier, which has an area of about
had fallen into the hands of the 800 square miles, and a population
consisting almost entirely of Shans. MAISADAL, Rdjd of. See Jyoti Prasad
Residence: Maing Kaing, Shan States, Garga.
Burma.
MAJHAUU, Kausil Kishor Parshad
MAING NAUNG, Kun Tun, Myoza of. Mall Bahadur, Rdjd of. The Raja
A ruling chief. The Myoza
is Chief of succeeded the late Raja Udai Narayan
one of the Shan States on the Burma Mall of Majhauli in 1891. He is the
frontier, which has an area of ahout Chief of the great Bisen clan of
900 square miles, and a population Rajputs in the Gorakhpur district,
consisting mainly of Shans, with a few claiming descent from the famous
Yins. Residence : Maing Naung, Shan ascetic Mayar Bhat. The latter, by
States, Burma. one of his wives, a Surajbansi Raj-
putni named Surajprabha, had a son,
MAING PAN, Kun Hlaing, Sawbwa of. Biswa or Bisu Sen, who was the great
A ruling chief. The Sawbwa is Chief
ancestor of the Bisen clan. After him
of one of the Shan States on the Burma
there were 79 generations of Rajas,
frontier. This State has four consider-
all of whom were styled Sen. The
able feudatory States on the other
80th Raja, Hardeo Sen, obtained the
side of the Salwin river, named Maing
title of Mall on account of his bravery
Han, Maing Sut, Maing Ta, and Maiug from one of the Delhi Emperors.
Tun. Including these its area is about
Then followed 23 generations, to Bodh
3000 square miles, and most of the
Sawbwa's subjects are Shans. Resi- Mall, who succeeded in 1564 a.d., and
issaid to have been arrested for arrears
dence : Maing Pan, Shan States, of revenue by order of the Emperor
Burma.
Akbar. "When the British Govern-
MAING PUN, Kun Ti, Sawhwa of.
A ment took the district, the Raja was
ruling chief. The Sawbwa is Chief of Ajit Mall, who was Chief from 1753 to
one of the Shan States on the Burma 1806. The late Raja, Udai Narayan
frontier, which has an area of about Mall, succeeded Raja Tej Mall in 1843,
800 square miles, and a population and died in 1891. Residence : Majhauli,
consisting mainly of Shans. Residence : Gorakhpur, North-Western Provinces.
Maing Pun, Shan States, Burma.
MAJHGAWAN, Rdjd of. tfeeHarRatan
MAING SEIK, Kun Pwin, Myoza of. Singh.
A ruling chief. The MyozaChief of is
one of the Shan States on the Burma MAJITHIA, Sarddr of. See Umrao
Singh.
frontier, which has an area of about
4000 square miles (more than three- MAKAT SINGH, Rao; b. 1832. The
fourths as large as the kingdom of title is hereditary, having been origin-
Saxony), and a population consisting on the Thakur ancestors
ally conferred
almost entirely of Shans. Residence: of the Rao Makat Singh by the Raja
Maing Seik, Shan States, Burma. Gyan Chand, and having long been
recognized. The Rao has two grand-
MAING SHU, Kun Maha, Myoza of. A —
sons Lai Singh, born June 28, 1869 ;
ruling chief. The Myoza 'is Chief of
one of the Shan States on the Burma and Ladan Singh, born April 2, 1874.
Residence : Cawnpur, North-Western
frontier, which has an area of about 100
Provinces.
square miles, and a population con-
sisting mainly of Shans, with a good MAKHAN KUMARI, Thakurani, Rdni.
many Yins. Residence: Maing Shu, The titlewas granted on January 1,
Shan States, Burma. 1898. Residence : Lachhmipur, Bha-
MAING SIN, Kun Kyaw, Myoza of. A galpur, Bengal.
ruling chief. The Myoza is Chief of MAKHDUM.—A title when followed by
one of the Shan States on the Burma two names.
frontier, which has an area of about
50 square miles, and a population
MAKRAI, Raja Bharat Sah, Rdjd of.
A ruling chief; b. 1846. Succeeded
consisting largely of Shans, with some to the gadi December 5, 1866. Belongs
Yins. Residence: Maing Sin, Shan
to a very ancient Gond (aboriginal)
States, Burma. "
family, in which the title of Rajd
MAINPURI, Rdjd of. See Rampartab Hatiya Rai," originally conferred by
Singh of Mainpuri, Rdjd. the Emperor of Delhi, has been held
from time immemorial. The Raja is involved in feucls with its Sikh neigh-
entitled to be attended by a red- bours, and especially with the power-
coloured flag as a banner, and a dhanka ful Chiefs of Patiala. In 1732 the
or drum. The State has an area of Nawab Jamal Khan aided the Im-
155 square miles and a population of
; perialist troops against Rdjd Ala Singh
16,764, chiefly Hindus. Residence : of Patiala and again in 1761 the
;
Makrai, Hoshangabad, Central Pro- same Nawab aided the forces of Ahmad
vinces. Shah Durani against the Sikhs. Jamal
Khan's son, however, the Nawab
MAKSUDANGARH, Raja Raghunath Bhikan Khan, experienced the venge-
Singh, Rdjd of A ruling chief; ance of the Sikhs and being hard
;
b. 1849. Succeeded to the gadi as a
pressed by the forces of the Raja
minor in November 1865. Belongs to Amar Singh of Patiala, was forced to
a Khichi Rajput (Hindu) family,
sign a treaty, under which peace
claiming descent from Raja Durjan ensued for many years. In 1787 the
Sal, an ancient Khichi chief of the Rajd of Patiala aided the Nawab
Rajputs. The State is a feudatory of of Maler Kotla against the Sikh Sardar
Gwalior its population is about 12,000,
;
of Bhadaur. In 1794 a combination
chiefly Hindus. Residence : Maksudan- of Sikh Sardars attacked Maler Kotla
garh, Bhopal, Central India. under the Bedi Saheb Singh, a de-
Lat Singh, Seim scendant of the great Sikh Guru, Baba
MALAISOHMAT, TJ of.
Nanak. The Nawab was besieged in
A ruling chief; 1889.
b. Succeeded to
the gadi April 10, 1890. The Seim is Maler Kotla, and reduced to ex-
Chief of one of the Khasi and Jaintia tremities, when he was saved from
Hill States, under the Chief Com- destruction by the intervention of the
missioner of Assam ; its population is Raja of Patiala. In General Lake's
about 450, consisting chiefly of Khasis campaigns against the Mahrattas, the
and Christian converts. Residence : Nawab of Maler Kotla joined the
British army with all his followers,
Malaisohmat, Khasi Hills, Assam.
and in 1809 was taken under British
MALAK, RAJ, Babu (of Kartarpur, protection, and guaranteed against the
Punjab), Rai Saheb. The title is per- encroachments of the Maharaja Ranjit
sonal, and was conferred on May 20, Singh of Lahore. The late Nawab,
1890. Residence: Bombay. Sikandar Ali Khan, in 1862, obtained
the assurance of the British Govern-
MALAUDH, Sarddr of. See Sundar ment that any succession in accordance
Singh. with Muhammadan law would be
MALEGA0N, Rdjd Bahadur of. See respected; and accordingly, when he
died without issue in 1871, he was
Gopal Rao Shivdeo.
succeeded by the present Nawab, the
MALER K0TLA, His Highness Nawab heir of a collateral branch of the
Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan Ba- family. The area of the State is 164
hadur, Naicdb Bahadur of. A ruling square miles ;

its population is about
chief ; b. 1858. Succeeded to the gadi 71,000, of whom the Sikhs number
July 16, 1871. Belongs to an Afghan about 28,000, the Muhammadans about
family, whose ancestor, Shaikh Sadr- 24,000, and the Hindus about 16,000.
ud-din, came from Kabul about the The Nawab enjoys the title of " His
end of the 15th century, and obtained Highness" as a personal distinction.
in marriage a daughter of the Afghan He maintains a military force of 60
Emperor of DelLi, with a territory in cavalry, 228 infantry, and 6 guns,
the province of Sirhind as her dowry. and is entitled to a salute of 11 guns,
Fifth in descent from him was Bazid including 2 guns which were added to
Khan, who obtained the title of Nawab the salute as a personal distinction on
irom the Emperor Alamgir,and founded January 1, 1877, on the occasion of
the town of Maler Kotla in 1657 a.d. the Proclamation of Her Majesty as
The State gradually became inde- Empress of India. Residence: Maler
pendent during the decay of the Im- Kotla, Punjab.
perial power of Delhi in the 18th
See Parbal Partab
century, but being under Afghan and MALHAJINI, Rdjd of.
Muhammadan rulers, it was frequently Singh.
MALHAR Ingli, Rao; I. 1827.

RAO, MALPUR, Rawal Dipsinghji Sheo-
The title hereditary, the family
is singhji, Rdwal of. A
ruling chief ; b.
having heen the rulers of Jabalpur 1863. Succeeded to the gadi April 12,
district during the time of the Mah- 1882, on the death of his father, the late
ratta Government. The Rao possesses Rdwal Sheosinghji Khumdnsinghji.
a sanad of the time of the Emperor The Rdwal belongs to the illustrious
Shah Alam, which styles his ancestor family of the Chiefs of the Rdhtor clan
Raja Ambaji Bahadur Ingli, and shows of Rajputs, claiming descent from the
that at a Darbar held by the Emperor legendary hero Rdma and the ancient
Shah Alam a very high position was Rdhtor Emperors of Kanauj of the
conferred on this family, and the Suryavansa or Solar race, through the
management of several tdlukas en- ancient Raos of Idar. The Rdwal is
trusted to them. Rao Gangddhar the direct descendant of Rdwal Viraj-
Ingli, father of the present Rao, was mal, the founder of the Malpur State,
ruler of Jabalpur under the Mahratta who was the younger son of Kirath-
Government. Residence : Jabalpur, singhji, eighth Rao of Idar. The area
Central Provinces. of the State, which is tributary to
Baroda, and pays kichri to Idar, is 324
MALIA, Thakur Modhji Mulvaji, Thdkur
A ruling chief; b. July 1, 1846. square miles; its population is 14,009,
of.
Succeeded to the gadi June 23, 1875. chiefly Hindus. Residence: Mdlpur,
Mdhi Kdntha, Bombay.
Belongs to the great Jareja Rajput
(Hindu) family which has given ruling MAMDOT,_iVrtwaZ> of. See Ghulam Ku-
Houses to Kutch, Nawanagar, and tab-ud-din.
Morvi ; the Malia family being an
offshoot of the Morvi branch. The
MAN, Maung, Thuye gating ngwe Da ya
Mia. The (which is indicated by
title
Thakur has a son and heir named the letters T.D.M. after the name) is
Raisinghji. The area of the State is and was conferred on May
personal,
102 square miles its population 11,224, It means
"
;
chiefly Hindus. The Thdkur main- SilverSword for Bravery." Residence :

Prome, Burma.
49 infantry, and 1 gun. Residence :
Malia, Kdthidwdr, Bombay. MAN SINGH, CLE., Sarddr Bahadur.
Was created a Companion of the
MALIK— A prefix. Most Eminent Order of the Indian
MALLR, Jam of. See Murad Ali. Empire, January 1, 1886. Residence:
MALKHAN SINGH (of Bharrai), Rao
Punjab.
Saheb; b. 1862. Succeeded to the MAN SINGH (of Mokal), Sarddr. The
gadi on the death of his father, the title is hereditary. Residence : Lahore,
late Rao Saheb Hindupat of Bharrai, Punjab.
on September 9, 1896. The title is
hereditary, and was originally con-
MAN SINGH (of Sarwan), Rao Bahddnr,
ferred on Rati Rao by the old Mahratta
The titJe is personal, and was conferred
onOctober 31,1879. Residence: Ratldm,
Government of Deori. Residence:
Central India.
Bharrai, Sdgar, Central Provinces.
Thdkur
MAN SINGH, Thakur, Rai Bahadur.
MALKHORDA, of. See Richhpal
The title of Rai Bahadur is personal,
Singh. and was conferred on March 12, 1875,
MALLANPUR, Rdjd of. See Maneshwar in recognition of the excellent services
Bakhsh Singh. rendered by the Thdkur in the famine
MALLIEM, Hain Manik, Seim of. A
of 1873-74. Residence : Sukpur, Bha-
ruling chief: b. 1843. Succeeded to galpur, Bengal.
the gadi December. 16, 1868. The M ANA SINGH (of Mokal) Sarddr. The
,
Seim is Chief of one of the Khasi and title is hereditary.The Sarddr is the
Jaintia Hill States, under the Chief head of the Mokal family of Sindhu
Commissioner of Assam ;
its population Jats, whose ancestors rose to consider-
is 12,338, consisting chiefly of Khasis able power and importance during the
and Christian converts. Residence: reign of the Mahdrdjd Ran jit Singh.
Malliem (or Mylliem), Khasi Hills, Sarddh Bela Singh (cousin of Sar-
ddh Kdhan Singh, Mdna Singh's
with his son Surjan Singh, has been created a Companion of the
father),
fought on the Sikh side at the Most Eminent Order of the Indian
hattles of Mudki, Firuzshahr, and Empire, as well as Khan Bahadur. Is
Sobraon; and Bela Singh, severely a J. P. of Bombay ; Fellow of the Bom-
wounded at Sobraon, was drowned in bay University ; an Associate Member of
the Sutlej in the vain attempt to ford the Institute of Civil Engineering, and
the river after the bridge of boats had a Fellow of the Royal Institute of
been broken down. In 1858 Sardar British Architects. Was elected Pre-
Mana Singh was appointed an officer sident of the Municipal Corporation of
of the 5th Banda Military Police, and the City of Bombay in April 1890.
in September he greatly distinguished Married Gulbai, daughter of Danaji
himself by the gallantry with which Kueeoji, Mirza; and has issue a son,
he led his troop against very superior named Murzban, born August 15, 1858,
numbers of the enemy when he was — and a daughter, Mithibai, married to
wounded in the head, and his horse Jehangir D. Mugasett, Esq., of Calicut.
was wounded under him. On his re- Residence: Bombay.
tirement in 1861 he was made Honorary MANCHERJI MEHRWANJI BHAU-
of twenty-eight Sir, K.C.I.E., M.P. Is Mem-
Police Magistrate NAGRI,
of his
villages in the neighbourhood ber of Parliament for the North-East
ancestral seat of Mokal, and in 1862 Division of Bethnal Green, London.
received a considerable grant of land. Has acted as the representative of His
He has three sons— (1) Narayan Singh, Highness the Maharaja of Bhaunagar
born 1849; (2) Partab Singh, born on many important occasions in Eng-
1852 (3) Lai Singh, born 1855. Resi-
; land ; and was created a Companion
dence : Mokal, Lahore, Punjab. of the Most Eminent Order of the
Indian Empire, June 28, 1886, for his
MANA VIKRAMA RAJA, Raja, The
distinguished services both to the
Eralpad; b. 1832. "The Eralpad"
borne by the State of Bhaunagar and to the Indian
is the courtesy title
Zamorin, or
the Empire, and a K.C.I.E. on June 22,
heir-apparent to
1897. Is a Member of Council of the
First Raja of Calicut, under the
National Indian Association and of
Marumakkatayam law of inheritance, other public bodies. Residence : 3
by which the succession goes to the Cromwell Crescent, London, S.W. ;
offspring of the female members
of
the family, amongst whom the eldest Bhaunagar, Kathiawar, Bombay and ;
Carlton Club, London.

male is the heir-apparent. The Eralpad
bears also the title of Second Raja of MANCHERJI RUSTAMJI DHOLU,
Calicut {see Calicut). Residence : Cali- C.I.E., Khan Bahadur. The title is
cut, Malabar District, Madras. personal, and was conferred on June
1, 1888. Created a CLE. on June 22,
MANASAWAL, Rdnd of. See Lehna
1897. Residence: Aden.
Singh.
Sardar Hira MANDA, Rdjd of. See Rampartab Singh.
MANAWALA, of. See
Singh. MANDAWAL, Rawat Kesri Singh,
Rdwat of. A ruling chief b. 1858. Suc-
MANCHERJI KAWASJI MARZBAN, ;

C.I.E., Khan Bahadur; b. July 7,
Belongs to a Doria Rajput (Hindu)
1839. The title was conferred on
January 1, 1877, as a personal distinc- is about 2000. Residence : Mandawal,
tion, on the occasion of the Proclama- Western Malwa, Central India.
tion of Her Most Gracious Majesty as
Empress of India. A respected member MANDAYAM ANANTAMPILLAI SIN-
of the Parsi community, the Khan GARACHARIYAR, Rao Bahadur. See
Bahadur was educated at the Elphin- Anantampillai .
stone High School, the Poona College, Yashwant

MANDHATA, Rao of. See
and the Poona School of Engineering.
Has rendered Singh.
distinguished service in
the Public Works Department of MANDHATA, Thakur Piar Singh, Thd-
Bombay, a C.E., and the Executive
is kur of; b. 1883. Succeeded to the gadi
Engineer of the Presidency City of on the death of the late Thakur Moti
Bombay, in recognition whereof he Singh on May 13, 1895. The founder
of the family was the Thakur Chhatar madans. The Raja Bahadur maintains
Singh. Residence: Mandhata, Nimar, a military force of 25 cavalry, 1600
Central Provinces. infantry, and 10 guns ; and is entitled
MANDI, His Highness Raja Bije Sain Mandi, Punjab.
Bahadur, Rdjd of. A ruling chief b.
MANDVA, Rana Jitsinghji, Rand of
;
1846. Succeeded to the gadi as a

minor January 26, 1851. Belongs to a
A ruling chief ;
b. 1877. Succeeded to
the gadi as a minor September 13,
Rajput (Hindu) family of the Chan-
dravansi or Lunar race, whose succes-
sive Rajas ruled from the earliest ages family. The area of the State is 7
over the combined States of Suket and square miles. 'Residence: Mandva,
Rewa Kantha, Bombay.
Mandi, until the year 1200 a.d. About
that time the reigning Chief of Suket, MANEKCHAND KAPURCHAND, Rao
named Sahu Sain, quarrelled with his Bahadur. Received the title January
younger brother ; the latter left Suket 1, 1899. Residence :
Bombay.
to seek his fortunes elsewhere, and
his descendant, Ajbar Sain, founded MANEKJI JAMSETJI CHANDANA,
the town of Mandi, and was the first Khan Sahcb. Received the title on
June 3, 1899. Residence Bombay.
Raja of this State. At the time of
:
the Gurkha invasion in 1803, Isri Sain MANEKJI KAVASJI D0TIVALA, Khan
was the Raja of Mandi he submitted
;
to the invaders on condition of being
January 3, 1893. Residence: Poona,
left unmolested. After the expulsion
of the Gurkhas by the British Power
Bombay.
in 1815, Mandi came under the control MANEKJI KHARSIDJI NARIMAN,
of the Superintendent of the Hill Khan Bahadur. The title was con-
States appointed by the Sikh Govern- ferred on January 1, 1889. Residence :
ment of Lahore, and it suffered greatly Bombay.
from the turbulence of the Sikh army MANEPANDA MTJTANNAH, Rai Baha-
after the death of the Maharaja dur. Received the title on June 3,
Ran jit Singh in 1839. General Ven- 1899. Residence: Madras.
tura, the Sikh commander, invaded
the State, and reduced the celebrated MANESHWAR BAKHSH SINGH (of
fort of Kamlagarh, and the Raja in Mallanpur), Rdjd; b. 1850. The
title ofthe family having been origin-
vain besought the aid of the British.
But at last, about the time of the first ally Rao, that of Raja was recognized
as hereditary in 1864, when the present
Sikh war, the British Government
consented to intervene. In February Raja succeeded to it as a minor.
1846 the Rdjd Balbir Sain formally Belongs to a Raikwar family, de-
scended from the Raikwars of Baundi
tendered his allegiance. By the treaty
of March 1846 with the Sikhs, Mandi (see Sarabjit Singh, Raja). The founder
of this branch of the family was
with the whole of the Jalandhar Doab
was ceded to the British Government Ratan Singh. About the year 1580
;
a.d. the family acquired considerable
and Raja Balbir Sain in October of
the same year received a sanad, con- possessions in the Sitapur district,
and subsequently extended their
firming him in his possessions under
conditions of feudal service. Balbir territory into the districts of Kheri
Sain died in 1851, and was succeeded
and Bahraich. Raja Maneshwar
Bakhsh Singh, Raikwar, was educated
by his son, the present Raja, then a at Benares and Lucknow under the
minor. According to the traditions of
the country there were at one time no Court of Wards, by whom his estates
fewer than 300 fortresses in this State were managed for many years. He is
but of these only about ten now exist
;
an Honorary Magistrate, and has a son
—
in any preservation the most famous
and heir, Kunwar Debi Bakhsh Singh.
being the hill-fort of Kamlagarh
Residence : Mallanpur, Kheri, Oudh.
mentioned above. The area of the MANGAL KHAN, Rana Jit Singh, Rand
; of. A ruling chief b. 1830. Succeeded
;
tion is about 140,000, chiefly Hindus, to the gadi as a minor November 9,

but including more than 2000 Muham- 1844. Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu)
family. The State was anciently a MANIBHAI JASBHAI, Diwan Baha-
feudatory of Kahlur (q.v .) but after ; dur, His Excellency.
Prime Minister
the expulsion of the Gurkhas, who had of Baroda; b. 1844. The title of
overrun it from 1803 to 1815, by the Diwan Bahadur was conferred, as a
British Power, the latter declared personal distinction, on October 30,
Mangal to be dependent only on the 1884. His Excellency has rendered
British Government. The sanad of valuable service to His Highness the
the latter is dated December 20, 1815. Gaekwar, to His Highness the Rao of
The Rand has a son and heir, named Kutch, and in other States of Western
Tilok Singh. The area of the State, India. Belongs to a Vadnagra Nagar
which is one of the Simla Hill States, Brahman family of Nariad in Gujarat.
is 13 square miles; its population is In 1870 he was invited by His Highness
1060, chiefly Hindus. The Rana the Nawab of Junagadh to a seat in
maintains a military force of 25 men. his Council ; and becoming Chief
Residence : Mangal, Simla Hills, Punjab. Justice of that State, he introduced
MANGAL KHAN, alias AHMAD NUR important reforms in the Judicial and
Ahmad Police Department. Between 1872
KHAN, Khan Bahadur. See
and 1876 he rendered admirable service
Nur Khan.
as native assistant to the Resident,
MANGAL SAIN, Babu, Rai Bahadur. first at Palanpur, and then at Baroda,
title
and on September 25, 1875, at a public
1896. Residence : Ludhiana, Punjab.
Darbar held at Baroda, the title of Rao
MANGAL SINGH, CLE. (of Bhinai), Bahadur was conferred on him, to-
Raja Bahadur. The title was conferred gether with a valuable khilat. In May
on January 1, 1877, as a personal 1876 Mr. Manibhai was appointed
distinction, on the occasion of the Diwan of Kutch, at the express desire
Proclamation of Her Most Gracious of his late Highness the Maharaja
Majesty as Empress of India. Resid- Pragmalji, then Rao of Kutch. Here
ence: Ajmir. he introduced great and most beneficial
MANGAL SINGH, Thakur (of GarM), reforms in all departments, especially
CLE., Rai Bahadur. The title of in the collection of the revenue, and in
Rai Bahadur was conferred on January education and sanitation ; and his tact
and judgment largely contributed to
clamation of Her Most Gracious the settlement of a long-standing
Majesty as Empress of India. The dispute as to jurisdiction between the
Thakur was created a C.I.E. on January Rao and his feudatories of the Royal
1, 1899. Residence : Alwar, Rajputana. House, the Bhayad. In 1884 he
obtained the title of Diwan Bahadur,
MANGALGARH Thakur of. See Chhatar
,
with a valuable khilat. With a short
Sal, Thakur.
interval, during which he returned to
MANGESH ANAJI, Rao Saheb ; b. the Baroda Service, he administered
September 30, 1853. Received the the government of Kutch until the
title November 22, 1897. Residence: close of 1885, and on again returning
Belgaum, Bombay. to Baroda, he received very substantial
MANGESH ANNAJI, Rao Saheb. The recognition of the value of his services
titlewas conferred on June 22, 1897. from His Highness the present Rao of
Residence: Belgaum, Bombay. Kutch. For more than four years, he
was at the head of various departments
MANGI LAL, Seth, Rai Bahadur. The in Baroda, and in May 1890 the
distinction, on May 25, 1895. Resid- Maharaja Gaekwar appointed him
ence: Mathura, North-Western Pro-
Diwan or Prime Minister of that great
State. In Baroda his administration
vinces.
has been thoroughly successful, and
MANI LAL BANERJI, Rai Bahadur. he has also published some important
The title was conferred on May 21, works in Gujarati and English. He
1898. Residence : Calcutta. has issue, three daughters and two
MANI LAL NAHAR, Rai Bahadur. sons —Motibhai (of the University of
Received the title on May 21, 1898. Bombay), aged about twenty-nine;
Residence: Azimganj, Murshidabad. and Hirabhai, aged about twenty.
Bengal. Residence : Petlad, Baroda State.
THE GOLDEN BOOK Ofl INDIA 179
MANIKCHARI, Rdjd of. See Niephrod- the ruling family, and to continue the
syne. political existence of Manipur as a
MANIKJI KAWASJI DOTIVALA, Khan feudatory State, and thereupon the
Bahadur. See Manekji. present Raja was placed on the gadi.
The State has an area of about 8000
MANIPUR, Raja Chura Chand, Rdjd of. square miles, and a population estim-
A ruling chief b. 1886.
;
Succeeded to ated at about 220,000, chiefly Hindus,
the gadi September 18, 1891. Belongs but including about 4881 Muham-
to a Kshdtriya (Hindu) family, de- madans, and 85,288 belonging to various
scended from Raja Churai Romba, Hill tribes. Residence: Manipur,
who obtained the Raj about the Assam.
beginning of the 18th century. His
adopted son (formerly named Pam-
MANTWARA, Rao Saheb of.
See Dharup
Singh ; see also Sarup Singh.
heiba) was the Raja Gharib Nawaz,
who made several successful invasions MANMATHA NATH MITRA, Rai
of Burma. In the time of his grandson, Bahadur ; b. 1868. Received the title
the Raja Jai Singh {alias Ching Tung on January 1, 1897. Residence: Cal-
Romba), the Burmese invaded Mani- cutta.
pur the Raja was compelled to seek
; MANNU LAL, Lala, Rai Bahadur; b.
British aid, and a treaty was concluded 1836. Granted the title for meritorious
in 1762. Again in 1824, in the reign services on January 1, 1897. Resi-
of the Raja Gambhir Singh, the State dence: Delhi.
was overrun by the Burmese, but
the latter were at length expelled by MAN0HAR SINGH (of Pathrala),
the aid of British levies, and when Sarddr; b. 1839. The title is here-
ditary. Sarddr Diwan
Singh, grand-
peace was concluded in 1826 Gambhir father of the present Sardar, and son
Singh was able to extend his boundaries of Sarddr Sohel Singh, about the year
by the inclusion of the Kubo valley.
The latter territory was, however, 1759 a.d. conquered^ certain territory
in the Jalandhar district. His brother-
restored to Burma in 1834. In that
in-law, Sarddr Baghel Singh, was also
year the Raja Gambhir Singh died, a celebrated Sikh leader of those days.
and the State subsequently has suffered
much from internal dissensions and
When the Maharaja Ranjit Singh
frequent changes of rulers. These conquered the Jalandhar Doab, he
disorders at length became unendurable, deprived the family of much of their
and in 1890 the Government of India possessions. One of the sons of Sardar
resolved to put an end to them. The
Diwan Singh was the late Sarddr
first attempt to intervene was dis-
Fateh Singh, father of the present
Sarddr. Sarddr Manohar Singh has
astrous, as it was attended by the —
massacre of a considerable British two sons Sarddr Sundar Singh and
Sarddr Dasaundha Singh. Residence :
force, including some high officers of
State. The outrage was immediately Pathrdla, Jdlandhar, Punjab.
followed by condign punishment, and MANSA, Rawal Shri Takntsinghji,
all those who were responsible for the Rdwal of. A ruling chief; b. 1877.
massacre were either hanged or other- Succeeded to the gadi as a minor May
wise rigorously dealt with. In this 18, 1889. Belongs to a Chaura Rajput
State the Prince next in succession to (Hiudu) family, whose founder, Rdwal
the gadi has the courtesy title of Sursinghji, a scion of the ancient
Yuvardj or Jubardj, and the next in Chaura Rdjput dynasty that reigned
dignity to him is called the Sendpati at Anhilwdra Patan, 746 to 942 a.d.,
"
(sometimes spelt Senaputty "). On appears to have obtained an assignment
—
the deposition of the late Raja who of territory at Mansa on the downfall
had enjoyed the title of Maharaja as of the Anhilwdra Patan dynasty. The
—
a personal distinction these persons late Rdwal of Mansa, Rdjsinghji
were found to have been implicated in Bhimsinghji, was fourteenth in de-
the recent outrages, and were punished scent from Sursinghji. The area of
accordingly. The State had technically the State is 73 square miles; its
lapsed, on account of the rebellion, population is 13,299, chiefly Hindus.
but it was resolved to select a youthful Residence: Mdnsa, Mdhi Kantha,
Raja from among the descendants of Bombay.
MANSHARAM walad WATANMAL, was conferred on February 16, 1887.
Rao Saheb. The title is personal, and Residence : Baroda, Bombay.
Residence: Sehwan, Sind.
MARWAR, His Highness the Maharaja
of. See Jodhpur.
MANSUKH RAI, Rai Bahadur. The CLE.
title was conferred on May 21, 1898. MARZBAN, Mancherji Kawasji,
See Mancherji.
Residence : Berar.
MANUJI RAGHUJI, Rao Saheb. Re- MASUD All MIRZA BAHADUR,
ceived the title on June 3, 1899. Prince. The Prince is the twelfth son
Residence : Bombay. of the late King of Oudh, and bears
the title as the courtesy title of his
MAOIONG, Jit Singh, Seim of. A high rank. Residence: Calcutta,
ruling chief; 1842. Succeeded to
b.
Bengal.
the gadi August 27, 1867. The Seim
is Chief of one of the Khasi and Jaintia MASUDA, Rao Saheb Singh Saheb,
Hill States, under the Chief Commis- CLE., Tluikur of. The title of Rao
sioner of Assam ; its population is Saheb was conferred on January 1,
1646, consisting chiefly of Khasis and 1877, on the occasion of the Pro-
Christian converts. Residence : Maoi- clamation of Her Most Gracious
ong, Khasi Hills, Assam. Majesty as Empress of India. The
Thdkur was created a Companion of
MAOSANRAM, Sam Burai, Ami of. A the Most Eminent Order of the
ruling chief b. 1877.;
Succeeded to Indian Empire, June 3, 1893. Resi-
the gadi as a minor March 28, 1890. dence : Masuda, Ajmir, Raj pu tana.
The Seim is Chief of one of the Khasi
and Jaintia Hill States, under the MASUKHRAM MULJI, Rao Bahadur.
Chief Commissioner of Assam ; its The title was conferred on January 1,
1891. Residence: Ahmedabad, Bombay.
population is 1104, consisting chiefly
of Khasis and Christian converts. MAT A DIN, Rai Bahadur. The title is
Residence: Maosanrani, Khasi Hills, personal, and was conferred on January
Assam. 1, 1890. The Rai Bahadur has
MARDAN SINGH (of Pindarna) Thdkur; ,
rendered long and meritorious services
b. 1854. The title is hereditary, having to Government in the Judicial Depart-
been originally granted by the Raja ment, and was for some time Sub-
Mardan Singh of Garha-Mandha to ordinate Judge of Muzaffarpur. Resi-
of this family named the
an ancestor dence: Patna, Bengal.
Rawat Parshad, who had saved his MATANPUR (Belkhera), Thdkur of. See
(the Raja's) from the Raja of
life Purandhar Singh.
Tehri. Belongs to the same family as
that of the Thakur Gaya Parshad of MATH0JI SHELKE, Dada, Rao Saheb.
See Dada.
Sagar. Residence: Pindarna, Sagar,
Central Provinces. MATHTJRA DAS, Rai Saheb. Granted
MARH the title May 25, 1892. Residence :
PIPARIA, Rao of. See Sultan
Singh. Military Works Department, Simla.
MARIAO, Burom, Seim of. A ruling MATHURA MOHAN MUKHARJI, Rai

chief ; 1863.
b. Succeeded to the gadi Saheb. The title was conferred on
May 5, 1888. The Seim is Chief of January 1, 1S95. Residence: Allaha-
one of the Khasi and Jaintia Hill bad, North-Western Provinces.
States, under the Chief Commissioner MATHUSAMI ATYAR NATARAJAI-
of Assam popidation is 3669, con-
;
its
YAR, Rao Bahadur. Is District
sisting chiefly of Khasis and Christian Registrar, Tanjore. Received the title
converts. Residence : Mariao, Khasi on January 2, 1899. Residence: Tanjore,
Hills, Assam. Madras.
MAROTIRAO Rao
BHUJANGRAO, MATHWAR, Rana Ranjit Singh, Rand
Bahadur. The
was conferred on
title
;
May 30, 1891. Residence: Ahmadnagar, to the gadi as a minor in 1865. Be-
Bombay. longs to a Bhilala family. The area
MARTAND WAMAN SHOTRYA, Rao of the State is about 140 square miles ;
Baliddur. The title is personal, and its population is about 2630, chiefly
Hindus. Residence : Mathwdr, Bhopd- Rai Bahadur on June 3, 1893. Resi-

war, Central India. dence :
Monghyr, Bengal.
MATJKME, Kim Hmon, Sawbwa of A MEGHRAJ KOTHARI, alias MEGHRAJ
ruling chief. The Sawbwa is Chief of OSWAL (of Murshidabad, Bengal),
one of the Shan States on the Burma Rai Bahadur. The title is personal,
frontier, which has an area of about and was conferred on October 8, 1867,
2500 square miles, and a population for services rendered to Government
consisting almost entirely of Shans, during the Bhutan war. Residences :
but with some Yins. Residence : Goalpara, Assam and Azamganj,
;
Maukme, Shan States, Burma. Murshidabad.

MAULA BAKHSH, Munshi, Khan MEHDI All, Nawdb Mohsin-ul-Mulk.
Bahadur. The title was conferred on The Nawdb was formerly Secretary to
June 3, 1893. Residence : Khorasan. the Government of His Highness the
Nizam of the Deccan. For distin-
MAULADAD KHAN walad WALIDAD
guished services to that Government
KHAN, Mir. The title is hereditary, His Highness was pleased to confer
the Mir being the representative of
on him the title of Nawdb Mohsin-ul-
one of the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at
the time of the annexation (see Khair-
Mulk. The Nawdb has occupied some
of the most responsible posts in the
pur). Residence : Shikarpur, Sind. State of Hyderabad, in whose service
MAULA VI. —A prefix (Muhammadan). also he has visited Europe, with his
MAULVI. See Maulavi. colleague the Nawdb Mehdi Hasan,
Fateh Nawdz Jang Bahddur, and re-
MATING.—A (Burmese) prefix. ceived the high acknowledgments
MAUNG MAN, Kun Wa, Myoza of.
A both of His Highness the Nizdm and
ruling chief. The Myoza is Chief of of the British Government. Residence :
one of the Shan States on the Burma Hyderabad, Deccan.
frontier, which has an area of 25
square miles, and a population consist-
MEHDI ALI KHAN, Naicdb Bahddur.
The personal, the Nawdb Baha-
title is
ing almost entirely of Shans, but with dur being the son of Nawdb Jafar
some Yins. Residence : Maung Man,
Ali Khdn, who was the grandson of a
Shan States, Burma.
daughter of Saddat Khdn, Burhdn-ul-
MAYA DAS, Rai Bahadur. The title Mulk, King of Oudh. The Nawdb
of Kai was conferred on February 16, Bahddur is an Honorary Magistrate in
1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee Oudh. Residence: Oudh.
Majesty and that of B.ai Bahadur on
;
MEHDI ALI KHAN, Muhammad (of
May 26, 1894. Residence: Firozpur, Hasanpur), Rdjd. The title is here-
ditary, the Rdjd being the head of the
Punjab. Musalmdn branch of the great Bachgoti
MAYA DAS, Lala, Salmi, Rai Saheh. clan, and one of the most important
Received the title on June 3, 1899. Chiefs in Southern Oudh. For an ac-
Residence : Rawal Pindi, Punjab. count of the Hindu branch of this clan,
MAYARAM Rao see the articles on Madho Parshad
SHAMBHUNATH,
Saheb. The title was conferred on Singh, Rai of Adharganj, and Partdb
June 28, 1878. Residence: Surat,
Bahddur Singh, Rdjd of Kurwdr. Jura
Bombay. Rae, great-grandson of Bariar Singh,
had three sons, of whom Pirthipat
MAZHAR All KHAN, Mian, Khan Singh founded the Kurwar branch and
Bahadur. The Mian received the title Jai Chand was the ancestor of the great
of Khan Bahadur on May 26, 1894.
Hasanpur branch. Tilok Chand, son
Residence : Kurwai, Central India. of Jai Chand, according to tradition,
fell a prisoner into the Emperor Bd-
MEDAM STJBBANNA CHETTIAR, Rao
Bahadur. Is Councillor of Karnul, bar's hands, and to regain his liberty
Madras. Received the title on January adopted the Musalmdn faith, his name
2, 1899. Residence : Karnul, Madras. being changed to Tdtar Khdn with ;
the name he received the title of Khdn

MEDINI PARSHAD, Babn, Rai Ba- Bahddur or Khdn-i-Azam, from which
hddur. The Babu received the title of his sons adopted the name of Khanza-
das. The most famous of his descend- He was succeeded by the present Rdjd
ants grandson, Hasan Khan, the
is his in 1896.
founder of the village of Hasanpur
and the favourite courtier of King
MEHDI HASAN, Nawdb Fateh Nawaz
Sher Shah, who visited Hasanpur, or Jang Bahadur. The Nawab Bahadur
was formerly Home Secretary to the
Narwal as it was then called. Sher Government of His Highness the
Shah delegated to Hasan Khan the Nizam of the Deccan, having been
power of conferring the title of Raja promoted to that office from the high
on whom he pleased within the limits and responsible post of Chief Justice
of Banouhda: no assumption of a of Hyderabad. For distinguished
taluqa in Eastern Oudh was complete services to that Government His
without investiture by homage to him.
Highness was pleased to confer on him
He collected allies and a large army the title of Nawdb Fateh Nawaz Jang
to settle with the Chief of Rewa a Bahadur. The Nawab is well known
question of precedence, but the latter as a powerful writer in the Times and
shirked the conflict and failed to appear other organs of public opinion, and in
at the rendezvous. Hasan Khan died the service of the State of Hyderabad
at Hasanpur and was buried in the
he visited Europe, with his colleague
family mausoleum to the west of that the Nawab Mehdi Ali Mohsin-ul-Mulk,
town. Ismail Khan, fourth in descent and received the high acknowledg-
from Hasan Khan, is noted for his ments both of His Highness the Nizam
feud with his half-brother, Hyat Khan and of the British Government. Resi-
of Maniarpur, whom he eventually
dence : Hyderabad, Deccan.
killed. His grandson continued the
feud and seized from the Maniarpur MEHDI HASAN KHAN, Nawdb Baha-
family the Kanait estate, comprising dur. The title is personal, the Nawab
twelve villages, the names of which he Bahadur being the son of Ikhtiar-ud-
changed to Shahpur. The sons of daula, grandson of Saddat Ali Khan,
Hyat Khan determined to avenge their King of Oudh. Residence : Sultanpur,
father's death, and stealing into Za- Oudh.

bardast Khan's fort at night found him MEHDI HASAN KHAN, Mirza, Nawdb
sleeping alone. Instead of killing Bahadur. The title is personal, the
him, they took up his turban, sword Nawab Bahadur having married the
and slippers, and left their own instead
daughter of a daughter of the late
to show how far he had been in their Muhammad Ali Shah, King of Oudh.
power. This incident led to a recon- The Nawab Bahadur is the son of
ciliation and the recognition by Za- Mirza Ali Jah Bahadur. Residence :
bardast Khan
of the separate Maniar-
Sultanpur, Oudh.
pur estate. Roshan Ali Khan suc-
ceeded his father, Zabardast Khan, MEHDI HUSAIN KHAN, Nawdb Ba-
and rashly opposed the Nawdb (Saf dar hadur. The Nawab Bahadur is the
son of Mirza Wala Jah Bahadur, and
Jang), by whom he was killed in battle.
The estates were held in direct holds this courtesy title as a descendant
of one of the Kings of Oudh. The
management until 1809, when Ashraf Mirza "Wala Jah Bahadur's grand-
Ali obtained possession of them. He
was succeeded ten years later by his father was the grandson of the son of
one of the daughters of Saadat Khan,
son, Husain Ali, who took an active
part against the English during the Burhan-ul-Mulk, King of Oudh. Resi-
dence : Sultanpur, Oudh.
Mutiny he commanded the infantry
:
of the rebel army at the battle of MEHER HOSHANG DASTUR, Khdn

Sultanpur (March 22, 1858), in which Bahadur. Received the title of Khan
his sonwas killed. Under the terms Saheb on May 21, 1898 and that of
;
of the general amnesty he was main- Khan Bahadur on June 3, 1899. Resi-
tained in possession of his estates on dence: Poona, Bombay.
the reoccupation of Oudh, and died in
November 1860, being succeeded by
MEHR NAJAF KHAN, Muhammad,
his brother, Khairat Ali. Raja Mu-
Mir. See Muhammad Najaf Khdn.
hammad Ali succeeded his father, MEHR SINGH, Chhachi, Sarddr; b.
Khairat Ali, in 1869. He was an 1857. The title is hereditary, the
Honorary Magistrate pf the third class, Sarddr being the head of a Kohlj
Kshatriya family, whose ancestor, MENGNI, Jareja Madhavasinghji Man-

Sardar Tehil Singh, came long ago singhji, Tdlukddr of. A
ruling chief ;
from Bhatneo, settled at Salargarh in b.1847. Succeeded to the gadi Septem-
Chhach in the Rawal Pindi district of ber 12, 1864. Belongs to a Rajput
the Punjab, and made considerable (Hindu) family. The area of the State
conquests. A
descendant of Sardar is 34 square miles; its population is
Tehil Singh, named Sardar Jiwan 3454, chiefly Hindus. The Talukdar
Singh, entered the service of the Ma- maintains a military force of 22 in-
haraja Ranjit Singh of Lahore ; served fantry and 3 guns. Residence : Mengni,
with credit at Bannu, Tank, Mitha Kathiawar, Bombay.
Tiwana, and elsewhere and for eight
METHARAM HARI
;
SINGH, Rao Sa-
years was stationed at Dera Ismail heb. Received the on
Khan. During the rebellion of 1848
title May 21,
1898. Residence: Sind.
Sardar Jiwan Sing, with his son Sardar
Gurdit Singh (father of the present MEWAR, His Highness the Mahdrdnd
See Udaipur.
Sardar), rendered excellent service to of.
the Government ; they joined Lieu- MIAN.—A prefix.
tenant (afterwards Sir Herbert) Ed-
wardes, and served under him to the
MIHAN SINGH, Bhai, Rai Bahadur.
end of the war. Sardar Jiwan Singh The title was conferred on January 1,
died in 1852, and was succeeded by 1891. Residence: Lahore, Punjab.
his son Sardar Gurdit Singh, who MIHAR CHAND, Lala, Rai Bahadur.
again rendered admirable service to Granted the title May 30, 1891. Resi-
the Government during the Mutiny of dence : Amritsar, Punjab.
1857. He was succeeded by his eldest — Generally a prefix.
MIR.
son, the present Sardar. Residence:
Jhelum, Punjab. MIR BANIYAD HASAN (of Kadirpnr),
MEHR-ULLA KHAN, Khdn Bahadur ; b. 1861. Received the
Sardar, JVawdb.
The title of Nawab is personal, and title on January 1, 1898. Residence :
was conferred on January 1, 1890. Bara Banki, Oudh.

Residence : Baluchistan. MIR DURRA KHAN, Khdn Saheb. See
MEHRAN Khdn Bahadur. Durra.
KHAN,
The title is personal, and was con- MIR NASIR ALI, Khdn Bahadur. The
ferred on May 24, 1889. Residence: title was conferred on June 22, 1897.
Thai, Sind. Residence : Northern India Salt De-
MEHRBAN-I-DOSTAN SRI HARI HA- partment.
RA MARDARAJA DEVU GARU, Sa- MIR ROSHAN ALI ASAD AH, Khdn
Saheb.
heb of Kallikota and Attagada), Rdjd.
(
See Raushan.
Received the title of Raja as a personal MIR SHAMS SHAH, Khdn Bahadur.
distinction on May 21, 1898. Resi- Received the title on June 3, 1899.
dence: Ganjam, Madras. Residence : Kalat, Baluchistan.
MEHRJIBHAI KUVARJI TARAPUR- MIR WAZIR ALI, Khdn Bahadur. The
WALA (of Kolhapur), CLE. Was Khdn Bahadur is an Honorary Magis-
created a Companion of the Most Emi- trate of Lucknow ; and for his public
nent Order of the Indian Empire, May services received the title as a personal
24, 1888. Residence: Bombay. distinction on May 25, 1892. Resi-
dence: Lucknow, Oudh.
MEHTA, Phirozshah Merwanji, CLE.
See Phirozshah. MIRA BAKHSH, Khdn Saheb. The
MEHTA, Rustamji Dhanjibhai, CLE. Residence :
See Rustamji.
MEHTA PANNA MIRAJ (Senior Branch), Gangadhar
LALJI, Rai, CLE. Rao Ganpat, alias BALA SAHEB
"Was created a CLE. on January 1,
1887. Residence PATWARDHAN, ruling
Chief of. A
:
Rajputana. chief ; b. 1866. Succeeded to the gadi
MEHTAB SINGH, Subadar-Major (of as a minor June 6, 1875. Belongs to
Ludhiana), Rai Bahadur. The title the Patwardhan (Brahman) family, to
was conferred on July 27, 1896. Resi- whose ancestor, Govind Hari Patwar-
dence: Burma. dhan, the grant of the Miraj State,
with the title of Sardar, was made by being descended from a Jat leader,
the Peshwa Madhava Eao in 1764 a.d. Sardar Man Singh, who conquered the
In 1820 the State was divided into territory of Dhandwal, in the district
four shares, of which two lapsed in of Hoshi&rpur, about the year 1759
1842 and 1845 respectively. Of the A.D. Residence : Jalandhar, Punjab.
two that remain as feudatory States,
the present Chief of the senior branch MITRA, A., Rai Bahadur. See Ashutosh.
was educated at the Rajkumar College,
MITRA, Surendra Nath, Rai Bahadur.
Indore, and ranks as a First-Class See Surendra.
Sardar in the Southern Mahratta
country. The area of the State is 320 MITTAR, Abhai Charan, Rai Bahadur.
square miles ; its population is 69,732, The Rai Bahadur is a descendant of
chiefly Hindus, but including 7473
the Mittar (Mitra or Mitter) family of
Muhammadans. The Chief maintains Charimandel in Vikrampur, Dacca ; b.
a military force of 51 cavalry, 494 in- May 12, 1839. Has done good service
in the various Lushai expeditions, and
fantry, and 7 guns. Residence : Miraj,
Southern Mahratta Country, Bombay. was rewarded with the title on January
1, 1891. Residence: Chittagong Hill
MIRAJ (Junior Branch), Lakshman
Tract.
Rao Harihar, alias ANNA
SAHEB
PATWARDHAN, Chief of ruling
. A MOB YE, Kun Yan, Sawbwa of. A
chief. Is the son of the late Hari- ruling chief. The Sawbwa is Chief of
har Rao Dada Saheb, who was born one of the Shan States on the Burma
in 1833, and succeeded to the gadi frontier, which has an area of about
February 5, 1876. Belongs to' the 1000 square miles, and a population
Patwardhan (Brahman) family, to consisting almost entirely of Shans.
whose ancestor, Govind Hari Patwar- Residence: Mobye, Shan States,
dhan, the Peshwa Madhava Rao in 1764 Burma.
a.d. granted the Miraj State with the
title of Sardar. In 1820 the State
M0HAMEDGARH. See Muhammad-
was divided into four shares, of which garh.
two lapsed in 1842 and 1845 respec- MOHAN LAL, Rai Bahadur. The title
tively. Of the two that remain as was conferred on January 1, 1897.
feudatory States, the present Chief of Residence: Bareilly, North - Western
the junior branch is the grandson of Provinces.
the late Lakshman Rao Anna Saheb, MOHAN LAL, Rai Saheb ; b. March 31,
who was the grandson of Gangadhar 1853. Received the title on January
Rao Govind, son of the above-men- 1, 1897. Residence : Jabalpur, Central
tioned Govind Hari Patwardhan, Provinces.
founder of the State. The family
banner is known as bhagwajhenda, and MOHAN LAL, Sah, Rai Bahadur ; b. 1841 .
is an ensign of a red colour ; and the

The titlewas conferred on February
Chief is entitled to be attended by 16, 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee
danka (kettledrums), pdlki (State pa- of the reign of Her Most Gracious
lanquin), lagi (flags), and other marks Majesty, in recognition of his loyalty
of dignity. The area of the State is during the Mutiny of 1857, and of his
207 square miles ; its population is eminent services on the local and
30,541, chiefly Hindus, but including
District Boards. He belongs to an
1667 Muhammadans. The Chief main- important Brahman family long
tains a military force of 25 cavalry, 253 settled in the district of Agra. Resi-
dence : Agra, North- Western Provinces.
infantry, and 5 guns. Residence : Miraj,
Southern Mahratta Country, Bombay.
MOHAN LAL, Seth (of Renda), Rai
MIRZA. — Generally a prefix or affix. Saheb. The title was conferred on
MIRZA ASHRAF ALI, Maulavi, Shams- May 20, 1896. Residence: Sagar,
ul-Ulama. The title was conferred Central Provinces.
on January 1, 1898. Residence : Presi-
dency College, Calcutta.
MOHAN SINGH (of Mohli), Thdkur.
Succeeded his father, the late Thdkur
MISR.—A prefix. Hamir Singh, 1894. See Khalak Singh.
MIT SINGH (of Dhandwal), Sardar. The title is hereditary. Residence:
The title is hereditary, the Sardar Sagar, Central Provinces,
MOHANPUB, Thakur Eimmatsinghji, area of the State, which is one of the

Thdkur of. A ruling chief; b. 1876. Orissa Tributary Mahals, is 4243
Succeeded to the gadi as a minor square miles its population is 385,737i
;
October 6, 1882. Belongs to a Puar nearly equally divided between Hindus

Rajput (Hindu) family, claiming and aboriginal tribesmen. The Raja
descent from the ancient Eaos of maintains a military force of 512
Chandrawati near Mount Abu in Raj- infantry and 11 guns. Residence:
patana. Jaspal, the founder of this Moharbhanj, Orissa, Bengal.
branch of the family, moved from
Chandrawati to Harol in Mahi Kantha
MOHENDRA. See Mahendra.
in 1226 a.d. Thirteen generations MOHINI MOHAN BARDHAN, Rai Ba-
later Thakur Prithwi Raj moved to hadur. The title was conferred on
Ghorwaro. The late Thakur, Umed- June 22, 1897. Residence: Tippera,
singhji Daulatsinghji, was born in Bengal.
1854, succeeded to the gadi in 1875, MOHLI, Thdkur of. See Khalak Singh;
and died in 1882. The area of the see also Mohan Singh.
State is 560 square miles its popu- MOHSIN ALI KHAN walad TURAB
;
lation is 14,677, chiefly Hindus. It is ALI KHAN, Mir. The title of Mir
tributary to Baroda, and pays Tcichri has been continued for life, the Mir
to Idar. Residence : Mohanpur, Mahi
representing one of the Mirs or Chiefs
Kantha, Bombay. of Sind at the time of the annexation.
MOHARBHANJ, Raja Sriram Chandra Residence : Hyderabad, Sind.
Bhanj Deo, Edjd of. A ruling chief; MOIN-UD-DIN KHAN BAHADUR, the
b. 1872. Succeeded to the gadi as a Nawab, Sahebzddd; b. 1890. Is the son
minor May 29, 1882. Belongs to a and heir of the late Nawab Bahadur
Kshatriya (Hindu) family, claiming His Excellency Sir Asman Jah, for
descent from Adhi Bhanj, said to have some years Prime Minister of His
been a Kachhwaha Rajput, and a con- Highness the Nizam. Is the head of
nection of the then Raja of Jaipur. one branch of the great Shamsiya
Adhi Bhanj is believed to have come family, the Premier Nobles of Hyder-
from Ra jputana into Orissa about 2000 abad {see Yikar-ul-Umra ; and see also
years ago, and gradually to have estab- Khurshid Jah). Residence: Hyderabad,
lished his authority over the country Deccan.
between the Subarnarekha river and Sarddr of. See Man Singh.
the borders of Dhenkanal. Subse- M0KAL,
quently a member of the Moharbhanj MOMEIK,
Kun Maung, Sawbwa of. A
family named Joti Bhanj established ruling chief b. 1883. The Sawbwa is
;
himself in the southern part of this Chief of one of the Shan States, on
the Burma frontier. Succeeded re-
territory as Raja of Keunjhar, and
Adhi Bhanj retained the country cently to the chiefship as a minor,
between the Subarnarekha and Bai- and during his minority the State is
tarani rivers, which is
administered by the Chief Commis-
Moharbhanj
of sioner of Burma. The area of the
proper. Thirty-nine generations
State is about 2100 square miles; its
Rajas intervened between Adhi Bhanj
and the late Raja, Krishna Chandra population consists almost entirely of
Bhanj Deo, who was granted the title
Shans. Residence : Momeik, Shan
of Maharaja, as a personal distinction, States, Burma.
on January 1, 1877, on the occasion MONE, Kun Kyi, K.S.M., Sawbwa of
of the Proclamation of Her Most A ruling chief. The Sawbwa has received
Gracious Majesty as Empress of from the Viceroy, as representing Her
—
India as also his grandfather, the Majesty the Empress, the honour of
Raja Jadunath Bhanj Deo, had many K.S.M. {Kyet thaye zaung shwe Salwe
years before been granted the same ya Min, meaning "Recipient of the
personal distinction for his services in Gold Chain of Honour"), for the good
queUing a rebellion in the Kolhan. services rendered by him to the Im-
The eldest son and heir-apparent of perial officers, and his good adminis-
the Raja in this State is entitled to tration. He is the Chief of one of
the courtesy title of " Tikait Babu"; the most important of the Shan States
and the family cognizance is the of Burma, which, with its feudatory
sacred peacock with tail spread. The Kyaing Ton, has an area of about 300Q
square miles, and a population con- butary to Baroda and Junagarh, has
sisting almost entirely of Shans. Re- an area of 821 miles and a population
;
sidence : Mone, Shan States, Burmah. of 89,964, chiefly Hindus, but including
MONEY. See Mani. 11,942 Muhammadans. His Highness,
who was created a Knight Grand Com-
MONG RAJA. See Niephrodsyne. mander of the Most Eminent Order of
Khan Saheb. Received the the Indian Empire on July 31, 1897,
MOOS, A.S.,
on June Residence: maintains a military force of 121
title 3, 1899.
Bombay. cavalry, 1155 infantry, and 7 guns, and
is entitled to a salute of 11 guns.
MORADABAD, Raja Bahadur of. See Residence: Morvi, Kathiawar, Bombay.
Jaikishan.
Thdkur of. See Tharad and
MORAR RAO KSHIRSAGAR, Rao Saheb. MORWARA,
Morwara.
1892. Residence Bombay. :
MOTA BARKHERA, Bhnmia Bharat
Bhumia of. A ruling chief b.
MORESHWAR RAO, Rao Saheb. The Singh, 1835. Belongs to a Bhilala family;
;
title is hereditary, the Rao Saheb the Bhilalas are generally accounted
being the descendant and represent- aboriginal, but according to some ac-
ative of Rao Vinayek Rao, who was counts are the descendants of inter-
the Prime Minister of the old Mahratta
marriages between Rajputs (Hindu)
Government of Sagar. He had origin- and Bhils (aboriginal). The popula-
ally come from the Deccan, and having tion of the State is about 4000. Re-
been appointed a Mamlatdar by the sidence: Mota Barkhera, Bhopawar,
Mahratta Government, ultimately rose Central India.
to be Prime Minister. The family
also held the title of Subadar under MOTA KOTHARNA, Thaknr Parbat-
the Mahrattas. The late Rao Saheb singhji, Thdkur of. A ruling chief;
Kishan Bao was born in 1824, and b. December 1, 1848. Succeeded to the
was an Honorary Magistrate. He died gadi on the death of his father, the
late Thdkur Hiraji, November 6, 1864.
recently, and was succeeded by his son,
the present Rao Saheb. Residence: The Thakur claims to be descended
from the great Chauhan clan of Raj-
puts. The State has a population of
MORO GOPAL PANDHARI, Rao Ba-
595, chiefly Hindus. Residence : Mota
conferred on May 24, 1883. Resid- Kotharna, Mahi Kantha, Bombay.
ence : Poona, Bombay. MOTIRAM RAJARAM VAKIL, Rao
MORO KRISHNA DABHOLKAR, Rao
1895. Residence:
Saheb. The title is personal, and was May 25, Surat,
conferred on May 24, 1882. Residence: Bombay.
Ahmadnagar, Bombay. MRA U. "ULAVTHQÂhmudan gaung Tazeik
MOROBA KESHRI NATH SENJIT, Rao ya Min. The title was conferred, as
a personal distinction, on January 2,
was conferred on 1893. It is indicated by the letters
January 2, 1888.
Residence : Bombay. A.T.M. after the name, and means
"Recipient of the Medal for Good
MORVI, His Highness Thakur Saheb Service." The Maung is Extra As-
Sir Waghji Ravaji, G.C.I.E., Thdkur sistant Commissioner and Akunwan
Saheb of. A ruling chief ;
b. April 17, of Akyab, Burma. Residence : Akyab,
Burma.
minor February 17, 1870. Belongs to
the illustrious Jareja Rajput (Hindu) MUAZZIM HUSAIN, Sayyid, Khdn
Bahadur. The title was conferred
family, that has also given ruling
Houses to Kutch, Nawanagar, Malia, on February 16, 1887, as a personal
and other States the Thakur Saheb
;
distinction, on the occasion of the
of Morvi is also Jagirdar of Amerdi, Jubilee of the reign of Her Most
in Kutch, which possesses a port named Gracious Majesty. Residence: Barisal,
Jangi. He was educated at the Raj- Bengal.
kumar College, has visited Europe, MUBARAK KHAN walad GHULAM
and administers the affairs of his State SHAH KHAN, Mir. The title is
in person. The State, which is tri- I
hereditary, the Mir being the repre-
sentative of one of the Mirs or Chiefs MUHAMMAD ABBAS, MIrza, Nawab

of Sind at the time of the annexation Bahadur. The title is personal. The
(see Khairpur). Residence : Hydera- Nawab Bahadur enjoys as the it
bad, Sind. husband of a grand-daughter of the

late Saadat Ali Khan, King of Oudh.
MUDALIYAR, Sir S. Savalai Rama-
See He is the son of the Nawab Sharik-
swami, Knight, C.I.E., Rdjd.
ud-daula. Residence : Oudh.
Ramaswaini.
MUDHOL, Vyankat Rao Balwant Rao MUHAMMAD ABBAS, Mufti Mir,
Shams-ul-Ulama. The
Raje Ghorpare, alias BALA SAHEB,
title is per-
Chief of. A
ruling chief ; b. April 9, sonal, and was conferred on February
1861. Succeeded to the gadi as a 16, 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee
minor March 27, 1862. Belongs to of the reign of Her Most Gracious
the Bhonsle-Ghorpare family, which, Majesty, for eminence in oriental
though Mahratta, claims descent from learning. It entitles him to take rank
Chob Rao, said to have been a son of in Darbar immediately after titular
the Maharana of Udaipur, who came Nawabs. Residence : Bengal.
to the Deccan in very early times, MUHAMMAD ABBAS HUSALN KASRA
and obtained from the King of Bijapur BAKHT MIRZA BAHADUR, Prince.
the territory of Mudhol with the title The title personal, and is the
is
of Raja. The family is also said to
courtesy title of the Prince, as twenty-
have a common ancestor with Sivaji fourth son of the late King of Oudh.
the Great, the founder of the Mahratta See also Abbas. Residence: Calcutta,
Empire. The second family name of Bengal.
Ghorpare is said to have been given MUHAMMAD ABDUL
because one its ancestors managed to All, Khan Ba-
scale a fort previously deemed im- hadur; b. 1858. The title is per-
sonal, and was conferred on March 30,
pregnable, by attaching a cord to the
1876, the Khan Bahadur being a son
body of a ghorpad or iguana, and of half-brother of
The Rashid-ud-daula,
thereby drawing himself up. his late Highness Azim Jah, the first
"
family banner is called the Bahuta,"
of the titular Princes of Arcot. Re-
and is a triangular flag or ensign of
—
three colours white, black, and green. sidence: Madras.
The Chiefs of Mudhol fought against MUHAMMAD ABDUL BARI, Khan
Sivaji, but ultimately took military Bahadur; b. 1858. The title is per-
service under the Peshwas. Yyankat sonal, and was conferred on March 30,
Rao I., the grandfather of the present 1876, the Khan Bahadur being a
Chief, became a feudatory of the grandson of Rashid-ud-daula, half-
British Power. He died in 1854, and brother of his late Highness Azim
was succeeded by his son, Balwant Jah, the first of the titular Princes of
Rao, who died in 1862, and was suc- Arcot. Residence: Madras.
ceeded by his son, the present Chief.
He holds the rank of a First Class MUHAMMAD ABDUL JALIL, Maulavi,
Shams-ul-Ulama. See Abdul.
Sardar of the Southern Mahratta
Country. His State has an area of MUHAMMAD ABDUL (ABDUR) RA-
362 square miles, and a population of HIM, Khan Bahadur. See Abdul
52,163, chiefly Hindus, but including (Abdur) Rahim.
3710Muhammadans. The Chief main- MUHAMMAD ABDUL WAHAB SA-
HEB, Khan Bahadur. Received the
387 infantry, and 1 gun. Residence: on January
title 1, 1899. Residence :
Mudhol, Southern Mahratta Country, Madras.
Bombay.
MUHABBAT KHAN MUHAMMAD ABDULLA KHAN BA-
(of Torn), Klidn
Bahadur. The title was conferred on HADUR, Isakhel, CLE. Created a
CLE. on January 1, 1898. Residence :
May 20, 1896. Residence: Peshawar,
Bannu, Punjab.
Punjab.
MUHAMMAD. A very general preno-
MUHAMMAD ABDUR RAHMAN, Khan
men among Muhammadans. See under
Bahadur. See Abdur Rahman.
the name that follows it, when there MUHAMMAD ABU TALIB KHAN,
is no entry under " Muhammad," Majid-ud-dauld Mumtdz-ul-Mulk Ba-
hddur, Rustam Jang. The title is Tanawal, in the Hazara district, from
personal; it was originally conferred the British Government. Belongs to
in 1838 by the late Muhammad Ali a Pathan (Muhammadan) family ; and
Shah, King of Oudh, and has been his father, Jahandad Khan, son of
recognized by Government. Has mar- Painde Khdn, was a loyal Chief, who
ried the grand-daughter of the late rendered good service in the time of
Muhammad Ali Shah, King of Oudh ; the Mutiny in 1857. The Nawab
and is the son of the Nawdb Hashmat- Bahadur Sir Muhammad Akram Khan
ud-daula. Residence : Lucknow, Oudh. showed active and gallant conduct in
the on the side of the
field, fighting
MUHAMMAD AFZAL KHAN, Sardar, British Government, and rendered
Nawdb. See Afzal. effective aid during the disturbances
MUHAMMAD AFZAL KHAN, Lieu- in Agror on the Hazara frontier. In
tenant-Colonel Wazirzada, C.S.I., recognition of these services he was
Nawdb. The title is personal, and created a Companion of the Most
was conferred on October 8, 1886. Exalted Order of the Star of India,
The Nawdb had received the title of and given the title of Nawab in 1868 ;
Khan Bahadur on August 3, 1874, and subsequently he has received the
and was created a Companion of the higher title of Nawab Bahadur, and
Most Exalted Order of the Star of been promoted to be a Knight Com-
India, May 24, 1881. Residence : mander of the same Most Exalted
Peshawar, Punjab. Order. Residence : Hazara, Punjab.
MUHAMMAD AHFAZ-UR-RAHIM, MUHAMMAD ALI, Khdn Bahadur. The

Khdn Saheb. See Ahfaz. and was conferred on
title is personal,
MUHAMMAD AHMAD Nawdb January 1, 1877, on the occasion of the

ALI, Proclamation of Her Most Gracious
The title is personal, the
Bahadur.
Nawdb Bahadur being the son of Majesty as Empress of India. Best'
dence: Bangalore, Mysore.
Mirza Jalil-us-Shan, grandson of the
late Muhammad Ali Shah, King of MUHAMMAD ALI, Mirza Bahadur.
Oudh. Residence: Oudh. The title is personal, the Mirza Baha-
dur being a son of Rafi-us-Shan Mirza
MUHAMMAD AKBAE KHAN, Jogizai, Muhammad Naki Ali Bahadur, and
Sarddr Bahadur. Received the title
on June 22, 1897. Residence: Zhob, grandson of the late Muhammad Ali
Baluchistan. Shah, third King of Oudh. Residence :
Oudh.
MUHAMMAD AKBAR KHAN, Orakzai, MUHAMMAD ALI, Mirza, Bedar Bakht
Khdn Bahadur. The title is personal,
Bahadur. The title is personal, the
and was conferred on May 24, 1881.
Mirza being a descendant of the Oudh
The Khan Bahadur belongs to an
family. Residence : Lucknow, Oudh.
Afghan family of the Orakzai clan.
Residence : Peshawar, Punjab. MUHAMMAD ALI, T., Khdn Bahadur.
MUHAMMAD AKBAR KHAN (of Jam- Granted the title of Khan Bahadur, in
nm), Wazir-i-Wazarat, Khdn Baha- promotion from that of Khdn Saheb,
dur. Received the title of Khan as a personal distinction, January
Saheb on June 22, 1897 and that of 2, 1893. Residence : Madras.
;
Khan Bahadur on January 1, 1899. MUHAMMAD ALI BEG, Nawab Afsar-

Residence: Gilgit.
i-Jang, Afsar-ud-Daula, C.I. E., Major.
MUHAMMAD AKRAM HUSAIN Is Commandant of the Hyderabad
AFSAR-UL-MULK MIRZA BAHA- Imperial Service Lancers. Created a
DUR, Prince. See Akram. Companion of the Most Eminent Order
of the Indian Empire on June 22, 1897,
MUHAMMAD AKRAM KHAN, Sir, on the auspicious occasion of the
K.C.S.I. (of Amb), Nawdb Bahadur. Diamond Jubilee of Her Most Gracious
The title personal, and was con-
is
Majesty the Queen Empress. Resi-
ferred on September 25, 1868. The dence : Hyderabad, Deccan.
Nawab Bahadur is Chief of Amb, on
the right bank of the Indus, where he MUHAMMAD All KHAN, Nawdb. The
and his ancestors have long been in- title is hereditary. Residence; Sehwan,
dependent. He also holds Western Sind,
MUHAMMAD ALI KHAN, Nawab MUHAMMAD ALI NAWAB CHAU-

j
Bahadur. The Nawab Bahadur bears DHRI, Maulavi, Khan Bahadur; b.
this courtesy title as the grandson of 1858. Received the title on June 22,
the late Amjad Ali Shah, fourth King 1897.
of Oudh. The Nawab Bahadur's father
was the Nizam-ud-daula, who married
MUHAMMAD AMIN, Shams-ul-Ulama.
the daughter of that monarch. Resi- 1898. Is Extra-Assistant Commis-
dence: Oudh. sioner. Residence : Central Provinces.
MUHAMMAD ALI KHAN (of Kunj-
pura), Natodb. The title is hereditary,
MUHAMMAD AMLN KHAN, KhanKel,
the Nawab being the descendant of a Khan Bahadur. The title is personal,
Pathan family founded by the Nawab and was conferred on March 27, 1880.
Residence
Nijabat Khan about the close of the Kohat, Punjab.
:
last century. He came from Kandahar MUHAMMAD Khdn

with a following of free-lances, and AMIR, Sayyid,
ultimately established himself at Kunj- was conferred on May 20, 1890. Resi-
pura. He aided the invader Nadir dence : Karnal, Punjab.
Shah, and obtained from that Emperor
the title of Nawab. In 1808-9 the MUHAMMAD AMIR HASAN KHAN,
Chief of Kunjpura, with the other Sir, K.C.I.E. (of Mahmudabad), Rdjd,
Cis-Sutlej States, came under British
Khdn Bahadur; b. 1849. Succeeded his
protection. In the rearrangements father, the Raja Nawab Ali Khan, in

after the second Sikh war, in 1849, 1858. These titles are hereditary, and
Kunjpura became British territory, were conferred by the British Govern-
and its Chief was invested with Magis- ment on December 4, 1877, May 24,
terial power. The Nawab Muhammad 1883, and March 5, 1884, having been
Rahmat Khan, great-grandson of the originally derived, with other honours,
Nawab Muhammad Nijabat Khan, from the Mughal Emperors of Delhi
left four sons, of whom the eldest died and from the Kings of Oudh. The
without issue; and the second, the Raja of Mahmudabad is also en-
titled to be addressed as
" Amir-ud-
Nawab Gholam Ali Khan, who suc-
ceeded him, was the father of the daula, Sayyid-ul-Mulk, Mumtaz Jang,"
a distinction proposed for him by Sir
present Nawab. The latter has a son
and heir named Muhammad Ahmad Henry Davies when Chief Commis-
Ali Khan. Residence: Kunjpura, sioner of Oudh, as a special mark of
Karnal, Punjab. recognition of his public services. The
Raja is the first cousin of the Raja of
MUHAMMAD AH KHAN Jahan-(of Paintepur, and though belonging by
girabad), Khan Bahadur, Nawab. birth to the younger branch of the
The title of Khan Bahadur was con-
family, is the head of the elder branch
ferred on January 1, 1891 and that;
The family is Shaikh
of Nawab on May 25, 1895. Resi-
by adoption.
Sidiki but they are usually called
;
dence: Bulandshahr, North-Western
Khanzadas, because at some remote
Provinces.
period the title of Khan was bestowed
MUHAMMAD ALI KHAN (of Chitari). on one of their ancestors. The founder
Muhammad Mahmud Ali Khan.
See of the family was Shaikh Nathu, who
MUHAMMAD ALI KHAN, Mirza, Khan about 1360 a.d. was employed by the
Saheb. See AM. King of Delhi against the Bhars, and
was rewarded for his services by the
MUHAMMAD ALI MIRZA BAHADUR, grant of large estates in Fatehpur.
Prince. The title is personal, being His descendant, Daud Khdn, being a
the courtesy title held by the Prince
General in the Delhi army, was created
as the eleventh son of the late King
a Nawab, and Daud's grandson, the
of Oudh. Residence: Calcutta, Bengal.
Nawab Bazid Khan, obtained the
MUHAMMAD ALI NAKI KHAN, Mirza additional titles of Bahadur, Muzaffar
Bahadur. The title is personal, the Jang, and some others. The Nawab
Mirza Bahadur being the son of the Daud Khan's son, Mahmud, founded
Nawab Imam Ali Khan, who was the the town of Mahmudabad about 1677,
grandson of the late Shuja-ud-daula, and it has ever since remained the
King of Oudh. Residence : Oudh. seat of the family. He was Imperial
Governor of Jaunpur, and died at MUHAMMAD ASGHAR An, Mirza
that place. A descendant, the Nawab Bahadur. The title is personal, the
Muhammad Imam Khan, divided his Mirza Bahadur being the son of the
estates between his two sons; the Mirza Khurram Bakht, and grandson
elder, the Nawab Muhammad Ikram of the late Muhammad Ali Shah, King
Khan, retained Mahmudabad, while of Oudh. Residence : Oudh.
the younger, Maghar Ali Kb an, ob-
tained Belahra, and became the an- MUHAMMAD ASGHAR HUMAYUN
cestor of the Raj&s of Paintepur and JAH MIRZA BAHADUR, Prince.
Belahra. Muhammad Ikram Khan's The title is personal, being the courtesy
two sons, Safaraz Ali Khan and Musa- title ofthe sons of his late Majesty
hib Ali Khan, both died without issue the King of Oudh. The Prince is the
;
the widow of the latter, who suc- sixteenth son. Residence: Calcutta,
ceeded him in 1810, was at the head Bengal.
of the Mahmudabad estate till 1838, MUHAMMAD ASHIK ALI
when she died, having adopted a
KHAN,
Khdn Bahadur. Is an Assistant
cousin from the Belahra side, named
Superintendent of Port Blair. The
Nawab Ali. The latter was an able title was conferred on June 22, 1897.
man, who greatly increased the estate ; Residence : Port Blair, Andaman Isles.
he was also a distinguished scholar
and poet. He died in 1858, and was MUHAMMAD ASKARI, Mirza Bahadur.
succeeded by his only son, the present The Mirza Bahadur enjoys this title
as a personal distinction, as being the
Raja, who was a minor under the
Court of Wards till 1867. Educated son of Prince Rafi-uz-Shan Mirza
at Sitapur School, Benares College, Muhammad Naki Ali Bahadur, and
and Canning College, Lucknow. In grandson of his late Majesty Muham-
1871 he was elected Vice-President of mad Ali Shah, King of Oudh. Resi-
the British Indian Association, and dence: Oudh.
has since been President of that im-
MUHAMMAD ASKARI BULAND JAH
portant body. At the great Darbar MIRZA BAHADUR, Prince. The title
held by the late Lord Lawrence in
is personal, being the courtesy title
Lucknow, he was presented with a
Sword of Honour, and on January 2, enjoyed by this nobleman as seventh
son of the late King of Oudh. Resi-
1893, was created a Knight Commander dence : Calcutta, Bengal.
Indian Empire. He is an Honorary MUHAMMAD ASLAM KHAN, CLE.,
Magistrate, and has the powers of an Lieut. -Colonel, Sarddr Bahadur, JVa-
Assistant Collector. He has a son and wdb. The title of Sardar Bahadur is
heir, named Ali Muhammad Kh&n, personal, and was conferred on Octo-
born 1881. Residence: Mahmudabad, ber 22, 1881 ; that of Nawab on Jan-
Sitapur, Oudh. uary 1, 1899. Was created a Com-
panion of the Most Eminent Order of
MUHAMMAD ANWAR, Khdn Bahadur. the Indian Empire, 15th February,
Is son of the Prince of Arcot. Granted 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee
the title on June 22, 1897. Residence: of the reign of Her Most Gracious
Madras. Majesty. Residence: Peshawar, Pun-
jab.
MUHAMMAD ANWAR-UD-DIN, Khdn MUHAMMAD ASLAM KHAN, Kazi,
Bahadur; b. 1849. The title is per- C.M.G. Has been created a Com-
sonal, and was conferred on March 30, of the Most Distinguished
panion
1876, the Khan Bahadur being one of Order of St. Michael and St. George.
the sons of Rashid-ud-dauld, half-
brother of his late Highness Azim MUHAMMAD AZIM (of Kakrali),
Jah, the first of the titular Princes of Chaudhri; b. 1853. Succeeded his
Arcot. Residence: Madras. father, the late Raja Khaslat Husain,
in 1882. The title of Chaudhri is
MUHAMMAD ANWAR-UL-HAK, Mau- hereditary, having been so under the
lavi, Khdn Bahadur. The title is old Government of Oudh, and so
personal, and was conferred on May recognized by the British Government
20, 1890. Residence : Abu, Rajputana. in 1877. The head of the family was,
before the annexation of Oudh, Cha- the Mir belonging to a Sayyid (Mu-
kladdr or Chaudhri of Sandila. The hammadan) family, claiming descent
present Chaudhri's grandfather, Chau- from Kasim Ali Khan, who was the
dhri Hashmat Ali, was well spoken of Physician to the Imperial Court at
by Sir William Sleeman in his account Delhi, and acquired the Kotaha terri-
of Oudh. He at first took part tory in the last century in the following
against the Government in the Mutiny circumstances. The ruler of Kotaha
of 1857, and was a noted and active was a Rajput Raja named Dup Chand,
rebel leader, frequently engaged with a feudatory of the Raja of Sirmur.
the British troops, and acting as Being expelled by the Sirmur Raja,
Nazim of Hardoi and the neighbouring he repaired to Delhi to get assistance
districts. He had, however, the repu- from the Emperor, and having given
tation of being an honourable enemy, one of his daughters to the Imperial
never guilty of any cruelties and ; zandna, and forced his son to embrace
early in 1858 he tendered his submis- Islam, he obtained some troops to re-
sion, and became as active on the side instate him. The force was accom-
of the Government, being engaged in panied by the Imperial Physician,
many actions against the rebels. For Kasim Ali Khan, as Political Agent.
these services he received a Jchilat and Both the Raja Dup Chand and his
a grant of land. He was succeeded son, Fil Murad, died without issue, so
by his son, Chaudhri Khaslat Husain, Kasim Ali Khan then established him-
who was an Honorary Magistrate and self in their place at Kotaha. His
Assistant Collector, Secretary to the grandson, Mir Muhammad Jafar Ali
Aujuman-i-Hind of Oudh, and, shortly Khan, obtained from General Ochter-
before his death, was given the rank lony, after the expulsion of the Gur-
of Raja as a personal distinction. khas in 1815, the grant of the jdgir of
The present Chaudhri is an Honorary Kotaha. During the Mutiny of 1857
Magistrate he has a son and heir,
;
the Mir Muhammad Akbar Ali Khan
named Muhammad Jan, born 1867. was suspected of sympathizing with
Residence: Hardoi, Oudh. the rebels, and his fort at Kotaha was
MUHAMMAD destroyed. Again, in 1864, the fort
AZIM, Munshi, Khan was rebuilt, contrary to the orders of
Saheb. an Extra Assistant Com-
Is
Government it was again destroyed,
missioner, Punjab. Received the title
;
on January 2, 1899. Residence : Pun-

and the Mir banished. He died in
exile, and his grandson, the present
jab.
Mir, was reinstated in his estates. He
MUHAMMAD AZIM KHAN, Arbab, has two sons— Sayyid Muhammad
Khan Saheb. The Arbab was created and Muhammad Jafar Ali. Residence:
a Khan Saheb on June 22, 1897. Resi- Kotaha, Ambala, Punjab.
dence : Kotla, Peshawar, Punjab.
MUHAMMAD AZMAT ALI KHAN. MUHAMMAD BAKAR An KHAN (of
See Azmat Ali Khan. Kunwa Khera), Nawab ; b. 1851. Suc-
ceeded his father, the late Nawab
MUHAMMAD BABAR MIRZA BAHA- Amjad Ali Khan, in 1875. The title
DUR, Prince. The title is personal, is hereditary, having been originally
being the courtesy title enjoyed by the conferred by the King of Oudh, Mu-
Prince as the sixth son of the late hammad Ali Shah, on an ancestor of
King of Oudh. Residence: Calcutta, the present Nawab, and recognized by
Bengal. the British Government in 1877. The
MUHAMMAD BADR-UD-DIN, Khan Nawab is descended from Khwaja
Bahadur. See Badr-ud-din. Safi, a Kashmiri noble who took service
with Asaf-ud-daula, fifth King of
MUHAMMAD BAKAR xcalad AHMAD Oudh.
KHAN, Mir. The title is Khwaja Safi's son, Hakim
hereditary,
the Mir being the representative of Mehndi, was Nazim of Muhamdi and
Khairabad from 1799 to 1819; Prime
one of the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at
Minister to Nasir-ud-din Haidar from
the time of the annexation {see Khair-
1830 to 1832, and to Muhammad Ali
pur). Residence: Shikarpur, Sind. Shah in 1837. As Chakladdr he made
MUHAMMAD BAKAR All (of Ko- the district a garden, constructed
taha), Mir. The title is hereditary ; numerous public works, and gained the
universal respect and affection of the MUHAMMAD DAYEM HAKIM AB-
people. He died December 24, 1837, DULLA SHAH, Hakim, Khan Baha-
and left a portion of his vast property dur. The title was conferred on
to his brother's son, Ahmad Ali, Nawao January 1, 1899. Residence: Bombay.
Munawar-ud-daula, who was the Prime MUHAMMAD
Minister of the King Muhammad AH FARID-UD-DIN, Khan
Sahcb. See Farid.
Shah, and himself connected by mar-
riage with the King's family. The MUHAMMAD FATEHYAB KHAN,
latter was succeeded by his son, Nawab
Khan Bahadur. See Fatehyab.
Ashraf-ud-daula, Amjad Ali Khan, who MUHAMMAD FAYYAZ ALI KHAN (of
was a General in the army of the Pahasu), Mumtaz-ud-dauld, Nawdb ; b.
King of Oudh. He was succeeded 1856. The titles are hereditary, and
by his son, the present Nawab, in 1875. were conferred on September 9, 1870,
Residence: Kunwa Khera, Sitapur, and July 12, 1881. Succeeded his father,
Oudh. the late Sir Muhammad Faiz Ali Khan,
K.C.S.I., in 1894 the latter had been
MUHAMMAD BAKHTIYAR SHAH, created a Knight
;
Commander of the
CLE. See Bakhtiyar.
Sahebzdda,
MUHAMMAD BARKAT ALI KHAN, India on January 28, 1876. Belongs to
Khan Bahadur. The title was con- an ancient Musalman Rajput family,
ferredon May 1868, for dis-
29, whose ancestors were Badgujars who
tinguished military and police services. settled in the Bulandshahr district
Belongs to a Pathan family, descended about 1185 a.d. Partab Singh was
from Muhammad Sahab Khan, who invited by Prithviraj, the last Chau-
followed the Nawdb Bahadur Khan han Emperor of Delhi, to assist him
from Peshawar into India. The Khan against the Chandels; and he subse-
Bahadur's father, Muhammad Arif quently settled at Pahasu, where the
Khan, was the son of Abdulla Khan, family have ever since been seated.
alias Buddu Khan he entered the
;
He received a large territory as the
service of the British Government, dowry of his wife, the daughter of
and on retirement on pension received the Dor Raja of Kol. Eleventh in
a grant of land. The Khan Bahadur descent from him was L41 Singh, a
entered the service of the British favourite of the Emperor Akbar, who
Government in 1847, and rendered received from the Emperor the title
good service as a police officer in the of Lai Khan ; hence this branch of
Hoshiarpur district. In 1848 he was the family is called Lalkhani. Dur-
wounded in the fight at the
severely ing the reign of Aurangzeb, the family
Amb Bagh in the Jashwan Dan where, ;
became Musalmans, and in 1774 the
under the orders of Lord Lawrence, Emperor Shah Alam granted a large
then Commissioner of the Trans-Sutlej estate to Nahar Ali Khan. He and
States, he gallantly showed the way his nephew, Dundi Khan, opposed the
up the hill to attack the insurgents British in the Mahratta war in 1803,
posted on the top. Subsequently he and lost their estates. Dundi Khan
became Risaldar of the Mounted Police was pardoned, but again rebelling, his
at Amritsar, and assisted in the capture estates were given to Mardan Ali
of the 26th Native Infantry mutineers. Khan, another nephew of Nahar Ali
In 1860 he was appointed Tahsildar of Khan, who had been faithful to the
Lahore, and distinguished himself by British cause. His large territories
his exertions in the cholera epidemic were divided among his five sons ; one
at Lahore in 1867 and subsequently
;
of them, the late Murad Ali Khan, was
in raising mules and muleteers for the grandfather of the present Nawab
service in Abyssinia. Appointed Extra of Pahasu. Murad Ali and his son,
Assistant Commissioner of Lahore ; Sir Faiz Ali, behaved with conspicuous
and has received the thanks of the loyalty and bravery throughout the
Government of India and of the Pun- Mutiny of 1857. The latter was Com-
jab for his valuable political services. mander-in-Chief of the Jaipur troops,
He is a Member of the Senate of the and rendered most valuable services,
Punjab University, and has a son and and was rewarded with a khilat, an
heir, named Bashir Ali Khan. Resi- extensive grant of lands, and the
dence : Lahore, Punjab. various honours already noted. He
had distinguished himself as the Prime MUHAMMAD HASAN, Sardar Mir,

Minister of the State of Jaipur, and Gitchki (of Sami), Khdn Bahadur.
also as the Superintendent of the Received the title on January 1, 1899.
State of Kotah ; he was also a Fellow Residence: Sami.
of the Allahahad University, and was
exempted from personal appearance MUHAMMAD HASAN All, Mirza Ba-
in the Civil Courts. Residence: Pa- hadur, Sulaimdn Kadr. The title is
hasu, Bulandshahr, North-Western personal, being the courtesy title of
Provinces. the Mirza Bahadur as a son of the
late Amjad Ali Khan, fourth King of
MUHAMMAD FAZL-ULLA, Khdn Ba- Oudh. Residence : Oudh.
hadur; b. 1868. The title was con-
ferred on October 8, 1875, as a personal MUHAMMAD HASAN All, Mirza Ba-
distinction, in recognition of his posi- hadur. The personal, as the
title is
tion as son of his late Highness Zahir- courtesy title of a grandson of the late
ud-daula, the second of the titular Muhammad Ali Shah, third King of
Princes of Arcot. Residence: Madras. Oudh. The Mirza Bahadur's father
was Mirza Khurram Bakht. Residence :
MUHAMMAD GHAUS, Khdn Saheb. Oudh.
The title was conferred by the Nawab
of the Carnatic, and recognized on MUHAMMAD HASAN AH, Mirza Ba-
January 1, 1891. Residence : Madras. hadur. The title is personal, as the
MUHAMMAD Khdn Ba- courtesy title of a grandson of the late
GHAUS, Haji, Muhammad Ali Shah, third King of
hadur. The title is personal it was
conferred by the Nawab of the Car-
;
Oudh. The Mirza Bahadur's father
was Mirza Azim-us-Shan. Residence:
natic, and recognized on December 16,
1890. Is also styled Intizam Khdn Lucknow, Oudh.
Bahadur. Residence: Madras. MUHAMMAD HASAN ALI KHAN
MUHAMMAD GHAYAS-UD-DIN, Khdn walad MUHAMMAD NASHt KHAN
Bahadur. The title is personal, and C.I.E., His Highness Mir; b. August
was conferred on January 1, 1889. 14, 1824. Is the son of his late High-
Residence : Thagi and Dakaiti Depart- ness Mir Nasir Khdn, Talpur, of Sind,
ment, Simla.
who was born in 1802 became one of ;
the ruling Mirs or Princes of Sind in

MUHAMMAD HAMp, Khdn Bahadur; 1833, and died in 1845, two years after
h. 1850. The title is and was personal, the annexation of that Province. He
conferred on January 20, 1883, in re- was succeeded by His Highness the
cognition of his position as the son of present Mir, who was born in the
the Nawab Ahmad-un-Nisa Begam, Fort of Hyderabad, and is now a
daughter of the Nawab Azim-un-Nisa political pensioner, living in his own
Begam, and grand-daughter of his late village,about three miles from Hydera-
Highness Nawab Azim-ud-daula, pen- bad, the ancient capital of the Amirs
ultimate Nawab of the Carnatic. Resi- of Sind. Before the annexation the
dence: Madras. Sindi title of the Mir Nasir Khan was
" Sarkar Faiz Asar " and that of the
MUHAMMAD HAMID BAKHSH, Khdn "
;
present Mir was Sarkar Rafiatmadar."

His Highness was created a Com-
January 1, 1898. Residence : Budaun,
North Western-Provinces. panion of the Most Eminent Order of
the Indian Empire on May 24, 1894.
MUHAMMAD HAMID-ULLA, Sayyid, Residence :
Hyderabad, Sind.
Khdn Bahadur. The title is personal
it was conferred by the Nawab of the
;
MUHAMMAD HASAN AZAD, Maulavi,
Shams-ul- TJlama The title is personal,
Carnatic, and recognized on December
.
1890. Residence:
16, Hyderabad,
Deccan. 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee
MUHAMMAD HASAN, Haji, Khdn Ba- Majesty, for eminence in oriental
hddur. The title is personal, and was learning. It entitles him to take rank
conferred on February 23, 1888. Resi- in Darbar immediately after titular
dence : Kermanshah, Persia. Nawabs. Residence : Delhi, Punjab.
O
MUHAMMAD HASAN KHAN, Mirza Minister of the State of Patiala.
Bahadur. The title
is personal, as the Residence : Patiala, Punjab.
a son-in-law of the son
courtesy title of
of the late Muhammad Ali Shah, third
MUHAMMAD HUSAIN, Maulavi, Khan
King of Oudh. The Mirza Bahadur's May 20, 1896, for good services as
father was Mirza Muhammad Jafar
Diwan of the Khairagarh State. Resi-
Khan. Residence: Oudh. dence :
Khairagarh, Central Pro-
MUHAMMAD HASAN KHAN, Mirza vinces.
Bahadur. The title personal, as the
is
MUHAMMAD HUSAIN, Maulavi, Khan
courtesy title of a great-grandson of Bahadur. The title was conferred on
the late Shu ja-ud-daula, King of Oudh.
June 22, 1897. Residence : Allahabad.
The Mirza Bahadur's father was the
Nawab Hasan Ali Khan, grandson of MUHAMMAD HUSAIN, Maulavi, Khdn
that monarch. Residence : Oudh. Saheb ; b. 1859. Received the title on
January 1, 1897. Residence :
Rohtak,
MUHAMMAD HASAN KHAN walad Punjab.
IMAM BAKHSH KHAN, Mir. The
MUHAMMAD
titlehas been continued for life, the HUSAIN, Shaikh, As-
Mir being the representative of one of sistant-Surgeon, Khdn Bahadur. The
title was conferred on January 1, 1898.
the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at the time
Is H. B. M. Vice-Consul at Jeddah.
of the annexation (see Khairpur).
Residence : Shikarpur, Sind. Residence : Jeddah, Arabia.
MUHAMMAD HASAN KHAN BAHA- MUHAMMAD HUSAIN ALI KHAN,

Sarddr Bahadur. The title was
DUR, Khalifa Sayyid, CLE., Wazir- conferred on January 5, 1868. The
ud-dauld Mudabbir-ul-Mulk. The title
was conferred on January 20, 1883, as Sardar Bahadur is a Risaldar-Major
a personal distinction, for eminent
in Her Majesty's Army. Residence :
services rendered to the State of Pa- Aligarh, North-Western Provinces.

tiala, and to the Empire. His Excel- MUHAMMAD HUSAIN B AKR KAMYA ,
lency is the Prime Minister of the Mirza Bahadur, Prince. The title
State of Patiala and was created a
;
is personal, as the courtesy title of
Companion of the Most Eminent the nineteenth son of his late Majesty
Order of the Indian Empire, January the King of Oudh. Residence: Cal-
1, 1886. Residence : Patiala, Punjab. cutta, Bengal.
MUHAMMAD HASHIM AKHTAR JAH, MUHAMMAD HUSAIN KHAN, Khdn
Mirza Bahadur, Prince. The title is Bahadur. The title is personal, and
personal, as the courtesy title of the was conferred on January 1, 1886, for
twenty-first son of his late Majesty good services rendered in the Army
the King of Oudh. Residence: Cal- Medical Department as Assistant
cutta, Bengal. Surgeon. Residence: Lahore, Punjab.
MUHAMMAD HASHIM KHAN, Mir, MUHAMMAD HUSAIN KHAN, Subah-
Sarddr Bahadur; b. 1821. The title dar, Khdn Bahadur. The title was
was conferred on May 1, 1880. The conferred on February 16, 1887, as a
Sardar Bahadur is a Risaldar-Major personal distinction, on the occasion of
in Her Majesty's Army. Residence: the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most
Sitapur, Oudh. Gracious Majesty, in recognition of
MUHAMMAD HUSAIN, Khan Bahadur. good military services as an officer of
Received the title on January 1, 1895. the Second Sikhs. Residence: 2nd
Residence: Bengal. Sikh Infantry.
MUHAMMAD HUSAIN, Khalifa Sayyid, MUHAMMAD HYAT KHAN, Khan

C.8.I., Nawdb. Received the title of
Mushir-ud-dauld, Mumtaz-ul-Mulk,
Khan Bahadur. The title of Khan Nawab, as a personal distinction, on
Bahadur was conferred on May 24, January 1, 1889. Is a Divisional
Judge. Residence: Punjab.
1889, as a personal distinction, for
good services rendered to the State of MUHAMMAD IBAD-ULLA, Khdn Bahd-
Patiala and to the Empire; and the dur ; b. 1839. The title is personal,
other titles were similarly conferred, and was conferred on October 8, 1875,
January 20, 1883. Is the Foreign in recognition of his position as son
of His Highness Zahir-ud-dauld, the ud-daula, who married a daughter of

second of the titular Princes of Arcot. that monarch. Residence: Lucknow,
Residence: Madras. Oudh.
MUHAMMAD IBAD-ULLA, Khdn Baha- MUHAMMAD JALAL, Mirza Bahadur,
dur; b. 1837. The title is personal, Prince. The title is personal, being
and was conferred on March 30, 1876, the courtesy title of the fifth son of
in recognition of his position as son of the late King of Oudh. Residence:
Rashid-ud-dauld, half-brother of his Calcutta, Bengal.
late Highness Azim Jah, the first of
the titular Princes of Arcot. Resi- MUHAMMAD JAM JAH All KARA
dence: Madras. AHMAD, Mirza Prince.
Bahadur,
The being the cour-
title is personal,
MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM, Sayyid, Khan tesy title of the third son of the late
Bahadur; b. 1856. The title was
conferred on June
King of Oudh. Residence: Calcutta,
1,1888, as a personal
Bengal.
distinction. Belongs to a Muham-
madan whose ancestor, Kazi
family, MUHAMMAD JOGI, Mirza Bahadur,
Fakhr-ud-din, settled in Jaunpur in Prince. The title is personal, being
the time of the Mughals. For im- the courtesy title of the fourth son of
portant services rendered during the the late King of Oudh. Residence:
Mutiny of 1857, Hdji Imam Bakhsh, Calcutta, Bengal.
grandfather of the Khan Bahadur,
received a Tchilat and a considerable MUHAMMAD KADLR NAWAZ KHAN,
The Khan Bahadur is Khan Bahadur. See Kadir Nawaz
grant of land. Khan.
an Honorary Magistrate. Residence :
Jaunpur, North-Western Provinces. MUHAMMAD KAMR-UD-DIN HAI-
DAR, Mirza Bahadur. The title is
MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM AH AWALI personal, being the courtesy a
title of
MARTABAT, Mirza Bahadur, Prince.
The title is personal, as the courtesy
grandson of Amjad Ali Shah, fourth
title of the eighth son of his late
King of Oudh. The Mirza Bahadur's
father was Mirza Mustafa Ali Haidar,
Majesty the King of Oudh. Resi-
son of that monarch. Residence:
dence : Calcutta, Bengal. Oudh.
MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM KHAN, Khan
MUHAMMAD KARAMAT-ULLA, Khdn
was conferred on August 3, 1874.
Bahadur; b. 1870. The title is per-
sonal, and was conferred on October
Residence : Peshawar, Punjab.
8, 1875, in recognition of his position
MUHAMMAD IJAZ HUSAIN KHADIM- as a son of his late Highness Zahir-
UL-AIMA, Mirza Bahadur, Prince. ud-dauld, the second of the titular
The title is personal, as the courtesy Princes of Arcot. Residence : Madras.
title of the twenty-third son of his MUHAMMAD KASIM All, Mirza Ba-
lateMajesty the King of Oudh. Resi- hadur. The title is personal, being
dence : Calcutta, Bengal.
the courtesy title of a grandson of the
MUHAMMAD IKRAM-ULLA KHAN, late Muhammad Ali Shah, third King
Khan Bahadur. See Ikram. of Oudh. The Mirza Bahadur is the
Sayyid,
son of Rafi-u-Shdn Mirza Muhammad
MUHAMMAD IIAHI BAKHSH, Khdn Naki Ali Bahadur, one of the surviving
Bahadur. See Ildhi. sons of that monarch. Residence:
MUHAMMAD ISMAIL Oudh.
SAHEB, Mirza,
Khan Bahadur. The title is personal, MUHAMMAD KAZIM HUSAIN, Khur-
and was conferred on January 1, 1890. shed Jah, Mirza Bahadur, Prince.
Residence: Madras. The title is personal, being the courtesy
title of the eighteenth son of the late
MUHAMMAD JAFAR All KHAN,
King of Oudh. Residence: Calcutta,
Nawdb Bahadur. The title is personal,
Bengal.
being the courtesy title of a grandson
of the late Muhammad Ali Shah, MUHAMMAD KAZIM HUSAIN KHAN
thirdKing of Oudh. The Nawdb (of Paintipur), Rdjd ; b. 1852. Suc-
Bahadur is the son of the lateMuazzam- ceeded his father, Rdjd Ibad Ali Khdn,
in 1870. The title is hereditary, of Guides. He retired as a Risaldar-
having been originally conferred on Major on a special pension in 1871, and
Ibad Ali Khan in 1853 by the King of received a grant of land in the district
Oudh, and subsequently recognized by of Peshawar. He is an Honorary
the British Government in 1877. Be- Magistrate of Peshawar. The Sardar
longs to the Shaikh Sadiki family Bahadur has three sons Yusaf Ah,—
known as Khanzadas, and is the first Sabz Ali, and a third (still a minor).
cousin of the Raja of Mahmudabad. Residence: Peshawar, Punjab.
For the family history down to the
time of Muhammad Imam Khan, see MUHAMMAD KHAN (S1KANDAB
the account given of this family under KHAN), Dehlvi, Khan Bahddur. The
the heading " Muhammad Amir Hasan
1887, as a personal distinction, on the
Khan, Raja of Mahmudabad." When occasion of the Jubilee of the reign of
Muhammad Imam Khan divided his
Her Most Gracious Majesty. Resi-
estates, the younger son, Mazhar Ali
dence : Thana, Bombay.
Khan, received Belahra in Bara Banki
as his portion ; and his grandson, the MUHAMMAD KHAN, Haji, Nawdb.
late Raja Ibad Ali Khan (father of The title was conferred on February
the present Raja of Paintipur), also a personal distinction,
16, 1887, as
acquired Paintipur, and became on the occasion of the Jubilee of the
Raja of Paintipur as well as Belahra. reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty.
The Raja has a son and heir, born in Residence : Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab.
1889. Residence: Paintipur, Sitapur,
Oudh. MUHAMMAD KHAN, Khwaja (of
Hoti), Khdn Bahddur. The title was
MUHAMMAD KHAN (of Kot Sarang), conferred as a personal distinction on
Edjd. The title is hereditary, the
R&ja being the head of the Janjoah
May 20, 1896. Residence: Peshawar,
Punjab.
Rajput family of Kot Sarang. The
Janjoah tribe of Rajputs were in early MUHAMMAD KHAN, Malik, Khan
ages very powerful. They were settled Bahddur. Received the title on June
near the Salt Range, but having be- 3, 1899. Residence: Tiwana, Punjab.
come divided among themselves, they MUHAMMAD KHAN,
were dispossessed of much of their
Munshi, Khan
Bahddur. The title was conferred on
territory by the Gakkars (see Karamdad June 22, 1897. Residence: Merwara,
Khan Gakkar, Raja of Pharwala), and
Rajputana.
by the Awans. Raja Sarang was the
founder of the Kot Sarang family. MUHAMMAD KHAN, Wall, Khan
He built the fort called Kot Sarang Bahddur. See Wali.
after his name, and was celebrated for MUHAMMAD KUDRAT AZIZ, Khdn
his valour, and was ultimately slain Bahddur. The title is personal, and
in a fight with the Afghans near was conferred on October 8, 1875, in
Makhad. The sixth in descent from recognition of his position as son-in-
him was Raja Fateh Khan, father of law of his late Highness Zahir-ud-
the present Raja, who was also a dis- daula, the second of the titular Princes
tinguished Chief. The family were of Arcot. Residence : Madras.
dispossessed by the Awans, but were
subsequently granted some land by the MUHAMMAD LATIF, Sayyid, Khdn
Sardar Dhanna Singh Malwai, a Bahddur, Shams-ul-Ulama, Received
General of the Mahajara Ranjit Singh the title of Khan Bahadur on May
25,
of Lahore. Raja Muhammad Khan 1892, and that of Shams-ul-Ulama on
—
has three sons Ahmad Khan, Sardar June 22, 1897, in recognition of emin-
Khan, and Aziz Khan. Residence: ent public services rendered as Extra
Judicial Assistant Commissioner. Re-
Jhelum, Punjab.
sidence: Lahore, Punjab.
MUHAMMAD KHAN, Sardar Bahddur. MUHAMMAD LUTF ALI KHAN, Kun-
The title was conferred in 1857, as a
personal distinction, in recognition of war, Khdn Bahddur. See Lutf.
his services during the Mutiny cam- MUHAMMAD LUTF-ULLA, MAULAVI
paigns, and his conspicuous bravery as HAFIZ, Shams-ul-Ulama. This title
an officer of the distinguished Corps is personal, and was conferred on
February 16, 1887, on the occasion of title is hereditary, and was conferred
the Jubilee of the reign of Her Moat on September on the father
10, 1861,
Gracious Majesty, for eminence in of the present Khdn Bahadur, the
oriental learning. It entitles him to Sayyid Muhammad Nasir Ali Khan.
take rank in Darbar immediately after He was the Deputy Collector of Alla-
titular Nawabs. Residence : Madras. habad at the time of the Mutiny in
1857, and rendered loyal services to
MUHAMMAD MAHMUD, Khdn Ba- the Government. He separated him-
hddur; b. 1845. The title is personal, self from the rebels, and assisted the
and was conferred on January 20,
garrison in the Allahabad Fort by
1883, in recognition of his position as communicating information, furnishing
son of the Nawab Ahmad-un-Nisa
supplies, and offering money. In re-
Begam, the daughter of Nawab Azim- cognition of these services he received
un-Nisa Begam, and grand-daughter a khilat, the grant of some confiscated
of his late Highness Nawab Azim-
estates, and the hereditary title of
ud-daula, penultimate Nawab of the Khan Bahadur, Zul-Kadr. His son,
Carnatic. Residence: Madras. the present Khdn Bahadur, Zul-Kadr,
MUHAMMAD MAHMUD All KHAN succeeded on the death of Nasir Ali
(of Chitari), Nawab, Khdn Bahddur; Khan, and has been appointed a De-
b. October 9, 1826. The Nawab be- puty Collector of the North- Western
Provinces. He has a son and heir,
longs to the same Musalman Rajput
the Sayyid Muhammad Ahsan, born
family as the Nawab Sir Muhammad
Faiz Ali Khan, K.C.S.I., of Pahasu, August 22, 1869. Residence : Jaunpur,
who is his nephew; and the family North- Western Provinces.
history down to the time of the Nawab MUHAMMAD MUHSIN. See Muham-
Mardan Ali Khan, father of this Na- mad Mohsin.
wab, is given under that heading.
When the estates of the Nawab Mardan MUHAMMAD MUNAWAB AM, Sir,
Ali Khan were divided among his sons, Khdn Bahddur, Prince of Arcot ; b.
Chitari came to Muhammad Mahmud 1859. Succeeded the late Amir-i-

Ali Khan. He rendered good services Arcot (Prince of Arcot) in 1889, and
ranks as the first noble of the Carnatic.
during the Mutiny of 1857, and as a
Is the representative of the former
reward, on September 16, 1859, he
received the title of Khan Bahadur Musalman dynasty of the Nawabs of
as a personal distinction, with a khilat the Carnatic, descendants of the
and a grant of lands in Bulandshahr famous Anwar -ud- din, who was
district. At the Imperial Assemblage created Nawab of the Carnatic by
at Delhi on January 1, 1877, on the the Nizam of the Deccan. His son
occasion of the Proclamation of Her was the Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan,
Most Gracious Majesty as Empress of Walajah Nawab of the Carnatic, who
India, the title of Nawab was conferred
was supported on the masnad of Arcot
on him, as a personal distinction for by the exploits of Clive against the
life, and declared hereditary, January
French under Dupleix. His grandson
2, 1893. Residence: Bulandshahr,
was the Nawab Azim-ud-daula, titular
North- Western Provinces. Nawab of the Carnatic, whose son was
his late Highness Prince Azim Jah,
MUHAMMAD MAJID MIBZA, Mirza. first Prince of Arcot, who was granted
The title is personal, being the courtesy the latter title by Her Majesty's letters
patent, dated August 2, 1870. He was
title ofa grandson of the late Amjad
Ali Shah, fourth King of Oudh. The succeeded by his late Highness Zahir-
Mirza is the son of the Mirza Muham- ud-daula, second Prince of Arcot,
mad Hasan Ali, Sulaiman Kadr (q.v.), whose full titles, according to local
who is the surviving son of that —
usage, may here be recited His High-
monarch. Residence: Oudh. ness Azim Jah Umdat-ul-Umara, Amir-
MUHAMMAD MEHDI All KHAN ul-Umara, Siraj-ul-Umara, Madar-ul-
(of
See Mehdi Ali Mulk, Umdat-ul-Mulk, Azim-ud-daula,
Hasanpur), Raja.
Khan, Muhammad. Asad-ud-daula-al-Ingl iz Zahir-ud-dau-
la, Muhammad Ah Khan, Muhammad
MUHAMMAD MOHSIN, Sayyid, Khdn Badi-ullah Khan Bahadur, Zulfikar
Bahadur, Zul-Kadr; b. 1832. The Jang, Fitrat Jang, Sipahsalar, Prince
of Arcot. The present Prince of Arcot title has been continued for life, the
is the son of Muazzaz-ud daula Khan Mir being a representative of one of
Bah&dur, and grandson of his late the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at the time
Highness Azim Jah, first Prince of of the annexation {see Khairpur).
Arcot. He was granted the title of Residence : Shikarpur, Sind.
Khan Bahadur, March 1876, and
3,
succeeded as Prince of Arcot in 1889. MUHAMMAD NAKI ALI DILAWAR
Created a Knight Commander of the JAH, Mirza Bahadur, Prince. The
title is personal, being the courtesy
title of the seventeenth son of the late
Empire on June 22, 1897, on the of Oudh. Residence: Calcutta,
auspicious occasion of the Diamond
King
Juhilee of Her Most Gracious Majesty Bengal.
the Queen Empress. And on the same MUHAMMAD NIZAM-UD-DIN, Khdn
occasion, four sons of the Prince, Bahadur; b. 1840.The title is per-
Ghulam Muhammad, Abdul Majid, sonal, and was conferred on October
Muhammad Anwar, and Ghulam 8, 1875, in recognition of his position
Muhi-ud-din (q.v.) were granted the as son-in-law of his late Highness
titleof Khan Bahadur. Residence: Zahir-ud-daula, the second of the
Amir-Mah&l, Madras. titular Princes of Arcot. Residence:
MUHAMMAD MUNIR Madras.
SAHEB, Khdn
Saheb. See Munir. MUHAMMAD RABNAWAZ KHAN,
MUHAMMAD MURGAY, Khan Alizai, The title is here-
Nawab.
Kazi, The father of the present
Saheb. Received the title on June ditary.
3,
Nawab was the Nawab Fau jdar Khan,
who rendered good services during
MUHAMMAD MURID walad MUHAM- the Multan campaign of 1848 under
MAD WARIS, Khan Bahadur. The Lieutenant (subsequently Sir Herbert)
title is personal, Edwardes. For these services he re-
June 22, 1897. Residence: Hyderabad, ceived the title of Khan Bahadur, as
Sind. a personal distinction, and a valuable
MUHAMMAD MUSTAFA, Say yid, Khdn jdgir. He also rendered good service
Bahadur. The title was conferred on during the Sheorani and Kasrani ex-
January 1, 1898. Is Deputy-Collector peditions. In 1854 he was deputed
of Allahabad. Residence as Envoy to the Court of Kabul ; and
: Allahabad,
North-Western Provinces. in 1856, after the conclusion of the
treaty with the Amir of Kabul, Lord
MUHAMMAD NABI, Khdn Saheb. The Dalhousie conferred on him the per-
title is personal, and was conferred on sonal title of Nawab. In 1857 the
February 16, 1887, on the occasion Nawdb went to Kabul again, where
of the Jubilee of the reign of Her
he remained till March 1859. He
Most Gracious Majesty. Residence: received various further honours and
Calcutta.
rewards for his remarkable services ;
MUHAMMAD NAIYIM, Maulavi, and in 1875 the title of Nawab was
Shams-ul-Ulama ; b. November 20, made hereditary, and all his jdgirs
1834. This title is personal, and was were made perpetual jdgirs. He died
conferred on February 16, 1887, on the in 1875,and was succeeded by his son,
occasion of the Jubilee of the reign the present Nawab. The Nawab Mu-
of Her Most Gracious Majesty, for hammad Eabnawaz Khan has three
eminence in oriental learning. It —
sons Mahmud Khan, born 1857 ;
entitles him
to take rank in Darbar Aladad Khan, born 1862; Hakdad
immediately after titular Nawabs. Khan, born 1876. Residence: Dera
Belongs to the family of Khwaja Abu Ismail Khan, Punjab.
Ismail Abdulla, Anseri, known as the
Khwaja Pir of Herat. The family
MUHAMMAD RAHMAT-ULLA, Khdn
was held in great esteem and respect Bahadur; b. 1862. The title is per-
sonal, and was conferred on October
by the Mughal Emperors of Delhi.
Residence : Lucknow, Oudh. 8, 1875, in recognition of his position
as son of his late Highness Zahir-ud-
MUHAMMAD NAJAF KHAN walad daula, the second of the titular Princes
IMAM BAKHSH KHAN, Mir. The of Arcot. Residence: Madras.
MUHAMMAD RAHMAT-ULLA BEG, MUHAMMAD SAIYAD. See Muham-

Mirza, Khan Bahadur. The title was mad Sayyid.
Benares, North- Western Provinces.

MUHAMMAD SAKHAWAT HUSAIN,
Khan Bahadur. See Sakhawat.
MUHAMMAD RASHID-UD-DIN KHAN MUHAMMAD SALAMAT KHAN, Raja;
Khan Bahadur. The title
(of Delhi), b.1835. The title is hereditary. Be-
is and was conferred on
personal,
longs to a family descended from
February 16, 1887, on the occasion of Chandra Singh, Gautam, of Mehnagar
the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most He had two sons,
in Nizdmabad.
Gracious Majesty. Residence : Kar-
Sagar and Abhiman. The latter be-
auli, Rajputana. came a Muhammadan and an eunuch ;
took the name of Daulat, entered the

MUHAMMAD RAUSHAN All, Khan
Bahadur, Firoz Jang. The title is Imperial service of Delhi, rose to be
it was originally conferred
Wazir of the Household, and in 1612
personal;
A.D. was appointed Faujdar of Jaun-
by the Nawab of the Carnatic, and His nephew Harbans, sou of
recognized on December 16, 1890. pur.
Residence : Madras. Sagar, assumed the title of Raja.
The grandson of Harbans, named
MUHAMMAD REZA All SULTAN, Bikramajit, married a Muhammadan
Mirza Bahadur, Prince. The title is wife, and had two sons, named Azam
personal, being the courtesy title of and Azmat. Azam founded the town
the thirteenth son of his late Majesty of Azamgarh in 1665, and built the
the King of Oudh. Residence: Cal- fort there, which became the residence
cutta, Bengal. of the family. Azmat was killed by
the Imperial troops about 1688 for
MUHAMMAD SADIK, Munsni, Khan failure to pay revenue, and was suc-
Bahadur; b. July 13, 1833. Belongs ceeded by his two sons in turn, Ikram
to a Kamboh (Musalman) family, and Mahabat. The latter was im-
claiming from the Nawab
descent prisoned by the Nawab Vaeir for
Asad Khan, who settled at Meerut refusing to pay revenue, and died in
three centuries ago, and was Wazir in confinement about the year 1731.
the time of the Mughal Emperors. His son Iradat, alias Akbar Shah,
His father, Haji Muhammad Mumtaz was succeeded in 1756 by his son,
Ali Kaan, served the Government as Jahan Khan, who was slain in 1761
a Tahsildar and Honorary Magistrate. in a quarrel with the Nawab Vazir's
He las been a Deputy Magistrate in agent. After the defeat of the Nawab
the Irrigation Department. Received Vazir by the British forces at Baksar,
a satad in Darbar from Lord Canning, a cousin of Jahan Khan, named Azam
and a khilat for loyal services during Khan, established himself in the Raj,
the Mutiny in 1857 ; also a Certificate and retained it till his death in 1771.
of Honour at the Imperial Assemblage His widow adopted a son named Nadir
of Delhi on January 1, 1877, on the Khan, who appears to have been a
occasion of the Proclamation of Her claimant of the Raj. He died in 1826,
Most Gracious Majesty as Empress of and was succeeded as claimant by his
India and the title of Khan Bahadur
; eldest son, Mubarak. The latter died
on February 16, 1887, on the occasion in 1858, and was succeeded by his son,
of the Jubilee of Her Majesty's reign. the present Raja, whose claim to the
Residence : Meerut, North-Western Raj was at last allowed by the
Provinces. Government in 1866. The Raja is an
Honorary Magistrate. His heir-pre-
MUHAMMAD SADIK ALI KHAN, Na- sumptive is his brother, Babu Mu-
wab Bahadur. The title is personal, hammad Khalik Khan, born in
being the courtesy title of a grandson
February 1849. Residence: Azamgarh,
of his late Majesty Muhammad Ali North-Western Provinces.
Shah, third King of Oudh. The
Nawab Bahadur's father was the MUHAMMAD SALAM-ULLA KHAN,
Nawab Muazzam-ud-daula, who mar- Khan Bahadur, Nawab ; b. February 9,
ried a daughter of that monarch. Re- 1859. The title of Khan Bahadur was
sidence : Lucknow, Oudh. conferred on June 1, 1888, and that of
Nawab on May 29, 1891, as personal Gracious Majesty, for distinguished
distinctions, in recognition of his services as an officer ofthe 20th Ben-
services and those of his family to the gal Infantry. Residence : 20th Bengal
Government. Belongs to a Shirani Infantry.
Pathan family of Dewalghat, Buldana
MUHAMMAD SHAMS-UD-DIN HAI-
district, Berar. His grandfather, Mu-
hammad Rahim Khan, received a,jdgir DAR, Mirza Bahddur. The title is
personal, being the courtesy title of a
for his services rendered to General
Sir Arthur Wellesley (afterwards Duke
grandson of his late Majesty Amjad
Ali Shah, fourth King of Oudh. The
of Wellington) in the campaign of
Mirza Bahadur's father was the Mirza
Assai (Assaye), 1803 a.d. Muhammad
Mustafa Ali Haidar, son of that mon-
Rahim Khan's son was Muhammad arch. Residence: Oudh.
Bismillah Khan, father of the present
Nawab, who is the jdgirddr and MUHAMMAD SHARIF, Vellore, Khdn
Magistrate of Dewalghat. The Na- Bahddur. The title was conferred on
—
wab has two sons Muhammad Nur- January 1, 1891. Residence: Madras.
ullaKhan and Muhammad Aziz-ulla
Khan and three daughters, Mohr-un-
;
MUHAMMAD SHARIF KHAN (Khan
of Dir), Nawdb. The Khan of Dir
Nisa, Budr-un-Nisa, and Shams-un-
Nisa. Residence : Dewalghat, Buldana, received the title of Nawab on June
Berar. 22, 1897. Residence: Dir, Punjab
Frontier.
MUHAMMAD SALEH JAFAR, Khdn MUHAMMAD
Bahadur. The title is personal, and SIBGHAT-ULLA, Niga-
rish Khdn Bahddur Ihtisham Jang
1,
Residence: Aden. Ihtisham-ud-daula. The title is per-
sonal it was conferred by the Nawab
;
MUHAMMAD SAMI-ULLAH KHAN, of the Carnatic, and recognized on
G.M.G. Has been a Com-
created December 16, 1890. Residence: Ma-
panion of the Most Distinguished dras.
Order of St. Michael and St. George.
Residence :
MUHAMMAD SULTAN SAHIB, Khdn
Saheb. See Sultan.
MUHAMMAD SAYYID BAKHT, alias
MUHAMMAD SURAJA JAH, Mirza.
PIYARI SAHEB, Mirza. The title
See Suraya Jah.
is personal, as the courtesy title of
one of the great-grandsons of the MUHAMMAD TAKI, Khdn Saheb, The
Prince Mirza Jahandar Shah, the heir- title was conferred on May 26, 1894.
apparent of the Emperor Shah Alam, Residence :
Harda, Central Provbces.
the last independent Mughal Emperor
of Delhi. The Prince, having incurred
MUHAMMAD TAKI All, Mirza. The
the displeasure of his father the personal, being the courtesy
title is
of a grandson of his late Majesty
title
Emperor, fled from Delhi to Lucknow.
Amjad AH Shah, fourth King of Oudh.
Subsequently, in 1788 A.D.,he removed The Mirza's father is the Mirza Mu-
to Benares, to reside under the pro-
hammad Hasan Ali Bahadur, Sulai-
tection of the British Government.
man Kadr (q.v.), the only surviving
There the Palace on the river-side,
son of that monarch. Residence:
called the Shiwala, was given by Mr.
Oudh.
Duncan, the British Resident, as a
residence for the Prince, and the MUHAMMAD TAKI KHAN, Mirza,
family have lived there ever since Khdn Bahddur. The title is personal,
as political pensioners. One of the and was conferred on February 16,
Prince's grandsons, Mirza Mahmud 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee of
Jan, was the father of Mirza Muham- the reign of Her Most Gracious Ma-
mad Sayyid Bakht. Residence: Be- jesty. Residence: Kandahar.
nares, North-Western Provinces. MUHAMMAD UBEIDULLA, Matilavi,
Shams-ul-Ulama. See Ubai-
MUHAMMAD SHAH SAYYID, Subah- Kazi,
dullah.
dar, Khdn Bahddur. The title is
personal, and was conferred on Febru- MUHAMMAD USMAN KHAN, Sarddr
ary 16, 1887, on the occasion of the Bahddur. The Sardar Bahadur is a Su-
Jabilee of the reign of Her Most bahdar-Major in Her Majesty's Army,
attached to the Body-guard of His MUKERIAN, Sarddr of. See Prem

Excellency the Governor of Madras; Singh.
and has been appointed A.D.C. to His
Excellency. Residence: Madras.
MUKTAGACHI, Rdjd of. See Surja
Kant Acharji.
MUHAMMAD USMAN KHAN, Khan MUKUND BALKRISHAN BUTI, Rai
Khel, Khdn Bahadur. The title was Bahadur. The and
title is personal,
conferred on March 9, 1881, as a per-
was conferred on February 16, 1887,
sonal distinction. Residence : Kohat,
Punjab.
reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty.
MUHAMMAD WAZIR-UD-DIN, Haii Residence : Nagpur, Central Provinces.
Shaikh, Khan Bahadur. The title
was conferred on January 1, 1894. MUKUND DEB (of Khurdah), Rdjd.
Residence : Agra, North- Western Pro- The title is personal, and was conferred
vinces. on March 29, 1884. The Raja is the
MUHAMMAD present representative of the ancient
YUSUF, Khan Bahadur.
The title was conferred on June 6, Gangavansa dynasty of Kings of Orissa.
Residence: Puri, Bengal.
1885, as a personal distinction, in re-
cognition of his position as an eminent MUKUND LAL BURMAN, Babu, Rai
member of the Bar of the Calcutta Bahadur. Is Zamindar of Saidabad
High Court. Residence: Calcutta, in Murshidabad, Bengal. Received
Bengal. the title on January 2, 1899. Residence :
MUHAMMAD YUSUF All KHAN, Saidabad, Murshidabad, Bengal.
Maulavi, Khan Saheb. Received the MUKUNDRAI MANIRAI, Rao Bahddur.
title, for eminent services in the The title is personal, and was con-
Educational Department, on January ferred on June 9, 1884. Residence:
1, 1897. Residence: Punjab. Surat, Bombay.
MUHAMMAD ZAKAB All, Khdn Ba- MULCHAND S0NI, Rao Bahddur. The
hddur. The personal ; it was
title is and was conferred on
title is personal,
originally conferred by the Nawab January 20, 1882. Residence: Ajmir.
of the Carnatic, and recognized on
December 16, 1890. The Khan Ba- MULI, Parmar Sartansinghji Rama-
hadur is also styled Mutamid Khan bhai, Thdkur of. A ruling chief; b.
Bahadur. Residence: Madras. April 12, 1834. Succeeded to the gadi

June 29, 1870. Belongs to a family
MUHAMMADBHAI. See Mahomed- claiming descent from the great Pra-
bhai. mara (Parmar) clan of Rajputs, the
MUHAMMADGARH, Nawab Muham- Thakur being, it is said, the only Pra-
mad Hatim Kuli Khan, Nawab of A mara Chief in Western India, and
ruling chief; b. 1866. Succeeded to almost the only surviving Chief of
the gadi October 1897. Belongs to that great clan. The Pramaras were
an Afghan (Muhammadan) family, one of the four divisions of the Agni-
"
descended from Dalel Khan, founder kulas, or Sons of Fire," of the heroic
of the State of Kurwai (q.v.), of which ages in India— the other three being
the Muhammadgarh State is an off- the Solanki, the Chauhan, and the
shoot. The Nawab's eldest son bears Purihara. Tod says of them in his
the title of Mian. The area of the learned Annals ofRdjdsthdn : ' ' Though
;
the Pramara family never equalled in
tion is about 5300, chiefly Hindus, but wealth the famed Solanki princes of
including about 900 Muhammadans. Anhilwara, or shone with such lustre
Residence: Muhammadgarh, Bhopal, as the Chauhan [of Ajmir and Delhi],
Central India. it attained a wider
range and an earlier
consolidation of power than either."
MUHI-UD-DIN SHARIF, Khdn Bahd- The great Chandragupta, the Sandra-
cottus of the Greeks, was probably a
conferred on January 1, 1878. Resi-
Pramara Rajput, and the last Pramara
dence: Madras.
King of Chitor was conquered by the
MUHIUJI NARSUJI, Rao Saheb. The Gehlots, probably in 714 a.d. The
titlewas conferred on January 2, 1899. Thdkur is known in Kathiawar by the
Residence: Bombay. " Parmar
title of Shri." The area of
his State is 133 square miles; its father's head cut off and embalmed,
population is 19,832, chiefly Hindus. and he presented it in person at Delhi,
He maintains a military force of 79 where it was placed as a trophy on the
cavalry and 230 infantry. Residence : Ajmir Gate. As his reward he re-
Muli, Kdthidwdr, Bombay. ceived the title of Shri Khdn Azam
Masnad which is still used in their
Ali,
MTJLJI NARAYAN, Rao Saheh. Re-
ceived the title on June signatures by the chieftains of this
1899. Resi-
dence ; Bombay.
3,
family. Shekhan Khdn was allowed
to return to Atraula with his father's
head and a grant of the Zaminddri ;
MULTHAN, Thakur Dalpat Singh, Thd- he raised a handsome tomb over the
kur of. A ruling chief ; b. 1838. Suc-
ceeded to the gadi as a minor in 1849. remains of his parent, and ruled in
The Thakur belongs to a Rdjput Atraula for twenty years. His son,
(Hindu) family. The population of
Daud Khdn, engaged in a feud with
his State is about 9000, chiefly Hindus. the Jan war Rdjd of Bhinga (q.v.) ; and
Residence: Multhan, Bhopdwar, Cen- it is said that he was such a powerful
tral India. archer that an arrow shot by him into

the gateway of the Bhinga fort was so
MUMTAZ All KHAN
(of Bilaspur, deeply buried that it was never ex-
Atraula), Rdjd; b. October 6, 1865. tracted till the time of the Mutiny of
The title is hereditary; the original 1857, when it was dug out by Mendu
title of Malik was exchanged for that Khdn, a General of the rebellious Be-
of Rdjd by Adam Khan about the year gam of Oudh. Daud Khdn's son,
1650, and the latter title was recog- Adam Khdn, was the first Chief of the
nized by the British Government as family to exchange the title of Mdlik
hereditary in 1879. Belongs to a very for that of Rdjd. His descendants in
ancient Pathan family, claiming later generations have been engaged in
descent from Khalid, son of Walid, the frequent bloody feuds with their
uncle of the Prophet. Its founder in neighbours, the Rdjds of Balrdmpur
Atraula was Ali Khan of Manota, in (q.v.) and Bdnsi. The late Rdjd,
the district of Muzaffarnagar. He Umrao Khdn, who died in 1858, had
accompanied the Emperor Humayun been engaged for many years in a
in his expedition to Gujarat, where he desultory border warfare with the
incurred the Emperor's displeasure by Chief of Balrdmpur, before the estab-
conniving at the escape of the Raja of lishment of the British rule in Oudh.
Bikanir from a beleaguered fort. His son, who succeeded as a minor,
Threatened with death, he openly re- was induced to join the rebels, and the
belled, and joined the old Afghan party rebel Begam of Oudh promised him a
of Sher Shah, by whom Humayun was share of the possessions of the loyal
for a time driven into exile. Ah Khan Chief of Balrdmpur. He died, how-
then seized the Raj of Nagar in Basti ; ever, in 1865, leaving no male issue;
from which, after ten years, he was but the present Rdjd was born as a
driven by a rising of the Hindus under posthumous son on October 6th of that
the son of the former Rdjd. He then year. The Government decided that
encamped before Atraula; and after he should succeed to his father's
two years' siege he slew the Rajput estates, which were under the manage-
Prince of that place, and in the year ment of the Court of Wards from
1552 established the Raj, which is still 1865 to 1866. The Rdjd has married
held by his descendants. He refused a daughter of the Rdjd Jang Bahddur
to submit to the restored Emperor Khdn of Nanpara (q.v.). Residence :
Humdyun, or to his son, Akbar the Atraula, Gonda, Oudh.
Great. But in 1571 his only son, She-
khan Khdn, tendered his submission MUMTAZ ALI KHAN, Munshi, Khdn
to Akbar's Viceroy in Oudh, and Bahddur. The title was conferred on
promised to bring in his father's head January 1, 1894. Residence: Gonda,
if he were furnished with a sufficient Oudh.
number of troops. The unnatural
battle was fought at Sarai in
Pargand MUNAWAR ALI, Muhammad, Khdn
Saadullanagar the son was victorious,
;
Bahadur, Prince of Arcot. See Mu-
and kept his word by having his hammad Munawar Ah.
MUNIR SAHEB, Muhammad, Khan MURID HAIDAR KHAN walad IMAM

Saheb. Is secretary to the Anjuman- BAKHSH KHAN, Mir. The title has
i-Mafid-i-ahla-i-Islam. Received the been continued for life, the Mir being
title on January 2, 1899. Residence : the representative of one of the Mirs
Madras. or Chiefs of Sind at the time of the
annexation (see Khairpur). Residence :
MUNISWAMI MUDALIYAR, Arkadu,
Shikarpur, Sind.
Rao Bahadur. The title was conferred
on May 25, 1892. Residence : Chen- MURID KHAN, Mulk or Malik; b.
about the year 1851. The title is
galpat, Madras.
hereditary; the Malik has sanads of
MUNISWAMY PILLAI, Peter, Rao the Emperors Aurangzeb and Muham-
Saheb. Received the title on May 21, mad Shah in which this title is used.
1898. Residence: Madras. Is the Chief of the Kalmati clan, which
is a branch of the Rind Baluchis. Resi-
MUNNA LAL, Rai. The title is per-
and was recognized in 1886. dence : Karachi, Sind.
sonal,
Residence : Ludhiana, Punjab. MURLI DHAR, Lala, Rai Saheb. Re-
MUNNA LAL DUBE, Rai Saheb. Re-
Residence Ambala, Punjab.
:
Residence: Jabalpur, Central Pro- MURLI MANOHAR, Rai Bahadur; b.
vinces. 1821. The title is personal, and was

conferred on August 16, 1882, for
MUNRAM SINGH, Rai Bahadur; b.
services rendered to Government dur-
December 18, 1842. Received the title
ing the Mutiny and in the Bhutan war.
for distinguished military service on
Belongs to a Kshatriya family. Is an
January 1, 1897. Residence: Mura- Residence :
Honorary Magistrate.
dabad, Rohilkhand. Lucknow, Oudh.
MUNSHL—A prefix. MURSAN, Rdjd of. See Ghansham
MURAD ALI (of Malir), Oc- Jam; b. Singh.
tober 1857. The title is hereditary ; Nawab
the present Jam succeeded as a minor
MURSHEOABAD, Sir Sayyid
Hasan All Khan Bahadur, Muhabat
in September 1866. The Jam is the
Jang, G.C.I.E., Nawdb Bahadur of;
Chief of the Jokia clan of Baluchis. b. August 25, 1846. The Nawab Ba-
Residence : Karachi, Sind. —
hadur's full titles are Ihtisham-ul-
MURALI. See Murli. Mulk, Rais-ud-Daula, Amir-ul-Umara,
Nawab Sir Sayyid Hasan Ali Khan
MURARMAU, Rdjd of. See Sheopal
Bahadur, Muhabat Jang, G.C.I.E., Na-
Singh. wdb Bahadur of Murshidabad. Is the
MURDHAN SAH (of Barha), Rdjd. eldest son of the late Muntazim-ul-
The title
hereditary.is Residence: Mulk, Mohsin-ud-Daula, Faridun Jah,
Narsinghpur, Central Provinces. Nawab Sayyid Mansur Ali Khan Ba-
hadur, Nussat Jang, last titular Nawab
MURID AHMAD KHAN walad NASIR Nazim and Subahdar of Bengal, Behar,
KHAN, Mir. The title has been con- and Orissa. The late Nawab Nazim
tinued for life, the Mir being the re-
resigned position and titles on
his
presentative of one of the Mirs or November 1, 1880. His eldest son,
the present Nawab, received the here-
annexation {see Khairpur). Residence:
ditary title of Nawab Bahadur of
Shikarpur, Sind. Murshidabad by a sanad, dated Feb-
MURED ALI, Kazi, Khan Bahadur; b. ruary 17, 1882. In February 1887 he
January 7, 1830. The title is personal, received the dignity of Knight Com-
and was conferred on April 16, 1869. mander of the Most Eminent Order of
His great-grandfather, Muhammad the Indian Empire, and was promoted
Harun, came from Herat and settled to be a Knight Grand Commander of
in Hala, Sind, at the time when Jam the same Most Eminent Order in May
Sams was ruler of Sind. His father 1890. In May 1887 he was granted
was Muhammad Hayat. The Khan the khilat or style of Ihtisham-ul-Mulk,
Bahadur has a son, named Muhammad Rais-ud-Daula, Amir-ul-Umara, Na-
Arif . Residence : Hyderabad, Sind. wdb Sir Sayyid Hasan Ali Khan Ba-
hadur, Muhabat Jang. On March 12, Yemen in Arabia. Subsequently a
1891, by an Indenture entered into descendant, Sayyid Husain Najafi, was
between the Secretary of State for key-holder to the tomb of Ali at Na-
India in Council and himself, the Na- jaf ;
and his grandson was Mir Jafar,
wab Bahadur confirmed the act of his who became, on the fall of Nawab
father of November 1, 1880 and re-
; Suraj-ud-Daula, Nawab Nazim of
ceived in return a fixed hereditary Bengal, Behar, and Orissa. The
position, with a settled income, and grandfather of Mir Jafar had married
with the family estates in the districts a niece of the Emperor Aurangzeb.
of Murshidabad, Calcutta, Midnapur, One of his uncles, Najafi Khan, was
Dacca, Maldah, Purneah, Patna, Rang- Governor of the fortress of Gwalior ;
pur, Hughli, Rajsbahi, Birbhum, and and another, Najaf Khan, was Subah-
the Santal-Parganas attached to the dar of Cuttack. Mir Jafar himself
title of Nawab Bahadur in tail male. was at first Commander-in-Chief to
This arrangement was confirmed and the Nawab Nazim Ali Vardi Khan,
validated by the Council of His Ex- whose sister, the Nawab Shah Kha-
cellency the Viceroy and Governor- num, he married. The Nawab Ali
General, by Act XV. of 1891, passed Vardi Khan became Subahdar in 1740,
on March 21, 1891. This arrangement and was succeeded by his grandson
confirmed to the Nawab Bahadur the Nawab Suraj-ud-Daula in 1756. He
rank and dignity of Premier Noble of was succeeded, by Mir Jafar, brother-
the Provinces under the Lieutenant- in-law of Ali Vardi Khan, after the
Governor of Bengal, with the heredit- victory at Plassey in 1757. In 1760
ary title, in addition to that of Nawab he was set aside for a short time in
Bahadur of Murshidabad, of Amir-ul- favour of his son-in-law, Mir Kasim,
Umara. The Nawab Bahadur has but again came into power after a few
five sons— (1) Asaf Kadr Sayyid Wasif months, and continued on the Masnad
Ali Mirza, born January 7, 1875 (2) ;
till1765, when he was succeeded by
Iskandar Kadr Sayyid Nasir Ali Mirza, his son, Najm-ud-Daula. Mir Najm
born March 15, 1876 ; (3) Sayyid Asaf was succeeded in 1766 by his brother,
Ali Mirza, bom April 26, 1881; (4) Nawab Saif-ud-Daula, and he by an-
Sayyid Yakub Ali Mirza, born June other brother, Mubarak-ud-Daula, a
9, 1883 ; (5) Sayyid Mohsin Ali Mirza, minor son of Mir Jafar, in 1770. Mu-
born November 18, 1885. The family barak-ud-Daula was succeeded by his
arms adopted by the Nawab are — son, Nasir-ul-Mulk, in 1793, and this
argent, a dolphin proper above a cheval Nawab by his son, Ali Jah, in 1810.
regardant, also proper. Below the Ali Jah was followed by his brother,
shield the monogram N.B.M. The Wala Jah, in 1821 and Wala Jah by
;
supporters are the lion and the uni- his son, Humayun Jah, in 1825. This
corn. The crest is a Zulfikdr (sword Prince was succeeded in 1838 by his
of theKhalif Ali) proper. The motto son, the late Faridun Jah Sayyid Man-
is
" Nil Desperandum." The Nawab sur Ali, the father of the present Na-
Bahadur is descended both from the wab, who was the last Nawab Nazim
Prophet and also from Ali, the cousin of Bengal, Behar, and Orissa. The
and successor of the Prophet, who was grandfather of the present Nawab
married to Fatima, the Prophet's Bahadur received from His Majesty
daughter. Hasan, eldest son of Ali, King William IV. a full-length por-
left a son, Hasan Massanna, who mar- trait of His Majesty, and the dignity
ried Fatima Soghra, daughter of Hus- of the Grand Cross of the Royal
sain Ali's youngest son. One branch Hanoverian Guelphic Order with
of the descendants of this marriage the Insignia. The portrait of His
has held for several centuries, and still Majesty one of the chief orna-
is
holds, the office of Grand Sharif of ments at the Palace at Murshidabad.

Mecca. A grandson of Hasan Mas- Residence: The Palace, Murshidabad,
sanna and Fatima Soghra was called Bengal.
Ibrahim Taha-Tahaie ("the pure,"
" the unsullied
") and from this Ibra-
; MTJRTAZA HUSAIN (of Bhilwal). See
him are derived the Murshidabad Mustafa Husain.
family. His descendants were for
some time rulers of the province of MTJRWARA ,
Thdkur of. See Ram Datt.
MUSA, Ali Raja, Sultan (of Cannanore), MUSTAFABAD, Sarddr of. See Tilak
Raja ; b. 1830. The title is hereditary, Singh.
the Raja of Cannanore being the
representative of the old Moplah Ali
MUSTAMH) KHAN BAHADUR. See
R&jas or Sea-Kings of Malabar and
Muhammad Zakar Ali.
the adjacent islands. Belongs to a MUTHUSWAMI AIYAR, T., CLE.; b.
Moplah (Muhammadan) family, said 1832. Created a Companion of the
to have been founded by Mamali Most Eminent Order of the Indian
Kidavi, a Musalman Minister of the Empire, 1878, in recognition of his
Kolathiii Raja of Malabar, who was
appointed the "Ali Raja" or Sea- — distinguished services in the Judicial
Service. Was appointed a Deputy
King of the Laccadives and adjacent
—
islands by the Cherakal Raja, who
Collector in 1859; Principal Sadr
Amin, 1865 Police Magistrate, 1868
; ;
assigned him a residence at Cannanore. Judge of the Court of Small Causes,
It is remarkable that the family,
1871; Fellow of the Madras Uni-
though Muhammadans, follow the versity, 1872; Puisne Judge of the
Marumakkatayam law of inheritance Madras High Court of Judicature,
general among the Hindu Rajas of 1883. Is a B.L. of Madras University.
Malabar, under which the succession Residence: Madras.
is with the offspring of its female
members, amongst whom the next MUTHUSWAMI PILLAI, C, Rao Saheb.
eldest male is always the heir-apparent. The title is personal, and was con-
The present Sultan Ali Ra ja succeeded ferred on January 1, 1890. Residence :
his predecessor under this law on Madras.
November 15, 1870. The agreement
of 1796, by which the family came
MUTLUR. See Adinarayana.
under British control, was signed by MUZAFFAR BAKHT, Mirza. The title
the Bibi, a female member of the ispersonal, as the courtesy title of one
family. Residence: Malabar, Madras. of the great-grandsons of the Prince
Mirza Jahandar Shah, the heir-ap-
MUSSAMAT—A prefix. parent of the Emperor Shah Alam, the
last independent Mughal Emperor of
MUSTAFA HUSAIN (of Bhilwal), Delhi. For the family history, see the
Chaudhri; b. October 31, 1849. The account under the heading "Muham-
title is hereditary, having been so since mad Sayyid Bakht, Mirza." The
the time of the Emperor Shah Jahan Mirza Muzaffar Bakht is a first cousin
in 1616 a.d., and recognized by the of Mirza Muhammad Sayyid Bakht,
British Government in 1877. Belongs being the elder son of Zafar Bakht,
to a Musalman family whose ancestors, who was the brother of Mahmud Jan.
Khwaja Bahram and Khwaja Nizam, Residence : Benares, North-Western
accompanied the Sayyid Salar to Provinces.
Oudh, and settled at Subeha. In 1616
a.d. Shaikh Nasir was appointed MUZAFFAR HUSAIN KHAN icalad
Chaudhri of Subeha by the Empress IMAM BAKHSH KHAN, Mir. The
Shah Jaham. In 1792 Chaudhri titlehas been continued for life, the
Imam Bakhsh Mir being the representative of one of
largely increased the
possessions of the family. In 1860,
Chaudhri Sarfaraz Ahmad, who had of the annexation (see Khairpur).
succeeded his father-in-law Chaudhri Residence : Shikarpur, Sind.
Lutf-ulla, was invested with the special MUZAFFAR KHAN, Sarddr Bahadur,
powers of an Assistant Collector. On C.I.E. Was created a Companion of
his death there was protracted litiga-
the Most Eminent Order of the Indian
tion as to the succession ; ultimately
the estates were divided between the Empire for distinguished military
services on June 1, 1888. Holds the
widow of Sarafaz Ahmad, Mussamat rank of Risaldar-Major in Her Majesty's
Bichan-un-Nisa, and the present Chau- Army. Residence: Hyderabad, Deccan.
dhri,who is the nephew of the late
Chaudhri. He has a son and heir MUZAFFAR KHAN, Kazi, Khan Saheb.
named Mujtaba Husain, born in 1874. Received the title on January 2, 1899.
Residence :
Subeha, Bara Banki, Oudh. Residence : Lower Zhob.
MUZAFFAR. KHAN, Waliwal, Mar- Premier Princes of the Empire b. June ;
wal (Malik of Wall), Khan Saheb. 4, 1884. Succeeded to the gadi as a

The title was conferred on June 22, minor on the decease of his late dis-
1897. Residence: Wali,Bannu, Punjab. tinguished father, the Maharaja Sir Cha-
marajendra Wadiar Bahadur, G.C.S.I.
MTJZHAR ALI, Khan Saheb. Received Belongs to a Rajput (Kshatriya Hindu)
the title on January 2, 1899, for good family, whose ancestors came to the
service in the Customs Department. south in very early times from Dwarka
Residence: Berbera. in Kathiawar. Of these, two brothers,
named Vijayaraj and Krishnaraj, appear
MYAT PIT, Maung, Ahmudan gaung to have settled in the Ashtagrain
Tazeik ya Min. The title is personal, division of the Mysore dominions to-
and was conferred on May 24, 1889. wards the close of the 14th century;
"
It means Recipient of the Medal of and one of them married the daughter
Honour," and is indicated by the of the local palegdr or Baron of the
letters A.T.M. after the name. Resi- village of Hadanaru, and by this means
dence: Tharrawadi, Burma. established his rule in those parts. One
of his descendants, named Yedu Raya,
MYAT SAN, Maung, Ahmudan gaung ruled over Mysore from 1399 a.d. to
Tazeik ya Min. The title is personal, 1422, and was then succeeded
by his
and was conferred on January 1, 1891. son. Here Bettud Chamraj. The
" grand-
It means Recipient of the Medal of son of the latter was a Raja named
Honour," and is indicated by the Here (or Arberal) Chamraj —
arberal
letters A.T.M. after the name. Resi-
meaning six-fngered, in allusion to a
dence : Rangoon, Burma. physical peculiarity ; and the six-fingered
Raja's son was Here Bettud Chamraj
MYAT THA, Mating, Thuye gaung II., in whose time the fort of Mysore
ngwe Da ya Min. The title is personal, was built on the site of a village formerly
and was conferred on January 1, 1892. called
" Puragere, and was given the
It means Recipient of the Silver name of Mahesh-uru, Buffalo-town, from
Sword for Bravery," and is indicated
Mahesh-asura, the buffalo-headed demon
by the letters T.D.M. after the name. destroyed by the goddess Kali. These
Residence : Myingyan, Burma.
Rajas were called Wadidrs or Wodeydrs
MYAT THA GYAW, Mating, Myook, honorific of Mysore —
Wodeydr being a plural or
form of Odeya. Kanarese for
Thuye gaung ngwe Da ya Min. The " lord."
title (see above) was conferred on
Here Bettud Chamraj was succeeded
January 1, 1898. Residence : Mogaung,
by his two sons in turn. The younger,
Myitkyina, Burma. Bole Chamraj, is said to have been
MYAT TUN AUNG, Maung, Thuye named Dole, or The Da Id, because he had
been made bald by a stroke of lightning.
gaung ngxoe Da ya Min. The title is
His grandson, Raj Wadiar, ninth Raja
personal, and was conferred on June
It means
" of Mysore, was the greatest and most
Silver Sword for Bravery," and is in- successful of all these early Wadiars.
dicated by the letters T.D.M. after the He reigned from 1578 to 1616; and in
name. Residence: Chindwin, Burma. the year 1609-10 he seized the strong
fortress of Seriugapatam, formerly held
MYLLIEM, Seim of. See Malliem. by a lieutenant of the Kings of Vijaya-
nagar. The great Hindu kingdom of
MYO, Maung, Ahmudan gaung Tazeik ya Vijayanagar on the Tungabhadra had
Min. The title is personal, and was previously, in 1588, been subverted by
conferred on
January 1, 1890. It the alliance of the Muhammadan Chiefs
means " Recipient of the Medal of of the Deccan, and the descendants of
Honour," ana is indicated by the the Vijayanagar dynasty had taken
letters A.T.M. after the name. Resi- refuge at Penuakonda, where the family
dence : Rangoon, Burma. ultimately became extinct ; so that Raj
Wadiar of Mysore and his descendants,
MYSORE, His Highness Maharaja Kri- having obtained possession of the im-
shnaraja Wadiar Bahadur, Mahdrdjd portant strategical position of Seringa-
of. A ruling chief, and one of the patam, rapidly increased their power and
extended their dominions. This process installed in his place as titular sovereign.
of aggrandizement continued down to The young MaharaVja proved himself in
the time of the R&j& Dodda Krishnar&j, every way so deserving of the position
who reigned from 1713 to 1730. His that in 1881 it was resolved that the
adopted son was Hadinente Tingal sovereign power should be restored to
Chamraj, who died in 1733, and was the sovereign title, and on March
succeeded by his adopted son, Chikka 25 in that year the "Rendition" the —
— "
Krishnaraj Chikka means Junior," or —
term has become historical was carried
«•
The Less." The long reign of Chikka out by the installation of the Maharajd
Krishnaraj, from 1734 to 1765, was as a Ruling Chief, when the British
hardly more than nominal, for during Chief Commissioner handed over his
this period the famous Muhammadan office to the Diw&n or Prime Minister of
Haidar Ali rose to power, and ultimately His Highness.
became the sovereign of Mysore, retain- The subsequent history of the Mahd-
ing the Mahar&jd as a puppet-prince. r&j&'s rule
—
and since His Highness's
Haidar's splendid military powers, and lamented death, that of Her Highness
those of his even more famous son, Tippu the Mahar&ni-Regent, C.L, acting for
Sultan, immensely increased the Mysore the youthful Maharajii, and aided by
dominions, and made the State the the able Prime Minister, His Excellency
greatest in Southern India, and its Sir Sheshadri Iyar, K.C.S.I., who had so
rulers the most formidable potentates in long possessed the confidence of the late
the whole country. Of the Mahar&ja —
Mah&raj& abundantly justified the
"
Chikka Krishnaraj 's two sons, who Rendition." The good administration
nominally succeeded him, one was of the country, which had been firmly
strangled by orders of the Sultan, and established under the rule of Sir Mark
the other died childless. Haidar then, Cubbon and his successors as Chief Com-
in order to retain the shadow of a Hindu missioners of Mysore, has been main-
dynasty, permitted the third wife of tained and improved. Notwithstanding
Chikka Krishnaraj to adopt a young that the State has been devastated by
kinsman named Chamraj. Not long one of the most terrible famines ever
before the fall of Tippu and the conquest — —
known that of 1877-78 and by several
of Seringapatam by the British in 1799, very serious droughts, its general ad-
Chamraj had died in captivity ;
and vance in prosperity under the Mah&raja's
when the British Government resolved rule has been marvellous. His Highness
that Mysore should revert to the control had the advantage of being assisted by
of the family of its ancient rulers, an several Indian statesmen of the first
infant son of Chamraj, by name Krish- rank and the highest abilities the place
naraj, was placed on the gadi. During of the late Diwan, Mr. Rangacharlu
;
—
the minority of the Maharajd Krishnaraj, who was himself an administrator of no
from 1799 to 1810, the State was success- mean power— having been taken, very
fully administered by a Diw&n or Prime fortunately by His Excellency the present
,
Minister, the famous Purnaiya, a Brah- Prime Minister, Sir K. Sheshadri Iyar,
man statesman of great ability. The K.C.S.I. (q.v.), by whose aid the Maha-
affairs of the State, however, fell into raja attained an administrative success
disorder after the retirement of Pur- not surpassed in any part of the Indian
naiya and the misgovernment of the
; Empire, British as well as feudatory.
Mahaj&rd Krishnaraj terminated by the In all the ordinary duties of an Indian
British Government assuming the direct —
Government in the administration of
administration of the country in 1831, justice, in the collection and expenditure
retaining the Mah&r&jd as the titular of the revenue, in the protection afforded
sovereign. On June 18, 1865, the late to life and property, in public instruc-
Mahar&jd adopted as a son and successor tion, in sanitation, in public works it
—
the young prince, the late MaMrajd is admitted that the Government of
Ch&ma Rajendra Wadia>, who was the Mysore can compare not unfavourably
third son of Chikka Krishna Araso, a with that of the Provinces under
scion of the Bettada Kote branch of the direct British rule. In some highly im-
royal house. The adoption was sanctioned —
portant respects in the development of
by the Government of India in April 1867; communications, in female education, in
and on the death of the Maharaja Krish- precautions against famine, in the en-
naraj in 1868 the late Maharaja was duly couragement of mining and other in-
dustries, and in the fostering of habits of But it is in measures for the prevention
local self-government among the people and the relief of famines that tbe Govern-
— it is held by many (and apparently ment of Mysore has earned its best and
with some reason) that the State of My- most enduring laurels, in a reputation
sore is ahead of most of the rest of India. for prudent and far-sighted philanthropy.
The famous school at Mysore city that Those measures were described fairly
is known as
" Her
Highness the Ma- and minutely by the Prime Minister in
—
harani's High-Caste Girls' School" in his Address to the Representative As-
which 400 girls belonging to the families sembly on October 4, 1892, in the follow-
of highest caste in Mysore receive a ing words :
—
liberal education, largely from Professors
of their own sex and rank in life un- — " Before I
proceed to take up the various
departments of the State, you will naturally
doubtedly represents by far the most expect me to say a few words regarding the
successful attempt that India has seen severe drought through which the whole of
to put the ladies of India on the same the Province, with the small exception of our
intellectual level with their husbands Malnad Taluks, has recently passed. In the
Maidan parts of the Mysore and Hassan dis-
and brothers. The success of the gold- tricts the south-west monsoon was so scanty
mining of Kolar is perhaps due as much and precarious that the early dry crops were
to the wise and liberal laws which regu- completely lost, except in a few scattered
late it as to the richness of the district favourable situations. The northern and
in the precious metal ; while the Princi- eastern districts did not get any of the early
rains, and had in consequence to defer the
pality is being opened out in every
preparation of land for cultivation much be-
direction by railways under State con-
yond the usual season. A few showers which
trol or with State encouragement. The came later on permitted of the sowing of the
expenditure on railways in this State in ordinary dry crops in most taluks. These
the year 1891 was nearly 3,000,000 rupees. soon began to fade from insufficient moisture.
In regard to local self-government, the The rain which fell towards the end of Septem-
ber raised hopes of a favourable change in the
"Representative Assembly of Mysore," season. But by November it was evident that
with which the Diwan every year takes the north-east monsoon too had failed, and
counsel, which was instituted some years that the general out-turn of dry crops would
not be much above a four-anna average in
ago as a body nominated by the Maha-
most taluks. The tanks had received no
raja, was in 1890 made elective, and
water, and wet cultivation under them could
the Prime Minister in his Address to not be attempted. The failure of fodder was
the Assembly in 1891, thus commented widespread, and altogether there was every
on the results of the change: — indication of an impending distress of a very
aggravated type, and towards the end of
November the price of food grains began to
"
By command of His Highness the Maha- rise rapidly, owing both to the local failure of
raja, I have much pleasure in welcoming you crops and to large exports to neighbouring
to this Assembly, which meets here to-day for Madras districts. In the beginning of Decem-
the first time under the election system ber, by command of His Higlmess the Maha-
sanctioned last year. You come here as the raja, I started on a tour through the worst
duly elected Representatives of the Agri- taluks of the districts of Mysore, Tumkur,
cultural, the Industrial, and the Commercial Chitaldroog, Kolar, and Bangalore. My im-
interests of the State. Last year, when His mediate object was not only to ascertain by
Highness was pleased to grant the valued personal observation the actual condition of
privilege of election, he was not without some the country and the requirements of the
misgiving as to how the experiment would people, but also to organize the relief measures
succeed ;
but it is most gratifying to His required for the different tracts, and chiefly to
Highness that, though unused to the system, inspire the people with confidence alike in
the electoral body has been able, in the very the famine policy of the Government and in
first year of its existence, to exercise the the method proposed for carrying it out. One
privilege with so much judgment and sense of of the first things to attract my attention was
responsibility as to send to this Assembly the insufficient supply of food grains at the
men in every way qualified to speak on their various local markets. It was evident that
behalf. That men representing the capital, owners were holding back their stocks, partly
the industry, and the intellect of the country in expectation of a further rise in price and
should have already taken so much interest partly from fear of thefts and robberies,
—
in the working of the scheme augurs well for so fruitful a source of waste and loss during
the future of the Institution. His Highness the previous famine. I accordingly lost no
asks me to take this opportunity publicly to time in arranging for due police protection of
acknowledge the expressions of warm grati- grain in transit and at places of storage, and
tude which have reached him from all sides for their safe and ready consignment by the
for the privilege of election granted last railway. Local merchants were duly apprised
year." of the preparedness of the Government to meet
any import of grain from
local insufficiency by work near villages after completion of the
outside the Province, while at the same time tanks taken up, a programme of works of a
the prices of food grains obtaining at the supplementary character was got ready.
several weekly santes or markets in the These works were also of special local utility,
interior were ascertained and regularly pub- such as improvement of village sanitation,
lished as a stimulus to local trade. These planting of topes in villages and round the
measures tended to make prices more uniform fringe of the waterspread of the bigger tanks,
and steady throughout the Province, and etc. Such, in brief outline, was the scheme
there was heard afterwards no complaint of of relief upon which His Highness's Govern-
insufficient supply at any local market. ment chiefly relied. Its execution was en-
Another matter which I found necessary trusted to the hereditary village Patel, for it
to impress upon local officers early in my was deemed safer to rely upon the autonomy
tour was the need of the greatest economy of the village than upon paid agency from out-
in the use of the available supply of water side. A system of periodical inspection and
in tanks. With the object of raising quick- general control by the Shekdar and Amildar
growing dry crops likely to yield an early was established, and wide discretion given to
supply of food and fodder, tank-beds district officers as regards the details of ex-
which were fast becoming dry were ordered ecution, with due regard to local circum-
to be leased for cultivation on very stances. I am able to bear testimony to the
favourable terms. About 10,500 acres of fact that the entire Executive, from the Patel
tank-bed were thus brought under cultivation. to the District Officer, showed themselves
The crops raised were generally Bengal-gram fully equal to the high responsibility thus
and jolam. In the Tumkur district, where placed upon them, and that the scheme of
the cultivation was timely and extensive, the relief planned was carried out with complete
aggregate value of the crops thus raised is success in every affected part. Besides the
estimated at over Rs.90,000. In the other regular relief works, but under the same
districts this class of cultivation was not agency and serving the same object as those
nearly so successful. To meet the serious works, were the drinking-water wells, for
want of fodder which was apprehended, all which a total grant of Rs. 138, 000 (chiefly
State forests and plantations, as well as a from local funds) had been sanctioned.
large number of Amrut Mahal Kavals, were There were in hand 850 such wells, prin-
thrown open for the free use of the raiyats' cipally new wells undertaken wherever
cattle, without any restrictions as to the most needed, besides a number of old
taluks or districts from which they might wells which required deepening. They
come. The total area of grazing land thus were all works of permanent utility, but
made available to the public was 1600 square were of special immediate value, owing to the
miles, and it is reported to have been used for scarcity of good drinking water which existed
grazing nearly 519, 000 head of cattle. Raiyats in most places. In addition to works under
were also further permitted to cut and remove direct Government agency, the employment
tender date-leaves for use as fodder, a privi- of local labour on private works on a large
lege which was eagerly availed of in most scale was established by the grant of Govern-
taluks of Tumkur and Chitaldroog. In de- ment loans to landholders for special per-
vising our scheme of Relief Works my chief manent improvement of their lands. The
aim was to afford the poorer agriculturists, most important of this class of works were
the landless field labourers, the Holiyars, the the irrigation wells under the scheme I de-
Madigars, etc., the means of earning a scribed to you last year. The working of the
sufficient livelihood near their own homes. scheme in each of the districts of Kolar,
It was believed they and their families could Tumkur, Chitaldroog, and Bangalore was
live upon comparatively small wages if these entrusted to a special officer in subordination
could be earned near their own villages, for to the Deputy Commissioner, and the distrust
in such a case they would be able to return to which raiyats at first evinced towards a new
their homes at the end of each day's work, measure of this kind soon gave place to an
take care of the infirm and young dependent eager desire to secure the loans. The number
upon them, look after their cattle and of applications received was so numerous
other property, and receive from their that the grants had to be confined to localities
neighbours any additional help they might where provision for employment of labour
require. With this object in view, every was most needed. The loans sanctioned
affected taluk was divided into a number aggregated Rs. 280, 000 for 917 kapile and 530
of small circles, and for execution within yatam wells, calculated to irrigate 5252 acres.
each such circle some suitable work or Another important class of works for which
works were selected, so as to leave no in- Government loans were given was the con-
habited "village without the means of earning struction and repair of Saguvali kattes. The
fair wages, within a radius of three or four restriction placed upon the construction and
miles. The works tlms selected were ' minor improvement of these kattes by an order of 1873
tanks,' whether yielding revenue or not. The was felt as a great hardship, especially in the
improvement of such tanks was of such vital Chitaldroog district, where much of the dry
importance to the villagers as a body that cultivation depends upon the retention of
there was every guarantee that the grants moisture under these kattes. That order was
given for it would be properly applied, and accordingly withdrawn, and special encourage-
some good return shown for the money spent. ment afforded for the construction and im-
To meet the rare cases in which such minor provement of these most useful private works
tanks were not available, as also to provide by a system of Government loans. During
P
the past season loans to the extent of Rs.21,175 extended to 4000 looms with 10,000 weavers.
were sanctioned for 251 such works, which Another class for whom special relief was
when completed will benefit 5069 acres. A found necessary were the minor village ser-
few loans were granted also to enable Inam- vants —the Madiga, the Toti, the Talavar,
dars to repair their tanks. Of works referred etc. The contributions from villagers oh
to above, both Government and private, which they generally subsist cease during
about 2900 were in actual execution in the every season of a general failure of crops.
affected tracts. They had the effect of keeping Eight hundred and fifty-one of them, employed
the people employed near their own homes, in watching Ukkads or Police outposts and
and their sufficiency for purposes of relief is doing quasi Police duties, were paid a monthly
proved by the fact that nearly 2400 of them salary of Rs.3 each as a temporary measure,
could not be completed during the past which has to be continued till the next
season. We have found them far more effec- harvest. Others not so employed were paid
tive for real relief than large central works wages as work-overseers, gangmen, etc., on
under professional agency. Our main anxiety relief works under execution. A number of
was to avoid the necessity for concentrating Holeyars and Madigars were given employ-
large numbers upon distant works, for previous ment in the collection of Tangadi bark in the
experience had shown that in the earlier stages Kolar district, and of bamboos lor the
of famine the people can never be induced to Government depots in that and the My-
leave their homes in quest of employment on sore district. Compensation for dearness of
distant works, not because they are not in gram had to be given to the Silledars,
need of employment, but because they are amounting up to the end of June to over
bound to their homes by ties they are unable Rs.8000. It will probably have to be con-
to sever. It is well known that before their tinued till the next gram harvest. A moiety
cattle are lost, and the weaker members have of the Potgi allowances of village officers was
died, and themselves reduced to a famished ordered to be paid on application before the
condition, the people do not quit their homes, date on which they are payable. With the
and when eventually compelled to take this arrangements made for the relief of general
step they are so demoralized that they are and special classes, gratuitous relief was
more likely to wander about aimlessly than found to be unnecessary, except to a very
to settle down on distant works under a insignificant extent. Further relief was given
strange agency. We had, however, ready at by the remission of one-half of the assessment
hand a programme of D.P.W. Relief Works on all wet lands under tanks which lay waste
for possible resort in the event of the distress or could only be culivated with dry crops,
being unusually prolonged. But happily we and one-half of the quit-rent on all Service
had no occasion to do more in this direction Inam lands of the minor village servants, and
than expand the ordinary Public Works in the Mohatarfa house-tax of the poorer landless
some of the affected tracts. Besides placing classes. The total of remissions thus given
the means of earning wages within the ready amounts to about four lakhs. Besides this,
reach of the general population, we adopted six lakhs of revenue had to be postponed, and
several measures for the relief of special much of this will have to be remitted
classes. The most important among them eventually."
were the weavers, the demand for whose
manufactures had all but disappeared owing The area of the State is
to the high prices of grain which prevailed. 24,709 square
After much consideration of alternative miles,which is more than double the
measures, the Government eventually adopted combined area of Switzerland and Saxony.
the system of purchase proposed by Mr. Its population is 4,186,188, chiefly
Madhava Rao for the Bangalore district. Hindus, but including 200,484 Muham-
Under this system the Government made madans and 29,249 Christians, which is
advances of money to local Sahukars of stand-
more than double the population of
ing for purchasing on behalf of Government
the entire produce of the looms at the market Norway, and about equal to that of
value, to be resold when the demand became Portugal. His Highness the Maharaja
re-established. The Sahukars were paid a maintains a military force of 1173
small commission, and in return they
guaranteed the full recoupment of the advances besides an Imperial Service Corps for
made. This system was the means of afford-
ing efficient relief to the industrious weaving the special service of frontier defence.
class, always the first to suffer on every His Highness is entitled to a salute of
occasion of widespread scarcity and high 21 guns.
prices. It was in operation at Bangalore, The arms displayed on the banner of
Dodballapur, Anekal, Kolar, Melkote, Molkal- the Maharaja of Mysore, which was
muru, and other weaving centres. The ad-
vances made amounted to Rs, 85,300, including unfurled at the Imperial Assemblage at
commission and other charges. A sum of Delhi, January 1, 1877, on the occasion
Rs.34,580 has already been recovered by the of the Proclamation of Her Most Gracious
resale of cloths purchased, and the balance is
Majesty as Empress of India, were
—
under process of realization. The final net
expenditure is expected to be trifling com-
—
Arms. Murrey (the Indian Bhagwd) %
a garur berunda (sacred double-headed
pared with the large numbers relieved. In
Bangalore city alone the relief thus given eagle) displayed aryeut, beaked and
armed or. Crest. —'A lion passant, carry- Proclamation of Har Most Gracious
ing an antelope's head, all proper. Majesty as Empress of Iudia in 1877,
Supporters.— Satvas (yali), elephant- he was granted an addition to his
headed tigers, sable, armed and unguled titles,and an increase of his salute
or. Residences : The Mysore
Palace, ;
from 11 to 13 guns, as a personal
The Palace, Bangalore ; Utakamand, etc. distinction. The area of the State is
928 square miles ;
its population
NABA. See Nava. 261,824, chiefly Hindus, but including
77,682 Sikhs and 50, 178 Muhammadans.
NABHA, His Highness Farzand-i- His Highness maintains a military
Arjumand Akidat Paiwand Daulat-i- force of 366 cavalry, 1253 infantry,
Inglishia Barar Bans Sarmur Raja and 18 guns, and is entitled to a
Sir Hira Singh, Maiwandar Bahadur, salute of 15 guns (including 4 personal
G.C.S.I., Rdjd of. A
ruling chief ; b. guns). Residence : Nabha, Punjab.
1843. Succeeded to the gadi June 9,
1871. Belongs to the great Sidhu Jat
NABHULAL NANHALAL, Rao Saheb.
family, known as the Phulkian family, on June 9, 1883. Residence : Ahmada-
from its founder Phul; which has
given ruling families to Patiala, Jind, bad, Bombay.
Nabha Bhadaur, and other Punjab NABI BAKHSH KHAN walad SHER
States. The Raja of Nabha is de- MUHAMMAD (of Nurpur), J^r. The
scended from Tiloka, the eldest son of titlehas been continued for life, the
Phul ; whose great-grandson, Hamir Mir being the representative of one of
Singh, founded the town of Nabha in the Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at the time
1755 a.d. He joined the Sikh Chiefs of the annexation (see Khairpur).
in the great battle of Sirhind, when Residence : Hyderabad, Sind.
Zain Khan, the Muhammadan Viceroy,
was slain, and established a mint at NADADUR. See Nadathur.
Nabha, as a mark of independence. NADATHUR
In 1808-9 the State came under SALAGOPACHARIAR,
British control, in the time of Rajd Mahdmahopddhydya. The title was
conferred for eminence in Oriental
Jaswant Singh; but his son, Raja
Devendra Singh, neglected to furnish learning on May 21, 1898. Residence :
Kumbhakonam, Madras.
supplies to the British troops during
the first Sikh war in 1845, and was NADATHUR SRIMAT SUNDRA RAJA-
consequently deposed, pensioned, and GHARIAR, Mahdmahopddhydya. The
his son, Raja Bharpur Singh, installed title was conferred for eminence in
in his place. During the Mutiny of Oriental learning, on June 22, 1897.
1857 Raja Bharpur Singh rendered Residence : Srirangam, Trichinopoly,
most valuable services, and was re- Madras.
warded with a large increase of
territories. He was succeeded by his NADATHUR SRIRANGACHARYA
SWAMI, Mahdmahopddhydya. Re-
brother, Raja Bhagwan Singh, who ceived the title for eminence in oriental
died without issue in 1871. By the
sanad of May 5, 1860, it had been learning, on June 3, 1899. Residence :
Madras.
provided that if either of the three
great Phulkian Princes (Patiala, Jind, NADAUN, Rdjd of. See Narindar Chand.
Nabha) died without heirs, a successor
to his Raj should be chosen by the NADAUN, Mian of. See Ishri Singh;
other two Chiefs from among the
see also Pirthi Singh, and also Sher
descendants of Phul; consequently, Singh.
on the death of Raja Bhagwan Singh NADIR BAKHT, Mirza. The title is
in 1871, the present Raja, Hira Singh personal, being the courtesy title of a
(then a jdgirddr of Jind, but a scion descendant of Prince Mirza Jahandar
of the family of Tiloka), was selected Shah, heir-apparent to Shah Alam,
and placed on the gadi. He has been the last independent Mughal Emperor
created a Knight Grand Commander of Delhi. The Mirza is a brother of
of the Most Exalted Order of the Star the Mirza Muzaffar Bakht (q.v.), and
of India, and granted the privilege of they are both first cousins of Mirza
adoption. On the occasion of the Muhammad Sayyid Bakht, under the
heading of whose name will be found Jaitpur, but having possessed himself
an account of the descent of this of the territory of Naigaon Ribai, he
family, who have lived peacefully at received a sanad from the British
Benares under the protection of the Government in 1807, confirming him
British Power since 1788. The Mirza in the possession. He died in 1808,
is one of the sons of the late Mirza and was succeeded by his son, the
Zafar Bakht. Residence: Benares, late Kunwar Jagat Singh. The area
North-Western Provinces. of the State about 8 square miles ;
is
NADIYA, Mahdrdjd Bahadur of. See The Thakurain maintains a military
Khitish. force of 6 cavalry, 51 infantry, and 1
NAGOD, Raja Jadubind Singh, Rdjd of. gun. Residence : Naigaon Ribai, Bun-
A ruling chief December
; b. 30, 1855. delkhand, Central India.
Succeeded to the gadi June 12, 1874.
Belongs to a Pharihar Rajput family,
NAIGAWAN. See Naigaon.
which has, through many vicissitudes, NAJAF All KHAN walad ALI AKBAR
ruled at Nagod for the last 900 years. KHAN, Mir. The title has been con-
The State was at one time feudatory tinued for life, the Mir being the
to Panna; but in 1809 the Raja Lai representative of one of the Mirs or
Sheoraj Singh obtained a sanad direct Chiefs of Sind at the time of the
from the British Government. He annexation (see Khairpur). Residence:
was succeeded in 1818 by his son, Shikarpur, Sind.
Raj& Balbhadra Singh, who was NAJAF
deposed in 1831, his son, Raghubind,
KHAN, Muhammad, walad
succeeding as a minor. Raja Raghu-
IMAM BAKHSH KHAN, Mir. See
bind Singh rendered good service Muhammad.
during the Mutiny of 1857, and was NAJM-UD-DIN HTJSAIN, Khdn Baha-
rewarded by the grant of exteuded dur; b. 1852. The title was conferred
territories, the right of adoption, and on October 8, 1875, as a personal dis-
the honour of a salute. He died in tinction, in recognition of his position
1874, and was succeeded by his son, as son-in-law of his late Highness
the present Raja. The State has an Zahir-ud-daula, the second of the
area of 450 square miles, and a titular Princes of Arcot. Residence:
population of 79,629, chiefly Hindus, Conjeveram, Madras.
but including 7965 belonging to ab-
NAJM-UD-DIN HUSAIN, Sayyid, Khdn
original tribes. The Raja maintains a Bahadur. The title is personal, and
military force of 6 cavalry, 116 infantry, was conferred on January 1, 1890.
and 4 guns, and is entitled to a salute Residence : Rai Bareli, Oudh.
•
of 9 guns. The banner of the family
is yellow, bearing a trisul or sacred NAKI All, Muhammad Dilawar, Jah,
trident on the field with a Hindi
;
Mirza Bahadur, Prince. See Mu-
motto, meaning "Faithful in perilous hammad.
times." Residence: Nagod, Baghel- NAKI All KHAN, Majid-ud-dauld.
khand, Central India. The title is
personal, being the courtesy
NAGOJI Rao title ofa son of a grand-daughter of
RAO, Kunathamakor,
Bahddur. See Kunathamakor. the late Muhammad Ali Shah, King
of Oudh. Residence : Oudh.
NAHAN, His Highness the Rdjd of.
See Sirmur. NALAGARH, Rdjd of. See Hindur.
NAHIL, Rao of. See Dal Singh. NALDANGA, Raja Pramada Bhusan
Deb Rai, Rdjd of ; b. December 22,
NAIGAON, Rdjd of. See Umrao Singh. 1858. Succeeded his father, Raja Indu
NAIGAON RIBAI, Thakurain Larai Bhusan Deb Rai, ninth Raja of
Dulaya, Jdgirddrin of. A ruling Naldanga, in 1871, as a minor. Belongs
chief; b. 1839. Succeeded to the to a family claiming descent from
gadi on the death of her late husband, Vishnu Das Hazra, who was settled
Kunwar Jagat Singh, October 28, 1867. in Jessore district, Bengal, in the
Belongs to a Dawa Ahir family. beginning of the 16fch century. His
Lachman Singh, father of the late son, Srimanta Rai, is said to have
Thakur, was originally a Sardar of distinguished himself by slaying a
rebel Pathan Chief, and to have as the present representative of the

obtained for this service from the Ramgarh Rajas. Residence: Ramgarh,
Subahdar of Bengal a jdgir and the Hazaribagh, Bengal.
of "Ranabir Khan." Three
title
NANA BHAYA SAHEB {alias RAM
generations later Chandi Charan Deb KRISHNA ABAJI), Rao Bahadur.
Rai, who died in 1656 A.D., slew the See Ram Krishna.
Raja Kedareswar, and consequently
obtained the title of Raja from the NANA M0R0BA, Rao. The title is
Emperor Shah Jahan. His successor, personal, and was conferred on No-
Indra Narayan, second Raja, built a vember 1, 1859. Residence : Ahmada-
great many Hindu temples, which are bad, Bombay.
still in existence. The third Raja, NANABHAI KAVASJI, Khan Bahadur.
Surya Narayan Deb Rai, died in 1698 The title is personal, and was conferred
A.d. ; the fourth, Rain Deb Rai, in on May 20, 1890. Residence: Bombay.
1746 A.D. ; and the fifth, Krishna Deb
NANABHAI M0R0BA, Rao Saheb.
Rai, in 1788 a.d. The late Raja, Indu Received the title on January 2, 1899.
Bhusan Deb Rai, was born in 1836,
Residence: Bombay.
and enjoyed the estate as ninth Raja
from 1854 to 1871. The present Raja NANAK BAKHSH, Lala, Rai Bahadur ;
came of age in December 1879, and b. 1836; is Motamidof the Patiala
received the title, as a personal dis- State. Residence : Patiala, Punjab.
tinction, on June 26, 1885. He has NANAK BAKHSH, Shaikh, Khan Baha-
established scholarships for Sanskrit dur. The title is personal, and was
learning, and medals for female conferred on May 30, 1891. Residence :
education, for which he has received Lahore, Punjab.
the thanks of Government. He also
founded and maintained a "Higher NANAK CHAND, Chaudhri, Rai Saheb.
Class English School," and a Dispensary. The title was conferred on May 25,
Has been appointed Member of the 1892, as a personal distinction. Resi-
District Board, Jessore and elected a
;
dence : Saharanpur, North-Western
Member of the British Indian Associa- Provinces.
tion. Has two sons —
Pannaga Bhusan NANAK CHAND, Lala, Rai Bahadur.
Deb Rai, born 1882; Mriganka Bhusan The title is personal, and was conferred
Deb Rai, born 1889. The family arms on June 1888. Residence:
—
are argent, a crescent moon proper, in putana.
1, Raj-
chief a trident between two cross-

swords proper. Residence : " Hazra NAND KISH0R, Lala, Rai Bahadur.
Asrama," Naldanga, Jessore, Bengal. on May 26, 1894. Residence: Sagar,
NALE, Lashkari Kanha Padvi, Chief Central Provinces.
of. Aruling chief ; b. 1860. Succeeded NAND LAL, Pandit, Rai Saheb. Re-
to the gadi as a minor in 1872. The ceived the title on June 3, 1899.
area of the State, which is one of the Residence : Baluchistan.
Mewas States of Khandesh, is 30
square miles; its population about
NAND LAL KADL, Pandit, Rai Saheb.
300, chiefly Bhils (aborigines), to
which tribe also the Chief belongs. 1897. Residence: Kashmir.
Residence : Nale, Khandesh, Bombay. NAND RAM, Rai Saheb. Received the
title on June 3, 1899. Residence:
NALINAKSHA BASU (BOSE),Rai
Bahadur. The title was conferred on Punjab.
May 20, 1890, as a personal distinction, NAND SINGH (of Khiva), Sarddr. See
in recognition of eminent services as Kehar Singh.
an Honorary Magistrate, and as NANDA G0PAL BANERJI, Rai Baha-
Chairman of the Burdwan Munici- dur. Received the title on May 21,
pality. Residence : Burdwan, Bengal. 1898. Residence : Manbhum, Bengal.
NAM NARAYAN SINGH (of Ramgarh), NANDGA0N, Raja Balram T>a.s Mahant i
Rdjd. The title was conferred on of. A ruling chief. Title of Raja
May 24, 1889, as a personal distinction, Bahadur conferred, as a personal
in recognition of the Raja's position distinction, January 2, 1893; b. 1866,
Succeeded to the gadi as a minor is Chief of one of the Shan States,
November 4, 1883. Belongs to a Burma; which has an area of about

Bairagi (Hindu of the Ascetic Mendi- 30 square miles, and a population
cant caste, but of an order that is consisting chiefly of Shans. Residence :
allowed by its rules to marry) family, Nantok, Shan States, Burma.
and has received the title of Raja as
a personal distinction. The feudal
NANTJ AIYAR BALAKRISHNA, Rao
tenure of this State was originally
conferred by the Mahratta Raja of
Residence : Pudukotta, Madras.
Nagpur on his and the
family priest,
title of Mahant has been recognized NA0R0JI MANIKJI WADIA, CLE.
by the Government. The late
British Was created a Companion of the Most
Chief, Mahant Ghazi Das, was an Eminent Order of the Indian Empire,
able and energetic ruler, and was January 2, 1893. Residence : Bombay.
succeeded in 1883 by his son, the
present Mahant. The area of the
NA0R0JI NASIRWANJI WADIA,
;
CLE. Was created a Companion of
tion is 16,764, chiefly Hindus. Resi- the Most Eminent Order of the Indian
dence: Nandgaon, Raipur, Central Empire, May 25, 1889. Has received
from Her Majesty, through the Garter
Provinces.
King of Arms, a grant of arms. Arms.
—
NANDSHANKAR TUUASHANKAR, Azure, on a f esse or, in chief an anvil of
Rao Bahadur. The title is personal, the last encircled by two branches of the
and was conferred on January 1, 1877,
cotton-tree, slipped, and in base a ship
on the occasion of the Proclamation of under sail at sea, all proper; a rose,
Her Most Gracious Majesty as Empress
gules barbed and seeded between two
of India. Residence: Surat, Bombay. bees volant of the third. Crest. In —
NANGAON, Thakur, Zalim Singh, front of a sun rising a cubit-arm erect,
Thdkur of. A ruling chief; b. 1815. proper, vested above the elbow, argent,
Succeeded to the gadi in 1833. Belongs holding a double-headed hammer, also
to a Rajput (Hindu) family. Resi- proper. Residence: Bombay.
dence : Nangaon, "Western Malwa, Cen-
NA0R0JI PESTANJI, Vakil, Khan
tral India.
Bahadur, CL.E. The title is personal,
NANKE, Maung Kun Kye, Ngwegunhmu and was conferred on January 2, 1888.
of. A ruling chief. The Ngwegunhmu The Khan Bahadur was created a
isChief of one of the Shan States of Companion of the Most Eminent Order
the Burma frontier, which has an of the Indian Empire on January 1,
area of about 80 square miles, and a 1897. Residence: Ahmadabad, Bom-
population consisting chiefly of Shans. bay.
Residence: Nanke, Shan States, Burma.
NA0R0Z KHAN, Sardar, Sir (of
NANKOK, Kun Ion, Myoza of. A Kharan), K.CI.E. Was created a
ruling chief. The Myoza is Chief of Knight Commander of the Most Emin-
one of the Shan States, Burma, having ent Order of the Indian Empire, May
an area of about 40 square miles, and 24, 1888. Residence : Kharan.
a population consisting chiefly of Shans.
NARAIN. See Narayan.
Residence: Nankok, Shan States,
Burma. NARAJOL, Rdjd of See Narendra Lai
Khan.
NANKON, Maung Pyan, Ngwegunhmu
of. A ruling chief
The Ngwegunhmu NARAND SINGH (of Hardoi), Rdjd; h.
.
is the Chief of one of the Shan States, December 7, 1858. The title is heredi-
Burma, with an area of about 12 tary, and very ancient. The present
square miles, and a population con- Raja inherited it on May 1, 1890.
sisting chiefly of Shans. Residence: Residence: Hardoi, Jalaun, North-
Nankon, Shan States, Burma. western Provinces.
NANPABA, Rdjdof See Jang Bahadur, NARASIM AIYANGAR, A., Rai Bahd-
CLE. (of Nanpara), Rdjd. dur. The title was conferred on
NANTOK, Maung Kun Pu, Ngwegunhmu February 16, 1887, as a personal dis-
of. A ruling chief tinction, on the occasion of the Jubilee
The Ngwegunhmu
.
of the reign of Her Most Gracious personal and was conferred on May 24,
Majesty. Belongs to a distinguished 1883. Residence : Poona, Bombay.
Brahman and is famous for
family,
the eminent services he has rendered
NARAYAN MEGHAJI LOKHANDE,
Rao Bahadur. The title was conferred,
to the cause of Indian education. as a personal distinction, on January 1,
Under the sanction and encouragement 1896. Residence: Bombay.
of His Highness the late Maharaja,
and of Her Highness the Maharani NARAYAN PANDURANG BANAVAL-
Regent of Mysore, the Rai Bahadur EAR, Rao Bahadur. The title is
has elaborated a plan for the higher personal, and was conferred on May
education of the women of the upper 10, 1884. Residence : Poona, Bombay.
classes of Mysore which has been NARAYAN RAGHUNATH G0RAK-
remarkably successful, and in accord- SHAEAR, Rao Saheb. Received the
ance with this plan Her Highness the title on January 2, 1899. Residence :
Maharani's High Caste Girls' School Bombay.
of Mysore is effecting almost a revolu-
tion the standard of education
in
NARAYAN RAJARAM MULE, Rao
among the ladies of that province. June 22, 1897. Residence: Barsi,
Residence: Mysore.
Sholapur, Bombay.
NARAYAN BALI
(of Rampur), Rai NARAYAN RAO, Rao Saheb. The title
and Rai Bahadur. See Ranipur, Rai Rao Saheb being
is hereditary, the
of- descended from the old Mahratta
NARAYAN BALWANT BHISE, Rao rulers of Sagar. Ganpat Rao was the
Bahadur. The title is personal, and founder of this branch of the family.
was conferred on February 10, 1882. Residence : Sagar, Central Provinces.
Residence: Bombay.
NARAYAN R., Rao Saheb. The
RAO,
NARAYAN BHAI DUNDEKAR, Rao and was conferred on
title is personal,
was conferred on January 1, 1877, on the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most
the occasion of the Proclamation of Gracious Majesty. Residence: Wardha,
Her Most Gracious Majesty as Empress Central Provinces.
of India. Residence : Berar.
NARAYAN RAO TJRF NANA SAHEB
NARAYAN DAS, Munshi, Rai Baha- GHORPADE Datwad), Amir-ul-
(of
dur; b. August 22, 1836. The title Umara Ghorpade Malanmat Madar,
was conferred on January 1, 1886, The title is hereditary, the
Sendpati.
as a personal distinction, for long
Ghorpade being the descendant and
and meritorious services rendered to representative of Maloji Rao Ghorpade,
Government, dating from 1855. Be- who obtained these titles, including
longs toan Agarwala family that that of " Senapati," or Commander-in-
originally came from Alwar in Raj- Chief, from the Maharaja of Kolhapur.
putana, and settled at Agra. The Rai At the time of the Mahratta war the
Bahadur is Judge of the Small Cause Ghorpade aided the British against
Court of Lucknow. Residence : Luck- the Peshwa, and consequently his
now, Oudh. honours were declared hereditary by
NARAYAN DHANAJIRAO THORAT, the British Government. Narayan
JDinkar Rao. The title is hereditary. Rao is the son of the late Amir-ul-
Belongs to a family claircing descent Umara Ghorpade, Ram Chandra Rao.
from Maha Saji Rao. His descendant, Residence : Belgaum, Bombay.
Krishna Rao, received -,he title of NARAYAN (RAGHUNATH) SHASTRI
Dinkar Rao from the Baba Saheb, This
GOKHLE, Mahdmahopddhydya.
Maharaja of Satara. Th3 family cog- personal, and was conferred on
title is
nizance or crest is a talvdr or Indian
sword, point to the left, edge upward. the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most
The father of the presem Dinkar Rao Gracious Majesty, for eminence in
was named Dhanaji Tlorat, Dinkar oriental languages. It entitles him to
Rao. Retidence : Satara. Bombay. take rank in Darbar immediately after
NARAYAN KRISHNA (oi Narayanrao titular Rajas. Residence: Kolhapur,
Krishnarao), Rao Saheb. The title is Bombay.
NARAYAN SINGH, Kunwdr. The title 1, 1877, on the occasion of the Pro-
ispersonal, being the courtesy title of clamation of Her Most Gracious
a son of the late Maharaja Sher Singh. Majesty as Empress of India. The
Residence: Lahore, Punjab. Rai Bahadur belongs to a family of
NARAYAN Arcot, Madras. Residence : Bangalore,
SINGH, Sarddr Bahadur.
The Sarddr is Commandant of the Im- Mysore.
perial Service Infantry of the Kapur- NARAYANASWAMI PILLAI, Tiruva-
thala State and received the title of
; lur (of Madras), Rao Saheb. The title
Sardar Bahadur on June 22, 1897. is personal, and was conferred on
Residence : Kapurthald, Punjab. May 25, 1892. Residence: Bangalore,
NARAYAN SINGH (of Kang), Sarddr. Mysore.
The title is hereditary. The Sardar NARAYANRAO APPAJI VAD, Rao
is descended from Sardar Gaur Singh, Bahadur. The title is personal and
who, with his two brothers, the Sardars was conferred on June 29, 1886.
Dargaha Singh and Dharm Singh, took Residence: Nasik, Bombay.
possession of Kang and the surround-
ing territory on the decline of the
NARAYANRAO BHIKAJI, Rao Baha-
Mughal Empire in the last century. conferred on February 16, 1887, on the
Sardar Gaur Singh's son was Sarddr
occasion of the Jubilee of the reign of
Hari Singh, whose grandson, Sarddr
Her Most Gracious Majesty. Resi-
Bhup Singh, was the father of the dence : Jhabua, Central India.
present Sardar. Residence : Jalandhar,
Punjab. NARAYANRAO RAMNAVA UDEA-
NARAYAN SINGH, Mian, Rai Baha- VAR, Rao Saheb. The title is per-
dur. The Mian has rendered good sonal and was conferred on January
service in the Police of the Punjab, 1, 1894. Residence: North Kanara,
and received the title of Rai Bahadur Bombay.
as a personal distinction on May 25, NARAYANRAO TRIMBAK, Rao Bahd-
1892. Residence : Rohtak, Punjab. dur. The title is Resi-
hereditary.
NARAYAN SINGH, Thakur, Rao Bahd- dence: Nisik, Bombay.
dur, Rdjd. See Thakur. NARAYANRAOJI NISAL, Rao Baha-
NARAYAN SWAMI MUDALIYAR, dur. The title is personal, and was
Arcot, Rai Bahadur. The title was conferred on October 19, 1885. Resi-
conferred on January 1, 1877. Resi- dence : Ahmadnagar, Bombay.
dence : Bangalore, Mysore.
NARBHE1AM RAGHUNATH DAS,
NARAYAN TRIMBAK WAIDYA, Rao Rao Saheb. The title is personal, and
Bahadur. Received the title of Rao was conferred on February 16, 1887,
Saheb on May 21, 1898, and that of on the cccasion of the Jubilee of the
Rao Bahadur on June 3, 1899. Resi- reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty.
dence: Bombay. Residence : Ahmadabad, Bombay.
NARAYAN VASUDEO BARVE, Rao NARENDSA BAHADUR PAL (of

Bahadur. The title is personal, and Mahuli), Rdjd ; b. June 30, 1867. The
was conferred on February 24, 1885. title is ancient and hereditary, the
Residence : Ratnagiri, Bombay. Raja beiig the head of the important
NARAYAN VISHNU BAPAT, Rao dence: Surajbans family of Mahuli. Resi-
Bahadur. The title is personal, and Mahuli, Basti, North-Western

Provinces.
dence: Bombay. NARENDRi. BAHADUR SINGH (of
Haraha), ttdjd ; b. April 27, 1851. The
NARAYANA AIYAR, K. Rao Bahadur. title is hereditary. Belongs to a Suraj-
See Kannanur. bans family that came from Kumaun
NARAYANAMTJRTHI PANTULU, B. about 350 pears ago and settled first at
Rao Bahadur. See Buddhavarapu. Faizabad. Bisram Singh was the
founder of the family eighth in
;
NARAYANASWAMI MUDALIYAR, descent fr&rn him was Raja Lachmi

Arcot, Rai Bahadur. The title is Narayan Singh of Haraha. Eight
personal, and was conferred on January generations later was Rdjd Chattarpat
Singh, who died in 1859, and was India he was invited to attend the
succeeded by his son, the present Rdjd. Imperial Assemblage at Delhi, and
The Raja has a son and heir, named then was granted the title of Mahara ja
Rahuraj Singh, born 1877. Resi- as a personal distinction. Subse-
dence : Ranikatra, Pargand Daryabad, quently he has been created a Knight
Bard Banki, Oudh. Commander of the Most Eminent
Order of the Indian Empire, and has
NARENDRA KRISHNA (DEB), Sir, occupied a great many posts of dignity
K.C.I.E., Maharaja Bahadur; b. and public usefulness. He has a son
October 10, 1822. Belongs to the Sobha and heir, Kumar Gopendra Krishna
Bazar family of Calcutta, whose Bahadur, M.A., B.L., a Member of the
ancestors are said to have enjoyed Statutory Civil Service of Bengal, and
honours conferred by the Mughal Joint-Magistrate of Sealdah, and
Emperors and the Nawabs of Bengal, several other sons. Residence: Cal-
Behar, and Orissa. The founder of cutta, Bengal.
the family was the Maharaja Nava
Krishna, who obtained a medal from
NARENDRA LAL KHAN (of Narajol),
Lord Clive, and the title of Maharaja Raja. The title was conferred, as a
Bahadur, for his services during the personal distinction, on May 25, 1895.
war with the Nawab Suraj-ud-daula Residence : Midnapur, Bengal.
and the establishment of the British
Power in Bengal after the battle of
NARHAT, Rao of. See Pahar Singh.
Plassey. He was famous for his NARINDAR CHAND (of Nadaun), Rdjd.
munificence. Amongst other works of The title is hereditary. The Raja
benefit to the public he constructed a succeeded his father, the late Raja
good road from Diamond Harbour to Amar Chand of Nadaun, in 1890. The
Kalpi, a distance of eight miles. family of Rajput (Katoch) origin.
is
Despairing of having any male issue, The grandfather of the Raja was Sir
he adopted one of his nephews, the Jodhbir Singh, brother-in-law of the
Raja Gopi Mohan Deb {see Rajendra Mahdrdjd Ranjit Singh of Lahore.
Narayan Deb, Raja Bahadur), but Residence : Nadaun, Kangra, Punjab.
subsequently a son was born to him, NARINDAR NATH, Diwdn. The title
the Raja Raj Krishna Deb Bahadur
is hereditary. Residence: Lahore,
(father of the present Maharaja), and
he consequently divided his estates Punjab.
between his own son and his adopted NARINDAR SINGH, Sarddr Bahadur.
son. Raja Raj Krishna Deb Bahadur The title of Sardar is and
hereditary,
died at the age of forty-two, leaving the personal title of Sarddr Bahadur
eight sons, of whom the Maharaja Sir was conferred on May 25, 1892. Resi-
Narendra is the only surviving one. dence : Lahore, Punjab.
Sir Narendra was educated at the
Hindu College; served the Govern- NARINJAN NATH, Kunwdr. The title
ment as a Deputy Magistrate for about is hereditary. Residence: Lahore,
nine years, from 1844 to 1853, in which Punjab.
capacity he earned a solid reputation,
and on his retirement began his public NAROTAM SINGH (of Eka), Rdjd; b.
1835. The title is hereditary. Belongs
life as a Municipal Commissioner, a
to the illustrious Chauhan clan of
Justice of the Peace, and a leading
Member of the British Indian Associa- Rajputs, being an offshoot of the
—
tion of which important body he has Partapner House, and consequently
a descendant of Prithvi Rdjd, last
been thrice unanimously elected Presi-
Chauhdn Emperor of Delhi and Ajmir.
dent. During the Viceroyalty of Lord
The father of the present Rdjd, Hira
Northbrook he was formally gazetted
a Raja, having long held that title by Singh, succeeded to the Rdj in 1862
a.d. he died in 1876, and was succeeded
courtesy and he was also appointed a
;
by the present Rdjd. The latter has a

;
Member of the Imperial Legislative son named Ldl Singh. Residence : Eka,
Council of India, in which he attained
a distinguished position. On the Mainpuri, North-Western Provinces.
occasion of the Proclamation of Her NARPAT SINGH (of Asothar), Rdjd;
Most Gracious Majesty as Empress of b. June 10, 1869. The title ishereditary,
the Ra ja of Asothar being a descendant of whom there have been twenty-three
of Deogaj Singh, who came from generations of Rajas in Narsinghpur
Khichhidara or Raghugarh in Central since the time when its founder,
India in 1543, and married the daughter Dharma Raja, ousted the aboriginal
of the Raja of Aijhi, to whose posses- headmen and assumed the govern-
sions he succeeded. The late Raja ment. For the last nine generations
Lachhman Prasad Singh was an son has succeeded father, each bearing
Honorary Magistrate on his death in
; the styles and titles of "Man Singh
1891 he was succeeded by Raja Narpat Hari Chandan Mahapatra," in addition
Singh. Residence: Asothar, Fatehpur, to the hereditary title of Raja, which
North-Western Provinces. was formally confirmed by the British
Government in 1874. The family
NARSILAL REVADAS, Rao Bahadur.
The title cognizance is a scorpion. The area of
is personal, and was conferred the State, which is one of the Orissa
on January 1,1891. Residence: Ahmad-
Tributary Mahals, is 199 square miles ;
abad, Bombay. its population is 32,583, chiefly Hindus.
NARSINGH DAS LALA, Rai Bahadur. The Raja maintains a military force
The title personal, and was conferred
is of 184 infantry. Residence : Kila
on May 25, 1895. Residence : Jammu. Narsinghpur, Orissa, Bengal.
NARSINGH DATT, Rai Bahadur. The NARSIRAM VAJERAM, Rao Bahadur.
title is personal, and was conferred on The title is personal, and was conferred
May 26, 1894. Residence: Howrah, on June 1, 1888. Residence: Kaira,
Bengal. Bombay.
NARSINGHGARH, His Highness Raja
NARSU RAM CHANDRA G0DE0LE,
Mahtab Singh, Rdjd of A ruling Rao Saheb; The
chief ;
b. Succeeded to the gadi
1839.
b. May 16, 1842.
title is
June Belongs to an Umat
28, 1890.
Rajput (Hindu) family, descended August 11, 1881. The Rao Saheb
from Ajab Singh, who was Minister was educated at Satara, and at the
Science College, Poona ; and thence
to the Rawat of Rajgarh. His son,
Parasa Ram, succeeded him as Minister
was appointed to the Public Works
in 1660 A.D., and ultimately compelled Department of Bombay in 1861. From
the Rawat, in 1681, to share his 1857 to 1887 he was Secretary and
—
dominions with him thereby founding Engineer to the Poona City Municipal
the State of Narsinghgarh, which is Corporation and from 1887 to 1889
;
Executive Officer to the Poona Canton-

at present tributary to Indore. Raja
Partab Singh, father of the present
ment Fund. He is now Member of the
Poona Municipal Corporation, and an
Raja, succeeded in 1875, his father in
1872 having received from the British Honorary Magistrate, as well as
member of many local Committees.
Government that hereditary title.
The family banner is white with a He has two sons —Ananta, born 1864 ;
scarlet bordure, bearing in the centre

and Krishna, born 1874. Residence:
the effigy of Hanuman, the monkey- Poona, Bombay.
god. The area of the State is 623
square miles; its population 112,427, NARUK0T, Dipsingh Jagatsingh, Chief
chiefly Hindus, but including about of. A
ruling chief; b. 1841. Belongs
5000 Muhammadans, and 6000 belong- to a Koli (aboriginal) family. The
ing to aboriginal tribes. His Highness
maintains a military force of 318 its population is 6440, chiefly Hindus.
It is tributary to Baroda. Residence :
is entitled to a salute of 11 guns. Jhotwar, Gujarat, Bombay.
Residence : Narsinghgarh, Bhopal,
Central India. NARWAR, Rao Raghunath Singh, Rao
of. A ruling chiefb. 1863. Succeeded
;
NARSINGHPUR, Raja Sadhn Charan to the

gadi June 12, 1882. Belongs to
Man Singh Hari Chandan, Raja of. a Jhala Rajput (Hindu) family. The
A ruling chief ; b. 1883. Succeeded to population of this State is about 2000,
the gadi as a minor December 4, 1884. chiefly Hindus. Residence : Narwar,
Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) family, Western Malw&, Central India.
NASARVANJI HORMASJI CHOKSY, the representative of one of the Mirs

Khan Bahadur. The title is personal, or Chiefs of Sind at the time of the
and was conferred on June 22, 1897. annexation (see Khairpur). Residence :
Residence: Bombay. Shikarpur, Sind.
NASARVANJI KHARSEDJI, Khan Ba- NASWADI, Thakur Mansinghji, Thakur
hadur. The title is personal, and was of. A ruling chief; b. 1880. Belongs
conferred on January 1, 1877, on the to a Rajput (Hindu) family. The
occasion of the Proclamation of Her State, which is tributary to Baroda,
Most Gracious Majesty as Empress of has an area of about 8 square miles.
India. Residence: Ahmadnagar, Bom- The Thakur is still a minor. Resi-
bay. dence : Naswadi, Rewa Kantha, Bom-
NASARVANJI SHERIADJI GINVALA, bay.
Khan Bahadur. The title is personal, NATHAN SINGH, Chaudhri, Rai Saheb.
and was conferred on January 1, 1894. The title of Rai Saheb was conferred
Residence : Broach, Bombay. on the Chaudhri as a personal distinc-
tion on January 1, 1892. Residence:
NASHIPUR, Rdjd Bahadur of. See
Sonepat, Punjab.
Ranajit Sinha.
NASIR NATHI MAL. See Nathu Mall.
ALI, Mir, Khan Bahadur. See
Mir Nasir AH. NATHU BAPUJI, Rao Bahadur. The
NASIR All KHAN, Mir, Khan Baha-
August 13, 1881. Residence : Ahmad-
dur; b. 1848. Received the title on
June 22, 1897. Residence : Delhi. nagar, Bombay.
NASIR-UD-DIN AHMAD, Maulavi NATHU MALL, Lala, Rai Bahddur.

The title was conferred on January
Sayyid, Khan Bahadur. The title is 1896. Residence: Khurja, North-
1,
personal, and was conferred on January Western Provinces.
1, 1895. Residence : Bihar, Bengal.
NASIR-UD-DIN KHAN, Khan Saheb. NATHU RAM, Lala, Rai Saheb. Received
the title on January 2, 1899. Resi-
Residence: Medical Department, India.
dence : North-Western Provinces.
NASIR-UD-DIN MIRZA, Nawdb Baha- NATHU RAM, Seth, Rai Saheb. The
dur. The title is personal, being the title was conferred on May 25, 1895.
Residence : Harda, Central Provinces.
courtesy title of a great-grandson of
his late Majesty Muhammad Ali
NATHU SINGH, Sarddr Bahddur. The
Shah, King of Oudh. He is a son of Sardar is Commandant of the Imperial
Sulaiman Mirza, grandson of that Service Infantry of the Alwar State,
monarch. Residence: Oudh. and received the title of Sardar Bahd-
NASRAT All, Chaudhri, Khan Baha- dur on June 22, 1897. Residence:
dur; August 18, 1849. The title is
b. Alwar, Rajput&na.
personal, and was conferred on Janu-
NATOR, Kumar of. See Jogindra Nath
ary 2, 1888. Belongs to a family Rai.
claiming descent from the first Khalif .
His ancestors held high offices under NAULANA, Thakur Pirtbi Singh, Thd-
the former Governments of Oudh. He kur of. A ruling chief b. 1877. Suc-
;
is a nephew of Muhammad Azim (q.v.), ceeded to the yadi as a minor in 1884.

hereditary Chaudhri of Kakrali in Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) family.
Hardoi district, Oudh. Chaudhri The population of the State is about
Nasrat Ali, Khan Bahadur, rendered 407, chiefly Hindus. Residence : Nau-
valuable service to Government in lana, Western Malwa, Central India.
connection with the preparation of the
Oudh Rent Act. He is an Honorary
NAURANG KHAN, Khan Bahddur. The
title was conferred on March 11, 1859,
Magistrate, and Assistant Secretary of as a personal distinction, for very
the British Indian Association. Resi-
dence : Lucknow, Oudh. distinguished services during the
Multan rebellion and the Mutiny of
NASRAT ALI KHAN walad IMAM 1857. Belongs to the Gandapur
BAKHSH KHAN, Mir. The title has (Afghan) family of Kulachi in the
been continued for life, the Mir being Dera Ismail Khan district of the
Punjab. He raised 50 horse and 100 to which tribe also the Chief belongs.
foot for service in the Multan campaign, Residence : Navalpur, Khandesh, Bom-
and was desperately wounded at that bay.
time. At the close of the campaign
NAVIN. &*Nobin.
he joined the Police, retiring on a
pension after three years, but con- NAVROJI BEHRAMJI SANTUK, Khdn
tinued to volunteer for service on the Saheb. title on January
Received the
frontier, and his son, Muhammad 2, 1899. Residence
Bombay.:
Zaman Khan, was killed in this service.

When the Mutiny broke out in 1857 NAWAB An
SHAH, Khdn Saheb. The
he raised 600 men, and leaving 200
foot with the Deputy Commissioner Residence: Nimar, Central Provinces.
of Dera Ismail Khan, he joined Sir
NAWAB-I-AMB, Shaikh Baha-ud-din,
Herbert Edwardes with the residue at CLE. See Baha-ud-din.
Peshawar, and marched at the head of
these followers into Hindustan. He NAWAB JAN, Maulavi, Khdn Saheb.
was engaged in the actions against the The title was conferred on July 6,
rebels at Jhelum, Delhi, Najafgarh, 1887, as a personal distinction, for
and elsewhere, and on one occasion valuable services rendered to Govern-
saved Lieutenant Lind's life by killing ment in the Foreign Department.
a Sepoy who was about to bayonet that Residence : Calcutta, Bengal.
officer when dismounted. For these
services he received a jdgir in per-
NAWAB MIRZA, Bahadur. The title
personal, being the courtesy title of
is
petuity, and the title of Khan Baha- a grandson of his late Majesty Mu-
dur. His son, Muhammad Zaman
hammad Ali Shah, third King of
Khan, mentioned above, left a son Oudh. Is the son of Mirza Humayun
named Bakhtiyar Khan. Another son,
Mehardil Khan, has three sons Faiz — Bakht, who was a son of that monarch.
Residence- Oudh.
Muhammad Khan, born 1862 ; Sayyid
Muhammad Khan, born 1864; NAWANAGAR, His Highness Jam Shri
Abdulla Khan, born 1866. A third Sir Vibhaji Ranmalji, K.C.S.I., Jam
son, Sarfaraz Khan, Risaldar, has two Saheb of. A ruling chief; b. May 8,
—
sons Gulzar Khan and Kunidad 1827. Succeeded to the gadi February
Khan. A
fourth son, Sikandar Khan, 22, 1852. Belongs to the illustrious Ja-
has a son named Samandar Khan. reja Rajput family that has given ruling
Residence : Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan, families to Kutch, Dhrol, Rajkot, and
Punjab. other States of Western India. Jam
NATJR0Z. See Naoroz. Rawal, said to have been the elder

brother of the then Jam of Kutch,
NAVA G0PAL SARKAR, Rai Bahadur. emigrated from Kutch and established
The title was conferred as a personal himself at Nawanagar in 1535. In
distinction on January 1, 1894. Resi- 1788 the great fort of Nawanagar was
dence : Calcutta, Bengal. constructed under the orders of one of
Jam Rawal's descendants, the Jam
NAVA KISH0R SEN, Rai Saheb. The Jasaji. The latter died in 1814 with-
title was conferred as a personal dis- out male heirs ; and his widow, the
tinction, on June 22, 1897. Residence : Rani Achuba, adopted Ranmalji, who
Surma Valley, Assam. became the Jam Ranmalji, and was
NAVA KRISHNA RAI, Rai Saheb. The the father of the present Jam. The
title was conferred on January 1, 1896, Jam Ranmalji was a popular ruler,
as a personal distinction. Residence :
and distinguished himself by the
ability with which he saved his people
Bengal.
from the horrors of the famines of 1834,
NAVALPUR, Phulsingh Lashkari Padvi, 1839, and 1846. He was also a famous
Chief of. A ruling chief; b. 1867. sportsman and lion-killer. The pre-
Succeeded to the gadi in 1876 as a sent Jam equally distinguished as a
is
minor. The State, which is one of the sportsman, but he has also earned a
Mewas States of Khandesh, has an great reputation as an administrator,
area of 20 square miles, and a popula- especially in the departments of educa-
tion of 180, chiefly Bhils (aborigines) ; tion and public works. He has also
greatly improved the system of 1839, Hidayat Khan's son, Ali Raza
revenue-collection, and the administra- Khan, who was living on his estate,
tion of justice within his State. On the was appointed Chief Agent of the
ocoasion of the visit to India of His Commissariat Department. During
Royal Highness the Duke of Edin- the disasters that followed he remained
burgh, the Jam went to Bombay to faithful to British interests and it
;
take part in his reception. Similarly, was mainly by his aid that the British
in 1875, His Highness had the honour prisoners were ultimately enabled to
of being one of those Princes of make their escape and join the relieving
Western India who first received His army of General Pollock. He accom-
Royal Highness the Prince of "Wales panied the British forces to India on
on the occasion of his memorable visit the evacution of Afghanistan; and
to India in the winter of 1875-76. In his estate was confiscated by Mu-
1877 the Jam was an invited and hammad Akbar Khan, in consequence
honoured guest at the Imperial assem- of which he received a British pension.
blage at Delhi, on the occasion of the During the Sutlej campaign he joined
Proclamation of Her Most Gracious the British camp with his brothers and
Majesty as Empress of India and he
; 60 horsemen of his tribe ; and during
then had the honour of receiving an the rebellion of 1848-49 furnished 100
addition of four guns to his salute, as horsemen for active service. In 1857
a personal distinction. On January 1, Ali Raza Khan voluntarily raised a
1878, he was created a Knight Com- troop of horse and sent it to Delhi at
mander of the Most Exalted Order of his own expense, mortgaging for the
the Star of India. He has a son and purpose his house and property at
heir, born about the year 1884. The Lahore; this troop formed part of
State has an area of 3791 square miles, Hodson's Horse, and served with
and a population of 316,147, chiefly conspicuous gallantry throughout the
Hindus, but including about 50,000 Mutiny campaigns. Lieutenant-
Muhammadans. His Highness main- Colonel H. D. Daly, when commandant
tains a military force of 191 cavalry, of Hodson's Horse, wrote of him in
3060 infantry, and 117 guns, and is " He has served
February 1859 :
entitled to a salute of 15 guns, including throughout the war, and on all occa-
a personal salute of 4 guns. Residence : sions has been conspicuous for chivalric
Nawanagar, Kathiawar, Bombay. valour. . ..His gallantry has won for
him the First Class of the Order of
NAWAZISHALI KHAN, Sir, K.C.I.E. Merit. ... A
braver soldier never
(of Nawabganj), Aliabad, Nawab ; b. took the field." As a reward he
1828. The title was conferred on May received a large grant of lands in
21, 1866, as a personal distinction, in Oudh, with the title of Nawab
recognition of his position, and of the conferred in 1864; and this, on his
great public services of his distinguished death in 1866, was continued to his
father, the Nawab Ali Raza Khan son, the Nawab Nawazish Ali Khan.
Bahadur, and of himself. Belongs to The family have also received a grant
a Quazilbash or Kazilbash family of of lands in Lahore district in the Pun-
high rank in Afghanistan ; descended jab. The Nawab was made an
from Sardar Ali Khan, who came from Honorary Assistant Commissioner of
the province of Sherwan on the west the Punjab on January 1, 1877, on the
coast of the Caspian Sea, with Nadir occasion of the Proclamation of Her
Shah, when the latter invaded India. Most Gracious Majesty as Empress of
On his return Sardar Ali Khan was India, and he was for some time a
appointed Governor of Kandahar. He Member of the Imperial Legislative
obtained the district of Hazara, north Council of India. On June 1, 1888, he
of Kandahar, on the accession of was created a Knight Commander of
Ahmad Shah Durani, whom he accom- the Most Eminent Order of the Indian
panied in his last invasion of India, Empire. He has taken a prominent
and by whose instigation he was part in the foundation of the Punjab
assassinated.His son, Hidayat Khan, University, and in all important works
accompanied Shah Zaman to Lahore of public utility or benevolence in that
in 1797. When the British army Province. Residences: Bahraich, Oudh;
brought back Shah Shuja to Kabul in and Lahore, Punjab.
NAYAGARH, Raja Raghunath Singh "Recipient of the Gold Chain of
Mandhata, Rdjd of. A ruling chief. Honour." Residence : Prome, Burma.
Succeeded to the gadi March 2,
NEPAL, His Highness Maharaj-Ad-
1890. Belongs to the Rajput (Hindu) Bikram Jang Baha-
of whom have been
there hiraj Prithvi Bir
family, dur Sah Saheb Bahadur Shamsher
twenty-two generations of Rajas in Jang, Maharaja of. A ruling chief ;
Nayagarh since the time when its b. 1875. Succeeded to the gadi as a
founder, Surjya Mani Singh, a scion of
minor May 17, 1881. The ruling race
the family of the Rajas of Rewah, of Nepal is the Gurkha, which also
established himself there. The family furnishes some of the best officers of
obtained at various times from the the Indian army. The family of the
"
Rajas of Puri the titles of Champati Maharaja is said to be of Sisodiya
Singh Mangraj" and "Mandhata." Rajput descent, claiming descent from
The Ladhu Kishor Singh
late Raja, the Raja Prithvi Narayan, who died
Mandhata, was born about 1843, and in the year 1771 a.d., about three years
succeeded to the gadi September 20, after the complete conquest of Nepal
1851. The family cognizance or crest his Gurkha One of his
by troops.
isa tiger's head. The area of the State,
descendants, in the time of Warren
which is one of the Orissa Tributary
Hastings, about the year 1790, invaded
Mahals, is 588 square miles its popu- ;
Tibet on two occasions, and brought
lation is 114,622, chiefly Hindus. The back great booty, but the Emperor of
Raja maintains a military force of China, as Suzerain of Tibet, sent a
741 men and 9 guns. Residence: Kila
large army into Nepal in 1792, that
Nayagarh, Orissa, Bengal. advanced within 26 miles of the
NAZAR MUHAMMAD KHAN, Mau- capital, Khatmandu, and forced the
lavi, Khan Bahadur. The titlewas Nepalese to conclude a treaty of sub-
conferred on January 1, 1898. Is mission. Subsequently, between the
Deputy-Collector of Banda. Resi- years 1803 and 1815, the Gurkhas of
dence: Banda, North- Western Pro- Nepal, notwithstanding great internal
vinces. dissensions, overran the Cis-Sutlej
territory of the Punjab and the Simla
NAZIM NATJ NAHAL SINGH, Rat Ba- Hill States, but in 1814 the British
hadur. Received the title on January intervened, expelled the Gurkhas from
1. 1898. Residence : Ajaigarh, Central the Punjab territories in 1815, and in
India. 1816 a treaty was signed, which trans-
ferred the control both of those terri-
NAZIR AHMAD, Maulavi Shaikh, tories and of Kumaun, the Dehra Dun,
Shams-ul-Ulama. Received the title
and the other outlying districts, to
on June 22, 1897. Residence: Delhi,
the British Power. The late Prime
Punjab. Minister of Nepal, Sir Jang Bahadur,
NAZIR All, Khan Bahadur; b. 1842.
G.C.B., G.C.S.I., was well known in
The was conferred on October 8,
title England, and was the virtual ruler of
1875, as a personal distinction, in Nepal from 1846 to the time of his
recognition of his position as son-in- death in 1877. He rendered good
law of his late Highness Zahir-ud- services in the Mutiny of 1857 by send-
daula, the second of the titular Princes ing Gurkha troops, who gave material
of Arcot. Residence Madras. \
help in the reduction of the rebellious
province of Oudh. The State has an
NAZIR HUSAIN, Maulavi, Sayyid, area of 54,000 square miles, consisting
Shams-ul-Ulama. Received the title
of sub-Himalayan valleys and moun-
on June 22, 1897. Residence: Delhi.
tain-ranges. Its population is estimated
NAZIR HUSAIN KHAN, Hakim, Khan at 2,000,000 and upwards. The Maha-
Bahddur. Received the title on June raja maintains a military force of
3. 1899. Residence : Lucknow, Oudh. 54 cavalry, 48,200 infantry, and 920
guns and is entitled to a salute of 21
;
NE DUN, Maung, Kyet thaye zaung guns. Residence : Khatmandu, Nepal.

shwe Salwe ya Min. The title is per-
sonal, and was conferred on January NI, Maung, Ahmudan gaung Tazeik ya
1, 1889. It is indicated by the letters Min. The title is personal, and was
K.S.M after the name, and means conferred on January 1, 1890. It is
indicated by the letters A.T.M. after NIHAL CHAND, Lala, Rai Bahadur; b.
the name, and means "Recipient of 1846. The title is personal, and was
the Medal for Good Service." Resi- conferred on May 25, 1895. Residence :
dence: Mandalay, Burma. Muzaffarnagar, North-Western Pro-

Ghulam Muham- vinces.
NIAMAT KHAN. See
mad. NIHAL SINGH, Sardar Bahadur, General.
NIAMAT-ULLA KHAN (of Renin), Raja. Is Adjutant-General of the forces of
The titlewas conferred on August 1, H.H. the Maharaja of Jammu and
1879, as a personal distinction. Belongs Kashmir. Received the title on June
to a Rajput family, who for many 22, 1897. Residence : Srinagar, Kashmir.
generations were Rajas of Rajauri, in
the territory now called Jammu, and NIHAL SINGH (of Hirapur), Thdkur.
belonging to His Highness the Maha- Pro-
Central
raja of Jammu and Kashmir. The Hirapur, Narsinghpur,
vinces.
late Raja, Hamid-ulla Kh&n, was
driven out of the Raj of Rajauri by NIHAL SINGH (of Shahkot), Sardar.
the late Chief of Jammu ; and he sub- The The Sardar is
sequently settled at Rehlu in the the younger brother of the late Sardar
Kangra district, receiving an annual Bakhsh Singh, father of Sardar Amar
allowance from the Jammu Govern- Singh of Shahkot, under whose name
ment in compensation for the loss of has been given some account of this
his estate. Though no longer Raja of family. Their ancestor, Sardar Sujan
Rajauri, the personal title of Raja was Singh, son of Amrika, took possession
conferred upon him by the British of Shahkot and the neighbouring ter-
Government for his services during ritory in 1759 a.d., on the decline of
the time of the Mutiny in 1857, and the Mughal Power. The family sub-
he was appointed an Honorary Assist- sequently came under the power of
ant Commissioner of the Punjab. He the Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Lahore.
was succeeded by his eldest son, the The Sardar is the son of the late
present Raja. Residence : Rehlu, Kan- Sardar Kharak Singh, who was one of
gra, Punjab. the grandsons of Sardar Sujan Singh.
NIEPHRODSYNE (of Manikchari), He has a son and heir, named Sundar
Mong Raja. The title is hereditary. Singh. Residence: Shahkot, Jalandhar,
The present Mong Raj 4 has recently Punjab.
succeeded to the gadi. His predecessor NIHAL SINGH, Bhai, Sardar Bahadur.
was the Mong Raja Narabadi,who was The title was conferred as a personal
born about the year 1848, and suc- on
distinction May 25, 1895. Resi-
ceeded his father, the Mong Raja dence: Ambala, Punjab.
Keojosine, in 1869. The family are
the hereditary Chief of the Palangtha NIJABAT HUSAIN, Maulavi Sayyid,
clan of Hill Burmese, sometimes called Khan Saheb. Received the title on
Maghs (Mugs) or Arakanese —who May 21, 1898. Residence: Deogarh,
occupy the northern portion of the Bengal.
Chittagong Hill Tracts. The founder NILGIRI, Raja Krishna Chandra Mar-
of the family was named Khedu, and A
draj Hari Chandan, Rdjd of.
he was originally the Babaing or Succeeded to
ruling chief; b. 1827.
Sardar of a number of villages. His the gadi as a minor November 22,
descendant was Konjai, the grand- 1832. Belongs to a Kshatriya (Hindu)
father of the late Mong Raja Nara-
family, claiming descent from Narayan
badi. The latter did good service to
Singh Bhujang Mandhata Birat Basant
the Government in the first Lushai Hari Chandan, a scion of the reigning
war, by supplying coolies, boats, etc., House of Chota Nagpur, who married
and tbe hereditary title of Mong Raja a daughter of Raja Pratap Rudra Deb,
has been confirmed to the family.
Raja of Orissa, about the commence-
Residence: Manikchari, Chittagong Hill ment of the fifteenth century, and
Tracts, Bengal. founded the Nilgiri Raj. From him
NIHAL CHAND, Rai Bahadur. The the present Raja is twenty-fifth in
title is personal, and was conferred descent nearly every successive Raja
;
on May 25, 1892. Residence : bearing the style and titles of Mardraj
Hari Chandan, as well as that of Raja, NIRBHE SINGH MANDLOI (of Shoh-
which was formally recognized by the pur), Rao Saheb. The title was con-
British Governmentin 1874. The ferred on January 1892. Residence
1, :
family cognizance is a karaila flower. Hoshangabad, Central Provinces.

The area of the State, which is one of
the Orissa Tributary Mahals, is 278
NIRPAT SINGH DANGE (of Rehli),
Rai Saheb. The title was conferred on
square miles ;
its
population 50,972, is
May 1896.
20, Residence: Sagar,
chiefly Hindus, but including 6366 Central Provinces.
members of various aboriginal tribes,
mostly Bhumij. The Raja maintains NISAR HUSAIN, Sayyid, Khdn Saheb.
a military force of 177 infantry. Resi- Received the title on January 2, 1899.
dence : Nilgiri, Orissa, Bengal. Residence: Bombay.
NILKANTH GOVIND GOKHALE, Rao NITAI CHAND CHATTARJI, Rai Baha-

Saheb. The title is personal, and was dur. The title was conferred on
conferred on February 16, 1887, on the January 1, 1894. Residence : Calcutta,
occasion of the Jubilee of the reign of Bengal.
Her Most Gracious Majesty. Resi- NTZAM-UD-DIN. See Muhammad Nizam-
dence : Miraj, Bombay. ud-din.
NILKANTH JANARDAN KIRTANE, NIZAM-UD-DIN AHMAD, Khdn Baha-
Rao Bahadur. The title is personal, dur, Munfiz Jang. The title is per-
and was conferred on October 31, 1879. sonal, and was conferred by the Nawab
Residence : Dewas, Central India. of the Carnatic, and recognized on
NILMANI MUKERJI, Mahdmahopdd- December 16, 1890. The Khan Baha-
The
title was conferred on dur was one of the Chief Officers of
hydya.
the last Nawab of the Carnatic. Resi-
January 1898, for eminence in
1,
Oriental learning. Is Principal of dence: Madras.
Sanskrit College. Residence : Sanskrit N0BIN CHANDRA CHAKRAVARTTI,
College, Calcutta. Rai Bahadur. Received the title on
NILMANI SINGH DEO (of Pachete), January 1, 1898. Is Assistant-Surgeon
b. about 1807. The title is and Lecturer in the Medical College
Rdjd;
personal, and was conferred on Novem-
of Agra. Residence : Agra, North-
ber 22, 1861. The Rajas of Pachete western Provinces.
in Manbhum, Chota Nagpur, Bengal, N0B0. See Nava.
belong to a family descended from a A
Rajput foundling, who is said to have
N0B0 S0PH0H, U. Kson, Seim of.
been suckled by a cow on the Kapila ruling chief; 1847.
b. Succeeded to
the gadi July 30, 1870. The population
Hill near Jhalda, on the western
of the State, which is one of the Khasi
boundary of the district of Manbhum. and Jaintia Hill States, is about 840,
The present Raja is fifty-ninth in
and succeeded to the estate consisting of Khasis and Christian
descent,
converts. Residence: Nobo Sophoh,
on the death of his father, the late
Khasi Assam.
Raja Garur Narayan Singh. He has Hills,
several sons, of whom the eldest and N0NGKHLA0, Kine Singh, Seim of. A
heir-apparent is the Kumar Hari ruling chief; b. 1843. Succeeded to
Narayan Singh, born about 1849. the gadi March 16, 1876. Belongs to
Residence : Manbhum, Bengal. a Khasi (Christian) family. The popu-
lation of the State, which is one of
NIMKHERA, Bhumia Dariyao Singh, the Khasi and Jaintia Hill States, is
Bhumia of. A ruling chief; b. 1861.
about 7368, consisting chiefly of Khasis
Succeeded to the gadi as a minor in
1864. Belongs to a Bhilala family.
and Christians. Residence: Nongkhlao,
The population of the State is about Khasi Hills, Assam.
4600, chiefly Hindus. The Bhumia NONGSPUNG, Parba, Seim of.
U. A
maintains a military force of 2 cavalry ruling chief; 1860.
b. Succeeded to
and 28 infantry. The State is tribu- the gadi November 11, 1885. Belongs
tary to Dhar; and the Bhumia is to a Khasi (Christian) family. The
responsible for the police of the road population of the State, which is one
between Dhar and Sultanpur. Resi- of the Khasi and Jaintia Hill States,
dence : Tirla, Bhopawar, Central India. is about 1506, consisting of Khasis
and Christians. Residence: Nongs- 0KH0Y. See Akhai.

pung, Khasi Hills, Assam. OMRITA. See Amrita.
NONGSTOIN, M. Singh, Scim of. A ON GAING, Maung, Ahmudan gating
ruling chief; b. 1844. Succeeded to Tazeik ya Min. The title is personal,
the gadi May 15, 1860. Belongs to a and was conferred on May 25, 1892.
Khasi family. The population of the It is indicated by the letters A.T.M.
State, which is one of the Khasi and after the name, and means "The
Jaintia Hill States, is 8472, consisting
Recipient of the Medal for Good
of Khasis and Christians. Residence : Service." Residence : Prome, Burma.
Nongstoin, Khasi Hills, Assam.
ON TUE, Maung, Myook, Ahmudan
NONITRAM, Lala, Red Saheb. The title gaung Tazeik ya Min. Is Township
was conferred on June 22, 1897. Resi- Officer. The title (see above) was con-
dence: Punjab. ferred on January 1, 1898. Residence :
NRITYA GOPAL BOSE, Rax Bahadur. Mahlaing, Meiktila,Burma.
The title was conferred on June 22, ONKAR DAS, Lala, Rai Bahadur. Re-
1897. Residence: Calcutta. ceived the title on January 1, 1898.
Residence : Seoni, Central Provinces.
NUR MUHAMMAD KHAN, Mir, walad
MUHAMMAD HUSAIN All KHAN, 00MER. See Umar.
His Highness. The title is personal, and ORCHHA, His Highness Saramad-I-
was conferred on December 24, 1878, Raj aha-I-Bundel-Khand, Maharaj a
in recognition of His Highness's posi- Mahindra Sawai Sir Pratap Singh
tion as the representative of one of the Bahadur, K.C.I.E., Mahdrdjd of A
ruling Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at the ruling chief; b. 1854. Succeeded to
time of the annexation (see Khairpur). the gadi March 15, 1874. Is the head
Residence : Hyderabad, Sind. of the great Bundela family of Garh-
war Rajputs, which has given ruling
NURPUR, Rdjd of. See Jaswant Singh. families to Panna, Datia, Ajaigarh,
NURPUR CHITPALGARH, Rdjd of. See Charkhari, Bijawar, Sarila, Jigni, Jaso,
Chitpal Singh. Lughasi, and other Chiefships of Bun-
NUSRAT All, Chaudhri, Khan Bahadur. delkhand. In legendary times the
See Nasrat. Garhwar Rajputs were ruling at Be-
nares ; and on the subversion of that
NUSSERWANJEE. See Nasarvanji.
throne by the Musalmans, Hem Kurn,
NYAUNGYWE, Saw On, K.S.M.,Sawbwa surnamed Pancham, migrated west-
of. A ruling chief. The Sawbwa is ward. His son, Bir Singh, took the
the Chief of one of the Shan States, clan name of Bundela, by which his
Burma, and has received the honour family and the country of Bundel-
of K.S.M. (Kyet thaye zaung shwe khand has ever since been known, and
Salwe ya Min, see Introduction ; mean- settled at Mau Mahoni in the north-
ing "Recipient of the Gold Chain west of that Province in the 13th
of Honour ") from Her Most Gracious century a.d. The family extended its
Majesty the Empress. The State of possession southward during the next
Nyaungywe has four feudatories — hundred years, and a descendant
Inleywa, Kyanktal, Letthet, and Thig- named Sanpal took possession of
yit; and, including these dependencies, Korar, east of Jhansi, in the 14th
its area is about 2500 square miles. century. In 1532 a.d. Rudra Pratab,
The population consists chiefly of then the chief of the Bundelas,
Shans. Residence : Nyaungywe, Shan founded Orchha. From his younger
States, Burma. son, Udyajit, sprang the many families
of the Eastern Bundelas (Panna, Ajai-
NYAYARATNA, Mahesh Chandra,
CLE. See Mahesh. garh, etc.) ; whilst Matkur Sab., the
elder son, was the ancestor of the
OBAIDULLAH, Kazi Muhammad, Chiefs of Orchha, Dattia, and other
Shams-ul-Vlama. See Ubaidulla. Western States. His son, the Raja
0BH0Y. See Abhai. Bir Singh Deo, was famous in the
reigns of the Emperors Akbar and
OEL, Rdjd of See Kishan Datt Singh. Jahangir, and was the founder of
OKHIL. See&khW. many great public works Orchha was
the only State of Bundelkhand that British Government in the Nepal war.
did not fall under the power of the Raja Dular Singh died in 1821, and
Peshwas, though the Mahrattas suc- the title was continued to his son,
ceeded in dismembering it, by con- Raja Bidya Nanda Singh. The latter
quering Jhansi and forming it into a died in 1851, and the title was in like
new and ultimately a powerful State. manner continued to his son, Raja
When Bundelkhand passed under Lila Nanda Singh, the father of the
British control, Raja Vikramaditya present Raja, as a personal distinction.
Mahendra was the Chief of Orchha, Residence : Purniah, Bengal.
and by the treaty of 1812 he became a
feudatory of the British Power. He PADRAUNA, Rai Udit Narayan, Rai of,
died in 1834, and, after some disputes, Rdjd of; b. November 24, 1855. The
was succeeded by Sujan Singh. On ancient title of Rai is hereditary, that
the death of the latter his widow of Raja was conferred as a personal
distinctionon June 22, 1897. The
adopted Hamir Singh, a descendant of
the same family, and he was suc- Raja belongs to a family of Kurmis
ceeded in 1874 by his younger brother, claiming descent from the celebrated
the present Maharaja. In 1882 His Mayyura Misra, being thus connected
with the families of the Rajas of
Highness received the additional title
of Sawai ; and on January 1, 1894, was Majhauli and Tamkuhi (q.v.). Rai
created a K.C.I.E. The area of the Isri Partab rendered good service
State is 1933 square miles ; its popu- in the Mutiny, and was an Honorary
lation 311,514, chiefly Hindus, but in- Magistrate for ten years before his
cluding 9560 Muhammadans and 7233 death, when he was succeeded by his
Jains. His maintains a son, the late Rai Madan Gopal. The
Highness
military force of 350 cavalry, 4400 present Rai, now Raja, succeeded Rai
Madan Gopal on December 16, 1890.
infantry, and 90 guns ; and is entitled
to a salute of 17 guns (including 2 Residence: Padrauna, Gorakhpur,
Residence: North-Western Provinces.
guns personal). Tehri,
Bundelkhand, Central India. PAGADALA KAVERIPAKAM JAGAN-
OTTTJR VASAVA MEN0N, Rao Baha-
NADHA CHETTIAR, Rao Bahadur.
See Jagannadha.
1899, for good service in the Police PAHAR SINGH (of Narhat), Rao; b.
Department. Residence: Madras. 1854. The title is hereditary. The
Rao descended from the illustrious
is
0YARAT CHANDU MEN0N, Rao Baha- family of the Bundela Rajputs that
dur. Received the title on January 2, has given its name to the Province of
1899. Is Sub-Judge, Madras. Resi- Bundelkhand, and ruling Houses to
dence: Madras. most of the States of Bundelkhand,
PACHETE, Raja of. See Nilmani Singh including Orchha, Panna, Datia, etc.
Deo. (q.v.). The Narhat family is an off-
shoot of that of the Raja Sardar Singh
PADAKAN0LA RAMA RAO, Rao Baha- Bahadur of Katehra (q.v.). In 1851
dur. See Rama. Rao Bakht Bali, father of the present
PADMAN SINGH, Thakur (of Khariar), Rao, was in possession of the estate.
Raja. The title was conferred on Residence: Narhat, Lalitpur, North-
February 16, 1887, as a personal dis- western Provinces.
tinction, on the occasion of the Jubilee
of the reign of Her Most Gracious PAHARI BANKA, Diwan Mihrban
Singh, JDiwdn of. A ruling chief.
Majesty. Residence: Khariar, Raipur,
Central Provinces. Succeeded to the gadi November 14,
1890. Belongs to the great Bundela
PADMANANS DINGH (of Baneli),i?a;a. Rajput family, the head of which is
The title was conferred on January the Maharaja of Orchha (q.v.). Rai
2, 1888, as a personal distinction, on Singh, a descendant of the youngest
his succeeding his father, the late son of Bir Singh Deo, held from his
Raja Lila Nanda Singh Bahadur. The kinsman, the Chief of Orchha, the
great-grandfather of the present Raja, Buragaon jagir, and this he divided
Dular Singh, reoeived the title of Raja among his eight sons whence the —
Bahadur for services rendered to the States so formed were called the
Hashtbhdya jdgirs, or "Appanages of PAL LAHARA, Raja Ganeshwar Pal,

the eight brothers." Only four of Rdjd of A ruling chief; b. 1884.
—
these now exist Dhurwai, Bijna, Tori, Succeeded to the gadi as a minor,
and last Pahari Banka, which was August 30, 1888. Belongs to a Ksha-
given to Umed Singh, the youngest triya (Rajput Hindu) family, claiming
son of Rai Singh. His great-grandson, descent from Raja Santosh Pal, alias
the Diwan Ishri Singh, obtained a Pat Ganeshwar Pal. Twenty-two
sanad from the British Government in generations have intervened, in regular
1823 confirming him in the possession descent from father to son, between
of this State. He was succeeded by the founder of the family and the pre-
the Diwan Bijai Bahadur, who was sent Raja, each Raja receiving altern-
in turn followed by the late Diwan " Pat Ganesh-
ately either the style of
Piyariju, father of the present Diwan. war Pal" or "Pat Muni Pal." The
The area of the State is about 5 square late Raja, Chintamani Pal, was styled
its is
" Pat Muni Pal." He succeeded to
miles; population 1094, chiefly
Hindus. The Diwan maintains a mili- the gadi^ in 1860. The State had for
tary force of 20 men.
Residence: a long time been included in that of
Pahari Banka, Bundelkhand, Central Keunjhar, the Raja having been
India. treated as a feudatory of Keunjhar.
But this caused many feuds, and Pal
PAHASU, Munitdz-ud-daula, Nawab of.
Laharawas at length declared a British
See Muhammad Fayyaz Ali Khan.
feudatory, independent of Keunjhar.
PAHRA, Chaube Radho Charan, Jdgir- The late Pat Muni Pal rendered dis-
ddr of. A ruling chief; b. August 17, tinguished services during the opera-
1856; succeeded to the gadi January tions for the suppression of the Keun-
14, 1868. Belongs to a Chaube Brah- jhar rebellion in 1867-68, and received
man Hindu family, claiming descent as a reward the title of Raja Bahadur
from Ram Krishna Chaube, Kildddr as a personal distinction. He died in
(Governor of the Fortress) of Kalinjar, 1888, and was succeeded by the pre-
from whom descend also the other sent Raja, styled in turn Pat Ganesh-
three branches of "the Kalinjar war Pal. The family cognizance or
ChaubSs," viz. the Chiefs of Paldeo, crest is the cobra or hooded snake.
Taraon, and Bhaisaunda (q.v.). His The area of the State, which is one of
son, Salig Ram, received a sanad from the Orissa Tributary Mahals, is 452
the British Government, confirming
;
him in the possession of Pahra. His The Raja maintains
chiefly Hindus.
great-grandson is the present Jdgirddr. a military force of 94 infantry. Resi-
The area of the State is 10 square dence : Pal Lahara, Orissa, Bengal.
miles; its population is 4016, chiefly
Hindus. The Chief maintains a mili- PALAJ, Thakur Danlat Singh, Thdkur
tary force of 12 cavalry, 100 infantry, of. A ruling chief ; 6.1878. Succeeded
and 2 guns. Residence : Pahra, Bun- to the gadi as a minor. The State
has a population of 1701. The Thakur
delkhand, Central India.
belongs to a Koli (aboriginal) family.
PAINTIPUR, Rdjd of. See Muhammad Residence: Palaj, Mahi Kantha, Bom-
Kazim Husain Khan.
bay.
PAKALA G0PALA RAO, Rao Bahadur. PALANJI ADARJI
MISTRI, Khdn Ba-
The titlewas conferred on January 1, hadur. Received the title on June 3,
1891. Residence: Barhampur, Madras. 1899. Residence : Karachi, Bombay.
PAL, Jareja Ratan Singh, Tdlukddr of. PALANJI HORMUSJI DADACHANJI,
A ruling :
chief succeeded to
;
b. 1841. Khdn Bahadur. The title was con-
the gadi October 25, 1879. Belongs to ferred on January 1, 1898. Is an
a Rajput (Hindu) family, of the Jareja
Assistant-Surgeon. Residence: Bom-
clan. The State, which is tributary to
bay.
Baroda and Junagarh, has an area of
21 square miles, and a population of PALANJI PEST0NJI RAGHINA, Khdn
1214, chiefly Hindus. The Talukdar
maintains a military force of 2 cavalry January 2, 1899. Residence : Bombay.
and 16 infantry. Residence : Pal, PALANJI RATANJI, Khdn Saheb. The
Kathiawar, Bombay. title is personal, and was conferred on
August 18, 1881. Residence; Surat, tribe) family. The area of the State,
Bombay. which is one of the Dang States of
PALANPUR, His Highness Sir Sher Khandesh, is about 2 square miles ;
Muhammad Khan, Lohani, G.C.I.E., its population about 220, chiefly Bhils.
Diwdn of. A ruling chief; b. 1852. Residence : Palasvihir, Khandesh,
Succeeded to the yadi September 19, Bombay.
1877. Belongs to the Afghan family PALDE0, Rao Chaube Anradh Singh,
of the Lohani clan, whose an- Jdgirddr of. A ruling chief b. ;
cestors occupied Behar in the time October 18, 1837. Succeeded to the
of the Emperor Humayun. Ghazni gadi April 2, 1874. Belongs to the
Khan, the Chief, obtained the title of Chaube Brahman family, known as
Diwan from the Emperor Akbar in the "Kalinjar Chaube Jagirdars," of
1597, for successfully repelling an in- whom there are now four ruling chiefs
vasion of Afghans, and he was also — those of Paldeo, Taraon, Bhaisaunda,
made Governor of Lahore. His de- and Pahra (q.v.). Descended from
scendant in 1682 received the province Chaube Ram Krishna, who was kildddr
of Jhalod (including Palanpur, Disa, (Governor of the Fortress) of the
and other districts) from the Emperor ancient and famous fort of Kalinjar
Aurangzeb but in 1698 his successor
; under the Chief of Panna. His sons
was driven westward by the Rahtor successfully defended the fort against
Rajputs of Marwar, and settled in Ali Bahadur, who died in the attempt
Palanpur, where the family has ever to take it. At a later period the
since remained. In 1809 the State family held the fort for some time
came under British control. In 1812 against British troops ; but ultimately
the Diwan Firoz Khan was murdered they came to terms, and received
by his Sindi guards his son, Diwan ;
Kalinjar and some territory around it
Fateh Singh, was reinstated by British as &jdgir. Subsequently the Govern-
troops under General Holmes, but was ment resumed the fort of Kalinjar,
ultimately removed from the chief ship giving the four brothers of the Chaube
for maladministration. The late Diwan family the four States named above,
Zorawar Khan was granted the addi- as feudatory jdgirs, in exchange. Thus
" "
tional title of His Excellencyhe ; Baldeo Singh became the first Jagirdar
succeeded to the gadi in 1854, and of Paldeo, and his son, Dariao Singh,
dying in 1877 was succeeded by his received a sanad from the British
son, the present Diwan. The family Government. The present Jagirdar is
banner is crimson, with a bordure vert .
fifth in descent from him and at the
;
The area of the State is 3150 square Imperial Assemblage of Delhi in

miles, with a population of 236,461, January 1877, on the occasion of the
chiefly Hindus, but including 27,256 Proclamation of Her Most Gracious
Muhammadans. His Highness the Majesty as Empress of India, he re-
Diwan maintains a military force of ceived the title of Rao as a personal
294 cavalry, 697 infantry, and 80 guns, distinction. The area of the State is
and is entitled to a salute of 11 guns. 28 square miles its population is 8824,
;
Created a Knight Commander of the chiefly Hindus. The Rao maintains

Most Eminent Order of the Indian a military force of 10 cavalry, 200
Empire, January 2, 1893 ; and a Knight infantry, and 3 guns. Residence :
Grand Commander, January 1, 1898. Paldeo, Bundelkhand, Central India.

Residence : Palanpur, Bombay.
PALGHAT IYYENAR KTJTTI PHLAI
PALASNI, Thakur Indra Singhji, Thdkur CHINNASWAMI PILLAI, Rao Baha-
of. A ruling chief Succeeded
;
b. 1885. dur. Received the title on May 21,
the late Thdkur Jitsinghji on Sep- 1898. Residence: Palghat, Malabar,
tember 28, 1896. Belongs to a Rajput Madras.
(Hindu) family. The area of the
PALI, Rao See Hamir Singh
State, which is tributary to Baroda, is
.
of.
about 6 square miles. Residence: Sir Man-
PALITANA, Thakur Saheb
Palasni, Rewa Kantha, Bombay.
singhji Sursinghji, K. C.S.I. , Thdkur
PALASVIHIR, Naik Nawsa walad of. A
ruling chief; b. 1863. Suc-
FIRIA, Chief of. A ruling chief ;
b. ceeded to the gadi November 24, 1885.
1830. Belongs to a Bhil (aboriginal Belongs to the same family of Gohel
Rajputs as that of His Highness the Residence: Swasa, Panwari, Hamirpur,

Maharaja of Bhaunagar; descended North-Western Provinces.
from ancestors who were driven out Rao of. See Raghunath
of Marwar in Rajputana by the
PANCHANPTJR,
Rahtors in the 12th century. The Singh.
Tlidkur of. See Lai Rag-
late Thakur Saheb Sursinghji suc- PANDARIA,
ceeded to the gadi on June 1, 1860, huraj Singh.
and dying in 1885, was succeeded by PANDE, Deo Datt, R«i Bahadur. See
his eldest son, the present Thakur. Deo.
The State famous for the greatest
is
of all the sacred hills of the Jains,
PANDE HANUMAN PARSHAD, Rai
Bahadur. See Hanuman.
Satrunjaya, which covered with a
is
large number of magnificent Jain PANDIT.—A prefix.

temples. The area of the State is PANDURANG RAO TANTIA GORE,
289 square miles; its population is Rai Bahadur. The title is personal,
49,271, chiefly Hindus, but including and was conferred on January 1, 1878.
3581 Muhammadans. The Thakur Residence: Dewas, Central India.
Saheb was created a Knight Com-
mander of the Most Exalted Order of PANDURANGI KODANDA RAO PAN-
the Star of India on January 1, 1896. TULU, Rao Bahadur. The title was
He maintains a military force of 74 conferred on January 1, 1898. Resi-
dence : Vizagapatam, Madras.
is entitled to a salute of 9 guns.
PANGANUR, Sugatur Yimmidi Sankara
Residence : Palitana, Kathiawar, Payal Yesunath, Bahadur, CLE.,
Bombay. Zaminddr of; h. January 1, 1830.
PALLANJI. tittPtianjL Succeeded as Zaminddr of Panganur
on July 6, 1847. His ancestor in the
PAIXI CHENTSAL RAO PANTULU, 15th century held the village of
CLE. See Chentsal.
Sugatur under the Rajas of Vijaya-
PALLONJI. See Palanji. nagar. Later on the family founded
the town of Kolar in Mysore, now
PAMAKHERI, Thakur of. See Janki. famous for its gold mines, and acquired
PAMPAPATI SASTRIYAR, Ganka- considerable territory in that neigh-
lapur, Rao Bahadur. The title was bourhood. In the 16th century two
conferred on June 3, 1893. Residence : brothers divided the estates between
Cuddapah, Madras. them; and by this partition the an-
cestor of the present Zaminddr acquired
PAN BYTJ, Maung, Myook, Kyet thaye
Kolar and Sugatur. Later on the
zaung shwe Salwe ya Min. This
Burmese title (see Introduction) was family extended its influence in the
conferred on direction of Cuddapah (Kadapa), and
May 30, 1891 Residence :
.
Ye-u, Burma. Panganur was seized and fortified, and

this and other acquisitions were held
PANANJERI CALAPPA ANANTA under the Nawabs of Cuddapah. In
CHARLTJ, Rao Bahadur. The title 1757 a.d. the Mahrattas overran the
was conferred on January 1, 1898. Zaminddri, half of which was ceded
Residence : Bellary, Madras. to them. The Zaminddr subsequently
PANAPPAKKAM ANANDA became subject to Haidar Ali of My-
CHARLTJ,
CLE. See Ananda Charlu. sore, and passed under British control
on the conquest of that dynasty. The
PANCHAM SINGH, Rao; b. May 31, —
Zaminddr has two sons Ra je Sugatur
1860. The title is hereditary. Be- Yimmidi Vira Basavanna Payal Ye-
longs to a Bundela Rajput family; sunath Bahadur Varu, and Raje
descended from Partabju, who in early Sugatur Yimmidi Kumara Chikkara
times founded the village of Swasa in Payal Yesunath Bahadur Varu. The
Panwari, and obtained from the Raja family banner bears the device of a
Jagat Raj of Jaitpur (son of the bull. The Zaminddr was created a
Bundela Maharaja Chhatarsal — see Companion of the Most Eminent
A jaigarh)a grant of the village with Order of the Indian Empire on
the title of Rao. The Rao has a I
January 1,1884. Residence: Panganur,

son and heir, named Bhopal Singh. I North Arcot, Madras,
PANJAB SINGH (of Dhandhowal), in 1870, and in 1876 was invested with
Sarddr. The title is hereditary. The the insignia of a Knight Commander
Sardar is brother of Sardar Partab of the Most Exalted Order of the Star
Singh of Dhandhowal (q.v.) belongs to;
of India by His Royal Highness the
a Jat family of Sikhs, whose founder, Prince of Wales. The area of the
Sardar Man Singh, conquered territory State 2568 square miles its popu-
is ;
on both sides of the Sutlej in the year lation 227,306, chiefly Hindus, but
is
1759 a.d. His son, Sardar Joga Singh, including 5989 Muhammadans and
was succeeded in turn by his son, 16,690 belonging to various aboriginal
Sardar Chanda Singh, the father of tribes. It is famous as producing the
the Sardars Partab Singh, Panjab largest supply of diamonds of any
district in India in modern times. His
Singh, and Sher Singh, all of Dhandho-
wal. Residence: Dhandhowal, Hoshiar- Highness maintains a military force of
pur, Punjab.
165 cavalry, 1157 infantry, 36 guns,
and is entitled to a salute of 13 guns
PANNA, His Highness Maharaja Ma- (including 2 guns personal). Resi-
hindra Sir Rudra Pratap Singh Ma- dence: Panna, Bundelkhand, Central
hindra Bahadur, K.C.S.I., Mahdrdjd India.
of. A ruling chief b. July 10, 1848.
;

Belongs to the great Bundela Rajput PANNA IAL, Mehta, CLE., Rai, His
family, of which His Highness the Excellency. Prime Minister of Udai-
Maharaja Orchha
of (g.v.) is the senior pur ;
b. August 1843. The title of Rai
representative, and of which junior was conferred on January 1, 1877, as
branches are the ruling families in a personal distinction, on the occasion
Datia, Garrauli, Lughasi (q.v.), and of the Proclamation of Her Most
many other States in Bundelkhand, Gracious Majesty as Empress of India.
which Province takes its name from The title of "His Excellency" is
this clan. The Panna House is de- the courtesy title of the Rai as Prime
scended from Udyajit, younger son of Minister of the State of Udaipur,
Rudra Partab, the Bundela founder Rajputana. Belongs to a family that
of the Orchha State. Udyajit's grand- long occupied a position of influence
son, Champat Rai, made himself in- in Bikanir, Rajputana, and that first
" "
dependent both of Orchha and of the acquired the designation of Mehta
Musalmans and his son the Maharaja
; from an ancestor, Kuram Chand be-
Chhatrasal, acquired very extensive coming some centuries ago Prime
dominions in Eastern and Northern Minister of the State of Bikanir.
Bundelkhand. His eldest son, Hardi Kuram Chand, Mehta, also received a
Sah, became Chief of Panna, while his jdgir and honours from the Emperor
second son was the ancestor of the of Delhi. Towards the end of the
Chiefs of Ajaigarh, Charkhari, Bija- 16th century a grandson of Kuram
war, and Sarila ; his third son was the Chand, Mehta, moved to Udaipur, and
ancestor of the Jigni family, and his settled there; and his descendants,
fourth son the ancestor of the Jasu Agarji Mehta and Hunsraji Mehta,
Chiefs. Hardi Sah's son was named rose to high office under the Maharana
Sobha Singh, and under his rule and Ari Singhji in 1762 a.d., receiving
that of his two successors the power charge of the fort and the district of
and extent of the State were di- Mandalgarh in Mewar. Three of the
minished by frequent wars, and the descendants of Agarji Mehta have
setting-up of independent chieftain- been Prime Ministers of Udaipur be-
ships within its borders. The great- fore the present Rai, namely, Devi
grandson of Sobha Singh was named Chand, Sher Singh, and Gokul Chand.
Kishor Singh, and he obtained a sanad The Mehta Murali Dhar, father of the
from the British Government in 1807. Rai, died in 1886. The Rai was
The late Maharaja rendered valuable created a Companion of the Most
services during the Mutiny of 1857, Eminent Order of the Indian Empire
in reward for which he obtained a in 1887. In 1858 he married the
hand pome khilat, the privilege of daughter of Rai Chhagan Lai, and
adoption, and a personal salute of 13 has issue, a son and heir, Kunwar
guns. The present Mah&raja succeeded Fateh Lai Mehta, born 1868, and
educated at the Ajmir College. Resi- Parihara. Raja Mahipat Singh, who
dence:
TJdaipur, Rajputana. died about 1857, was succeeded by his
son, Raja Bijai Singh, who married
PANTH HPLODA, Narayan Rao Ja- a daughter of the Raja, of Bhinga.
nardhan, Chief of. A ruling chief; He died in 1867, and was succeeded
b. 1869, Succeeded to the gadi in
by his son, the present Raja, then a
1887. Belongs to a Deccan Brahman
minor, the estate being under the
family, and is a co-sharer in the Chief- Court of Wards till 1888. The Raja
ship of tlis State with Pandit Gopal was educated at the Etawah High
Rao Narajan. The population of the •
School. He married the second daugh-
State is 4086, chiefly Hindus. Resi- ter of the Raja Sheopal Singh (q.v.)
dence: Panfch Piploda, Western Malwa, of Murarmau, in the Rai Bareli district
Central Inda. of Oudh, the Chief of the Bais Tilok-
PANTH PIPLODA, Pandit Gopal Rao chandi clan. The title of Raja was
Narayan, Oiief of. A ruling chief ; recognized as hereditary in 1889. Re-
b. 1838. Sieceeded to the gadi as a sidence: Malhajini, Etawah, North-
minor in 1840. Belongs to a Deccan western Provinces.
Brahman family, and is a co-sharer in
the Chiefslip of this State with
PARBHTJDAS KISHANDAS MODI, Rao
The popu- Bahadur ; b. October 4, 1831. The
Narayan Rao Janardhan. title was conferred on June 26, 1884,
lation of tieState is 4086, chiefly
as a personal distinction, for long and
Hindus. Residence: Panth Piploda,
meritorious service in the Government
Western Milwa, Central India.
Service, in which he attained to the
PARAN CHANDRA BOSE, Rai Bahd- rank of Acting Assistant Accountant-
dw\ Has rendered good service as General of Bombay. He entered the
Hmorary Magistrate of the Manik- Service in April 1851, and retired with
tala Municipal Bench in the Twenty- a good-service pension in April 1888,
Pirganas. Received the title as a having greatly distinguished himself.
1892.
personal distinction, May 25, The Rao Bahadur has been thrice
Residence : Calcutta. —
married (1) in March 1848, to Jam-
P/RAPANAD, Valiya Rdjd of. See nabai, daughter of Kasidas Ramdas,
Raja Raja Varma Raja, Rdjd. Esq., of Surat ; she died in 1859 (2) :
in February 1865, to Jamnabai, daugh-

P1RASPUR, Rdni of. See Janki. ter of Gaurdhandas Premanand, Esq.,
IARATJR, Rdjd of. SeeTh&knr Narayan of Baroda; she died in 1877: (3) in
Singh. March 1878, to Prankorbai, daughter
of Vithaldas Farukhsiyardas, Esq.,
PARBAL PARTAB SINGH (of Malha-
of Dharangaon, Khandesh. The Rao
jini), Rdjd;
b. August 20, 1867. The
The Raja is Chief Bahadur has adopted (in May 1866)
a son, named Nagindas Parbhudas
of the Parihar clan of Rajputs; de-
Kishandas Modi, born in 1878. The
scended from Mahip Singh, who came
Rao Bahadur belongs to a Jadavbansi
from Jagni near Mahoba, and settled
Hallai Bhattia family, and was edu-
in the district of Etawah about
cated at Surat. He was appointed a
seventy-five years ago. The Parihars Justice of the Peace for Bombay in
are a small clan of Rajputs, occupying
the lands between the rivers Kuari
and Chambal, which under the name PARDUMAN SINGH (of Ramgarh),
Parihara formed a portion of Sarkar Mian Sarddr Bahadur. The title is
Trichh in the time of the Emperor hereditary, the Mian being the eldest
Akbar. They were notorious for their son of Sardar Ran jit Singh of Ramgarh
lawless character, and for harbouring in the Ambala district. Belongs to a
gangs of Thags and Dakaits. Their Rajput family, claiming immediate
great ancestor was Bilan Deo, from descent from the Rajas of Kahlur
whom the seventh in descent was (q.v.) or Bilaspur. Rajd Singar Chand,
Nahar Deo. On the defeat of Anang Raja of Bilaspur, had two sons, the
Pal of Delhi in the 11th century the elder of whom, Megh Chand, inherited
Chief of the Parihars, Sumit Rai, fled his father's Raj, while the younger,
to the wild region of the Panchnadi Kalal Chand, was the ancestor of the
and colonized it, giving it the name Ramgarh Sarda>s. Tenth in descent
from him was Surat Singh, whose son, Dhundar in Rajputana, betcer known
Khusal Singh, with three brothers, as Jaipur. The Kachhwaha Thakurs
joined the N&han R&jd in making of Narw&r, however, with an experi-
large conquests, out of which they ence probably unique in Indian history,
were permitted to retain Ramgarh. seemed to have continued in possession
The three brothers died without issue. of that place from the semi-legendary
Khusal Singh built a fort at Ram- times of the Rajd Ndla, through all
garh, and his two sons, the Sardars the vicissitudes of the Hindu, Pathan,
Maldeo Singh and Narayan Das and Mughal periods of lomination,
Singh, on his death divided his lands right down to the time cf the Mah-
between them. One of the grandsons rattas. At the commencement of the
of Sard&r Maldeo Singh was Sard&r present century the Thikur Madhu
Ranjit Singh of Ramgarh, who was Singh, of the line of Mia, was still
a jdgirddr Magistrate in the Amb&la in possession of Narwa.% his family
district, and father of Mian Parduman having held it during tie lapse of at
Singh. The Mian received the per- least fifteen centuries. But at last
sonal title of Sardar Bahadur on Madhu Singh was drivenDut by Daulat
May 25, 1895. Residence: R&mgarh, Rao Sindhia, and revenged himself by
Amb&la, Punjab. continually raiding and plundering in
the territory Gwalor. In 1818
of
PARENDA, Rdjd of. See Sheopras&d Madhu Singh was taken under British
Singh.
protection, and granted the State of
PARHAT, Rani of. See Dharmr&j Kun- Paron as a feudatory ol Gwalior, on
war. condition of protecting the Gwalior
territory from robbers. In 1857 Mad-
PARIKUD, Rdjd of. See Gaur Chander. hu Singh's successor, Raja Man Singh,
at first joined the mutineers, but in
PARKHALI, Sarddr of. See Sheonara-
1859 he surrendered, under pronise
yan Singh. of being amnestied. Subsequentlyhe
PARMANAND. See also Kunwdr Per- rendered valuable service to tie
manand. Government in connection with tie
capture of Tantia Topi, and wis
PARMANAND, Bakhshi, Rai Bahadur.
The title was conferred on January granted an increase of territory, wifi
1,
a pension. In 1883 Raja Man Singi
1895. Residence : Sagri, Punjab.
died, and was succeeded by his son
PARON, Raja Gajandhar Singh, Rdjd the present Raja, then a minor. Tht
of. A ruling chief; b. 1869. Suc- population of the State is 7328, chiefly
ceeded to the gadi as a minor Hindus it contains about thirty-four
;
December 31, 1882. Belongs to the villages, of which the town of Paron
illustrious family of the Chiefs of is the chief. Residence : Paron, Guna,
the great Kachhw&ha clan of Rajputs, Central India.
from which springs the family of His PARTAB. SeePratap.
Highness the Maharajd of Jaipur,
claiming descent from the second son PARTAB BAHADUR SINGH (of Ka-
of the legendary Solar hero, Rama, tari), Rdjd; b. March 10, 1874. The
and from the ancient Hindu Emperors title hereditary, having been so
is
of Ajudhya of the Surjya Vansa or recognized in 1864. Belongs to the
Solar dynasty. According to the Raj- important Kanhpuria family of Raj-
put chronicles the seventy-second in puts, of whom the Raja Surpal Singh
descent from Rama was the Raja Bahadur (q.v.) is the chief. The great
Nala, the hero of the famous Sanskrit ancestor of the Kanhpurias was Kanh,
poem of Ndla and Ddmdydnti, who from whose second son, Rahas, was
migrated westward (possibly in the descended Balbhaddar Singh, the pro-
3rd century), and founded the city of genitor of the Rajas of Katari. The
Narwar and the kingdom (renowned late Rajd Sarn&m Singh died childless
in classical story) of Nishidha. One in February 1869, leaving the estate
of the sons of Sora Singh, Thakur of to his widow, Rani Harnath Kunwar,
Narwar, thirty-third in descent from for life, with power to nominate an
Raja Nala, was Dhola Rai, who became heir. She died on May 5, 1886, having
the founder of the great State of left the estate to the present Rajd, who
was one of the nearest male relatives married the daughter of R£j& Ram
of R&jd Sarnam Singh, heing a de- Deo, the Bilkharia Raja of Patti, and
scendant of Barwand Singh, Rajd ultimately ousting his brother-in-law,
Sarnam Singh's uncle. Residence : seized the estate and the famous fort
Katari, Sultanpur, Oudh. of Kot Bilkhar. He was succeeded at
Kot Bilkhar by his youngest son, Raj
PARTAB BAHADUR SINGH (of Ti-
Succeeded to the title Singh, who had three sons, of whom
raul), Rdjd. the second, Rup Singh, became the
in 1889. The title was conferred on
ancestor of the Hindu Bachgoti Rajas
January 1, 1877, as a personal dis- of Karwar and of the Musalman
tinction, on the present Raja's grand-
Bachgoti Rajas of Hasanpur {see
father, the late Raja Ajit Singh of
Mehdi Ali Khan, Raja of Hasan-
Tiraul, in recognition of his signal
services during the Mutiny of 1857; pur). The late Raja Madho Pratab
and in 1888 the personal title was Singh of Karwar died without heirs,
ordered to be for two generations, i.e.
and left the estate to his widow, Rani
Kishnath Kunwar. She adopted the
for the Raja Ajit Singh and his suc-
present Raja, and left him the estate
cessor. Belongs to the very ancient on her death in June 1885. He is a
Sombansi Rajput family of the old
Rajas of Partabgarh, being descended minor, the estate being under the
from Sujan Sah, a younger son of the Court of Wards, and is being educated
at the Wards' College, Agra. Resi-
Raja Sangram Sah of Partabgarh. dence: Sultanpur, Oudh.
During the Mutiny of 1857, when the
Raja Gulab Singh of Tiraul refused to PARTAB CHAND, Rai Bahadur. Isan
receive the fugitives from Sultanpur, eminent banker of Allahabad. Re-
his nephew, Ajit Singh, then of Mal- ceived the title as a personal distinction
lupur, took them into his fort, pro- on May 25, 1892. Residence : Allaha-
tected them for many days, and then bad, North- Western Provinces.
escorted them himself, with as many
followers as he could command, to PARTAB NARAYAN SINGH, Sir,
Allahabad. For this his house and K.C.I.E. (of Ajudhya), The Hon.
property were sacked by the rebels, Mahdrdjd; Juljr 13, 1855. Was
b.
and he had to flee from Oudh. He formerly known as the Rajd of

continued loyally to render good Mahdauna, the title of Raja being
services throughout the period of the hereditary. The title of Maharaja
disturbances, and at the restoration of
order received all the Tiraul estates, February 16, 1887, on the occasion of
with a and ultimately with the the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most
khilat,
title of He was an Honorary Gracious Majesty. The Maharaja is
Rajd.
the grandson and successor of the
Magistrate, and had the powers of an
Assistant Collector. He died in 1889, famous Maharajd, Man Singh of
and was succeeded (under the orders Mahdauna, one of the most pro-
minent of the Oudh Talukdars during
of 1888) by his grandson, the present the Mutiny of 1857. Belongs to a
Rajd, whose title, on January 1,
1898, was made hereditary. Residence : Sankaldip (or Ceylon) Brahman
family, whose founder, Sad&sukh
Tiraul, Partabgarh, Oudh.
Pathak, was Chaudhri of Bhojpur.
PARTAB BAHADUR SINGH (of Kar- His great-grandson, Bakhtawar Singh,
war), Rdjd; b. August 31, 1876. The commenced life as a trooper in the
having been so re-
title is hereditary, 8th Light
Cavalry. He attracted,
cognized in December 1864. The Raja when on leave at Lucknow, the notice
is the chief representative of the great of the Nawab Saadat Ali Khan, who
Hindu Bachgoti sept of the illustrious obtained his discharge, and appointed
Chauhan clan of Rajputs, claiming him a jamaddr, and afterwards a
descent from Chahir Deo, brother of risalddr.He was still further ad-
the renowned Prithvi Raj, last Chauhan vanced by the succeeding Kings of
Emperor of Delhi and Ajmir. His Oudh, and a farmdn of King Muham-
descendant, Bariar Singh, fled from mad Ali Shah conferred upon him the
the wrath of the Emperor Ala-ud- Raj of Mahdauna, with the title of
din Khilji, and, wandering eastward, Rajd and the rank of premier Raja
settled in the Sultanpur district. He in Oudh. He was the King's Muh-
temin, or Quartermaster-General of mander of the Most Eminent Order
the Resident's camp, and in 1849 ac- of the Indian Empire on May 25, 1895.
companied Sir William Sleeman on Residence : Shahganj, Faizabad, Oudh.
his memorable tour through Oudh.
Raja Bakhtdwar Singh's younger
PARTAB SINGH (of Ghanauli), Sarddr.
The title is hereditary, the Sarddr,
brother, Darshan Singh, was in 1827
with his brother Sardar Uttam Singh
appointed Ndzim of Sultanpur and
of Ghanauli, being representative of
Faizabad, with the -titles of Raja
Bahadur and Saltanat Bahadur. Dar- one branch of the family of Sikh
shan Singh died in 1844, and in 1845 Sardars descended from Sarddr Khu-
his youngest son, the late Maharaja shal Singh, who seized the town of
Mdn Singh (mentioned above, the Jalandhar, and conquered Ghanauli
and other territories in the Cis-Sutlej
grandfather of the present Mahdrdjd),
was appointed Ndzim of Daryabad, States in 1756 a.d. He was succeeded
Rudauli, and Sultanpur. He obtained by his two sons, the Sardars Budh
from the King of Oudh the title of Singh and Sudh Singh, of whom the
latter died childless, and the former
Rdjd Bahadur for capturing a revenue
defaulter of Surdjpur, and that of had six sons, whose sons are at present
Saltanat Bahadur for arresting a the Sardars of Ghanauli, Manauli,
notorious bandit. Sleeman narrates Bhunga, and Kardaula. Sardar Par-
at length how Rdjd Man Singh "re- tdb Singh of Ghanauli is a son of the
late Sardar Bhopal Singh, who was
moved" Harpal Singh, Gargbansi of
the second son of Sarddr Budh Singh.
Maniarpur, for which feat he was
known as Kaim Jang ("Steadfast in The family lost their Trans-Sutlej
war"). In 1855 Raja Bakhtdwar possessions to the Mahdrdjd Ran jit
Singh died childless, leaving his large Singh ; for their Cis-Sutlej possessions
estates to his nephew and adopted son, they came under British control with
the other Cis-Sutlej Chiefs.
Raja Man Singh. After the annexation They
rendered valuable services during the
Rdjd Mdn Singh was deprived of his
estate as a defaulter in the payment Mutiny of 1857, and received as a
of the revenue. During the Mutiny reward large remissions of the com-
he saved the lives of a very large mutation tax. Residence: Ghanauli,
number of European refugees, and Ambala, Punjab.
though at first for a time he took PARTAB SINGH BAHADUR, Colonel
part with the rebels, he subsequently G.C.S.I., C.B.
Maharai-Dhiraj Sir,
strenuously assisted the Government See Jodhpur.
in the suppression of the Mutiny and
the restoration of order. For these PARTAB SINGH (of Mianpur), Sarddr
services he obtained the title of Bahadur; b. 1846. The title of Sar-
Maharaja Bahadur, and the grant of dar hereditary, the Sardar being the
is
the extensive confiscated estates of representative of a Kshatriya family
the Raja of Gonda. In 1869 he was of Fatehabad and Ferowal on the Bias,
created a Knight Commander of the descended from Lala Jaswant Rai.
Most Exalted Order of the Star of His grandson, Sarddr Gurdit Singh,
India, and died in his fiftieth year, on acquired Mianpur by conquest in the
October 11, 1870, and was succeeded last century, and,dying in 1791 A.D.,
by his widow, the Maharani Sobhao was succeeded by his son, Sarddr Ddl
Kunwdr. In 1875 the Mahdrdni ap- Singh. The eldest son of the latter
pointed another heir, but, after much was Sarddr Diwdn Singh, father of
litigation, the Privy Council decided Sarddr Partdb Singh, whilst the de-
in favour of the succession of the scendants of the second son, Sarddr
present Mahdrdjd, who is the son of Rdm Singh, hold jdgirs in Una terri-
Narsingh Narayan Singh of Ajudhya tory, Hoshidrpur district; and the
by a daughter of the late Mahdrdjd. third son, Sarddr Kharak Singh,
He ranks third among the Barons of died without issue. Sarddr Diwdn
Oudh, and at present enjoys the title Singh rendered good service in the
of Honourable, as a member of the war of 1845-46, and was himself
Legislative Council of the North- present at the battle of Firuzshahr,
Western Provinces and Oudh. The as well as during the Mutiny of 1857,
Mahdrdjd was created a Knight Com- for which service the family received
permanent benefits in the way of re- good service. He died in 1857, and
missions of commutation tax. Sardar was succeeded by his two sons, Sardar
Partab Singh received the title of Ajit Singh (q.v.) and the Sardar Partab
Sardar Bahadur on June 22, 1897. Singh of Alawalpur. Sardar Partab
He has a son and heir, Sardar Sham- Singh has a son and heir, Bhag-
sher Singh. Residence: Miaupur, wan Singh. Residence: Alawalpur,
Ambala, Punjab. Jalandhar District, Punjab.
PARTAB SINGH (of Dhandhowal), Sar- PARTAB SINGH (of Botala), Sardar;
dar; b. 1820. The title is hereditary. b. 1827. The title is hereditary, the
The Sardar is brother of Sardar Sardar being one of the representatives
Panj&b Singh of Dhandhowal (q.v.) ; of the important Kshatriya (Sikh)
belongs to a Jat family of Sikhs, family of Botala, descended from
whose founder, Sardar Man Singh, Dhanna Singh, who was an associate
conquered territory on both sides of of Sardar Jodh Singh, great-grand-
the Sutlej in the year 1759 a.d. His father of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh,
son, Sardar Joga Singh, was succeeded and after Jodh Singh's death served
in turn by his son Sardar Chanda under his son, Charat Singh. His
Singh, the father of the Sardars Partab sons followed the fortunes of the
Singh, Chet Singh, Panjab Singh, ancestors of Ranjit Singh, and his
and Sher Singh (q.v.). Residence:
grandson, Sardar Dharam Singh, was
Dhandhowal, Hoshiarpur, Punjab. the grandfather of Sardar Partab Singh
of Botala. Sardar Dharam Singh's
PARTAB SINGH (of Alawalpur), Sar-
dar. The title is The son was Sardar Ganda Singh, who was
hereditary.
Sardar is the brother of Sardar Ajit in attendance on the Maharaja Sher
Singh (q.v.). Belongs to a Bais Jat Singh when that prince was assas-
sinated, and was severely wounded in
family, descended from Chaudhri
Gulab Rai, who was the Chaudhri of the endeavour to defend him. He
the Maloha ildka in the Nabha State. was killed at the battle of Firuzshahr,
His son, Sardar Himmat Singh, first where his son Sardar Kirpal Singh
distinguished himself in the service (one of the younger brothers of Sardar
of the Phulkian Chiefs, from whom Partab Singh) was wounded. The
he received grants of land. In 1808 Sardar Ganda Singh was succeeded by
a.d. he was appointed Agent of the
—
his four sons Sardar Partab Singh
Nabha State, to attend on the Maha- being the eldest, Sardar Dayal Singh
Sardar Kirpal Singh of Kun-
raja Ranjit Singh of Lahore, and in (g.v.),
1812 a.d. entered the latter's service, ]ahia, and Sardar Joala Singh. The
in which he soon rose to the greatest Sardar Partab Singh of Botala has a
son and heir, named Godham Singh.
eminence, obtaining from time to time
extensive jdairs, including that of the Residence : Botala, Gujranwala, Punjab.
Alawalpur ildka. Sardar Himmat was PARTAB SINGH
(of Rania), Sardar.
present at the conquest of Multan. The title is hereditary. Residence:
His elder son, Sardar Albel Singh,
Punjab.
obtained a large jdyir on the reduction
of Nalkhera. He was wounded in the PARTAB SINGH (of Sahanpur), Rai;
Tiri campaign, and died in 1822, in the b. September 10, 1866. Succeeded his
lifetime of his father. Sardar Himmat father, the late Rai Daichand, on
Singh died in 1826, and the Maharaja October 9, 1897. The title is here-
resumed most of his jdgirs, except the ditary. Is descended from a Jat
Alawalpur and Dhogri ildkas, which family of ancient origin, that came
he divided equally between Sardar from Jind in the middle of the 16th
Achal Singh (son of the deceased century. A
scion of this family,
Sardar Albel Singh) and Sardar Kishan named Muchh Padarath, founded the
Singh, the younger son of Himmat town of Nagal on the Ganges; and
Singh. The son of Sardar Kishan rising to high favour with Prince Salim
Singh, Sardar Basawa Singh, died (afterwards the Emperor Jahangir)
without issue. Sardar Achal Singh in the Court of the Emperor Akbar,
joined Sardar Ranjodh Singh of Maji- obtained a Dress of Honour, the title
thia against the British in the first of Rai, and the grant of the territory
Sikh war, but subsequently rendered between Nagal and Barhapura. The
Rajd Tapraj Singh, great-grandfather Highness, with his chief feudatories,
of the present Rai, was a man of great maintains a military force of 327
influence. Residence : Sahanpur, Bij- cavalry, 454 infantry, and 4 guns ; and
is entitled to a salute of
naur, North-Western Provinces. 15 guns.
Residence :
Partabgarh, Rajputana.
PARTABGARH, His Highness Mahara- PARTAP. See Pratap.
wat Raghunath Singh Bahadur,Ma-
hdrdwat of. A ruling chief; b. 1857. PARUMAL KHUBCHAND, Diwan, Rao
Succeeded to the gadi February 18, Bahadur. The title is personal, and
1890. Belongs to a family that is a was conferred on January 1, 1877, on
" the occasion of the Proclamation of
junior branch of that of the Sun of
the Hindus," the Maharana of Udai- Her Most Gracious Majesty as Empress
and is one of the of India. Residence : Karachi, Sind.
pur, consequently
Chiefs of the illustrious Sesodia clan PARVATI BAI, Her Highness the Rani;
of the Rajputs. In 1561 a.d., when b. 1850. Is the sister of His Highness
Udai Singh, the future founder of
Udaipur, was Rana
— and just seven
the Maharaja of Travancore (q.v.).
The Government of India has recog-
years before the terrible sack of Chitor, nized the Rani's right to bear the title of
the ancient capital of the Sesodias, by " Her
Highness," and she is also styled
the great Mughal Akbar, drove Udai "The Junior Rani of Travancore."
Singh to the jungles, whence he sub-
sequently issued to build Udaipur
— Residence : Trivandrum, Travancore,
Southern India.
the Rawat Bhikaji, a scion of the
Royal house of the Sesodias, founded
PARVATI SHANKAR MANISHAN-
the State of Partabgarh, with its KAR DAVE, Rao Bahadur. The title
capital at Deolia. With the other
States of Rajputana, Partabgarh was February 16, 1887, on the occasion of
reduced, during the subsequent cam-
Gracious Majesty. Residence : Surat,
paigns of the Mughal Emperors, to
submission to Delhi and in the reign
;
Bombay.
of the Emperor Shah Jahan the Rawat PASHTTPAT SARAN SINHA, Rai Ba-
received from that monarch the title hadur. The title is personal, and was
of Maharawat, which his descendants conferred on January 2, 1888. Re-
retain. The present town of Partab- sidence: The Residency, Khatmandu,
garh was built by the Maharawat Par- Nepal.
tab Singh, and called after his name,
about the beginning of the 18th PATAN, Rao of. See Maharaj Singh.
century; it is distant about eight PATAUDI, Nawab Muhammad Mumtaz
miles east of the ancient capital of Husain Ali Khan Bahadur, JYavdb of.
Deolia. On the establishment of the A ruling chief; b. 1874. Succeeded
Mahratta power in Malwa the Ma- to the gadi as a minor March 30, 1878.
harawats became tributary to Holkar, Belongs to an Afghan (Muhammadan)
and the Chief of Indore still receives family, descended from Faiz Talab
that tribute, which is now paid through Khan, younger brother of Nijabat Ali
the British Government. Partabgarh Khan, Nawab of Jhajjar. Faiz Talab
passed under British control in 1818. Khan was severely wounded in an
In 1844 the Maharawat died, and was action with Holkar's troops, and for
succeeded by his grandson, Dalpat his services was granted the State of
Singh, who had become Maharawal Patau di, with the title of Nawab, in
of Dungarpur by adoption, but who 1806. He died in 1829, and was suc-
resigned Dungarpur on his succession ceeded by the Nawab Akbar Ali
to Partabgarh. Dalpat Singh died in Khan, and the latter was in his turn
1864, and was succeeded by his son, succeeded by his son, Muhammad Ali
the late Maharawat Udai Singh. He Taki Khan, on March 3, 1862. The
was followed by the present Mahara- latter died in the same year, and was
wat in 1890. The area of the State succeeded by the late Nawab Muham-
is 1460 square miles, and its popula- mad Mukhtar Husain Khan, his son,
tion is 79.568. chiefly Hindus, but then a minor. He died in 1878, and
including 24,229 Bhils (aboriginal was succeeded by the present Nawab,
tribe) and 4243 Mubammadans, His also as a minor. The area of the
State 53 square miles; its popula-

is descend also the Chiefs of Jind, Nabha,
tion 17,847, chiefly Hindus, but
is and Bhadaur. Their great ancestor
including 3286 Muhammadans. The was the Rajput Chief Jaisal, the
Nawab maintains a military force of founder of Jaisalmir (q.v.) ; whose
25 cavalry, 59 infantry, and 6 guns. descendant in the twenty-ninth
Residence : Pataudi, Punjab. generation was Phul. His second son
Rama was the founder of the Patiala
PATESRI PARTAB NARAYAN SINGH House; whose son, Raja Ala Singh,
(of Basti), Rdjd. See Basti. built the city of Patiala, and was
the title of Raja by Ahmad
PATHARI, Nawab Muhammad Abdul granted
in March 1762. The
Karim Khan, Nawab of. ruling A Shah Durani
chief 1850. Succeeded to the gadi
;
b.
title was continued to his son Amar
October 19, 1861. Belongs to a Pa- Singh, with additional honour as
than (Muhammadan) family, being Raja-i-Rajagan Bahadur in 1767, and
descended from the younger son of a flag and drum were given to him as
the famous Dost Muhammad, the symbols of his sovereign power. The
founder of the State of Bhopal {see title of Maharaja was bestowed on the
Patiala Chief in 1810 by the Emperor
Bhopal, Her Highness the Begum of).
The area of the State is 26 square miles ;
Akbar II. of Delhi, on the recom-
mendation of General Ochterlony.
itspopulation 6393, chiefly Hindus, but
including 965 Muhammadans. In 1807 During the Nepal war he aided the
Nawab Haidar Muhammad Khan, Government, and at its close was
father of the present Nawab, was rewarded with parts of the Keonthal
and Baghat States. In 1830 the sani-
dispossessed of his estate in Rahat-
tarium and territory of Simla were
garh; but ultimately, on the media-
tion of the British Government, he obtained from him in exchange for
obtained the territory of Pathari. lands in Barauli. In the Sutlej cam-
The Nawab has a son and heir, the paigns of 1845-46 the Maharaja
Mian Muhammad Abdul Rahim Khan. rendered good service against the
Lahore army, and was rewarded with
Residence: Pathari, Bhopal, Central
India. a part of the territory confiscated from
the Raja of Nabha. During the Mutiny
PATHARIA, Thakur Raghunath Singh, of 1857 the Maharaja Narindar Singh
Thdkur of A ruling chief; b. 1838. aided the Government by sending an
Succeeded to the gadi May 5, 1884.
auxiliary force to Delhi, kept open
The State is a feudatory of Indore, communications on the Grand Trunk
and is included within that territory,
Road, sent troops to Gwalior and
Residence: Patharia, Indore Central
Dholpur, and afforded other valuable
India. aid. In recognition of these services
PATHRALA, Sarddr of. See Manohar the Maharajd, received further large
Singh. extensions of territory, with additions
to his titles and powers. The Ma-
PATI RAM, Rat Bahadur. The title is
and was conferred on July haraja Mahindar Singh, son of Narin-
personal,
dar Singh, died at the age of twenty-
20, 1887. Residence : Bengal. three in 1876, and was succeeded by
PATIALA, His Highness the Maharaja his son the present Maharaja, then a
Bahadur G. C.S.I.
of, ruling chief;A minor. His Highness was created a
b. May 25, 1872. Succeeded to the Knight Grand Commander of the
gadi as a minor April 14, 1876. The Most Exalted Order of the Star of
—
Maharaja's full title is His Highness India in 1898. The area of the State
Farzand - i-Khas - i - Daulat - i - Inglishia is 5419 square miles ; its population is
Mansur-i-Zaman, Amir-ul-Umara, Ma- 1,467,433, chiefly Hindus, out including

haraj-Adhiraj Rajeshwar Sri Ma- 408,141 Sikhs and 321,354 Muham-
haraja-i-Rajagan Sir Rajendra Singh madans. The Maharajd maintains a
Mahendra Bahadur, Knight Grand military force of 2423 cavalry, 4147
Commander of the Most Exalted Order infantry, and 109 guns; and is en-
of the Star of India. Belongs to the titled to a salute of 17 guns. Anns.
renowned Phulkian family of the — Ermine, a target sable, bossed or,
Sidhu Jat clan of Sikhs ; so called in chief saltire-wise two daggers, gules,
from their ancestor Phul, from whom hilted of the third, in base a sword
of like tincture and a musket proper, Chain of Honour." Residence: Twante,
—
in saltire. Crest. An elephant. Sup- Burma.
porters.
—A lion and a bay horse, PAUL, The Rev. Samuel, Rao Saheb.
each ensigned with an annulet argent. The title was conferred on May 21,
Motto. — Fhularka Kirana Prabha. 1898. Residence : Madras.
Residence: Patiala, Punjab.
PAWAYAN, Rdjd of. See Fateh Singh.
PATNA, Maharaja Dalganjan Singh PE,
Deo, Maharaja of. A ruling chief b.
Maung, Ahmudan gaung Tazeik ya
;
Min. The title is personal, and was
1857. Succeeded to the gadi September
conferred on January 1, 1889. It is
5, 1895. Belongs to a family of the indicated by the letters A.T.M. after
illustrious Chauhan clan of Rajputs
the name, and means " Recipient of
(see Mainpuri, Raja of, and Rajaur, the Medal for Good Service." Resid-
Raja of) that has been settled as
rulers in the Sambalpur district of the
ence :
Myadaung, Burma.
Central Provinces from a remote PE MAUNG, Ahmudan gaung Tazeik ya
antiquity. The present Maharaja is Min. The personal, and was
title is
the thirty-first in direct descent from conferred on January 16, 1896. Resi-
the founder of the Raj who, accord- ;
dence : Yamethin, Burma.
ing to the traditions of the family, PE
came here from Sambalgarh in the SI, Maung, CLE. Created a CLE.
on February 16, 1887. Residence:
Mainpuri district of the North-Western Mandalay, Burma.
Provinces, probably at the time of the
earliest Muhammadan invasions. Tra- PEARY MOHUN M00KERJI, C.S.I.,
dition also connects the family, whose Rdjd. See Piari Mohan Mukharji,
claim to the hereditary title of Raja CSX, Rdjd.
seems always to have been undisputed, PERUMAL PILLAI SUNDARAM
with the Hai Hai Bansi House of the PILLAI, Rao Bahadur. The title is
Ratanpur Rajputs. MaharajaThe personal, and was conferred on May
Sur Partab Deo came to the gadi in 20, 1896. Residence: Trivandrum,
1866, and dying twelve years later, Madras.
was succeeded by his nephew, the late
PESHOTAM BEHRAMJI SANJANA,
Maharaja Ram Chandra Singh, then a
minor, in 1878. The family device or Dastur, Dr., Shams-ul-Ulama ; b. Sep-
tember 14, 1829. This title is personal,
cognizance is the famous Chauhan and was conferred January 1, 1889, for
Santak. The area of the State is 2399
eminence in oriental learning. It
;
entitles him to take rank in Darbar
chiefly Hindus. Residence : Patna,
immediately after titular Nawabs.
Sambalpur, Central Provinces. He succeeded his father, the late
PATRI, Desai Surajmalii Zorawar- Dastur Behramji, in 1854, when he
singhji, Desai of. A ruling chief; b. assumed the title of High Priest of
1847. Succeeded to the gadi July 10, the Parsi community in Bombay. Is
1884. Belongs to a Kanbi (Hindu) a Fellow of the University of Bombay,
family. The late Desai Himmatsinghji 1866 M.A. and Ph.D. of the Tubingen
;
died in 1884, and was succeeded by University, 1886 Principal and Pro-
;
his son, the present Desai. Residence : fessor of Pahlavi and Zend in the Sir
Patri, Kathiawar, Bombay. Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Oriental College
(Zartoshti Madrasah), Bombay, since
PATTABHIRAM PILLAI, Tiruvatiswa- 1863 Head High Priest of the great
;
rampetta, Rao Bahadur. The title "Wadia Fire Temple, 1854 has pub- ;
was conferred on January 1, 1891. lished an elaborate grammar of the
Residence : Tan jore, Madras. Pahlavi language, 1871, and an edition
PATH SALFABAD, of the Pahlavi Dinkard,'va. six volumes,
Diwdn of. See Ran
Bahadur Singh. 1874-92. Married, in 1843, Kuvarbai,
Bijai
daughter of Manikji Jamshedji, Esq.,
PAU TUN, Maung, Kyet thaye zaung and has issue two sons Eduljee, —
shwe Salwe ya Min. Received the born June 1, 1852 and Darabjee, ;
title on May 21, 1898. It is indicated born November 8, 1858, Justice of the
by the letters K.S.M. after the name, Peace, a Graduate and Fellow of the
and means " Recipient of the Gold University of Bombay, married (1885)
Kuvarbai Eustomjee Padshah. Resi- Belongs to a Parsi family, descended

dence : "Wadia Fire Temple,
Bombay. from Nusserwanjee Cowasjee Petit of
Surat, who moved from Surat to
PESTANJI JEHANGIR, CLE., Khan
Bombay. Mr. Nusserwanjee Cowasjee
Bahadur; b. July 11, 1831. The title Petit was born at Surat in 1770 ;
was conferred on January 1, 1877, as a married Bhikaji, daughter of Framji
personal distinction, with a Medal of Jogajee Patvana. His son, Manockjee
Honour, on the occasion of the Pro- Nusserwanjee Petit, born August 26,
clamation of Her Most Gracious
1803, succeeded him on his death,
Majesty as Empress of India. Belongs December 20, 1820. He became a
to a Parsi family that received, in the
merchant in Bombay married Humabai
;
early part of the last century, the titles and

of Nekshant Khan, and Tabyar Khan, Jejeebhoy Dadabhoy Moogana ;
died May 21, 1859, leaving two sons,

with jdgirs in the Surat district, from the present Baronet and his younger
the Mughal Emperors of Delhi. Sir
John Maloolm, in a Minute dated 1829, brother, Nusserwanjee Manockjee
" Petit, Esq. Sir Dinshaw Petit was
speaks of the family as Khans of the Sheriff of Bombay in 1887, and has
"
Empire ; and it is said that several been a Member of the Parsi Panchayat
of its members rendered good service
of Bombay since 1862. Served as a
to the British Government, one of
Member of the Legislative Council of
them having been killed in its service
in the battle of Bodhan near Surat
Bombay from 1888 to 1889. He mar-
ried, in 1837,Sakerbai Framjee (who
in the early part of the present century.
died in 1890), daughter of Framjee
Rendered honourable service to Govern-
Bhikaji Panday, Esq., of Bombay;
ment in various capacities for thirty- and has issue three sons and eight
six years ; and on January 1, 1882, was
daughters. The Baronetcy was granted,
with special remainder, first, to Framjee
Eminent Order of the Indian Empire. Dinshaw Petit, second son of the first
Residence: Bombay. Baronet, and the heirs male of his
PESTANJI SORABJI BHUJWALA, body lawfully begotten ; and secondly,
Khan Bahadur. The title was con- to the heirs male of the body of the
ferred on May 21, 1898. Residence: first Baronet. The family Arms are. —
Kutch, Bombay. Az., on a chevron arg., between three
urns of the last, therefrom issuant
PESTONJI. See Pestanji.
flames proper, as many bees volant,
PETER MUNISWAMY PILLAI. See also proper. Crest .
—A
ship under sail
Muniswamy. at sea, in front thereof an anchor
fessewise, all proper. Motto. Conse- —
PETHAPUR, Thakur GambMrsinghji,
quitur quodcunque Petit. Residence:
Himatsinghji, Thakur of. A ruling Petit Hill, Malabar Hill, Bombay.
as a minor January 13, 1879. Belongs
to a "Waghela Rajput family, descended PHALTAN, Madhoji Rao Janrao Naik
from Tirathsinghji, one of the sons of Nimbalkar, Deshmukh and Naik Nim-
the last Hindu King of Anhilwara bdlkarof. A
ruling chief b. November ;

Patan, who obtained the territory of minor December and installed
The late 7, 1841,
Pethapur in 1445 a.d. as a ruler March
Thakur Himatsinghji Bhavansinghji 26, 1860. Belongs to
succeeded to the gadi September 28,
a very Mahratta (Hindu)
ancient
1861 and dying in 1879, was succeeded family, descended from Jagdro Rao,
alias Nimbra j, who held Phaltan under
;
by his son, the present Thakur. The the Muhammadan Kings of Bijapur,
State, which is tributary to Baroda,
has an area of 54 square miles, and a
from whom the present Deshmukh
and Naik Nimbalkar is twenty-second
population of 7081, chiefly Hindus. in descent. The latter title was de-
Residence: Pethapur, Mahi Kantha,
rived from the Mughal Emperors of
Bombay. Delhi. The late Deshmukh Janrao
PETIT, Sir Dinshaw Manockjee, Baronet died without issue in 1841 whereon ;
and Knight Bachelor ; b. June 30, 1823. his widow, Sahebjibai, adopted the
Granted the honour of Knighthood in present Chief, and a nazar of a large
1887, and created a Baronet in 1890. amount was paid on the occasion to
the Raja of Satara, of which State which capacity he took a prominent
Phaltan was a feudatory. The area part in the discussions on the Bengal
of the State is 397 square miles; its Tenancy Bill, which drew the following
population 58,085, chiefly Hindus. remarks from the Official Member in
The Chief was appointed a Member of charge of the Bill, Sir Steuart C.
the Legislative Council of Bombay in Bayley, Lieutenant-Governor of Ben-
" And the death of our
1878, and served till 1880. His son gal :
though
and heir is Venkatrao Naik Nimbalkar. lamented colleague, Rai Kristodas Pal
Residence : Phaltan, Satara, Bombay. Bahadur, in the middle of our discus-
sions, was a grievous loss to them (the
PHARWALA, Rdjd See Karamdad
of. Bengal Zamindars), and indeed to all
Khan. of us, yet their interests could hardly
PHIROZSHAH MERWANJI MEHTA, have found a better representative
CLE. Created a CLE. on January than in his successor, who, with in-
1,1894. Residence: Bombay. flexible constancy and even a more
Rani perfect knowledge of detail than his

PHULGHAR, of. See Kapilas
predecessor, contested every inch of
Kumari.
ground, and displayed a temper and
PIAGPUR. See Piyagpur. ability which showed how wisely the
PIARI LAL, British Indian Association had made
Lala, Rai Bahadur. Granted
the title, as a personal distinction, their selection." Is honourably known
as one of the leading landowners of
January 2, 1893. Was the Inspector
of Schools of the Jalandhar Division, Bengal. Residence: Uttarpara, Bengal.
Punjab. Residence :
Delhi, Punjab. PIMPLADEVI Naik Dongria walad
PIARI MOHAN BANERJI, Rai Bahadur. KAJLYA, Naik of. A ruling chief ;
b.
The title was conferred on June 22, 1850. Belongs to a Bhil (aboriginal)
1897. Residence : Calcutta. family. The area of the State, which
is one of the Dang States of Khandesh,
PIARI MOHAN MUKHARJI, C.S.I., is about 4 square miles ; its population
Rdjd; b. September 17, 1840. The 134, chiefly Bhils. Residence : Pim-
title of Raja was conferred on February pladevi, Khandesh, Bombay.
16, 1887, as a personal distinction, on
the occasion of the Jubilee of the PIMPRI, Naik Kesavrao walad TRIM-
reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty. BAK, Naik of. A ruling chief; b. 1868.
At the same time the Rdjd was created Belongs to a Bhil (aboriginal) family.
a Companion of the Most Exalted The area of the State, which is one of
Order of the Star of India, in recogni- the Dang States of Khandesh, is about
tion both of his own eminent services 73 square miles; its population 3572,
to the State, of the position of his chiefly Bhils. Residence : Pimpri,
family as Zaminddrs of Uttarpara, Khandesh, Bombay.
and of the great public services of his PIND DADAN KHAN, Rdjd of. See
late father. Is the son and heir of Saif Ah Khan.
the late Babu Jai Krishna Mukharji
PINDARNA, Thdkurof. See Mardan
(better known as "Joy Kissen Moo-
kerji
" —
as the Raja also is known as Singh.
"
Peary Mohun Mookerji "), Zaminddr PINDAYA, Mating Po Kin, Ngwegunhmu
of. A ruling chief. The Ngwegunhmu
of Uttarpara, who was renowned
ischief of one of the Shan States of
throughout India for his splendid
Burma. Pindaya has an area of about
public spirit, his large charities, and
his liberal encouragement of education. 250 square miles its population con-
;
sists almost entirely of Shans. Resi-

Belongs to a Kuhn Brahman family
of the highest rank. "Was educated dence : Pindaya, Shan States, Burma.
in the University of Calcutta, where PINHMI, Mating Tha Dating, Ngwegunh-
he graduated M.A. and B.L. in 1862. mu of. A
ruling chief. The Ngwe-
Having served on Committees from gunhmu chief of one of the Shan
is
1865 to 1879, was appointed a Member States of Burma, with an area of
of the Legislative Council of Bengal about 15 square miles. Its population
in 1879. Was appointed a Member of consists almost entirely of Shans.
the Viceroy's Legislative Council in Residence : Pinhmi, Shan States,
1884, and reappointed in 1886, in Burma.
PINTO, Aleizo, Biwdn Bahadur. The dence: Piploda, Western Malwa,

title was conferred, as a personal dis- Central India.
tinction, on January 1, 1892. Resi-
dence : Saidapet, Madras.
PIR BAKHSH, Khan Saheb. The title
dence
PIPLIA, Rawat Achal Singh, Rawat of.
:
A ruling chief ; b. 1833. Succeeded to PIR BAKHSH KHAN, Subahdar-Major,

the gadi in 1863. The population of Sarddr Bahadur, Khan Bahadur; b.
the State is 583, chiefly Hindus. The 1834. The title of Sardar Bahadur
Rawat belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) was conferred on November 21, 1882,
family. Residence : Piplia, Western and that of Khan Bahadur on June 1,
Malwa, Central India. 1888, as personal distinctions, in re-
Makhdum cognition of his eminent military
PIPLIANAGAR, Bakhsh, services. Has been a distinguished
Chief of . A
ruling chief. Succeeded
officer of the 2nd and 3rd Baluchi
to the gadi October 26, 1831. Is a
co-sharer with Rahim Bakhsh in the Regiments, with an honourable service
of thirty-two years, having received
Chief ship of this State, which contains
the three medals of the Persian,
a population of 716, chiefly Hindus.
The Chiefs are descendants of Rajan Afghan, and Egyptian wars. With
the title of Sardar Bahadur he had
Khan, brother of the Pindari leader the honour of receiving the Gold Star
Chitu {see Jabria Bhil and Khajuria),
at the hands of Her Most Gracious
who received from the British Govern-
ment, on the settlement of Malwa, the Majesty the Empress; and he also
received the Egyptian Star from His
jdgirs of Piplianagar, Khajuria, Jabria
Highness the Khedive of Egypt. Was
Bhil, and Jabria. On his death these one of Lord Roberts's officers in the
jdgirs were made perpetual, and divided famous march from Kabul to Kanda-
among his five sons. Residence : Pip-
har, for which he received the Star.
lianagar, Bhopal, Central India. He served also in the China war. Is
PIPLIANAGAR, Rahim Bakhsh, Chief married, and has issue one daughter.
of. Aruling chief. Succeeded to the Residence: Larkana, Sind.
gadi October 26, 1831. Is a co-sharer
with Makhdum Bakhsh in the Chief- PIR BAKHSH KHAN, Khan Bahadur.
ship of this State. For an account of on January 1, 1877, on the occasion of
the family see under the heading of
the Proclamation of Her Most Gracious
Piplianagar, Makhdum Bakhsh; see
also Jabria Bhil and Khajuria. Resi- Majesty as Empress of India. Resi-
dence : Shikarpur, Sind.
dence: Piplianagar, Bhopal, Central
India. PIRTHI SINGH (of Nadaun), Mian.
The the Mian being
PIPLOD, Rand of. See Mahtab Singh. a younger brother of the Raja Amar
PIPLODA, Thakur Kesri Singh, Thdhur Chand of Nadaun (q.v.), and son of the
of. A
ruling chief ; b. 1872. Succeeded
late Raja Sir Jodbhir Singh, K.C.S.I.,
to the gadi as a minor November 8, brother-in-law of the Maharaja Ranjit
1888. Belongs to an ancient Doria Singh of Lahore. Residence : Nadaun,
Rajput family, claiming descent from Kangra, Punjab.
Sadal Singh, who served under Mah- PIRTHI SINGH, Rdjd. See Umri.
mud Khilji,the Muhammadan King of
Mandu, and received from him the PIRTHIPUR, Mian of. See Udham
Singh.
jdgir of Piploda in Malwa as a reward
for his valour and success in the field. PITAM SINGH, Rao. The title is here-
Thirteenth in descent from Sadal ditary.Residence: Cawnpore, North-
Singh was the late Dulai Singh, Thakur western Provinces.
of Piploda, who held the title of Maha-
PITAMBAR KURMT, Rai Saheb. Re-
raj Rawat, and succeeded to the gadi ceived the title on January 1, 1898.
on November 30, 1863. He died in Is Malguzar of Bhimbhori. Residence :
1888, and was succeeded by his eldest
Bhimbhori, Raipur, Central Provinces.
son, the present Thakur. The area of
the State is 60 square miles ; its popu- PITHAPUR, Sri Raja Rao Venkataku-
lation is 14,175, chiefly Hindus. Resi- mara Mahipati Suriya Rao, Rdjd of;
R
b. 1885. Belongs to a family long Gold Chain of Honour." Residence:
settled as large Zaminddrs and land- Hauthawadi, Burma.
owners in the Godavari district,
Madras. Is the son of the late Raja PO HMYIN, Maung, Kyet thaye zaung
shwe Salwe ya Min. The title is per-
Gangadhara Rama Rao of Pithapur,
who received the title of Raja sonal, and was conferred on May 29,
1886. It is indicated by the letters
from the British Government in the
The late Raja died on K.S.M. after the name, and means
year 1877.
"Recipient of the Gold Chain of
July 22, 1890, and was succeeded by Honour." Residence: Rangoon, Burma.
the present Raja as a minor, the
estates being under the management PO HNIT, Maung, Myook, Thuye gaung
of the Court of Wards. Residence:
ngwe Da ya Min. The title was con-
Pithapur, Godavari, Madras. ferred, as a personal distinction, on
See Pithapur. May 26, 1894. It is indicated by the
PITHAPURAM, Rdjd of. letters T.D.M. after the name, and
means " Recipient of the Silver Sword
PITHARI, Thakur Bakhtawar Singh, for Bravery." Residence: Pegu, Burma.
Succeeded to the gadi in October 1887. PO KIN, Maung, Myook, Kyet thaye
The State is one of the feudatories of zaung shwe Salwe ya Min. This Bur-
Indore. Residence: Pithari, Indore, mese title, indicated by the letters
Central India. K.S.M. after the name, and meaning
"Recipient of the Gold Chain of
PITORHA, Rdjd See R&jendra Singh.
of. Honour," was conferred as a personal
distinction on May 25, 1892. Residence :
PITTAPUR, Rdjd of. See Pithapur.
Thayetmyo, Burma.
PIYAGPUR, Raja Bhup Indra Bikrama PO LU, Maung, Myook, Ahmudan gaung
CLE., Rdjd
Singh, b. January 31,
of; Tazeik ya Min. This Burmese title,
1863. Succeeded his
father, Raja indicated by the letters A.T.M. after
Narpat Singh, May 22, 1882. Created "
the name, and meaning Recipient of
a Companion of the Most Eminent a Medal for Good Service," was con-
Order of the Indian Empire on May ferred on May 20, 1896. Residence:
20, 1896. Belongs to a Janwar family, Burma.
descended from Prag, who founded
Pragpur, now called Piyagpur. For PO MAUNG, Maung, Kyet thaye zaung
other branches of the great Janwar shwe Salwe ya Min. The title, meaning
family, see (1) Achal Singh, Raja as above, conferred on May 25, 1895.
of Kaimahra (2) Kishan Datt Singh,
; Residence : Prome, Burma.
Raja of Oel; and (3) Narpat Singh,
Raja of Gangwal. The important Raj PO NI, Maung, Ahmudan gaung Tazeik
of Ikauna was also the appanage of ya Min. The title, meaning as above,
the head of the Janwars for some conferred on May 25, 1892. Residence :
centuries, but was confiscated for rebel- Rangoon, Burma.
lion after the Mutiny of 1857. One of
PO 0, Maung, Thuye gaung ngwe Da ya
Prag's descendants, Himmat Singh, Min. The title was conferred, as a
obtained the title of Raja from Asaf-
personal distinction, on May 24, 1889.
ud-daula, and the title was recognized It is indicated by the letters T.D.M.
by Government as hereditary in 1864.
after the name, and means u Recipient
Raja Himmat Singh was eventually of the Silver Sword for Bravery."
killed by Raja Krishna Prasad Singh
Residence : W. Pagi, Burma.
of Gangwal, and was succeeded by
Raja Narpat Singh, the father of the P0 SA, Maung, Myook, Kyet thaye zaung
present Raja. Residence: Piyagpur, shwe Salwe ya Min. The title, meaning
Bahraich, Oudh. as above, conferred on January 1, 1894.
Residence: Yamethin, Burma.
PO, Maung, Kyet thaye zaung shwe Salwe
ya Min. The title is personal, and was P0 SHWE, Maung, Myook, Kyet thaye
conferred on May 29, 1886. It is indi- zaung shwe Salwe ya Min. The title,
cated by the letters K.S.M. after the meaning as above, conferred on January
name, and means "Recipient of the 1,1894. Residence: Luudaung, Burma.
PO SWE, Maung, Myook, Kyet thaye mdn, the monkey-god of the Hindus,
zaung shwe Salwe ya Min. The title and possessing authentic records of
("Recipient of the Gold Chain of their history for the last 570 years in
Honour ") was conferred on May Kathiawar. In 1807 the State came
30, 1891. Residence: Kyaukpadaung, under British control. It possesses
Burma. three harbours on the coast, of which
PO TOK, Maung (Wun of Kani), Thuye one, Porbandar, has a considerable
trade. The area of the State is 636
gating ngwe I)a ya Min. The Wun
received the title of T.D.M. (" Recipient square miles; its population 71,072,
of the Silver Sword for Bravery ") as a chiefly Hindus, but including 6741
Muhammadans. The Rand maintains
personal distinction, on January 1, 1891. a military force of 14 cavalry, 236
Beside nee: Lower Chindwin, Burma.
infantry, and 113 guns, and is entitled
POHLTJ MAL, Rai Bahadur. The title to a salute of 11 guns. He has a son
was conferred on June 3, 1893. Resi- and heir, Kumar Bhausinghji. Resi-
dence: Jalandhar, Punjab. dence : Porbandar, Kathiawar, Bombay.
POKHRA ANSARI, Rdjd of. See Bhag- P0THI, Rdjd of. See Sultan Khan.
wan Bakhsh.
PRABHU NARAYAN SINGH, His High-
POL, Rao Prathisinghji Hamirsinghji, ness Sir, K.C.I.E., Mahdrdjd Bahadur.
Rao of. A ruling chief ; b. 1872. Suc- See Benares, Mahdrdjd of.
ceeded to the gadi as a minor October
PRAGJT LAXMIDHAR, Rao Bahadur;
24, 1889. Belongs to the illustrious b. 1853. Received the title on
Rahtor Rajput (Hindu) family of Idar, January
descended from Sonakji, second son of 1, 1897. Residence : Baroda.
Jai Chand, last Rahtor Emperor of PRAKASH CHANDRA DEB, Rai Saheb.
Kanauj. For twenty-six generations The titlewas conferred on June 22,
the descendants of Sonakji were Raos 1897. Residence: Shillong, Assam.
of Idar ; but in 1656 the Rao Jagannath
was driven out by the Muhammadans, PRAMADA BHUSAN DEB RAI (of Nal-
and the family then established them- danga), Rdjd. See Naldanga, Rdjd of.
selves in the mountainous district of PRAMADA DAS MITTER, Rai Baha-
Pol, between Gujarat in Bombay and dur. The title was conferred on June
the Udaipur (Mewar) State in Rajpu- 22, 1897. Residence : Benares, North-
tana. The late Rao of Pol, Hamir- Western Provinces.
singhji Gulabsinghji, succeeded to the PRAMADA NATH RAI, Rdjd; b.
gadi in 1864, and dying in 1889, was The title was con-
January 29, 1873.
succeeded by his son, the present Rao.
ferred, as a personal distinction, on
its population is 6629, chiefly
January 1, 1897. Belongs to a family
miles;
long settled as Zaminddrs inRajshahi,
Hindus. The Rao maintains a military
claiming descent from Daya Ram Rai,
force of 10 cavalry and 12 infantry.
said to have been created Rai Raiyan
Residence : Pol, Mahi Kantha, Bombay. about the year 1750 a.d. His son was
P00RNA NARSINGHRAO KRISHNA Jagannath Rai, who was succeeded by
his son, Prannath Rai. The son and
MTJRTTI, CLE. See Puma.
successor of the latter was Raja Pra-
POP AT VELJI (of Rajkot), Rao Baha- sanna Nath Rai Bahadur, who was
dur; b. February 17, 1829. The title created Raja Bahadur, as a personal
was conferred, as a personal distinction,
distinction, in the Governor-General-
on February 6, 1874, for special services
in capturing outlaw Waghers in Kathia-
ship of Lord Dalhousie. His son was
war. The Rao Bahadur belongs to the
the late Raja Pramada Nath Rai
Modh Wania family. Residence Ka- :
Bahadur, who greatly distinguished
himself by his liberality during the
thiawar, Bombay. famine of 1873-74. He also subscribed
PORBANDAR, His Highness Rana Shri Rs.l 50,000 towards the establishment
Vikramatji Khimaji, Rand of. A
of the Rajshahi College at Rampur
ruling chief; b. April 1, 1819. Suc- Boaba. He was a member of the
ceeded to the gadi June 20, 1831. Legislative Council of Bengal. He
Belongs to a Jetwa Rajput (Hindu) left three sons— (1) the present Raja,
family, claiming descent from Hanu- Tramada Nath Rai; (2) Mian Basanta
Kumdr Rai; (3) Mian Sarat Kumar PREM NATH, Pandit (of Nagpur), Rai
Rai. Residence : Dighapatia, Rdjshdhi, Bahadur. The title was conferred on
Bengal. January 1, 1891. Residence: Burma.
PRAMODA. See Pramada. PREM SINGH (of Mukerian), Sarddr.
The Is the grand-
PRAN KISHAN GHOSH, Rai Bahadur.
son of Ruddu Mai, whose sons, Sardar
title
Bur Singh, Sarddr Budh Singh, and
distinction, on January 2, 1888, for Sarddr Sudh Singh, rose to power
good services rendered in the Finance
under Mahara ja Sher Singh of Lahore.
Department. Residence : Chandarna- When the Maharaja was assassinated,
gar, Bengal. Sarddr Budh Singh was killed on the
PRANJTVAN VISHVANATH, Rao Baha- spot, and his cousin was severely
dur. The title was conferred, as a wounded. The Sardar Prem Singh is
personal distinction, on January 1, 1891. the son of the late Sarddr Sudh Singh
Residence : Wadhwan, Bombay. of Mukerian, who died in 1889, and the
PRANSH ANKAR TRIPURASH ANKAR, nephew of the late Sarddr Bur Singh
Rao Saheb. The title was conferred, of Mukerian, who died in 1892. Resi-
as a personal distinction, on May 24, dence : Mukerian, Hoshidrpur, Punjab.
1889. Residence : Surat, Bombay. PREMCHAND KASANDAS, Rao Saheb.
PRASANNA KUMAR BANARJI, Rai The was conferred, as a personal
title
Bahadur. The title was conferred on distinction, on February 15, 1886.
May 24, 1882. Residence: Ariadaha, Residence : Kaira, Bombay.
Bengal.
PREMPUR, Thakur Surajmalji, Thdkur
PRATAP. See also Partab. of. Aruling chief; b. October 21,
The 1849. Succeeded to the gadi October
PRATAP SINGH (of Patan), Rao.
title is hereditary. The Rao belongs 3, 1871. Belongs to a family that
to the same family as that of the Rao claims descent from Makwdna Bhatti,
a Makwdna Rdjput, by his marriage
Bhopal Singh of Sehora. The title with the daughter of a Koli (aboriginal)
was originally conferred by the Emperor
of Delhi, through the Subahddr Ghairat chieftain. One of his sons was Wag-
Khan of Sagar. Residence: Patan, haji, Thdkur of Prempur. The present
Tbdkur is eleventh in descent from
Sdgar, Central Provinces.
him, having succeeded his cousin, the
PRATAP TJDIT NATH SAHAI DEO, late Thdkur, Partdbsinghji, in 1871.
Maharaja; h. March 26, 1866. The Residence: Prempur, Mdhi Kdntha,
title is hereditary, and was so declared
Bombay.
on December 23, 1872. Belongs to a
very ancient family, who have been PRIBDAS ALAMCHAND, Rao Saheb.
Maharajas of Chota (or Chutia) Nag-
1891. Residence : Hyderabad, Sind.
pur from time immemorial, their capital
being the village of Chutia in Lohar- PRITHVI SINH, Raja. See Umri, Rdjd
daga district. They are descended, of.
according to the family legends, from
the pandrik ndga or sacred serpent (see PRIYA SHANKAR RAI, Kumar. The
Dalton's Ethnology of Bengal, pp. 165, title was conferred, as a personal dis-
tinction, on July 18, 1861. Is the son
166). The Mahardjd succeeded to the
title and estate on the death of his of the late Rdjd Shdma Shankar Rai
Chaudhri) descended from Pachu
father, the late Maharaja, in 1872. (or ;
Residence : Lohdrdaga, Chota Nagpur, Sarkdr, whose son, Kali Shankar Rai,
was father of Tarini Shankar Rai, and
Bengal.
grandfather of the late Rdjd Shdma
PRATTJL CHANDRA CHATTERJI, Rai
Shankar Rai. The latter obtained the
Bahadur. Is a Fellow of the Punjab Rdjd, as a personal distinction,
title of
University, and received the title, as a on January 1, 1877, on the occasion
personal distinction, on May 25, 1892. of the Proclamation of Her Most
Residence : Lahore, Punjab. Gracious Majesty as Empress of India.
PRAYAG DAS, Lala, Rai Saheb. Re- He had rendered good service to the
ceived the title on January 1, 1898. State in the famine of 1873-74, in the
Residence : Central Provinces. district of Dinajpur, where he owned
large estates. Residence: Dacca, PUNADRA, Mian Abhesinghji Amar-

Bengal. singhji, Mian of. A ruling chief ;
b.
PROMOTHO. See Pramada. August 6, 1863. Succeeded to the gadi

as a minor March 12, 1865. Belongs
PU, Mating, Kyet thaye zaung shwe to a Jhala Rajput family, converted
Salwe ya Min. This Burmese title, to Islam; claiming descent from
indicated by the letters K.S.M. after Harisinghji, who was in the service of
the name, and meaning " Recipient of Shah Muhammad Begara of Gujarat,
the Gold Chain of Honour," was con- and became a Muhammadan in 1483
ferred as a personal distinction on a.d. During the minority of the
May 26, 1894. Residence: Mandalay, Mian, the State was administered by
Burma. his mother, under the supervision of
the Political Agent of Mahi Kantha.
PU LE, Mating, Myook, Ahmudan gaung Its area is 45 square miles ;
its popu-
Tazeik ya Min. This Burmese title,
lation 3767, chiefly Hindus. Residence :
indicated by the letters A.T.M. after
the name, and meaning " Recipient of Punadra, Mahi Kantha, Bombay.
a Medal for Good Service," was con-
PUNASA, Rdnd of. See Zalam Singh.
Pyinmana, Burma. PTJNDARIKAKSHUDU PANTTJLU,
Annavarapu, Rao Bahddur. Received
PUDIA XOVILOGATH VIRARAYAN, the title on June 3, 1899. Residence :
Rdjd. The complimentary title of
Kistna, Madras.
Raja, attached to the heir-apparent
of Calicut, was recognized on December PUNJAL SINGH, Bahddur. The title
16, 1890. Residence : Calicut, Madras. was conferred on August 1, 1894.
Residence : Ludhiana, Punjab.
PUDUKOTA, His Highness Raja
Martand Bhairava Tondiman Baha- PURAN MAL, Pandit (of Agra), Rai
dur, Rdjd of. A ruling chief; b.
Saheb. The was conferred as a
title
1875. Succeeded his grandfather, the personal distinction on May 26, 1894.
late Raja Ramachandra Tondiman, Residence : Rewa, Central India.
April 15, 1886, as a minor. Belongs PURANDHAR SINGH (of Matanpur
to an ancient Kallar (Hindu) family, The title is heredi-
Belkhera), Thdkur.
whose ancestors have borne the title of been originally conferred
tary, having
Tondiman Raja from time imme-
and have ruled in Pudukota. by Raja Nizam Shah, Gond Raja of
morial,
Mandla, and recognized by the British
An ancestor of the Tondiman Raja Government. The grandfather of
rendered good service to the British Thdkur Purandhar Singh rendered
forces in the siege of Trichinopoli in
good service during the Mutiny of
1753 a.d., by providing supplies and 1857. Residence: Matanpur Belkhera,
other aid, and obtained, as a reward,
Jabalpur, Central Provinces.
the grant of the fort and district of
Kilanelli in South Tanjore. To the PURANYA PANTALU, Peddibhotta,
late Raja Ramachandra Tondiman Rao Bahadur; b. 1848. The title was
Bahadur a sanad was given, conferring conferred, as a personal distinction, on
on him the right of adoption, and the January 1, 1889. The Rao Bahadur was
" His " appointed a Deputy Collector in 1888,
title of Excellency as a personal
distinction. The area of the State is and in 1889 he became the Diwan of
1380 miles its the Maharaja of Jaipur, in the Vizaga-
square population
;
patam Madras. Residence:

302,127, chiefly Hindus, but including district,
8946 Muhammadans and 11,372 Chris- Jaipur, Vizagapatam, Madras.
tians. His Highness the Tondiman PURNA CHANDRA SHOME, Rai Ba-
Raja maintains a military force of 16 hddur. Received the title on June
cavalry, 136 infantry, and 27 guns, 3, 1899, for eminent services in the
and is entitled to a salute of 11 guns. Judicial Department. Residence :
Residence : Pudukota, Madras. Calcutta.
PULIKAT RAMASWAMI CHETTIYAR, PURNA NARSINGHRAO KRISHNA
Rai Bahadur, Diwdn Bahadur. The MURTTI, CLE. Member of the
title was conferred on May 20, 1896. Council of the Mysore State. Was
Residence: Madras. created a Companion of the Most
Eminent Order of the Indian Empire RABNAWAZ KHAN, Musazai, Khan
on June 22, 1897- Residence: Banga- Bahadur. The title was conferred on
May 20, 1896. Residence : Dera Ismail
lore, Mysore.
Khan, Punjab.
PURSHOTTAM UDHOWJI, Rao Saheb.
Received the title on January 2, 1899. RADHA BALLABH CHAUDHRI, Rai
Residence: Bombay. Bahadur. The title was conferred on
January 1,1894. Residence: Maiman-
PURUSHOTTAMAYYA, C, Rao Ba- singh, Bengal.
ferred, as a personal distinction, on RADHA CHARAN, Chaube, Rai Ba-
May 24, 1889, for long and meritorious hadur. Received the title on January
service. Residence : Bellary, Madras. 1898. Is Jagirdar of Pahra.
1,
PUSHKAR PAL Residence :

Pahra, Central India.
(of Askot), Raj war ; b.
1843. This title is hereditary. The RADHA KISHAN, Rai; b. 1838. The
Bajwar (or Rajbar) is a Surajbansi title was conferred, as a personal dis-
Rajput, and traces his descent in 221 tinction, in 1859, in recognition of the
generations from Sri Utapannapatra, good service rendered by his father,
the founder of the Solar dynasty. the late Duni Chand. The latter was
The family is a younger branch of the Agent of the Maharaja of Jammu
that of the Rajas of Katyuri " Raj- — and Kashmir stationed at Rawal Pindi.
to "
"
bar being equivalent Rajkumar," In 1857, when the Mutiny broke out
and being the style of the heir- in Hindustan, Duni Chand accom-
apparent among the Katyuris, who panied the contingent furnished by
held sway over Kumaun before the the Maharaja to Delhi, where he died
Chand Raja deprived them of their of cholera. He was succeeded by his
kingdom. They came from Joshimath, son, the Rai Radha Kishan, who has
in Garhwal, in very early times. —
two sons Milkhi Chand and Ram
Abhaya Deva, forty-ninth in descent Chand. Residence: Alawalpur, Ja-
from Salivahana Deva, was the first
landhar, Punjab.
to leave the Katyuri valley at the
time of the decline of the Katyuri RADHA KISHAN, Lala, Rai Bahadur.
power. " He changed his title from The title was conferred on January 1,
" Deva to " " Deva "
Pala," because 1895. Residence : Shahpur, Punjab.
belonged to the branch of the family
ruling in Katyuri. "When Rudra RADHA KISHAN KAUL (of Amritsar),
Chand took possession of Askot, he Rai Bahadur. The title was con-
allowed the Raj war of Askot to retain ferred, as a personal distinction, on
his patrimony as a Zaminddr under January 1, 1887. Residence : Kashmir.
the Chand Raj. The present Rajwar
of Askot is an Honorary Magistrate. RADHA KISHORE DEB BARMAN
Residence: Askot, Kumaun, North- MANIKYA, Raja. See Tipperah,
Western Provinces. Hill.
PWEHLA, Saw Nytm, Nywegunhmu of. RADHA MOHAN, Rai; b. 1850. The
A ruling chief. The Ngwegunhmu is title is hereditary,having been con-
Chief of one of the Shan States of ferred, it is said, Ishri Parsad
on Rai
Burma. Pwehla has an area of about Kayastha, grandfather of the present
100 square miles population con- Rai, by the Nawab Asaf-ud-daula.
sists
;
largely of Shans.
its
Residence :
—
The Rai has two sons Dwarka Parsad,
Pwehla, Shan States, Burma. born September 6, 1882; and Mata
Parsad, bora June 19, 1886. Resi-
PYARI. SeePiari. dence: Daraganj, Allahabad, North-
western Provinces.
QADIR. SeeKadir.
RABGUNDAI RAGHTJNATHA RAO, RADHA NATH RAI, Rai Bahadur b. ;
1848. Received the title on June 22,
Diwdn Bahadur. See Raghunath Rao, an
1897, for eminent services as
R., Diwdn Bahadur.
Inspector of Schools, Bengal Education
RABNAWAZ KHAN, Muhammad, Department. Residence : Cuttack,
Alizai, Naiodb. See Muhammad. Orissa.
RADHANPUR, His Highness Nawab conferred, as a personal distinction,

Muhammad Bismillah Khan Bahadur on February 16, 1877, on the occa-
Babi, Nawab of. A
ruling chief; b. sion of the Jubilee of the reign of
April 26, 1843. Succeeded to the yadi Her Most Gracious Majesty. Belongs
October 9, 1874. Belongs to a Pathan to a Kulin Brahman family of the
(Muhammadan) family, famous in the highest rank. Son of Ananda Chandra
history of Western India as the Babi Mukharji of Gosain Durgapur in the
family, which has given ruling Houses district of Nuddea (Nadiya), Bengal.
to Junagarh and Balasinor, as well as Is a Zamindar, and Inspector of Schools,
to Radhanpur. Bahadur Khan Babi Presidency Circle educated at the
;
was appointed faujddr of Tharad by Krishnaghur and Presidency Colleges

the Emperor Shah Jahan, and his son, of the Calcutta University. He won
Sher Khan Babi, was deputed to aid a Junior Scholarship in 1854, and a
Prince Murad Bakhsh as Governor of Senior Scholarship in 1855 (stood at
Gujarat. His son, Jafar Khan Babi, the head of all the candidates from
in 1693 A.D., obtained the faujddri of the Colleges of Bengal). Appointed
Radhanpur and other districts, with to the Government Service as Deputy
the Safdar Khan ; in 1704 he
title of Inspector of Schools, Nuddea, in 1858 ;
was also appointed Governor of Bija- published Sdsthya-Ralcsd
—
the first
pur, and in 1706 of Patan. His son, work on sanitation in any Indian
Khan Jahan, received similar appoint- —
vernacular in 1863, and Bhubidyd or
ments from the Emperor, with the Physical Geography, in 1868; and in
title of Jawan Marad Khan, which was the same year made suggestions for
continued to his son, Kamal-ud-din the improvement of female education
Khan Babi, who also seized the in Bengal, which were accepted by
Governorship of Ahmadabad after the Government. In 1872 took part in
death of Aurangzeb. He was forced organizing the first Provident Insti-
to surrender Ahmadabad to the Mah- tution in Bengal, now well known as
rattas under the Peshwa Raghunath the Hindu Family Annuity Fund, and
Rao and the Gaekwar Damaji, in was one of its Directors. In 1877
1753, but he was allowed to retain his appointed Head Master, Hughli Normal
possessions as a jdgirddr under the School, and in 1878 Assistant Inspector
Mahratta power. In 1820 the Nawab of Schools, Bhagalpur division; in
of Radhanpur obtained British pro- 1882 published a note advocating the
substitution of M Kaithi
"
tection, as a feudatory, bound to for the
render military service, and to pay Persian character in the Courts of
tribute ; but the tribute has long ago Behar in the same year was appointed
;
been remitted, and has not been re- Assistant Inspector of Schools, Presi-
imposed. The State has an area of dency Division, and in 1884 Inspector
1150 square miles, and a population of Schools, Presidency Circle CClass
of 98,129, chiefly Hindus, but includ- IV. Bengal Educational Service), and
11,757 Muhammadans. The Nawab Secretary, Central Text-book Com-
maintains a military force of 248 mittee, Bengal in 1885 was appointed
;
cavalry, 362 infantry, and 10 guns, a Fellow of the University of Calcutta,

and is entitled to a salute of 11 guns. and has since acted on various Uni-
Residence : Radhanpur, Bombay. versityCommittees and Boards of
Studies; in 1886 a Member of a
RADHE LAL, Munshi, Rat Bahadur. Government Committee which sat at
Is Diwan of State. Residence Darjeeling for the purpose of revising
Nagod :
the to Government
assignments
Nagod, Central India. schools ; was appointed in 1887 Member
RADHIKA PRASAD MUKHARJI, Rat and Secretary of a Conference for
Bahadur. Belongs to a Kulin Brahman
revising the Rules for Grants-in-aid to
family of Bengal. Ha^ served with schools and extending female educa-
distinction in the Public Works Depart-
tion; and has received the thanks of
ment; and received the title as a Government on several occasions for
personal honour, on May 25, 1892. Member of the Bethune
his services. Is
Residence: Calcutta. School Committee Member and Sec-
;
RADHIKA PRASANNA MUKHARJI, retary to the Board of Trustees, Eden

Rat Bahddur; b. 1838. The title was Hindu Hostel, Calcutta; Member,
Useful Literature Society; Member, RAGHBIR SINGH (of Burn), Rdjd b. ;
Board of Visitors of the Government October 5, 1878. The title is heredi-

Engineering College, Sibpur ; Member, tary, the Rdjd being a Chief of the
Committee of Management of the Sengar clan of Rdjputs, and descended
Indian Association for the Cultivation from a Sengar Rajput leader who
of Science. The Rai Bahadur has settled in the district of Etdwah about
supported a high English School and a six centuries ago. The last Rdjd in
Girls' School in his native town ever the direct line was Rdjd Kushdl Singh,
since 1859. Residences : Calcutta, and who died fifteen years before
the
Gosain Durgapur, Nadiyd, Bengal. cession, leaving several widows, a
RAE BAL MUKAND, Rai Bahddur. nephew (Himanchal Singh), and a
See Bal
Mukand, Rai. natural son (Ghanshydm Singh). On
the death of Kushdl Singh the property
RAGHAVA CHARLTJ, Vembakam, Di- was settled first with Himanchal Singh,
wan Bahadur. See Vembakam.
next with Rani Bhadaurin (one of the
RAGHAVARAJ JAGANNA YAKTJLU widows of Kushdl Singh), next with
RAJU, Rao Saheh. Received the title
Ghanshydm Singh ; and finally, on an
appeal to the Privy Council, the
Madras.
property was settled with Himanchal
RAGHAVENDRA KRISHNA, Rao Singh. He died shortly afterwards,
Saheb. The title was conferred on and was succeeded by his nephew Rdjd
November 3, 1896. Residence: Bijd- Fateh Singh. The latter in 1857 un-
pur, Bombay. fortunately joined the rebels, but died
RAGHBIR SINGH (of Kaldlwdla), before he could be brought to trial,
Sarddr ; b.about the year 1877. The and his property was confiscated. A
title is hereditary. The Sarddr belongs portion, however, was restored to his
to a Jat family of Sikh Sardars, being son, Rdjd Raghundth Singh. The
the representative of Sarddr Diwan latter died in 1887, and was succeeded
Singh, who was adopted by Sardar by the present Rdjd. Residence:
Hari Singh, the great leader of the Ruru,Pargand Biduria, Etdwah, North-
Bhangi misl or confederacy, and in- Western Provinces.
herited half the possessions of that
powerful Chief about the year 1760. RAGHOBA MAHADIK, Rao Bahddur.
Diwan Singh was succeeded by Dhanna The title was conferred on January 1,
Singh, on whose death the estate
1894. Residence: Raipur, Central
descended to Jodh Singh. Maharaja Provinces.
Ranjit Singh made war on him, and
annexed a considerable part of his RAGHUGARH, Raja Jai Mandal Singh,
and Rdjd of. A ruling chief; b. 1821.
territory; ultimately the Sardar Succeeded to the gadi in 1857. Be-
was compelled to submit and present
longs to a Chauhdn Rdjput (Hindu)
a nazardna, on which the Maharaja
family. The population of this State,
left him in feudal possession of a large
which is included within Gwalior terri-
jdgir. Sarddr Jodh Singh's only child
tory, is 16,920, chiefly Hindus. Resi-
was the Rani Khem Kaur, married to dence : Raghugarh, Guna, Central India.
the Prince Khark Singh, afterwards
known as the Maharaja Khark Singh RAGHTJJI RAO (of Deor), Rdjd; b.
;
and on Jodh Singh's death the manage- November 7, 1872. The title is
ment of the Rani's jdgir devolved on hereditary, the Rdjd being the repre-
her cousin, Sardar Amar Singh, son of sentative of the old Bhonsle Rajas
Sardar Chart Singh and nephew of (Mahrattas) of Ndgpur, his father,
Sardar Jodh Singh. Sardar Amar Janoji Saheb Bhonsle, having been
Singh's grandson (son of Sardar Chanda adopted by Dariya Bdi, Dowager Rdni
Singh) was the late Sardar Bhagwan of the last Bhonsle Rdjd of Ndgpur,
Singh, Kalalwala, father of the pre- Raghuji III. The title of Rdjd was
sent Sarddr Raghbir Singh. He was originally conferred on Madhoji
an Honorary Magistrate of Kaldlwdla, Bhonsle by the Emperor Akbar Shdh
and officiated as Extra Assistant Com- of Delhi. The Bhonsle family (some
missioner; he died in 1885, and was account of which is given under the
succeeded by Sarddr Raghbir Singh. "
heading Kolhdpur, Rdjd of ") claims
Residence : Kaldlwdla, Sidlkot, Punjab. to be descended from the illustrious
"Solar race" of the Maharanas of RAGHUNATH RAO KESHAVRAO (of

Udaipur ; and from the time of Sivaji Sanda), Gambhirrao. The title is
the Great, founder of the Mahratta hereditary. Residence : Khandesh,
Empire, down to the period of the Bombay.
decline of the Mahratta Power, the
RAGHUNATH RAO, R., Diwdn Bahd-
family played a very important part dur; b. 1831. Appointed a
Deputy Col-
in Indian history. In 1707 a.d. the
lector in the Madras Executive Service,
title of Sena Saheb Subah was bestowed 1859 ; and retired on pension in 1888.
on Persoji Bhonsle of Nagpur by the "Was granted the title as a personal
Raja Sivaji of Satara. In 1861 the distinction, in
recognition of his
British Government conferred the title eminent public Has
services, in 1877.
of Raja Bahadur of Deor on the late acted as Diwan of the Kalahasti Raj,
Janoji Saheb Bhonsle, father of the and rendered good service in many
present Raja, in recognition of his other important capacities. Appointed
position as the adopted son of the a fellow of the Madras University,
Dowager Rani ; and the title of Raj 4 1882. Residence : Madras.
has been made hereditary. Residence :
Deor, Nagpur, Central Provinces. RAGHUNATH SINGH (of Amb),Rdjd;b.
July 12, 1852. Received the title (on
BAGHUNANDAN LAL, Lala, Rai Saheb. the recommendation of His Highness
Received the title on January 2, 1899. the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir)
Residence: Punjab. on May 25, 1895. Belongs to a Jaswal
BAGHUNANDAN PRASAD, Munshi, Rajput family. Residence: Amb,
Rai Bahadur. The title was conferred Hoshiarpur, Punjab.
on January 1, 1896. Residence : RAGHUNATH SINGH (of Khaksis),
Benares, North-Western Provinces.
Rdjd ; b. 1856. Succeeded to the Raj on
RAGHUNATH DAS, Chowbe, Rat January 25, 1896. Belongs to a Kach-
Bahadur. The title was conferred on waha Rajput family. Residence:
June 22, 1897. Is Diwan of Kotah, Khaksis, North-Western Provinces.
Rajputana. Residence: Kotah, Raj- RAGHUNATHSINGH (of Panchanpur),
putana. Rao; b. 1855. The title is hereditary.
RAGHUNATH RAMCHANDRA SHIR- The Rao belongs to a Bundela Rajput
GAON RAKAR, Rao Saheb. The title family, descended from the Thakur
was conferred on January 1, 1892. Pran Singh. He has two sons Jawa- —
Residence : Ratnagiri, Bombay. hir Singh, born November 22, 1884, and
Debi Singh, born about 1887. Besides
RAGHUNATH RAO, Rao Saheb. The the Raj of Panchanpur, the Rao holds
title is hereditary, the Rao Saheb
being one of the representatives of jdgirs in the States of Gwalior, Tehri,
Rao Vinayek Rao, Prime Minister of and Ajaigarh. Residence : Lalitpur,
the last Mahratta ruler of Sagar. The North- Western Provinces.
father of the present Rao Saheb was RAGHUNATH SINGH (of Jaswan),£<f;a.
the Rao Saheb Venkata Rao, who The Mian is hereditary, whilst
title of
occupied for some time the position of that Raja was conferred as a
of
a Tahsildar the
in Chhatisgarh personal distinction on January 1,
division of the Central Provinces. 1896. Residence : Jaswan, Hoshiarpur,
Residence : Sagar, Central Provinces. Punjab.
RAGHUNATH RAO DINKAR, Rdje RAGHUNATH SINGH (of Guler), Rdjd.
Mashir-i-Khds Bahadur; b. August The title is hereditary. The Raja is
14, 1858. The title

hereditary. is the son of Raja Jai Singh of Guler, in
Succeeded the late distinguished the Kangra district, Punjab. Jai
Statesman and Prime Minister, Rao Singh was the brother of the late
Raje Sir Dinkar Rao, K.C.S.I., who Raja Shamsher Singh of Guler.
died on January 2, 1896. Residence : Residence : Guler, Kangra, Punjab.
Gwalior, Central India.
RAGHUNATH SINGH (of Amleta), Rao
RAGHUNATH RAO JAI KRISHNA RAO Bahadur. The was conferred, as
title
DESHMUKH DESHPANDE KANGO | fa personal distinction, on October 31,
(of Raver), Rdje. The title is heredi- 1879. Residence: Ratlam, Central
tary. Residence :
Khandesh, Bombay. India.
RAGHUNATH SINGH, Chaudhri, Rai India. The Khdn
Bahddur has three
Bahadur. The title was conferred on sons — Sadr-ud-din
Khdn, born 1862;
January 1, 1892. Residence: Delhi, Kamr-ud-din Khdn, born 1870; and
Punjab. Badr-ud-din Khdn, born 1872. Resi-
RAGHUNATH TRIMBAK, Rao Saheb. dence : Lahore, Punjab.
title RAHIM SHAH, Mian, Kaka Khel,
distinction, on July 28, 1882. Resi- Khdn Bahddur. The title was con-
dence: Bombay. ferred on June 22, 1897. Residence:
RAGHUNATHRAO YADON BHAG- Punjab Frontier.
WAT, Rao Bahadur. The title was RAHMAN ALI, Maulavi (of Allahabad),
conferred as a personal distinction on Khdn Bahddur. The title was con-
May 25, 1895. Residence: Gwalior, ferred, as a personal distinction, on
Central India. February 16, 1887, on the occasion of
RAHIM BAKHSH, Munshi, Khdn Ba- Gracious Majesty. Residence : Rewah,
hadur. Received the title on June 3,
Central India.
1899. Residence : Jalpaiguri, Bengal.
RAHMAT - ULLA. See Muhammad
RAHIM BAKHSH, Subahdar-Major (of Rahmat-ulla.
Allahabad), Khan Bahadur. The
title was conferred on May 26, 1894. RAI, Mian of. See Kishan Singh.
Residence: Burma. RAI KRISHNA PRASAD SINGH (of
RAHIM KHAN, Khan Bahddur ; h. Bhadri), Rai; b. 1884. Succeeded to
1838. The title was conferred, as a
the gadi on February 18, 1896. Resi-
dence: Partdbgarh.
personal distinction, on March 13,
1872. Dr. Rahim Khan belongs to a RAI NARAYAN BALI (of Rampnr),iiW.
Muhammadan family of Lucknow, See Rdmpur.
long celebrated for its learning de- RAI RADHA KRISHNA, Rai Bahddur.
;
scended from Muhammad Azim Khdn, The title was conferred on January 1,
who died there in 1729, a.d. His 1897. Residence : Patna, Bengal.
descendant was Fakir - ulla - Khan,
grandfather of the Khan Bahadur;
RAIGARH BARGARH, Raja Bhup Deo
he maintained an Arabic School at his Singh, Raja of. A ruling chief b. 1867 ;
.
own cost in Lucknow. He died in Succeeded to the gadi June 7, 1890.

1837. His son, Yusaf Khan, was Belongs to a Gond (aboriginal) family,
descended from Thdkur Darydo Singh,
equally noted as an Arabic scholar at
who obtained the title of Rdjd from
Lucknow, and was invited by the the Mahdrdjd Chhatar Sdl of Sambal-
Governor-General's Agent in Assam
to become the Mir Munshi, and the pur (who reigned from 1622 to 1629)
of the Oriental
for military services. The family
Superintendent
He were formerly settled in Bairagarh,
College at Gauhati. died in 1856,
his son, Rahim Khdn, being then Nagpur whence they were driven out
;
seventeen years of age. The latter by the Mahrattas, and settled first at
was educated at Dacca College also Phuljir, and subsequently at Raigarh.
at the Medical
;
About fiftyyears ago the Rdjd of
College, Calcutta,
where he became Sub-Assistant Raigarh acquired also the Chiefship of
Surgeon in and received special Bargarh. The late Rdjd Ganshiam
1858,
and rapid promotion from Govern- Singh succeeded to the gadi in 1863.
ment because of his high attainments.
The family cognizance or device is a
In 1860 he was appointed to the
hawk or falcon, which appears in the
Medical School of Lahore, where he Raja's seal, and is also used for
had greatly distinguished himself by signature. The area of the State is
1486 square miles its population is
introducing a knowledge of European
;
medical science among the chief hakims 128,943, chiefly Hindus. Residence:
and native physicians of the Punjab. Is Raigarh, Sambalpur District, Central
a Fellow of the University of Lahore, Provinces.
and received the rank of Honorary RAIPUR BICHAUR, Rai of. See Sultdn
Surgeon on January 1, 1877, on the Kunwdr.
occasion of the Proclamation of Her RAIPUR IKDARIA, Rdjd of. See Indra
Most Gracious Majesty as Empress of Bikrdma Singh.
RAIRAKHOL, Raja Bishan Chandra RAJA LAL, Rai Saheb. The title was
Janamuni, Rdjd of. A ruling chief; conferred, as a personal distinction,
b. 1818. Succeeded to the gadi in on May 20, 1890. Residence :
1825. Belongs to a Kadambansi RAJA RAJA VARMA RAJA, Rdjd:
Rajput family, whose ancestors b. 1837.The title is hereditary, ac-
originally came from Bonai, and cording to the Marumakkatayam law
settled in Rairakhol in the Sambalpur of inheritance, common to this family
district in very early times. A de- with those of the other Malabar
scendant obtained the title of Raja in
Rdjds, by which the succession is with
1404 a.d. from the Gajapati Raja of the offspring of its female members,
Puri in Orissa; and from him the
amongst whom the next eldest male
present Raja is fourteenth in descent. is always the heir-apparent of the
The cognizance or crest is the device of
Raja. The members of this family,
a Kadamba-flower (Nancha. Kadamba),
by an ancient custom, generally marry
used in the Raja's seal, and for sig- the female members of the family
nature. The Raja has a son and heir, of His Highness the Maharaja of
named Kristi Chandra, who bears the Travancore. Belongs to a Kshatriya
courtesy title of Tikait Babu. The family, that ruled in ancient times
area of the State is 833 square miles ; from the Betenad river in the south to
its population is 17,750, chiefly Hindus. the Polonad in the north, and the
Residence: Rairakhol, Sambalpur dis-
Raja is commonly styled the Valiya
trict, Central Provinces. Raja, of Parapanad. At the time of
the invasion of Malabar by Tippu
RAI SOHAN LAL, Rai Bahadur. See
Sohan. Sultan, the ruling Raj 4 was taken
prisoner and carried to Mysore. The
RAJ KUMAR RAI, Kumar. The title late Raja Ithamer, Valiya Raja of
is persona], in recognition of his Parapanad, succeeded to the gadi in
position as son of a Raja. Residence : 1875 and on his death was succeeded
;
Calcutta, Bengal. by his heir, the present Raja. Resi-

dence : Malabar, Madras.
RAJ KUMAR SARVADHIKARI, Rai
Bahadur. A son of the famous RAJA RAO VENKATAKUMARA
Sanskrit scholar, Sarvdd-
Professor MAHIPATI SURPYA RAO (of Pitha-
hikdri, and a Kulin Brahman of the puram), Rdjd. See Pithapur.
highest caste and ancient descent. RAJA SINGH, Sarddr; b. 1836. The
He obtained the title on January 1, title is hereditary. Belongs to the
1891, for eminent services to the State Man family, originally Rajputs in-
and the public, rendered as Honorary habiting the country about Delhi ;
Secretary of the British Indian Asso- descended from Sarddr Karam Singh,
ciation. Residence: 28 Mott's Lane, son of Tara Singh. Karam Singh's
Calcutta. son, Sarddr Sham Singh, Man, intro-
duced his son, Sarddr Fateh Singh, at
RAJ KUMAR SEN, Rai Bahadur. The an early age to the notice of the
on January 2, 1888, in Mahdrdjd Ranjit Singh of Lahore,
distinction, and when the Prince Kharak Singh
recognition of his services to Govern- was a few years old, Fateh Singh was
ment in the Financial Department.
Residence : Howrah, Bengal.
appointed specially to his service.
He served in the Kdngra and other
RAJ KUMARI DASI, Rani. The title campaigns, for which services he
was conferred, as a personal distinc- received a considerable jdgir from
Prince Kharak Singh, and was
tion, on February 16, 1887, on the
occasion of the Jubilee of the reign of assassinated when returning from
Her Most Gracious Majesty. Resi- Jammu, whither he had been sent
dence: 83 Upper on certain negotiations between the
Chitpore Road,
Lahore Darbar and the Rdjd Guldb
Calcutta, Bengal.
Singh of Jammu. He left two sons
—
RAJ MOHAN BANERJI, Assistant- Sarddr Sardul Singh, Mdn, and Sarddr
Surgeon, Rai Bahadur. Received the Jodla Singh, Mdn; of whom the
title on January 1, 1898. Residence : was the father of the Sarddr
latter
Pal imau, Bengal. Rdjd Singh. Sarddr Sardul Singh
served under General Ventura in the Rdj Krishna Deb Bahadur, adopted
Mdndi campaign and also fought his nephew, the Raja Gopi Mohan
in the campaign on the Sutlej. Deb Bahadur. The Raja Gopi
During the rebellion of 1848 and the Mohan's son was the late Rdjd Sir
Mutiny of 1857 he rendered excellent Radhakanta Deb, father of Rdjd
service to the British Government. Rdjendra Ndrdyan Deb Bahddur.
Sarddr Joala Singh was succeeded on The latter has a son and heir, Kumdr
his death by his son, Sardar Rdjd Girindra Ndrdyan Deb. Residence :
Singh, Man. The latter has a son and Calcutta, Bengal.
heir, named Gurbakhsh Singh. Resi-
RAJENDRA NARAYAN RAI CHAU-
dence: Amritsar, Punjab.
DHRI (of Bhawal), Rdjd Bahddur.
RAJAB ALI KHAN BAHADUR, The title was conferred, as a personal
Maulavi (of Jugraon), Aristu Jah. distinction, on May 29, 1886, in recog-
The title was conferred, as a personal nition of his position as son and heir
distinction, March 19, 1886. Resi- of the late Rdjd Kdli Ndrdyan Rai
dence :
Ludhiana, Punjab. Chaudhri of Bhawal. Belongs to a
family whose ancestors came from
RAJABAZAR, Rani of See Dharmraj Murshidabad. Kishad-doz Rai settled
Kunwar, Rani. at Chandona in the Dacca district;
RAJAN LAL, Lala, Rai Bahadur. and his son, Janaki Ndth Rai, received
Received the title on June 3, 1899. a grant of the Bhawal Zaminddri, and
Residence: Punjab. assumed the title of Chaudhri. His
RAJARAM DIXIT, Rao Bahadur. The grandson, Jaideb Rai Chaudhri, re-
titlewas conferred on January 1, 1898. moved to the present family residence
Residence : Nagpur, Central Provinces. at Jaidebpur. From him, the sixth
Zaminddr in lineal descent, Kdli
RAJARAM SHASTRI BODAS of
Benares, Mahdmahopddhydya. This Ndrdyan Rai Chaudhri, was created a
title was conferred, as a personal Rdjd Bahddur in October 1875, for his
eminent public services during the
distinction, on February 16, 1887, on
the occasion of the Jubilee of the famines of 1865-66 and 1873-74, and
for his general liberality and public
reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty,
for eminence in oriental learning. It spirit. On his death he was succeeded
entitles him to take rank in Darbar by his son, the present Rdjd Bahddur.
Residence: Jaidebpur, Dacca, Bengal.
immediately after titular Rajas.
Residence: Bombay. RAJENDRA NATH CHAUDHRI, Rai
RAJARATNA MUDALIYAR, Rai Bahddur. Received the title on
P.,
January 1, 1898. Residence: Hamir-
Bahadur, Diwdn Bahadur; h. 1839.
These titles were conferred as personal pur, North-Western Provinces.
distinctions the first on February 16,
; RAJENDRA NATH MITRA, Rai Ba-
1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee hddur. The title was conferred, as a
personal distinction, on February 16,
Majesty the second on May 20, 1890.
:
1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee
Was appointed Secretary to the of the reign of Her Most Gracious
Commissioner of Revenue Settlement Majesty. Residence : Calcutta, Bengal.
in Madras, 1887. Residence : Madras.
See Khushal Singh.
RAJENDRA SINGH (of Pitorha), Rdjd.
RAJAUR, Rdjd of. The title hereditary, having been
is
RAJENDRA NARAYAN DEB, Rdjd originally conferred by the Rdjd of
Bahadur; b. June 1814. The title Mandla. Belongs to a Gond family,
was conferred, as a personal distinc- descended from Himat
Singh, the
tion, on April 30, 1869, in recognition Gond Rdjd of Gaurjhanur. His son,
of his position as son of the late Durga Singh, seized Deori with its
Raja Sir Radhakanta Deb Bahadur. strong fort in the year 1713 A.D., but
Belongs to the well-known Sobha was subsequently driven out and
Bazar Raj family of Calcutta, whose killed by the forces of the Peshwd.
head is the Maharaja Sir Narendra His son, the Rdjd Ajit Singh, obtained
Krishna Deb Bahadur (q.v.). The some territory by grant from the
Maharaja Nava Krishna Deb Bahadur, Mahrattas and a further grant was
;
before the birth of his son, the Raja made to his son, the Rdjd Kirat Singh .
The latter was succeeded by his son, 7175 belonging to aboriginal tribes.
Raja Balwant Singh, and he by his The Raja maintains a military force of
son, the late Raja Debi Singh, father 300 cavalry, 360 infantry, and 6 guns,
of the present Raja. Raja Debi and is entitled to a salute of 11 guns.
Singh was born in 1843, and on his Residence: Ra jgarh, Bhopal, Central
death was succeeded by his son, the India.
present Raja. Residence: Pitorha, RAJJAN. See Rajan.
RAJKOT, Thakur Saheb Lakhaji Bawaji,
RAJESHWARI PRASAD SINGH (of Thdkur Saheb of. A ruling chief ; b.
Surajpura), Rdjd. The title was 1856. Succeeded to the gadi April 16,
conferred on January 1, 1894. Resi- 1890. Belongs to the distinguished
dence: Shahabad, Bengal.
Jareja Rajput (Hindu) family, that
RAJGARH, Bhumia Chain Singh, Bhu- has given ruling Houses to Kutch,
mia of. A ruliug chief 1839. Suc-
;
b. Nawanagar, and Morvi (q.v.). The
ceeded to the gadi 1864. Belongs to a Rajkot House is an offshoot of that
Bhilala family, said to be descended of Nawanagar, its founder, Vibhaji,
from the marriage of a Rajput with the having been a grandson of Jam Sataji,
daughter of a Bhil Chief. The popu- Jam of Nawanagar. The present
lation of the State is 706, chiefly Thakur Saheb was educated at the
Hindus. Residence: Ra jgarh, Bhopa- Rajkumar College of Rajkot, his
war, Central India. capital, which is the Alma mater of
His Highness Raja Balbha- most of the younger Princes of Western
RAJGARH, The State has an area of 282
dar Singh, Rdjd of. A ruling chief; India.
b. 1857. Succeeded to the gadi July square miles, and a population of
6, 1882. Belongs to the Umat Raj- 40,527, chiefly Hindus, but including
put (Hindu) family, descended from 6775 Muhammadans. The Thakur
the Hindu Emperor Vikramaditya, Saheb maintains a military force of 40
through the famous Raja Bhoj. The cavalry, 310 infantry, and 8 guns, and
is entitled to a salute of 9 guns. Resi-
territory called Umatwara, including
the existing States of Rajgarh and dence: Rajkot, Kathiawar, Bombay.
Narsinghgarh, was conquered by the RAJKRISHNA SINGH (of Snsang),
Umat Rajputs during the decline of the Mahdrdjd. See Susang,
Mahdrdjd of.
Mughal Power. In 1448 the Chief of RAJKUMAR DUTT, Rai Bahadur; b.
Umatwara received the title of Rawat ;
1856. Received the title on June 22,
and in 1681 the Rawat's son, who was
also his Diwdn or Prime Minister, 1897, for loyalty and public spirit.
Residence: Chamrakhola, Noakhali,
compelled him to divide the State, the
Diwdn taking Narsinghgarh, which has Bengal.
ever since been a separate principality — RAJKUMAR SARVADHIKARI, Rai
Ra jgarh ultimately becoming tributary Bahadur. See Raj Kumar Sarvadhi-
to Gwalior, whilst Narsinghgarh kari.
became tributary to Indore. In 1871
the Rawat Moti Singh became a con-
RAJPAR, Rawal Himatsinghji, Rdwal
vert to Islam, and with the permission ceeded to the gadi as a minor April 23,
of Government assumed the title of 1889. Belongs to a Rajput
Nawab and the name of Muhammad (Hindu)
family. The area of the State is 1
Abdul Wasih Khan. He died in 1880,
square mile. Residence: Rajpar, Rewa
and was succeeded by his son, Bakhtd-
Kantha, Bombay.
war Siugh, father of the present Raja,
who succeeded in his turn on the death RAJPARA, Jareja Ashaji Bhimji, Taluk-
of Bakhtawar Singh in 1882. The ddr of A ruling chief ; b. 1846. Suc-
ceeded to the gadi April 25, 1884.
present Chief belongs to the ancestral
Hindu creed, and has been received Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) family.
back by his brother-chiefs to his The area of the State is a little over 1
ancestral position as a Chief of the square mile; its population 2094,
Umat clan of Rajputs. The area of chiefly Hindus. Residence: Rajpara,
the State is 655 square miles; its Halar, Kathiawar, Bombay.
population is 118,185, chiefly Hindus, RAJPIPLA, His Highness Maharana
but including 5830 Muhammadans, and
Ckhatrasinghji Savas Khan, Rdjd of
A ruling chief ; b. 1862. Succeeded RAKHMAJI NARAYAN SIBAND, Rao
to the gadi May 20, 1897. Belongs to Sdheb. The title was conferred on
a Gohel R&jput (Hindu) family, claim- January 1, 1894. Residence: Poona,
ing descent from Salivahana. About Bombay.
the year 1470 A.D., according to the
RAM AKHAI CHATTARJI, Rai Baha-
family traditions, Chokarana, son of dur. The title was conferred on
Raja Saidawat of Ujjain, having 1896. Residence: Burdwan,
January 1,
quarrelled with his father, left Ujjain
and established himself at Pipla, in the Bengal.
hills to the west of Nandod, the present RAM BANDHTJ CHATTARJI, Rai Baha-
capital of this State. His only daughter dur. Received the title on January 1,
married Makheraj, a Gohel Rajput 1898. Is a Zamindar of Bankura.
Chief from the island of Perim in the Residence : Bankura, Bengal.
Gulf of Cambay, and of the two sons RAM BRAMHA SANYAL, Rai Bahadur.
of this marriage, Dungarji founded Received the title on January 1889.
1,
Bhaunagar, whilst Gemarsinghji suc- Is Superintendent of the Zoological
ceeded Chokarana at Pipla and his
;
Gardens, Calcutta. Residence : Cal-
descendants have been Ranas and cutta.
Maharanas of this State, with various
vicissitudes, from the end of the
RAM CHAND (of Akalgarh), Biwdn.
15th century to the present day. In The title is hereditary. Residence:
1821 there was a disputed succession, Akalgarh, Gujranwala, Punjab.
and the late Maharana Verisalji was RAM CHANDRA. See also Ramchandra.
placed on the gadi by the British RAM CHANDRA RAO, Collatoor, Biwdn
Power. He was ruler for nearly forty Bahadur. The title was conferred, as
years ; and then, in 1860, abdicated in a
favour of his only son, the late Maha- personal distinction, on June 22,
rana Gambhirsinghji. The area of the
;
RAM CHARANDAS, Lala, Rai Bahadur.
tion is 114,756, chiefly Hindus, but in- A banker and Honorary Magistrate of
cluding 5161 Muhammadans and 61,784 Allahabad. Was granted the title, as
Bhils and members of other aboriginal a personal distinction, January 2,
tribes. The Maharana maintains a 1893. Residence: Allahabad, North-
military force of 77 cavalry, 443 in-
Western Provinces.
fantry, and 23 guns, and is entitled to RAM DAS BHATTACHARJI, Rai Baha-
a salute of 11 guns. Residence : Nan- dur. The title was conferred on
dod, Rajpipla, Rewa Kantha, Bombay. January 2, 1893. Residence : Rangoon.
RAJU SHASTRIYAR, M., Mahdmahopd- RAM DAS RAI CHAUDHRI, Rai Baha-
dhydya; b. 1815. The title was con- dur. The was conferred, as a
title
ferred, as a personal distinction, on personal distinction, on February 16,
February 16, 1887, on the occasion of the 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee
Jubilee of the reign of Her Most of the reign of Her Most Gracious
Gracious Majesty, for eminence in Majesty. Residence: Belgharia, Ben-
oriental learning. It entitles him to gal.
take rank in Darbar immediately after
titular Rajas. Residence : Mannar-
RAM DATT (of Murwara), Thdlcur. The
title hereditary. Tne Thakur is
is
gudi, Tanjore, Madras. Tdlukddr of Murwara, an estate com-
RAJWARA, Rao of. See Debi Singh. prising thirty-one villages. Residence :
Murwara, Jabalpur, Central Provinces.

RAKHALDAS NYAYARATNA, Mahd- RAM
The title was con- DIN, Rai Bahadur. See Ramdin .
mahopddhydya.
ferred, as a personal distinction, on RAM GATI MUKARJI, Rai Bahadur.
February 16, 1887, on the occasion of Has long been a distinguished officer of
the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most the railway branch of the Public Works
Gracious Majesty, for eminence in Department, and has done excellent
oriental learning. It entitles him to service, both famine and other, while
take rank in Darbar immediately after Manager of the Nalhati State Railway.
titular Rajas. Residence: Bhatpara, Received the title on January 1, 1891.
Bengal. Residence : Burdwan, Bengal.
EAM GOPAL BOSE, Rai Bahadur. The the Council of Regency, and in 1847
title was conferred on June 22, 1897. received the title of Raja of Kalanur.
Residence : Indore, Central India. Diwan Bahadur Ram Nath is his
RAM Pandit, Sat Bahadur;
KISHAN, grandson and has been a District Judge
b. 1836. Received the title April 7, in the Punjab Commission. He has a
1897. Is Diwan of the Kothi State.
son and heir, Kelas Nath. Residence :
Residence: Kothi, Baghelkhand, Cen- Lahore, Punjab.
tral India. RAM NATH SINGH, Rai Bahadur.
EAM KISHAN DAS, Rai Bahadur. The
Is
title was conferred, as a personal dis- Honorary Magistrate. Residence:
tinction, on January 1, 1886. Resi- Gaya, Bengal.
dence: Delhi, Punjab. RAM PARTAB. See Rampartab.
RAM KRISHNA ABAJI (alias Nana RAM RANJAN CHAKRAVARTTI (of
Bhaya Saheb), Rao Bahadur. The Hetampur), Raja Bahadur. The title
titlewas conferred on January 1, 1898. of Raja Bahadur was conferred, as a
Is Secretary to Board of Revenue, G-wa- personal distinction, on January 1,
lior State. Residence: Gwalior, Cen- 1877, on the occasion of the Proclama-
tral India. tion of Her Most Gracious Majesty as
RAM KRISHNA TARKALANKAR, Rai Empress of India. Belongs to a

Brahman family of high rank, de-
Bahadur. Has rendered good service
scended from Muralidhar Chakravartti
to Government, and received the title,
of Hetampur in Birbhum district,
as a personal distinction, on May 25,
1892. Residence : Hugbli, Bengal. Bengal. His son was Chaitanya Cha-
ran Chakravartti and the grandson,
;
RAM LAL CHAKRAVARTTI, Rai Ba- Bipra Charan Chakravartti, of the

hadur; h. May 30, 1843. The title was latter was the grandfather of the
conferred, as a personal distinction, on present Raja Bahadur. In 1875 the
November 12, 1888, for eminent title of Raja was bestowed on Raja
medical services in connection with Ram Ranjan Chakravartti Bahadur as
Lady LyalFs Medical School, Lucknow. a reward for services rendered during
The Rai Bahadur belongs to a Brahman the famine of 1873-74, and also for his
family of high rank in Bengal, and liberality and public spirit in relieving
holds the rank of Assistant Surgeon. the poor in the famine of 1866-67.
Residence : Lucknow, Oudh. The Raja of Hetampur has three sons
RAM MISRA SHASTRI, Pandit, Mahd-
— Kumar Nritya Niranjan Chakra-
mahopddhydya. The title was con- vartti, Satya Niranjan Chakravartti,
ferred, for eminence in oriental learn-
and Mahima Ranjan Chakravartti.
ing, on June 22, 1897. Is Professor of Residence : Hetampur, Birbhum, Ben-
Sanskrit in Benares Sanskrit College.
Residence: Benares, North-Western RAM RAO RANANAVARAY,.ifcw^«-
Provinces. hddur; b. 1835. Received the title in
RAM NATH, Diwan Bahadur ; b. 1844. July 1892. Residence : Bangalore.
The title of Diwan is hereditary that ; RAM RATAN SETH (of Mian Mir), Rai
of Diwan Bahadur was conferred, as a Bahddiir. The title was conferred, as
personal distinction, on January 1,1896. a personal distinction, on January
Belongs to a Brahman family of 1, 1877, on the occasion of the Pro-
Kashmir; descended from the Raja clamation of Her Most Gracious
Dina Nath, who has been styled " the Majesty as Empress of India. His
Talleyrand of the Punjab," and was father, the late Bansi Lai, rendered
one of the most remarkable men who good service to the Government with
rose to power in the latter days of the the Sagar Field Division in 1859, and
Sikh Empire. During the latter received the title of Rai Bahadur as a
portion of the reign of the Maharaja reward in that year. He has since
Ranjit Singh, Raja Dina Nath was died, and has been succeeded by his
consulted on every occasion of impor- son, Rai Ratan Seth Bahadur, who
tance, and he retained his influence has madelarge donations to deserving
during the succeeding reigns. After objects of public charity. He is a
the Sutlej campaign (the first Sikh banker of Mian Mir. Residence : Mian
war) he was appointed a Member of Mir, Lahore, Punjab.
RAM SHA, Rdjd. The title is hereditary, legendary hero Rdma, ruled succes-
the Rdjd being the descendant and sively at Amber and Narwar, and in
representative of the ancient Gond modern times at Jaipur and Lahar. In
Kings of Chdnda. He succeeded the 1619 a.d. the Rdjd Jaswant Singh, a
late Gond Rdjd, Gadosha, who was scion of the ruling family of Lahar,
born about the year 1827, and was the obtained from the Mughal Emperor of
great-grandson in the direct line of Delhi a considerable jdgir in the
Nilkantsha, the last ruling Gond King. district of Jalaun ; but a large part of
He possesses a seal granted by the these possessions was resumed by
Emperor of Delhi in 1719 a.d. to his Sindhia. When the Pargand of Jalaun
ancestor, Rdjd Ram Singh, in which was made over to the British by Sind-
the latter is styled " Rdjd Rdm Singh, hia in 1844 the Rdjd of Rdmpura was
highest-class vassal of Muhammad confirmed in his property. The late
Ghdzi, Emperor." The Rdjd Ram
"
Rdjd Mdn Singh rendered valuable
Sha is
generally styled The Gond services to the Government during the
Rdjd." Residence: Chanda, Central Mutiny in 1857, and in June 1858 his
Provinces. property was plundered by the rebels,
and he himself narrowly escaped. On
RAM SHANKAR SEN, Rai Bahadur ; b. the restoration of order he received a
July 16, 1829. The title was conferred, valuable khilat from Government, as
as a personal distinction, on January 1,
well as a sanad. On his death he was
1877, on the occasion of the Proclama- succeeded by his adopted son, the
present Rdjd, who is an Honorary
Empress of India, when he also was Magistrate. Residence : Rdmpura,
awarded a Medal of Honour. Belongs
to a Vaidya family (medical caste).
Pargaud Madhogarh, Jalaun, North-
western Provinces.
Educated at Comillah School (Tip-
perah district) and Dacca College, RAM SINGH, Thakur, Rai; b. 1874.
where he was a Senior Scholar, 1847- The title is Belongs to a
hereditary.
50. Appointed to the Bengal Educa- family descended from the Thdkur
tion Service in 1853, and transferred Gopdl Rai, who obtained the title of
to the Executive Service of Bengal in Rai from the Emperor Muhammad
1858. Has received the special thanks Shdh of Delhi, together with a large
of Government on many occasions, and jdyir, inconsideration of services
been a highly meritorious officer. His rendered in defeating the Rdjd of
Report on the Agricultural Statistics Bhirya. Residence: Akbarpur, Cawn-
of Jessore was printed and circulated pur, North-Western Provinces.
as a Government Record. Appointed
a Member of the Legislative Council
RAM SINGH (of Shamgarh), Sarddr ; b.
1833. The title is hereditary. Belongs
of Bengal, 1876. Retired from the
to a Jat family of Sikh Sarddrs,
service in 1887 on a special pension,
descended from Sarddr Kirpdl Singh,
granted" for "unusually meritorious who came originally from the village of
service during thirty-five years, under Godab near Bhatinda, and in 1763 a.d.
the orders of the Secretary of State.
took possession of Shdmgarh, where
Residences: Calcutta; andMdnikganj,
he built a fort. His daughters and
Dacca.
nieces were married to the following
RAM SINGH (of Bansi), Rdjd; b. 1853. distinguished chiefs— (1) Rdjd Partdb
Belongs to a Sirnet family in the Basti Singh, son of Rdjd Bhdg Singh of
and Gorakhpur districts. Succeeded Jind; (2) Sarddr Banka Singh of
to the Rdj in 1868. Residence : Bansi, Thdneswar (3) Sarddr Budh Singh,
;
North- Western Provinces. Singhpuria; (4) Sarddr Saheb Singh

of Lddwa and (5) the Bhai of Arna-
;
RAM SINGH (of Rdmpura), Rdjd; b. uli. He was one of the first Chiefs
November 8, 1866. The title is here- who joined Lord Lake after the occu-
ditary. Belongs to a Surajbansi family, pation of Karndl by the British. His
or family of the Solar race, claiming son was Sarddr Dewa Singh, father
descent from the illustrious Kachhwdha of the present Sarddr. Sarddr Rdm
clan of Rdj puts, through the princely Singh rendered good service to Govern-
Houses of Jaipur, Narwar, and Lahar. ment during the Mutiny of 1857. He
The descendants of Kusa, son of the has a son and heir, Sarddr Gurdit Singh,
born 1858. Residence . RAMA RAO, T., Rdjd; b. 1839. The

Karnal, Punjab. titlewas conferred, as a personal dis-
RAM SINGH (of Salalah), Sarddr. The tinction, on February 16, 1887, on the
title is Residence : Jalan- occasion of the Jubilee of the reign of
hereditary.
dhar, Punjab. Her Most Gracious Majesty. Is a
distinguished Member of the Madras
RAM SINGH (of Khenda), Thdkur. The
Bar; was Member of the Legislative
title is
hereditary. The Thdkur Council of Madras, 1881-87 ; appointed
belongs to an ancient family, claiming a Fellow of the Madras University,
descent in fourteen generations from
1886. Residence: Triplicane, Madras.
the Thakur Hindu Singh of Pendra
and Khenda. The present Thakur RAMA RAO, T., CLE., Prime Minister
inherited the title from the Thakurani of Travancore. Was created a Com-
Mussamat Taj Kunwar. That lady panion of the Most Eminent Order of
was born about the year 1845, and was the Indian Empire in 1891. Bears the
the Zaminddrin of Khenda. Resi- " His "
courtesy title of Excellency as
dence: Khenda, Bilaspur, Central Diwan (or Prime Minister) of His
Provinces. Highness the Maharaja of Travancore.
RAM SINGH (of Bhamgarh), Rao. The Residence: Trivandrum, Travancore,
the Rao being one
title is hereditary, Madras.
of the Chiefs of the Nimar district. RAMA SUBBAIYAR, S. R., Rao Baha-
Residence : Bhamgarh, Nimar, Central dur ; b. 1853. The title was conferred,
Provinces. as a personal distinction, on June 1,
RAM SINGH, Subahdar-Major, Sarddr 1888. Is a distinguished member of
Bahadur; b. 1849. Is a Jat Sikh. the Madras Bar. Residence : Madura,
Received the title on August 13, 1897, Madras.
in recognition of long and meritorious
services in the 28th Pioneers.
RAMA VARMA RAJA, Rdjd ; b. 1851.
Bombay The title is hereditary.the head
Is
Residence : Mopli, Nabha. of a Kshatriya family descended from
RAM SINGH, Subahdar-Major, Rai Ba- a follower of the ancestor of the Ma-
hadur. The title was conferred, for harajas of Travancore, and is styled
eminent services in the Burma Military the Vallabha or Valiya Raja of Bey-
Police, on January 1, 1896. Residence: pore. The family follows the Maru-
Upper Burma. niakkatayam law of inheritance, by
RAM SUKH DAS, Lala, Rai Saheb. which the succession is with the off-
Received the title on January 1, 1898. spring of its female members, amongst
Residence :
Sirsa, Punjab.
whom the next eldest male is always
the heir-apparent of the Raja. The
RAMA DIKSHITA APTE, Mahdmaho-
Raja of Beypore receives from Govern-
pddhydya. The title was conferred, ment a malikdna or pension as com-
as a personal distinction, on February
pensation for the estate which be-
16, 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee
of the reign of Her Most Gracious longed to his ancestors. Residence :
Beypore, Malabar, Madras.

Majesty, for eminence in oriental
learning. Residence: Poona, Bombay. RAMALINGAM KANDASWAMI PIL-
LAI, Rao Bahadur. Received the
RAMA NATH SIDDHANTA PANCHA- title on June 3, 1899. Residence:
NANA, Pandit, Mahdmalwpddhydya.
Madras.
Received the title for eminence in
oriental learning, on June 3, 1899. RAMANAJ PARSAD SINGH, Lal,C./.£.
Residence : Kotali Parah, Faridpur, See Lai.
Bengal.
Mian Kalumian Bapumian,
RAMA RAO, P., Rao Bahadur. The RAMAS,
Mian A ruling chief; b. Novem-
of.
title was conferred on January 1, 1898. ber 13, 1864. Succeeded to the gadi
Residence : Alur, Madras. as a minor June 29, 1874. Belongs
RAMA RAO, T., Rao Bahadur. The to a Muhammadan family, claiming
which is personal, was conferred
title, descent from the Jhala Rajputs of
on June 22, 1897, for meritorious ser- Halwar in Kathiawar. Mian Hari-
vice as Deputy-Collector. Residence: singhji was in the service of Sh&h
Madras Presidency. Mahmud Begara of Gujarat and be-
came a Musalman in the year 1483 a.d. ment of His Highness the Nizam.
The late Bapumian, Mian of Ramas, Dhanraj Pokarmal, the Rao Saheb's
was a lineal descendant of Mian Hari- grandfather, was the first Banker of
singhji ;he died in 1874, and was Amraoti, and was killed by the popu-
succeeded by his son, the present Mian, lace in some corn-riots in a time of
then a minor. The State, which pays scarcity in 1845. His son, Pokarmal
a tribute to Baroda, has an area of Rambilas, was the Banker of the Na-
40 square miles, and a population of wab Mubarak, brother of his late
1745, chiefly Hindus. Residence : Ra- Highness the Nizam. His son was
mas, Mahi Kantha, Bombay. the Rao Saheb Rambilas Pokarmal,
who was married in 1852. Residence :
EAMASWAMI AIYAR GOPALA AI-
Amraoti, Berar.
YAE, Rao Bahadur. Received the
titleon May 21, 1898. Residence : EAMCHAND EAO (of Jaisinghnagar),
Madras. Rao ; b. 1837. The title is hereditary.
EAMASWAMI CHETTIYAR, Rat Ba- Belongs to a family descended from
the former rulers of the district of
Sagar. In 1829 the Pargana of Jai-
singhnagar was made over to the Rao,
February 16, 1887, on the occasion of then head of the family, on a ten
Gracious Majesty, in recognition of his years' farming lease, as compensation
for his name having been excluded by
services to the Madras Municipality.
Was appointed Vice-Chairman of the intrigues in the Sagar Court from the
Madras Municipal Commission in 1879. pension list. In 1834 Ganpat Rao be-
came the Tdlukddr, and died in 1843.
Residence : Madras.
He was succeeded by his son, the Rao
EAMASWAMI MUDALIYAR, Sir Sa- Anat Rao, and the latter by the
valai, Knight, CLE., Rdjd. The present Rao. Residence : Jaisingh-
title of Raja was conferred, as a per- nagar, Sagar, Central Provinces.
sonal distinction, on January 1, 1891,
in recognition of his public spirit and
EAMCHANDAE DEO DHUBAL, Rdjd ;
b. about the year 1863. The title is
services. Is a Madras merchant, and
was a member of the Madras Muni- hereditary. Belongs to a Rajput
Commission in 1877. Created a family long settled in the Raj of
cipal
Dalbhum, Singhbhum, Bengal. Resi-
Companion of the Most Eminent dence : Dalbhum, Singhbhum, Bengal.
Order of the Indian Empire in 1885.
Served as Sheriff of Madras in 1886- EAMCHANDAE EAO, Rao Saheb; I.
87, and in that capacity received the February 27, 1840. The title is here-
honour of Knighthood on the occasion ditary. The Rao Saheb belongs to a
of the Jubilee of the reign of Her family whose founder was the Rao
Most Gracious Majesty in 1887. Resi- Benaik (or Vinayak) Rao, Prime
dence: Madras. Minister of the late Mahratta ruler of
Sagar Vinayak Rao came
district.
EAMASWAMI NAYUDU, Badu, Rao originallyfrom the Deccan, and was
Bahddur. The title was conferred on
appointed at first a Mdmlatddr by the
June 22, 1897. Residence : Madras. Mahratta Government. He also ob-
tained the titles of Rao Saheb and
EAMASWAMI NAYUDU, Mannarnara-
Subahdar. At the time of the cession
yanipalli,Rao Bahddur. Is Assist-
he was granted a political pension, and
ant-Superintendent in the Revenue
smaller pensions have been continued
Survey, Madras. Received the title
on January Ma- to his grandsons. The Rao Saheb has
2, 1899. Residence :
dras.
a son and heir, the Rao Vinayak Rao
Saheb Subahdar. Residence: Sagar,
RAMBHAS, Pokarmal, Rao Saheb ; b. Central Provinces.
1840. The
title was conferred, as a
personal distinction, on June 1, 1888,
EAMCHANDEA. See also Ram Chan-
m recognition of long and meritorious dra.
service as a Municipal Commissioner EAMCHANDEA BAPUJI, Rao Bahd-
of Amraoti, Berar. His family have dur; b.January 1, 1836. Received
been Bankers in a good position for the title on June 21, 1897, as a personal
several generations under the govern- distinction.
RAMCHANDRA DUBE, Pandit (of Vyankat Rao and Narayan Rao, who
Benares), Rai Saheb. The title was succeeded to equal shares of the pa-
conferred, as a personal distinction, ternal jdgirs, and in 1818 came under
on January 1, 1895. Residence : Bi- British control. The State has an area
kanir, Rdjputdna. of 140 square miles, and a population
of 29,570, chiefly Hindus, but including
BAMCHANDRA JOGUKAR, Antaji, 1903 Muhammadans. The Chief main-
Rao Saheb. Received the title on
June 3, 1899. Residence : Dharwar, tains a military force of 13 cavalry,
455 infantry, and 1 gun. Residence:
Bombay.
Ramdurg, Southern Mahratta Country,
RAMCHANDRA KRISHNA KOTHA- Bombay.
OLE, Rao Saheb. The title was con-
ferred on June 22, 1897. Residence : RAMENDRA KRISHNA, Kumar. The
title was conferred, as a personal dis-
Wai, Satara, Bombay.
tinction, on July 18, 1861, in recogni-
RAMCHANDRA NARAYAN MANTRI tion of his position as the second son
(of Bagni), Ajahat Sir Deshmnkh. of the late Raja Harendra Krishna
The title is hereditary. Residence: Deb Bahddur, of the Sobha Bazar
Satara, Bombay. family. The latter was the son of the
RAMCHANDRA NARAYAN late Raja Kali Krishna Deb Bahadur,
PANDIT,
Rao Bahddur. The title was con- and nephew of the Maharaja Sir Na-
renda Krishna Deb Bahadur, K.C.I. E.
Residence Calcutta, Bengal.
January 14, 1888. Residence : Bombay. (q. v.). :
RAMCHANDRA TRIMBAK ACHA- RAMENDRALALA MITRA, Kumdr ;

RIYA, Rao Bahddur. The title was b. November 26, 1864. Is the eldest
conferred, as a personal distinction, son and heir of the late Raja Rajen-
on January 1, 1889. Residence: Thana, dralala Mitra Bahadur, D.L., C.I.E., of
Bombay. Calcutta, the most famous of modern
Indian scholars and authors. Belongs
RAMDIN (of Paila), Rai Bahddur; b.
to a family of great antiquity, whose
1838. The title was conferred, as a
ancestor, Kalidasa Mitra, came from
personal distinction, on February 21,
1873, in recognition of services ren-
Kanauj to the Court of King Adisur
of Bengal, and was ennobled by that
dered during the Mutiny of 1857 by his
late father, Rai Tila Ram. Belongs
monarch. Eighteenth in direct lineal
descent from Kalidasa was Ayodhya-
to a family that came from Kanauj
many centuries ago, and settled in rama, who was a Biwdn in the service
of the Nawab Nazim of Murshidabad,
Paila. As a reward for his loyalty
and received from the latter the title
during the Mutiny, part of the con-
of Rai Bahddur. His grandson, Pitam-
fiscated estates of the rebel Raja Son
bara, was the vakil of the Nawab
Singh of Mithauli were conferred on Yazir of Oudh at the Court of Delhi ;
him. Residence : Paila, Kheri, Oudh.
he obtained a considerable Jdgir at
RAMDURG, Vyankat Rao Yogirao Kurah, near Allahabad, with the titles
Bhave, Sachiv of. A ruling chief ; b. of Raja Bahddur and Sehazdrimansab-
1877. Succeeded to the gadi as a ddr, or commander of 3000 horse. The
minor February 11, 1878. Belongs to great-grandson of Pitambara was the
a Brahman Hindu family. The fort late Raja Rdjendralala Mitra, whose
of Rdmdurg or Ramdrug was a very learned works on Sanskrit, on the
strong one, and was placed by the Antiquities of Orissa, and on many
Peshwas in charge of the ancestors of other subjects, obtained for him a
the present Chief, on condition of world-wide fame. He was the first
military service. It was conquered by Fellow of the University of Calcutta
the Sultan Haidar Ali of Mysore in who was honoured with the degree of
1778, and in 1784 Tippu Sultan carried D.L., honoris causd ; which was con-
off the Chief and his family as prisoners ferred upon him in March 1876. He
to Mysore. After the fall of Seringa- was granted the title of Rai Bahddur
patam and the death of Tippu in 1799, as a personal distinction on January
Ram Rao, then Sachiv Chief, was again 1, 1877, on the occasion of the Procla-
placed in possession of Ramdurg as a mation of Her Most Gracious Majesty
vassal of the Peshwa. His sons were as Empress of India ; and on the in-
stitution of the Most Eminent Order he defeated and slew Balbhadra Sen,
of the Indian Empire, January 1, 1878, a Bishan Rdjd, for which he received
he was created one of the first Com- the title of Rdjd of Amethia, and the
"
panions. Ten years later, January 1, family cognomen of Amethia." To-
1888, he received the title of Rdjd as wards the end of the 15th century
a personal distinction. His sons are — three brothers of this family, the sons
the Kumar Rdmendraldla Mitra, sub- of Rdjd Jamdhar Singh, made further
ject of the present notice ; and the conquests; and the eldest of these,
Kumar Mahendralala Mitra, born Oc- Rdjd Dingar Singh, was the ancestor
tober 21, 1870, married in 1891 to of the Kumrawan Rdjds the youngest, —
Sarala, eldest daughter of Babu Brah- Rdm Singh, being the ancestor of the
manath Sen of Calcutta. The title of Amethia Rdjd, Bhdgwdn Bakhsh of
Kumar a
courtesy one.
is Kumar Pokhra Ansari (q.v.). Seventeenth in
Ramendralala was educated at the lineal descent from Rdjd Dingar Singh
Metropolitan Institution, and the is the present Rdjd, Rdmeshwar
Presidency College of the Calcutta Bakhsh Singh of Birsinghpur. Resi-
University (B.A. 1886, B.L. 1888). dence : Sheogarh, Pargand Kumrawan,
He married, in 1887, Kundanandini, Rae Bareli, Oudh.
fourth daughter of Babu Gopala
Chandra Basu of Chandernagore, who RAMGARH, Rdjd of. See Nam Nara-
died in 1890, without issue. The arms yan Singh.
adopted by the family are A circular— RAMGARH, Mian of. See Pardumdn
Indian shield, azure, bordered with a see also Sukhdarshan Singh.
Singh ;
serpent (ndga) with its tail in its

mouth, argent, surrounded by a RAMGARH, Thakur Man Singh, Thd-
wreath of the leaves of the sacred kur of. A ruling chief ; b. 1847. Suc-
tulsi, or, and bearing in the centre a
ceeded to the gadi April 9, 1863. Be-
figure of a bird volant, or. The bird longs to a Rdjput (Hindu) family.
carries on its wings a plough and a club Residence : Ramgarh, Bhopdl, Central
crossed, or. From the beak of the India.
bird hangs a fillet, or. Motto. Satya- — RAMGATI MUKHARJI, Rai Bahddur.
mebajayati ndnritam ( Sanskrit), mean- See Ram Gati.
ing
—
"
Verily Truth prevails and not
Untruth." Residences : Calcutta and RAMJI BHAGWAN BHAGAT, Rao Sa-
heb. Received the title on June 3,
Baidyanath.
RAMESHWAR BAKHSH SINGH (of RAMJI GANGAJI BHORE, Rao Saheb.
Birsinghpur), Rdjd; b. June 16,1875. The was conferred, as a personal
title
The title is hereditary. The Raja is distinction, on June 1, 1888. Resi-
the head of the elder branch of the dence : Bombay.
powerful Amethia family. This Ksha-
triya family is a branch of the Chamar
RAMJI PANDTJ, Rao Saheb. Received
Gaurs and is said to be descended the title on June 3, 1899. Residence :
;
from a pregnant Gaur widow, who on Poona, Bombay.

the extirpation of the Kshatriyas by RAMKRISHNA GOPAL BHANDAR-
the Brahmans took refuge in a Cha- KAR, CLE. ; b. July 6, 1837. Edu-
mar's hut. The memory of this cated at Ratnagiri Government Eng-
humble refuge is kept alive in the lish School and Elphinstone College,
family by the worship of the rapt, the Bombay; B.A. 1862, M.A. 1863, Ex-
cobbler's cutting-tool. Tradition places amination Degree in 1866; Dakshina
them first at Shiupuri, and afterwards Fellow in Elphinstone and Poona
at the celebrated fortress of Kdlinjar. College, January 1859-August 1864 ;
About the time of the invasion of Head-Master High School, Hyderabad

Timur, Raipal Singh, grandson of the (Sind) and Ratnagiri, August 1864-
Rdjd Prithi Chand of Kalinjar, left December 1869 Acting Professor of
;
the ancestral home and settled at Oriental Languages, Elphinstone and

Amethi in the Lucknow district. The Deccan College, and Assistant Profes-
tradition in the family is that he was sor of Sanskrit, Elphinstone College,
sent by the Emperor of Delhi to sup- January 1869-December 1881; Pro-
press a rebellion in Oudh; and that fessor of Oriental Languages, Deccan
College, Poona, January 1882; Hon. RAMNARAYAN SINGH (of Khaira),

Ph.D. (Gottingen), 1885; Hon. Rdjd; b. 1848. The was con-
title
M.R.A.S. London, 1874; Corr. M. ferred, as a personal distinction, on
Germ. Or. Soc. 1887 Hon. M. Amer.
; January 1, 1877, on the occasion of the
Or. Soc. 1887 Hon. M. Asiat. S. of
;
Italy, 1887 ; Corr. M. Imperial Ac. of Majesty as Empress of India. Belongs
Sciences, St. Petersburg, 1888. Created to a Rajput family that came into
a Companion of the Most Eminent Bengal in early ages from Rewah in
Order of the Indian Empire, January Central India. Nirbhai Singh was
1889. Author and editor of Sanskrit succeeded by his son, Mahendra Na-
literary and antiquarian works and of ; rayan Singh, who was the father of
articles in the Journal of the Bombay the present Raja. The Raja rendered
Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, good service in the time of the famine
the Indian Antiquary, and Transac- of 1873-74. He has two sons Ku- —
tions of International Oriental Con- mar Sri Narayan Singh and Kartik
gress, London 1874, and Vienna 1886 ; Narayan Singh. Residence: Khaira,
Fellow University of Bombay, and Monghyr, Bengal.
Syndic in Arts, 1873-1884. Is also a RAMPAL (of Kutlahr), Rdjd. The title
Fellow of the University of Calcutta. The Raja is the head
—
He has three sons (1) Shridhar, born
is hereditary.
of a very ancient family of Rajputs
December 1858, M.A. (Bombay) 1882, that were formerly rulers in Kutlahr,
Assistant Registrar, University, Bom-
according to the local traditions, for
bay ; (2) Prabhakar, born November forty generations. The first Raja of
1862, B.A. 1882,L.M.and S. 1888 (3) ;
Kutlahr came from Sambhal, Morada-
Devadatta, born November 1875. Resi- In the
bad, North-Western Provinces .
dence: Bombay.
time of the Katoch Chief Ghamand
Chand, grandfather of Sansar Chand,
RAMNAD, Raja Bhaskara Setupati, half of the Kutlahr principality had
Rdjd of. The and title of
full style
been annexed to Kangra ; and in San-
this Raja is Hiranyagarbhayaji Ravi-
sar Chand's time all the Raja's posses-
kula Muthuvijaya Raghunatha Bhas- sions were lost. Subsequently, when
kara, Raja Ramnad, and Setupati.
of
Sansar Chand was hard pressed by the
He was born 1868, attained his
Gurkhas, the Raja of Kutlahr was
majority in 1889. Is the head of the able to recover his ancestral fortress of
Maravar family or caste, and by custom Kotwal Bah, on the second range of
entitled to affix the title of Setupati
" "
hills overlooking the Sutlej. In 1825
or "lord of the causeway" (alluding
this fortress was besieged by the Sikhs,
to Adam's Bridge between Ceylon and
and surrendered by the Raja on the
India) to his name. Pokalur, now a
small hamlet on the Madura road, ten promise of a considerable jdgir, which
the family enjoys to the present time.
miles north-west of Ramnad, was
The Raja has a son, born about 1876.
formerly the family seat ; but about Residence : Kutlahr, Kangra, Punjab.
the commencement of the 18th
century they moved to Ramnad and RAMPAL SINGH (of Kori Sidhauli),
fortified it. In 1729 the great Zamin- Rdjd ; b. August 6, 1867. The title is
ddri of Sivagunga was wrested from hereditary. Belongs to the Naihesta
the then Setupati by a rebellious branch of the great Bais Tilokchandi
vassal. This territory came under the —
clan of Rajputs to which also belong
British Power by the treaty of 1792, the Rana Sir Shankar Bakhsh Singh,
with the dominions of the other pdle- K.C.I.E., of Thalrai (q.v.), the Raja
gdrs dependent on the Subahddri or Sheopal Singh of Murarmau (q.v. ), and
Governorship of Arcot. In 1795 the other Barons of Oudh. The two
Raja was deposed for rebellion, and grandsons of Harhardeo, second son of
sent as a prisoner to Madras ; and in Tilok Chand, were Khem Karan, an-
1803 his elder sister was placed in cestor of the Simbasi Ranas of Thalrai,
possession of the estates. Residence : and Karan Rai, ancestor of this Naih-
Ramnad, Madura, Madras. esta family. The latter's two sons,
Har Singh Rai and Bir Singh Rai,
RAMNAGAR DHAMERI, Raja of. See established themselves in the Unao
Sarabjit Singh. district of Oudh, taking tbeir family
name from the village of Naihesba in Manikpur attempted to introduce a
the Bihar Pargana of Unao. At the raiyatwdri settlement, whereon the
time of the invasion by Nawab Saadat Bisens rose in rebellion, attacked the
Khan, and the establishment of his Nazim at Manikpur, and slew him.
dynasty in Oudh, Raj& Sadak Singh In 1839 Lai Hanwant Singh built a
was Chief of Kori Sidhauli, and was a fort at Kalakankar, on the banks of
leader of great influence. His two the Ganges, and surrounded it with a
sons died without issue, and a cousin, canal from the Ganges, so as to be
Inayat Ali, who had been converted to surrounded by the waters of the sacred
Muhammadanism, was adopted, and stream. In 1849 he was made a Raja
became Raja. His son, Raja Drigpal by the King of Oudh. At the out-
Singh, returned to the religion of his break of the Mutiny in 1857 Raja
ancestors, but the family still retain Hanwant Singh did good service by
one Muhammadan fashion, viz. as to saving the treasure of the tahsil and
the side on which they fashion their the lives of some British officers. The
chapkans or tunics. Raja Drigpal latter he sheltered in his fort from
Singh's grandson, Raja Hindpal Singh, June 11 to 22, 1857, and having seen
was the grandfather of the present —
them in safety to Allahabad a service
Raja. The latter has been educated for which he was afterwards rewarded
at the Aligarh College. Residence: by a khilat and a valuable jdgir he—
Kori Sidhauli, Bachrawan, Rai Bareli, returned to his fort " to maintain to
Oudh. the last an obstinate but manly and
gallant resistance to the reoccupation
"
RAMPAL SINGH (of Rampur Dharu- of the Province by the British forces.
pur), Rdjd; b. August 22, 1849. The His only son, Partab Singh, was killed
title of Raja was conferred by the late in action at Chanda inSultanpur,
Wajid Ali Shah, last King of Oudh, fighting against Colonel Broughton's
on Raja Hanwant Singh, maternal force. At the restoration of order, the
grandfather of the present Raja, and Raja submitted and was pardoned, and
was recognized by Government as herein 1860 invested with the powers of
ditary in December 1877. Belongs to an Assistant Magistrate and Collector.
the Bisen family; descended, accord- The present Raja is the son of Raja
ing to tradition, from Mewai Bhat, a Hanwant Singh's daughter. He has
devotee, whose representative in the many years in England, and is
resided
hundred and fifteenth generation is an Honorary Magistrate. Residence:
said to be the present Raja of Majhauli Kalakankar, Pargana Rampur, Partab-
in the Gorakhpur district of the North- garh, Oudh.
Western Provinces. The Oudh branch
of the family includes the Raja Udai RAMPARTAB SINGH (of Mainpuri),
Partab Singh of Bhinga, and the Rai Rdja; b. November 11, 1849. The
Sarabjit Singh of Bhadri, as well as title was conferred, as a personal dis-
the Raja Rampal Singh of Rampur tinction, on December 10, 1868 the
—
Dharupur. They state that the Oudh conferment being apparently in the
branch broke off from Majhauli — nature of the revival, in a personal
whose Raja they still recognize as form, of ancient honours forfeited by
their Chief — in the person of Rai the late Raja Tej Singh for rebellion
Hum, a son of the Majhauli Raja, in the time of the Mutiny of 1857.
who, about the year 1193 A.D., is said The Raja is the head of one of the
to have migrated into Oudh, and noblest and most ancient families of
settled there under the protection of India, being the acknowledged Chief
the powerful Manik Chand, Garhwar of the illustrious Chauhan clan of
Ra ja of Manikpur. Rai Raghu, fourth Rajputs, and thirty-fourth in direct
in descent from Rai Hum, obtained descent from the great Prithiraj, last
some lands at Derwa. There were Hindu Emperor of Delhi. Raja Khu-
constant feuds between the Bisens of shal Singh of Rajaur (q.v.) is also a
Derwa and the Kanhpurias of Kaithola descendant of this family, as also the
(see Jaibans Kunwar, Rani of Kaithola), Raja Mohkam Singh of Partapner
who became the hereditary enemies of and other Chiefs. Eighth in de-
the clan. In 1748, in the time of the scent from Prithiraj was the famous
Nawab Safdar Jang, the Nazim at Bhoj Raj, and his grandson, Rdja
Awadh Ram Deo, had two sons, of about the year 1542 a.d. and one of
;
whom the elder, Lakshman Singh, was his sons, Bharaj Deo, became the first
the ancestor of this family. Eighth in Raja of Manda. One of his descend-
descent from the latter was the Raja ants, Raja Udit Singh, is said to have
Bhupal Deo, who had two sons, Udai- defeated with great loss Chhote Khan,
charan and Yahani Sahai; the latter the Subahdar of Oudh, who came
was the ancestor of the Rajas of Ra- against him with a large army. Udit
jaur, the former of the Rajas of Singh's son was Pirthmi Singh; and
Mainpuri. One of his descendants, his son was Israj Singh, who was Raja
the Raja Jagatman, drove out the at the time of the cession, and was
Chirar tribe and occupied Mainpuri, confirmed in possession by the British
assuming the title of Raja. At the Government. Raja Rampartab Singh
time of the cession to the British, claims to be twenty-second in lineal
Dalel Singh was Raja, and he was descent from Bharaj Deo. Residence :
confirmed in the Raj. He died in Manda, Allahabad District, North-
1829, and was succeeded by the Raja Western Provinces.
Ganga Singh. The latter was followed
in 1849 by Narpat Singh, who only RAMPUR, His Highness Farzand-I-
survived his father by two years. Dilpazir-I-Daulat-I-Inglishia Nawab
Disputes and litigation as to the Hamid All Khan Bahadur Wall,
succession then arose. Tej Singh Nawdb of. A ruling chief ;
b. August
was adjudged the rightful successor 31, 1875. Succeeded to the gadi as
by the local Courts, and entered a minor February 27, 1889, as seventh
into possession as Baja Tej Singh ; but Nawdb of Rampur. Belongs to a
his uncle, Rao Bhawani Singh, ap- Barez Pathan family, descended from
pealed to the Privy Council against Shah Alim, who came from Afghan-
the decision. Meanwhile the Mutiny istan to India in the latter part
of 1857 broke out Tej Singh joined
;
of the 17th century, to seek service
the rebels, and the Raj and all the under the Mughal Empire. He left
Raja's estates were confiscated, and two sons ; the elder, Daud Khan,
subsequently bestowed on Rao Bha- ancestor of the Nawabs of Rampur;
wani Singh. The latter for his loyalty the younger, Hafiz Rahmat Khan
was created a Companion of the Most (called HdjiZy because he was the guar-
Exalted Order of the Star of India, dian of the two sons of his nephew,
and on his death in 1868 was succeeded Ali Muhammad), subsequently became
by his son, the present Raja. The famous in the time of the Rohilla
Raja of Mainpuri has a son, Kunwar war as the Chief of the Rohilla
Shib Mangal Singh, born 1873. Resi- Sardars. Daud Khan distinguished
dence : Mainpuri, North-Western Pro- himself in the Mahratta wars, and
vinces received a jdgir near Budaun. His
adopted son, Ali Muhammad, by his
RAMPARTAB SINGH (of Manda), services to the Mughal Emperor against
Rdjd ..
b. 1860. The title is hereditary. the Barha Sayyids, obtained the title
The Eaja, who is married to a daughter of Nawab. He experienced many vicis-
of the Maharaja of Dumraon in Ben- situdes of fortune in conflicts with the
Radha Prasad Singh, K.C.I.E.),
gal (Sir Raja of Kumaun, the Nawab Vazir
belongs to a family of Gaharwar of Oudh, and sometimes with the
Rajputs, claiming descent from the Imperial forces. At one time he had
famous Raja Jai Chand, the last of the lost all his possessions, and had to
Rahtor Emperors of Kanauj, who was take refuge at the Court of Delhi, but
conquered and slain by Shahab-ud- in the confusion consequent on the
din Ghori in 1194 a.d. One branch of invasion of Ahmad Shah Durani, he
the family having fled to Rajputana, was able in 1747 to regain more than
there to found the princely Houses all he had lost, and left to his two
of Jodhpur, Bikanir, and Jaisalmir, sons the whole of the territory formerly
another branch settled in Kera Man- known as Katehir, and now called
graur, near Benares. A scion of Rohilkhand (from the name of the
this latter branch, named Kundan Deo, ancient seat of the Barez Pathans in
left the Benares country and estab- Afghanistan). These two sons were
lished himself in Kantit and Manda under the guardianship of the Nawab
Hafiz Rahmat Khan, with whom was Order of the Star of India in 1875,
associated a cousin of Ah Muham- and he was made a Companion of the
mad's father. All of these were known Most Eminent Order of the Indian
as the Rohilla Sardars, of whom the Empire. Sir Kalb died on March 23,
Nawab Hafiz Rahmat Khan was the 1887, and was succeeded by his son,
chief. The latter was at last slain in the late Nawab Mushtaq Ali Khan,
the battle of Katra, near Bareilly, by who suffered from continued ill-health,
the Nawab Vazir; and subsequently and died on February 25, 1889. He
Faizullah Khan, the younger of the left two sons, of whom the elder, the
two sons of Ali Muhammad, was, by Nawab Hamid Ali Khan Bahadur,
the intervention of the English, con- Wali, is the present Nawab, while the
firmed in the possession of the Ram- younger, the Sahebzada Nasi r Ali Khan,
pur territory, as a military vassal of aged eight, is his brother's heir-pre-
the Nawab Vazir, in 1774. Nearly sumptive. During the minority of the
twenty years later Faizullah Khan Nawab the administration was carried
died ; the elder of his two sons, Mu- on by a Council of State, consisting of
hammad Ali, was assassinated by the the following :
—
President, the Nawab
younger, Ghulam Muhammad. The Safdar Ali Khan; Members, General
latter took possession of the State, but Azim-ud-din Khan, Khan Bahadur
was speedily ejected by the Nawab {Vice-President), Nawab Yar Jang
Vazir, with the aid of the British, in Bahadur, and Sayyid Ali Hasan. The
favour of Ahmad Ali, infant son of State has an area of 941 square miles ;
the murdered prince, in 1794. In 1801 its population is 941,914, rather more
Rohilkhand was formally ceded to the than half being Hindus, and rather
British, whereon the Nawab Ahmad lessthan half being Muhammadans.
Ali became a feudatory of the British The Nawab maintains a military force
power. He died in 1840, and was of 598 cavalry, 2417 infantry, and 28
succeeded by his cousin, Muhammad guns, and is entitled to a salute of
Sayyid (son of the above-mentioned 13 guns. Residence : Rampur, North-
Ghulam Muhammad), to the exclusion Western Provinces.
of his only daughter. On the death of
the Nawab Muhammad Sayyid in 1855 RAMPUR, Rani of See Kishan Kunwar.
he was succeeded by his eldest son, RAMPUR, Rai Narayan Bill, Rai of,
afterwards the Nawab Sir Muham- Rai Bahadur ; b 1864. Succeeded his
mad Yusuf Ali Khan, K.C.S.I. ; who, father, the late Rai Mahaiaj Bali of
for exhibiting "from the commence- Rampur, September 7, 1889. Received
ment of the rebellion of 1857 to the the title of Rai Bahadur as i personal
end, his unswerving loyalty to the distinction on June 22, 1897. The title
British Government, by affording per- of Rai was first conferred f oi services
sonal and pecuniary aid, protecting rendered to the Mughal Empire in the
the lives of Christians, and rendering time of the Emperor Akbar, and was
other good services," received a large recognized by the British Go\ernment
accession of territory, many additional as hereditary in 1877. Beloigs to a
honours and titles (including the family that for many years berore the
Knight Commandership of the Most annexation held the office of S.ghaddr
Exalted Order of the Star of India, or Kanungo, and rendered valuable
and an increase to the number of guns services to the Oudh Government for
in his salute), and a khilat. Sir Mu- several generations. The names of Ms
hammad died in 1864, and was suc- ancestors, the Rais Sobha Rai aid
ceeded by his son, afterwards the Sital Prasad, are famous in the history
Nawab Sir Kalb Ah Khan Bahadur, of Oudh administration. Rai Sitil
G.C.S.I., CLE. He was a Persian and Prasad was wounded near Sanehi by
Arabic scholar of repute. In 1877, at certain recusant Zaminddrs, but h?
the Imperial Assemblage of Delhi on ultimately reduced them to submi*
the occasion of the Proclamation of sion. He was succeeded by Rai Abhi
Her Most Gracious Majesty as Empress ram Bali, who was an Honorary
of India, he was granted a personal Assistant Commissioner of Oudh, and
salute of seventeen guns; he had he was followed by his son, the late
already been created a Knight Grand RaiMaharaj Bali, father of the present
Commander of the Most Exalted Rai. Both Rai Narayan Bali and his
father, the late Rai,have heen Honorary ceeded him at Patti Saifabad. His
Magistrates. Residence : Daryabad, grandson Dhir Singh had to part with
Bara Banki, Oudh. a portion of his estate (Uriadih) to his
younger brother, Bhir Singh. Dhir
RAMPUR DHARUPUR, Rdjd of. See
Singh's two grandsons, Amar Singh
Rampal Singh. and Zabar Singh, both died without
heirs their widows adopted sons, and
RAMPURA, Rdjd of. See Ram Singh. ;
ultimately, after much disputing, the

RAMPURA, Thakur Kalubawa Bhun- estate was divided between them.
singhji, Thakur of; b. 1875. Belongs The Diwan Ran jit Singh, who was
to a Chauda Rajput family. Succeeded adopted by Amar Singh's widow, ob-
to the gadi November 13, 1897. The tained the larger share, and he was
population of the State is about 1900. the father of the present Diwdn, who
Residence: Rdmpura, Rewd Kdntha, succeeded to the estate as a minor in
Bombay. 1861. The Diwan was educated at the
Wards Institute, Lucknow, and he
RAMPURA, Thakur Udaji Naranji, has two sons. Residence: Patti Saifa-
Thakur of. A ruling chief; b. 1856.
Succeeded to the gadi June 24, 1889. bad, Partdbgarh, Oudh.
Belongs to a Koli (Hindu) family. RANAJIT SINHA (of Nashipur), Rdjd
The population of the State is about Bahadur. The title was conferred as
717, chiefly Hindus. Residence : Ram- a personal distinction on June 22,
pura, Mahi Kantha, Bombay. 1897, on the auspicious occasion of the
Diamond Jubilee of Her Most Gracious
RAMRAI, Rai Singh, Seim of. ruling A Majesty the Queen Empress. Resi-
chief 1844. Succeeded to the gadi
b.
;
dence : Nashipur, Murshidabad, Bengal.
April 14, 1883. Belongs to a Khasi
family. The population of the State RANASAN, Kishorsinghji Jiwatsinghji,
— which is one of the group called Thakur of. A ruling chief. Suc-
" the Khasi and Jaintia Hill States
" ceeded to the gadi, on the death of
— is 2209, and consists of Khasis and the late Thakur Hamirsinghji, who
Christian converts. Residence: Ramrai, had succeeded his father, Thakur
Khasi and Jaintia Hills, Assam. Wajesinghji, in 1879. Belongs to a
very ancient Pramdra Rajput family,
RAMRAO RANANAVARAY, Rao Baha- descended from the Pramara Raos of
dur. See Ram. Chandravati near Mount Abu in Raj-
RAMRAO VYASRAO putdna. Its founder, Jaipdl, migrated
DESAI, RaoSaheb. from Chandravati to Harol in Mahi
1895. Residence: Dhdrwar, Bombay.
Kantha in 1227 a.d. ; and thirteenth
in descent from him was the Thakur
RAMZAN ABDULLA, Khan Saheb. The Prithvi Raj, who moved to Ghorwdra,
titlewas conferred, as a personal dis- and ruled the State of Randsan from
that capital. The area of the State is
tinction, on May 24, 1889. Residence :
Karachi, Sind. ;
chiefly Hindus. Residence: Ranasan,

RAN BUAI BAHADUR SINGH (of Mahi Kantha, Bombay.
Patti Saifabad), Diwdn; b. September
21,1856. The title is hereditary. Be-
RANBHIR. See Ranbir.
longs to the great Bachgoti clan of RANBHt SINGH, Rdjd ; b. May 17, 1852.
Rajputs (see Madho Prasad Singh, Rai The was conferred, as a personal
title
of Adharganj), which sprang from distinction, on September 15, 1875.
the Chauhan Rajputs of Mainpuri (see Belongs to a family of Sikh Brdh-
Rampartab Singh, Raja of Mainpuri). mans. Rdjd Ldl Singh was the last
The Rai Harbans Rai of Adharganj Prime Minister of the Mahdrdjd Ranjit
had two sons, Dingar Singh and Singh of Lahore, and on the annexa-
Nahar Singh the former retained
; tion of the Punjab he was sent to
the paternal title and estate, the Dehra Dun. During the Mutiny of
latter became Diwdn of Patti Saifa- 1857 the late Rdjd evinced much
bad. Hirda Singh, fifth in descent loyalty. On his death he was suc-
from Nahar Singh, left seven sons, of ceeded by his son, the Rdjd Ranbir
whom the eldest, Jai Singh Rai, suc- Singh, who is an Honorary Magistrate.
Residence : Dehra Dun, North-Western Sangram Singh, son of his younger
Provinces. Mahr&j Singh.
brother, Residence:
Hatnapur, Narsinghpur, Central Pro-
RANDHIA, Ghulam Haidar, Chief of. vinces.
.
A ruling chief. Belongs to a Muham-
madan family. The area of the State RANPUR, Raja Benudhar Bajradhar
is 3 square miles
;
its population 539, Narindra Mahipatra, Rdjd of. A
chieflyHindus. Residence: Eandhia, ruling chief ; b. about 1816. Succeeded
Kathiawar, Bombay. to the gadi March 16, 1847. Belongs
to a very ancient Kshatriya family,
RANG RAO HARI, Rao Saheb. The title who claim to have been settled in
was conferred on June 3, 1893. Resi- Orissa as Rajas of Rampur for 109
dence : Bhandara, Central Provinces. generations; of whom, according to
RANGA CHARIAR, tradition, the founder was Basara
P.,Mahdmahopdd-
The title was conferred on Basuk. His son was Vikrama Narin-
hydya.
for eminence in dra, and the subsequent 108 genera-
January 1, 1898,
tions have all borne the ancient Hindu
oriental learning. Residence : The
College, Kumbhakonam, Madras. style or title of Narindra. The ninety-
eighth Raj 4 was Kunjavihari Narin-
RANGASWAMI NAYUDU, Bellary, Rao dra, and he obtained the additional
Saheb. The title was conferred on titles of Bajradhar and Mahipatra,
January 1, 1894. Residence: Madras. which have been borne by all subse-
RANGAYA NAIDU, quent Rajas. The State, which is one
C, Rao Bahddur. of the Orissa Tributary Mahals, and
Received the title on January 2, 1899,
one of the most ancient States in
for eminent judicial service. Residence:
Orissa, has an area of 203 square
Nagpur, Central Provinces. miles; its population
is 36,539, chiefly
RANGNATH BAPUJI PATKI, Rao Hindus, but including a good many

Saheb. The title was conferred on Kandhs (aboriginal tribe). The Raja
June 22, 1897. Residence: Chiplun, maintains a military force of 954
Ratnagiri, Bombay. infantry. He has an adopted son,
Kunwar Harihar Birbar Jagadeb.
RANGNATH NARSIMBA MUDHOL- Residence : Kila
'
Ranpur, Orissa,
KAR, Rao Bahddur. Received the Bengal.
title on May 21, 1898. Residence:
Amraoti, Berar. RAO THAKUR NARAYAN SINGH
BAHADUR, Rdjd. See Thdkur.
RANIPURA, Thakur Godarji Kesuji,
Thdkur of. A ruling chief ; b. 1856. RAOJI RAO SANWANT, Sarddr Bahd-
Succeeded to the gadi September 15, dur; b. 1843. Received the title on
1888. Belongs to a Koli (Hindu) January 10, 1895, for distinguished
family. The population of the State military service. The Sarddr Bahadur
is 168. Residence: Ranipura, Mahi isa Risaldar-Major in Her Majesty's
Kantha, Bombay. army, and Honorary A.D.C. to H.E.
the Commander-in-Chief. Residence:
RANJTT SINGH, Chaudhri, Rai Baha- Sangli, Bombay.
1899. Is an eminent landholder of RAOJI TRIMBAK, Rao Bahddur. The
Bijnor. Residence: Bijnor, North- title was conferred, as a personal dis-
Western Provinces. tinction, on January 2, 1888. Resi-
dence : Ratnagiri, Bombay.
RANJIT SINGH (of Hatnapur), Rdjd;
b. 1827. The title is hereditary,
RASH BIHARI GHOSH, CLE. Was
created a CLE. on January 1896.
having been originally conferred many 1,
centuries ago by the ancient Gond Residence: Calcutta.
Rajas of Mandla, for military services RASH BIHARI
rendered to them by the ancestors of DAS, Rai Bahddur.
the Raja, and having been confirmed
Residence: Calcutta.
by the British Government. The Raja
belongs to a Raj Gond family that has RASHID-UD-DIN KHAN, Muhammad
been settled at Hatnapur from time (of Delhi), Khdn Bahddur. See Mu-
immemorial. He has a nephew, hammad.
RASIK LAL KUNDU, Rat Bahadur. the State is about 468,
all Bhils
The title was conferred on May 21, Residence: Ratan-
(aboriginal tribe).
1898. Residence: Manipur. mal, Bhopawar, Central India.
RASUL BAKHSH RAISANI, Khdn Ba- RATESH, Chief of. Is a feudatory of
hadur. The title was conferred, as a the Raja of Keonthal (q.v.), and rules
personal distinction, on January 1, over one of the Simla Hill States.
1889. Residence: Sarawan, Balu- Residence: Ratesh, Simla Hills, Junjab.
chistan.
RATLAM, His Highness Raja Sajjan
RASULBAKHSH SHER MUHAMMAD, Singhji, Raja of. A ruling chief.
Khan Bahadur. The title was con- Succeeded his father, the late Raja
ferred on May 21, 1898. Residence: Sir Ranjit Singh, K.C.I.E., in 1892.
Shikarpur, Bombay. Belongs to a Rahtor Rajput family,
descended from a scion of the illus-
RATAN KUAR (of Fatehpur), Rani.
trious house of Jodhpur ; its founder,
The title is
hereditary. The Rani
Ratan Singh of Jodhpur, having dis-
belongs to a very ancient Raj Gond
which played conspicuous courage at Delhi
family, of the Raja Takhat in wounding a mad elephant with a
Singh of Fatehpur (g.v.) is now the
head. The Rani is the mother of the katar, received a grant of the Ratldm
territory in Malwa from the Emperor
Raja Randhir Singh, who was born Shah Jahdn in the year 1631 a.d.
July 5, 1862. Residence: Fatehpur, The present Chief is thirteenth in
Hoshangabad, Central Provinces. lineal descent from Ratan Singh. The
RATAN SINGH (of Tendukhera), area of the State is 729 square miles ;
Thdkur. The title is hereditary. The itspopulation is 87,314, chiefly Hindus,
Thdkur succeeded his father, the late but including 9913 Muhammadans,
Thdkur Surat Singh of Tendukhera, in 6038 Jains, and 17,297 belonging to
Hoshangabad district. Residence : Ten- Bhil and other aboriginal tribes. There
dukhera, Hoshangabad, Central Pro- is a station of the Rdjputdna-Mdlwd
vinces. State Railway at the town of Ratlam,
the capital. The Raja maintains a
RATAN SINGH, Sarddr Bahadur. The
military force of 134 cavalry, 246
titlewas conferred, as a personal dis-
infantry, and 5 guns, and is entitled
tinction, on January 1, 1889. Resi- to a salute of 11 guns. Residence:
dence : Jhelum, Punjab.
Ratlam, Western Malwa, Central
RATAN SINGH, Sardar, CLE. The India.
Sardar, as President of the Council of RATNA* MANI GUPTA, Rai Saheb.

V
Re-
Regency of the Jind State, was created ceived the title on January 2, 1899,
a Companion of the Most Eminent for eminent services in the Education
Order of the Indian Empire on May
Department. Residence: Dacca, Bengal.
20, 1896. Residence : Jind, Punjab.
RAUSHAN All, Muhammad, Khdn
RATANJI BEZANJI, Khan Bahadur. Bahadur Firoz Jang. See Muhammad.
distinction, on January 1, 1889. Resi- RAUSHAN ALI ASAD All, Mir, Khdn
dence : Nasirabad. Saheb. Received the title on June 3,
1899, for eminent services in the Police.
RATANJI DHANJIBHAI, Khan Saheb.
Residence: Bombay.
title
distinction, on January 1, 1890. Resi- RAUSHAN KHAN (of Domeli), Rdjd.
dence: Bombay. The title is hereditary. The Raja is
the head of a Bugial family belonging
RATANJI RUSTAMJI DADINA, Khdn to the ancient and powerful tribe of
the Gakkars. For an account of the
May 21, 1898. Residence : Bombay.
history of the Gakkar tribe, see
RATANMAL, Thakur Dhirap Singh, Karamdad Khan, Rdjd of Pharwdla.
Thdkur of A ruling chief ;
b. 1878. The Rdjd Raushan Khdn is the son
Succeeded to the gadi in the same and successor of the late Rdjd Akbar
year as a minor. Belongs to a Rajput Khdn, Rdjd of Domeli, in the Jhelum
(Hindu) family. The population of district, Punjab. During the rebellion
of 1848-49 Raja Akbar Khan joined married the daughter of the Rdjd of
Captain Nicholson's force, and did good Pirhawan. His son, Kurun Deo, made
service under that officer. Residence: further conquests, annexing the Rewa
Domeli, Jhelum, Punjab. territory, which he named Baghel-
khand. He married the daughter of
RAVANESHWAR PRASAD SINGH, the Raja of Mandla, and obtained with
Sir, K.C.I.E., Mahdrdjd of Gidhaur. her the great fort of Bandogarh. In
See Gidhaur. the time of the nineteenth Raja,
RAYALU ARAKIASWAMI THUMBOO Birbhan Rao, who succeeded in 1601,
the family of the Emperor Humayun
CHETTY, T. CLE. ,
See Trichinopoly.
took refuge in Rewa when driven from
RAYSINGHPUR, Sarupsingh walad KA- Delhi by Sher Shah. In 1618 the
TYA WALUR, Chief of. A ruling chief; Raja Vikramaditya built the fort and
b. 1875. Succeeded to the gadi as a town of Rewa, which has ever since
minor in 1878. Belongs to a Muham- been the capital of the State. In the
madan family. The area of the State, time of the twenty-seventh Raja,
which is one of the Mewas States of Abdut Singh, who succeeded as an
Khandesh, is about 200 square miles ; infant, the fort of Rewa was captured
its population is1946, chiefly Bhils by Hardi Shah, the Bundela Raja of
(aboriginal tribe). Residence : Ray- Panna (q.v.); but after a time Abdut
singhpur, Khandesh, Bombay. Singh (who had fled with his mother
to Partabgarh) returned, aided by some
RAZA ALI, Mir, Khdn Bahddur Yaktaz
Imperial troops from Delhi, and drove
Jang. The title was conferred, as a out the Raja of Panna. He was
personal distinction, by the Nawab of succeeded by the Raja Ajit Singh.
the Carnatic, and recognized on De-
The Raja Jai Singh Deo succeeded in
cember 16, 1890. Residence : Hydera-
1809, and in 1812 obtained the British
bad, Deccan.
guarantee in a treaty of that year, and
RAZA HUSAIN, Munshi, Khdn Bahd- again in a treaty of 1813. Raja Bish-
dur. The title was conferred on Janu- nlth Singh (son of Jai Singh Deo) was
ary 1,1898. Residence: Baoni, Central succeeded in 1834 by his son, the late
India. Maharaja Raghuraj Singh, father of
the present Mahara j a Mahara j a Rag-
RAZIK DAD KHAN, Khdn
.
Bahddur.
The title was conferred on January 1, huraj Singh abolished sati throughout
his dominions in 1847. During the
1891. Residence: Bareilly, North-
Western Provinces. Mutiny of 1857 he rendered excellent
service to Government, and received
REDNAM DHARMA RAO NAYADU, as a reward a large accession of terri-
JDiwdn Bahddur. See Dharma. tory, and in 1864 was created a Knight
Grand Commander of the Most Exalted
REHLU, Rdjd of. See Niamat-ulla Khan. Order of the Star of India. He was
also granted a sanad of adoption, and
REKCHAND MOHITE, Seth, Rai Saheb. his salute was increased to 19 guns by
The was conferred on June 22,
title
Residence: Hinganghat, Ward-
the addition of 2 guns personal to His
1897.
ha, Central Provinces.
Highness. He died in 1880, and was
succeeded by the present Maharaja,
REWA, His Highness Maharaja Sir during whose minority the Political
Vyankatesh Raman Singh Bahadur, Agent of Rewa has had charge of the
G.C.S.I., Mahdrdjd of. A ruling chief ; State, assisted by a Council of ten
b.July 23, 1876. Succeeded to the Sardars, members of His Highness's
gadi as a minor February 4, 1880. family. On June 22, 1897, on the
Belongs to a Baghel Rajput (Hindu) auspicious occasion of the Diamond
family, descended from the ancient Jubilee of Her Most Gracious Majesty
Chiefs of the illustrious Solanki clan the Queen Empress, His Highness
("Agnikula" or "Sons of Fire"). the Maharaja was created a Knight
The founder was Bilagar Deo or Biag Grand Commander of the Most Ex-
Deo (who gave his name to the Baghel alted Order of the Star of India. The
sept), who came from Gujarat about family flag is yellow in colour. The
1057 a.d., conquered the territory crest is a hand with a flame (indicating
"
between Kalpi and Chandalgarh, and the origin of the family as " Agnikulas
or "Sons of Fire"), with a Sanskrit R0MESH CHANDRA DATTA, CLE.
motto meaning "God is our trust." Mr. Datta was a member of the
The arms are, in the upper half of the Bengal Civil Service (Covenanted).
shield, the tildk or sacred mark always He obtained his place by competitive
worn by the Maharaja in base, a ;
examination in London, in which he
tiger rampant; supporters, tigers. The greatly distinguished himself. He has
motto is in Sanskrit, meaning "Fear to been a Commissioner in Bengal, and
oppose the tiger." The area of the was created a CLE. on May 25, 1892.
State about 13,000 square miles
is Residence: Bengal.
(nearly equal to the combined area of
Saxony and Wiirtemberg); its popu-
R0SHAN ALI ASAD ALI, Mir, Khan
lation 1,305,124, chiefly Hindus, but in- Saheb. See Raushan.
cluding 31,107 Muhammadans, 139,626 RUDR PARSAD, Ba-
Chaudhri, Rai
Gonds (aboriginal tribe), and 162,481 hadur. The was conferred, as a
title
Kols (aboriginal tribe). The Maha-
personal distinction, on January 1,
raja maintains a military force of 691 1877, on the occasion of the Pro-
cavalry, 3135 infantry, and 55 guns, clamation of Her Most Gracious
Residence
Majesty as Empress of India. Re-
:
Rewa, Baghelkhand, sidence: Sitamarhi, Bengal.
Central India.
REZA All KHAN, Sarddr. See Muham- RUDR PARSHAD SINGH (of Singrauli),
mad Reza Ah Khan. Raja; b. 1869. The title is here-
ditary. The Rdjd belongs to an
RICHHPAL SINGH (of Malkhorda), illustrious family of Rdjput origin.
Thdkur; b. 1859. The title is here- They are descended from a Kharwdr
ditary. The Thdkur belongs to a Chief who came from Rewa into
Gond (aboriginal) family, descended Singrauli, and married the daugh-
from the Thdkur Balram Singh, who ter of the Chief of Raipur in that
received a confirmation of his title, Pargand. He and his son and grand-
and the jagir of Malkhorda, from the son gradually got possession of the
British Government in 1844. The whole Pargand, but the last named
family has the curious cognizance or was driven out by the allied forces of
device of a dagger for the Thakur's the Rdjds of Agori Barhar and Bardi
seal and signature. Residence : Malk- about 350 years ago. For nine genera-
horda, Sambalpur, Central Provinces. tions the family were in exile; then
two brothers, Daryao Singh and Dalel
RICHHPAL SINGH, Sindhu (of Siran- Singh, twelfth in descent from the
wali), Sarddr. The title is here- founder of the family, reconquered
ditary. The Sarddr belongs to a some of the Singrauli territory.
Sindhu Jat family of eminence, de-
scended from the Sardar Durga Singh.
Daryao Singh's son was Fakir Sdh,
who assumed the title of Rdjd about
His son, Sarddr Lai Singh, married 180 years ago. He was succeeded by
a daughter, the Rani Isar Kaur, to his son, the Rdjd Rudra Sah, who was
the Maharaja Kharak Singh of La- in possession at the time when the
hore. Lai Singh's son, the Sarddr Benares Province passed under British
Mangal Singh, was the father of the rule, and he was recognized in 1792.
present Sarddr Richhpal Singh. Re- Residence: Geharwdrgaon, Singrauli,
sidence:
Siranwali, Sidlkot, Punjab.
Mirzapur, North- Western Provinces.
RIJHUMAL MTJLRAM, Rao Bahadur.
Received the title on January 2, 1899. RUDR PARTAB SAH (of Dera), Rdjd;
Is a in Sind. Residence
b. August 1860.
18, The title is
Mukhtyarkar :
Sind. hereditary. Belongs to the great

Bachgoti clan of Rdjputs (see Mddho
RISHIYTJR VENKATA SRINIVASA Prasdd Singh, Rai of Adharganj),
AIYAR, Diwdn Bahadur. The title which sprang from the Chauhdn
of Rao Bahddur was conferred, as a Rajputs of Mainpuri (see Rdmpartdb
personal distinction, 1, on January Singh, Rdjd of Mainpuri). This
1894; and that of Diwdn Bahddur branch of the clan bears the name of
"
on June 3, 1899. Residence: Myla- Rdjkumdr," which is frequently the
pur, Madras. style of junior branches of Rdjput
families. The family history down to (trooper) arrived with an order from
the time of Baridr Singh is given the Maulavi of Faizabad to deliver
under Madho Prasad Singh, Rai of up the fugitives; Rustam Sah tore
Adharganj. The Raja of Dera is the up the letter in Captain Bunbury's
most important of all the Chiefs de- presence, and bid the messenger return
scended from Bariar Singh. The to his master with the fragments as
grandson of the latter, named Asre the Rajput's reply. He actively en-
Singh, settled at Bhadaiyan, and built gaged in aiding the Jaunpur authori-
a fort there. Bijai Chand, sixth in ties, garrisoning their posts, collecting
descent from Asre Singh, had four supplies,and assisting the Gurkhas
sons, one of whom led a colony across and other British forces. Both the
the Gumti river, and settled at Dera, Raja Rustam Sah and his brother
where his descendants have remained Bariar Singh received substantial
ever since. The late Raja Madho rewards for their services on the
Singh, who was in possession at the restoration of order. In 1860 the
end of the last century, fought a great Raja was invested with the powers
battle at Masora with the Bachgotis of an Assistant Magistrate and Col-
of Meopur, and defeated them in lector. He died in 1877, and was
1798 a.d. He died childless in 1823, succeeded by his nephew, the present
and was succeeded by his widow, the Raja, who is also a Magistrate. Re-
Thakurain Dariao Kunwar, a most sidence : Dera, Sultanpur, Oudh.
remarkable and able woman, who for
twenty-five years held her own among
RUDE PARTAB SINGH (of Uriadih),
most turbulent neighbours, and even Diwdn; b, August 2, 1849. The title
added to the estate. In 1838 she is hereditary. The Diwdn belongs to
annexed the valuable taluk of Bar- the great Bachgoti clan of Rajputs
singhpur, and killed the Gargbansi {see Madho Prasad Singh, Rai of
Thakur to whom it had belonged. Adharganj), which sprang from the
She was on bad terms with the next Chauhan Rajputs of Mainpuri {see
male heir, Rustam Sah, and wished to Rampartab Singh, Raja of Mainpuri).
set him aside in favour of the niece
The descent of this family down to
of her late husband, a lady named the Diwdn Bhir Singh is given in the
account of the Diwan of Patti Saifa-
Dihaj Kunwar. Rustam Sah in 1846
tried to take Dera by storm, but
bad Ran Bijai Bahadur Singh,
{see
failed in the attempt, and his father, Diwan of Patti Saifabad). On the
division of the paternal estates between
Chhatarsal, was slain in the assault.
Bhir Singh and his elder brother, Dhir
Subsequently the Nazim, Raja Man
Singh, favoured the pretensions of Singh, the latter retained Patti Saifa-
Rustam Sah, and at last the latter bad, the former obtained Uriadih,
seized the opportunity when the which has ever since remained in the
Thakurain had gone unattended to possession of his descendants, and has
been considerably increased by them.
Ajudhya to bathe, to take her prisoner. One
He carried her off across the Gogra of the latter, the Diwan Pirthipal
river, and forced her to sign a deed
Singh, is famous for his fight at Lohar
of transfer of the Dera estate in his Tara with his kinsman, Rai Bindesri
Bakhsh of Adharganj (Dalippur), in
favour; so great, however, was the
shock that her proud spirit had sus- which the latter was killed. His son,
the Diwdn Sarabjit Singh, consolidated
tained, that she died of grief soon
this estate, and on his death in 1879
after. The Nazim then wished to treat
the estate as an escheat, but ultim- was succeeded by his son, the present
Rustam Sah obtained possession. Diwan. The latter has a son and heir.
ately
He rendered distinguished service Residence : Uraidih, Partdbgarh, Oudh.
during the Mutiny of 1857. When the RUHULLAH KHAN, Haji Hafiz Mu-
regiments in the neighbouring canton- hammad, Khan Bahadur. The title
ments of Sultanpur mutinied, five was conferred on January 1, 1898.
officers escaped to his fort at Dera; Residence : Etdwah, North- Western
he sheltered the party for a fortnight, Provinces.
and then sent them to Benares under
the escort of his brother, Bariar Singh. RUKN-UD-DIN SAYYID SAHEB KA-
Whilst they were in the fort a sawdr DIRI, Haji Maulavi, Shams-ul-Ulama ;
b. 1852. The title was conferred, as on his death, left two sons, Partab
a personal distinction, on February 16, Singh and Rup Singh. The former
1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee succeeded to the Raj, and was suc-
of the reign of Her Most Gracious ceeded by his son, Raja Mahendra
Majesty, for eminence in oriental Singh, who died in 1871 without issue.
learning. It entitles him to take rank After subsequent litigation the present
in Darbar immediately after titular Raja Rup Singh (second son of Raja
Nawabs. Residence: Vellore, Madras. Mukat Singh) succeeded in 1884. Re-
sidence: Bhareh, Etawah, North-
EUP NABAYAN SINGH, Kumar. The western Provinces.
titlewas conferred, as a personal dis-
tinction, on July 18, 1861, in recog- RUPAL, Thaknr Hamirsinghji Man-
nition of his position as son of the singhji, Thdkur of. A ruling chief;
b. June 6, 1878. Succeeded to the
late Maharaja Bhup Singh Bahadur,
and brother of the late Maharaja gadi on the death of the late Thakur
Mahipat Singh Bahadur, who died in Mansinghji on June 6, 1896. Belongs
1879. Is a descendant of the Maharaja to a Rehwar Rajput family, claiming
Shitab Rai Bahadur, who was ap- descent from the Pramara Raos of
pointed Diwan of Subah Behar by the Chandravati, near Mount Abu, and
Emperor Alamgir II. of Delhi in 1754 consequently a branch of the Pramara
clan of Rajputs. The State, which is
A.D., and who subsequently rendered
good services to the British Govern- tributary to Baroda and Idar, has an
ment. He was succeeded by his eldest area of 90 square miles ; and a popula-
tion of 3497, chiefly Hindus. Resi-
son, the Maharaja Kalyan Singh Ba-
dence : Rupal, Mahi Kantha, Bombay.
hadur, and the great-grandson of the
latter was the late Maharaja Bhup
RUPJI, Subahdar-Major, Sardar Baha-
Singh Bahadur. Residence : Patna,
dur; b. 1844. Is a Subahdar-Major in
Bengal. the Mewar Bhil Corps. Residence:
RTJP SAH(of Jagamanpur), Rdjd; b.
Barla Jawas, Mewar, Rajputana.
March 10, 1854. The title is here-
RURU, Rdjd of. See Raghbir Singh.
ditary. Is the Chief of the Sengar
clan of Rajputs in the Jalaun district,
RUSTAM KHAN walad IMAM BAKHSH
and descended from the Raja Ba-
is
KHAN (of Juneji), Mir. The title is
puki, who
in early times received his
hereditary, the Mir being the repre-
title and the taluk of Jagamanpur
sentative of one of the Mirs or Chiefs
from the Raja Tej Chandra of Kanauj. of Sind at the time of the annexation
His descendant, the Raja Ratan Sah,
(see Khairpur). Residence: Shikarpur,
received a confirmation of this grant Sind.
in 1717 a.d. from the Peshwa, Rag-
hunath Rao Baloji. Ratan Sah's ETJSTAM SINGH (Cumbum or Kambam),
grandson was the late Raja Mahbat Rao Bahadur. The title was conferred
Sah. The present Raja was educated on June 3, 1893. Residence: Karnul,
at the Wards' Institution at Benares, Madras.
and an Honorary Magistrate. He
is
has a son and heir, the Kunwar Jan-
EUSTAMJI ARDASHIR WADIA, Khdn
Bahadur. The title was conferred, as
mejai Singh, aged about seventeen. a personal distinction, on February 21,
Residence : Jagamanpur, Jalaun, North-
Western Provinces.
EUP SINGH, Rai
Bahadur. EUSTAMJI DHANJIBHAI MEHTA,
Sardar, CLE. Created a CLE. on June 22,
The Sardar received the Rai
title of
as a on 1897, as ex-Sheriff of Calcutta Resi-
Bahadur, personal distinction,
dence: Calcutta.
January 1, 1892. Residence: Kashmir.
EUSTAMJI HOEMASJI KOT WAL, Khan
EUP SINHA (of Bhareh), Rdjd; b. Bahadur. The title was conferred on
October 1827. The title is hereditary. June 22, 1897. Residence: Belgaum,
Is the Chief of the Sengar clan of
Bombay.
Rajputs in the district of Btawah,
where the clan settled in the 12th EUSTAMJI JAMASPJI ASHBUENEE,
century. The late Raja Mukat Singh, Khdn Bahadur. The title was con-
ferred, as a personal distinction, on SACHIN, Nawab Sidi Najaf Ali Khan,
May 29, 1886. Residence : Bombay. Nawab of. A ruling chief; b. 1886.
Succeeded to the gadi as an infant in
RUSTAMJI MANEKJI, Khan Saheb.
title February 1887. Belongs to an Abys-
sinian (Sunni Muhammadan) family,
distinction, on May 29, 1886. Residence :
long known as the Habshi Sidis of
Bombay.
Danda-Rajapur and Janjira. They
RUTLAM. See Ratlam. were originally (see Janjira, Nawab of)
Admirals of the fleets of the Kings of
SA, Maung, Ahmudan gaung Tazeih ya
Min. This title was conferred, as a Ahmadnagar and Bijapur; and were
personal distinction, on January 1, 1889. subsequently appointed to the same
office under the Mughal Empire by
It is indicated by the letters A.T.M.
" Aurangzeb, about the year 1660.
after the name, and means Recipient
of the Medal for Good Service." Resi- During the decline of the Mughal
Power the Sidis of Janjira became
dence : Uyu, Burma.
notorious for their piracies. About
SAADAT AHMAD, Hakim (of Rampur, the year 1784 Balu Mia Sidi, the heir
N.W.P.), Khan Bahadur. The title to the Janjira gadi, was expelled by a
is personal, and was conferred on May
junior branch of the same family, who
30, 1891. Residence: Jhalawar, Raj- still retain Janjira. He was given
putana. Sachin by the Peshwa in exchange for
SAADAT HUSAIN KHAN, Nawdb Bahd- his rights over Janjira ; but the Pesh-
dur. The title was conferred, as a was never succeeded in enforcing those
personal distinction, in recognition of rights, though Sachin has remained in
his position as son of the Nawab Amir the hands of Balu Mia Sidi and his
Husain Khan, grandson of the late descendants to the present day. The
Saadat Ali Khan, King of Oudh. late Nawab, Sidi Abdul Kadar Mu-
Residence : Lucknow, Oudh. hammad Yakut Khan, died in 1887,
and was succeeded by the present
SAADAT HUSAIN, Maulavi, Khan Nawab. The State is composed of
many small detached portions, chiefly
1898. Residence : The Madrasah, Cal-
in the British district of Surat, and
cutta.
partly in Baroda territory. Its area
SAADAT MIR KHAN (of Farrukhabad), is 42 square miles ; its population
Khan Bahadur. The title is personal, 19,150, chiefly Hindus. The Nawab
and was conferred on May 26, 1894. maintains a military force of 5 cavalry,
Residence : Basim, Berar. 52 infantry, and 4 guns ; and is entitled
SABBAPATHI MUDALIYAR, A., Rao
Bahadur; b. 1838. The
was con- Sachin, Surat, Bombay.
title
ferred, as a personal distinction, on SACHIT PRASAD SINGH,
Rdjd; b.
June 1, 1888. The Rao Bahadur dis- 1855. Succeeded his father, the late
tinguished himself by his public Raja Shiva Prasad, C.S.I., on May 23,
services during the famine of 1877-78, 1895. The title is hereditary. The
and has successfully devoted himself
Raja belongs to an Oswal Kshatriya
to municipal work in the district of
family descended from the Raja Dal-
Bellary. He was elected a Member of chand. Residence: Benares.
the Bellary Municipal Council in 1880 ;
and became its Chairman in 1886. SADA KHERI, Thakur Bahadur Singh,
Residence: Bellary, Madras. Thdkur of. A ruling chief; b. 1859.
SABBAPATHI MUDALIYAR, A. Succeeded to the gadi in 1882. The
A.,
Rai Rahddur ; b. 1811. The title was State has a population of about 3000,
chiefly Hindus. Residence: Western
March 15, 1881. Residence: Bangalore, Malwa, Central India.
Mysore. SADASHIV RAO, alias G0BIND0 RAO,

SABIT All, Mir, Sarddr Bahadur; b. Rao, Kotwdl; b. May 8, 1846. The
1836. Received the title on February title of Rao hereditary. Belongs to
is
3, 1888. Is a Risaldar-Major in Her a Mahratta family, whose head, the

Majesty's Army. Residence: Allaha- late Baji Rao, for his bravery and good
bad, North-Western Provinces. conduct was appointed by the old
Mahratta Government to the post of area of the State is about 50 square

Kotwdl of the city of Sdgar, and became miles its population is chiefly Shan.
;
the farmer of the Customs, and also Residence : Sagwe, Burma.

Mdmlatddr of Hatta and Pithauriya.
Residence
SAH.—A prefix.
:
Rai of See Partab Singh.
SADESHWARI PERSHAD NARAIN SAHANPDR,
SINGH, Rai Bahadur. Received the SAHEB LAL (of Madanpur), Thdkur.
title on January 1, 1898. Residence : The title is hereditary. The Thakur
Salemgarh, Gordkhpur, North-Western belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) family,
Provinces. descended from Anuji Singh. The late
SADHU SINGH, Bahadur. The title Raja Gajraj Singh of Madanpur was
fifth in succession from him. Resi-
was conferred, as a personal distinction, dence: Madanpur, Bilaspur, Central
on April 24, 1867, in recognition of his Provinces.
eminent military services. This dis-
tinguished officer holds the rank of SAHEB MIRZA, Bahddur. The title
Risaldar-Major in Her Majesty's Indian was conferred, as a personal distinction,
in recognition of his position as son of
Army. Residence : Hingoli, Deccan.
SADIK All FARIDTJN BEG, Mirza.
Mirza Humayun Bakht, and grandson
of Muhammad Ali Shah, third King of
Oudh. Residence: Oudh.
Karachi, Sind.
SADIK ALI KHAN, Muhammad, Nawdb SAHEB SINGH (of Dayalgarh), Sarddr;
b. 1812. The title is hereditary. The
Bahadur. See Muhammad. Sarddr is a grandson of Sarddr Charat
SADRUDDIN KHAN AJMUDDIN Singh, who was the only son of Sardar
KHAN, Bakshi Mir, Khdn Saheb. Jai Singh. Sarddr Jai Singh joined
Received the title on January 2, 1899. the misl or confederation that opposed
Residence :
Surat, Bombay. Zain Khdn, the Mughal Governor of
SAFDAR ALI BEG, Khdn Bahd- Sirhind, who was slain in battle. The
Mirza,
dur. Received the title on June 3,
family rendered good service during
1899. Residence: Berar. the Mutiny of 1857, and was rewarded
at its close. Sarddr Charat Singh
SAFDAR JANG, Shdhzdda; b. 1829. married thre^wives, by all of whom
The title was conferred, as a personal he had children, who succeeded to the
distinction, in recognition of his position estate in accordance with the rule of
as third son of his late Majesty the Chanda Vand, which obtains in this
Shah Shu ja-ul-Mulk, ex-King of Kabul.
family. The Sarddr is the first cousin
Belongs to the Saddozai Pathan ex- of Sardar Albel Singh of Lidhran (q.v.),
Royal family of Afghanistan. The and other Sikh Sarddrs. He has three
Shahzada has four sons (1) Haidar — —
sons Sarddrs Shamsher Singh, Sher
Jang (Extra Assistant Commissioner Singh (q.v.), and Kehr Singh. Resi-
of the Punjab) (2) Bahadur Jang
; dence : Daydlgarh, Ambdla, Punjab.
(Naib Tahsildar); (3) Babar Jang;
and (4) Muhammad Rafi. Residence: SAHEB SINGH, Rai Bahddur. The title
Ludhiana, Punjab. was conferred, as a personal distinction,
on January 1, 1877, on the occasion of
SAGA, Saw Sein Bu, Myoza of. A ruling the Proclamation of Her Most Gracious
chief. The Myoza is the Chief of one
Shan States Majesty as Empress of India. Belongs
of the in Burma, and rules to a Khanna Kshatriya family; and
over a territory of about 300 square
rendered good service during the
miles in area. The population is chiefly
Shan. Residence : Saga, Shan States, Mutiny of 1857 in Rohilkhand, both
Burma. by supplying information to the author-
ities there and in other ways. Is a
SAGAR CHAND, Lala, Rai Bahadur. Banker, an Honorary Magistrate, and
The title is personal, and was conferred a Member of the Municipal Commis-
on January 1, 1896. Residence : Rawal sion of Delhi. He has a son and heir,
Pindi, Punjab. named Indar Mai. Residence: Delhi,
SAGWE, Kun Tun, Myoza of. A ruling Punjab.

chief. The Myoza is the Chief of one SAHESPUR, Rdjd of. See Kishan Kumdr,
of the Shan States in Burma. The Rai.
SAHIB DITTA, Dhingra, Lala, Rat House, obtained from the Emperor
Saheb. Received the title on January Shah Jahan of Delhi the title of Raja
1, 1898. Residence: Punjab. and the State of Ratlam, which at
that time included Sailana and Sita-
SAHU JAGANNATH, Rai Bahadur. See mau. On the death of the Raja
Jagannath. Kesari Singh of Ratlam in 1709, his
SAIF ALI KHAN, Khakhar (of Pind eldest son, Man Singh, became Raja
Dadan Khan), Rdjd; b. 1843. The of Ratlam, and the younger, Jai Singh,
title is hereditary. The Raja is the became Raja of Sailana. Jai Singh's
head of a family of high Rajput origin, descendants became tributary to Sind-
who settled near the Salt Range about hia, and subsequently passed under
the year 1623 a.d. ; when Dadan Khan, the control of the British Power. The
a Khakhar Rajput in the service of the State has an area of 113 square miles ;
Emperor Jahangir, built a town at the and a population of 29,723, chiefly
foot of the Salt Range, which he called Hindus, but including about 7000
after his own name. Pind Dadan belonging to aboriginal tribes. The
Khan soon became a nourishing town, Raja maintains a military force of 21
and the centre of the salt trade. cavalry, 152 infantry, and 3 guns, and
Dadan Khan left three sons Shan — is entitled to a salute of 11 guns.
Khan (from whom descend the Rajas Residence: Sailana, Western Malwa,
Central India.
of Ahmadabad), Fateh Muhammad
Khan (the ancestor of the Rajas of SAISHIA RAMASWAMI NAYUDU, Rao
Pind Dadan Khan), and Firoz Khan. Saheb. See Seshayya.
Sardar Charat Singh, the grandfather
of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh, con- SAIYID. See Sayyid.
quered the Khakhar country, but SAJAN LAL, Haji, Khan Bahadur. The
allowed the Raja of Ahmadabad to title was conferred on June 22, 1897.
hold his Ohiefship. The Raja of Pind Residence : Secunderabad, Deccan.
Dadan Khan was treated with equal SAKHARAM AMRIT
PALSIKAR, Rao
leniency; but having revolted early Saheb. Received the title on May 21,
in the reign of Ranjit Singh, he was
1898. Is Acting Mamlatdar. Resi-
utterly defeated, and Pind Dadan dence : Ahmadnagar, Bombay.
Khan was taken from him, though he
was allowed to retain a smaller jdgir. SAKHARAM BAJI BANDEKAR, Rao
In 1848-49 the Khakhar Chiefs joined Bahadur. The title was conferred,
the rebels, and all their estates were as a personal distinction, on January
confiscated; but subsequently certain 1, 1890. Residence: Sawantwari,
pensions were restored in favour of Bombay.
the Raja Shamsher Ali Khan, father SAKHARAMA HARI
RAO, Rao Baha-
of the present Raja Saif Ah Khan (as dur. See Hari.
also of his kinsman. Sultan Ahmad
Khan of the Ahmadabad family). The SAKHAWAT HUSAIN, Muhammad,
Khdn Bahadur. The was con-
title
Raja Saif Ali Khan succeeded his ferred on January 1, Residence :
1897.
father, Raja Shamsher Ali Khan.
Residenee : Pind Dadan Khan, Jhelum, Shahjahanpur, North-Western Pro-
vinces.
Punjab.
SAIF-ULLA KHAN, Khdn Bahadur. SAKTI, Raja Ranjit Singh, Rdjd of.

A ruling chief; b. October 20, 1836.
1894. Residence: Muzaffargarh, Pun-
Belongs to a Raj Gond (aboriginal)
jab.
family; descended from Hari Singh,
SAILANA, His Highness Raja Duleh from whom the Raja Ranjit Singh is
Singh, Rdjd of. A ruling chief; b. fifteenth in lineal descent. The title
1841. Succeeded to the gadi as a was originally derivedfrom the Raja
minor in 1850. Is descended, through of Sambalpur, and was confirmed by
Jai Singh, a younger brother of the Government in 1836. The Raja has
Raja Man Singh of Ratlam, from the two sons, Rup Narayan Singh (bearing
family of the Chiefs of the illustrious the courtesy title of " Burha Raja "),
Rahtor clan of Rajputs. In 1631 Raja and Chhatarbhan Singh (bearing the
Ratan Singh, a scion of the Jodhpur courtesy title of "Nanki Tal"). The
area of the State is 115 square miles ; SAMTHAR, His Highness Maharaja
itspopulation is 22,819, chiefly Hindus. BLR SINGH DEO, Maharaja of. A
Residence : Sakti, Sambalpur, Central ruling chief; b. November 8, 1865.
Provinces. Succeeded to the gadi June 18, 1896.
SALALAH,Sarddr of. See Ram Singh. Belongs to a Gujar (Hindu) family,
descended from Nuni Shah Rajdhar,
SALAMAT KHAN, Muhammad, Edjd. a Diwan of the State of Datia, who
See Muhammad. held from Datia a jdgir, of which
SALAM-ULLA KHAN, Muhammad, Samthar was a part. His great-grand-
JVawdb. See Muhammad. son, Raja Ranjit Singh I., declared
himself an independent Raja in Sam-
SALEH JAFAR, Muhammad, Khdn thar, towards the close of the 18th
Bahadur. See Muhammad. century. He died without issue, and
SALEH MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM, Khdn was succeeded by a collateral, Raja
Saheb. Received the title on January Ranjit Singh II. ; who received a
2, 1899. Residence: Bombay. treaty guaranteeing protection from
the British Government in 1817. His
SALIG RAM, Lala, Rai Bahadur; b. descendant was the Raja Hindupat;
1829. The was conferred, as a
title who was succeeded by his son, the
personal distinction, on August 31, late Raja Chhatar Singh, who was
1871, in recognition of long and meri- granted the personal title of Maharaja
torious service in the Postal Depart- on the occasion of the Proclamation
ment. The Rai Bahadur belongs to a of the Queen as Empress of India on
well-known Kayastha Mathur family The present Ma-
January 1, 1877.
of theAgra district. Residence : Agra, haraja was granted the same rank on
North-Western Provinces. January 1, 1898. The area of the
SALIG RAM, Lala, Rai Saheb. The State 174 square miles ; its popula-
is
title was conferred on January 1, 1898. tion 38,633, chiefly Hindus, but
is
Residence: Punjab. including 2284 Muhammadans. His

SALIG RAM, Highness maintains a military force
Pandit, Rai Bahadur; b.
of 290 cavalry, 2275 infantry, and 46
August 11, 1847. The title was con-
guns, and is entitled to a salute of
ferred, as a personal distinction, on 11 guns. The family motto is Drarh
January 2, 1888, in recognition of good
services rendered in the Postal De-
Charan, Bhu Waran (" The firm foot
takes the territory"). Residence:
partment, especially in connection
with the development of the rent and Samthar, Bundelkhand, Central India.
revenue money-order system. Be- SAMUEL ESSAJI, Khdn Bahadur. See
longs to an ancient Brahman family, Essaji.
that came in early times from the SAN HLA BAW, Maung, Ahmudan
Punjab, and settled in Ghazipur dis- gaung Tazeik ya Min. This Burmese
trict. Reside)ice: Ghazipur, North-
title, indicated by the letters A.T.M.
Western Provinces. after the name, and meaning ** Re-
See Ajit Singh. cipient of a Medal for Good Service,"
SALIYA, Rdjd of.
was conferred as a personal distinction
SALVADOR FELIX BRITTO, Rao Saheb. on January 1, 1894. Residence : Akyab,
See Britto. Burma.
SAMANDAR KHAN, Mir, Lehri, Khdn SAN PE, Maung, Thuye gaung ngwe
Bahadur. The title was conferred on Da ya Min. This Burmese title, indi-
January 1, 1898. Residence: Balu- cated by the letters T.D.M. after the
"
chistan. name, and meaning Recipient of the
Silver Sword for Bravery," was con-
SAMBHAR SINGH (of Hamirpur), Rao
Bahadur. The titlewas conferred on ferred, as a personal distinction, on
May 26, 1894. Residence: Sarila, January 1, 1894. Residence: Prome,

Central India.
Burma.
SAMIR MAL, Seth, Rai Bahadur. The SANDA, Gambhirrao of. See Raghunath
titlewas conferred, as a personal dis- Rao.
tinction, on May 20, 1890. Residence : SANDHI KHAN, Khdn Saheb. The title
Barar, Merwara. was conferred, as a personal distinc-
tion, on May 20, 189 3. Residence : descended to Chintaman Rao, grand-
Punjab. son of Govind Rao Hari, to whom it
had first been granted by the Peshwa ;
SANDUR, Raja Ramchandra Vital
Rao Saheb, A ruling and, as he was only a child of six
Rdjd of.
chief; 1849. Succeeded to the
b. years, his uncle Gangadhar Rao acted
as Regent. Ultimately the State was
gadi February 5, 1879. Belongs to divided between the uncle and the
a Mahratta (Hindu) family; de-
scended from Malaji Rao Ghorpae, an nephew, the former taking Miraj,
whilst Sangli fell to Chintaman Rao.
officer in the Bijapur army, whose
On the fall of the Peshwa 's Govern-
son, Biraji, entered the service of
ment in 1818, Chintaman Rao, the
Sivaji the Great. Biraji's son, Sidaji,
father of the present Chief, became a
took Sandur from the Bidar Poligdr
British feudatory and in 1846 he re-
or Chief and his conquest was con-
;
;
ceived a Sword of Honour from the

firmed to him by Sambhaji, the suc-
East India Company for his loyalty
cessor of Sivaji. He died in 1715, and
was succeeded by his second son, and high character. He died in 1851,
and was succeeded by his son, the
Gopal Rao. Sandur was captured by
the Sultan Haidar of Mysore, whose present Chief. The area of the State
is 1083 square miles its population is
;
successor, Tippu Sultan, completed
the fort; and Gopal Rao's son, Siva 196,832, chiefly Hindus. The Chief
Rao, was killed in 1785 in a battle
with the Mysore forces. After the cavalry, 433 infantry, and 4 guns.
Residence : Sangli, Southern Mahratta
fall of Tippu in 1799 the Peshwa
claimed the suzerainty of Sandur and ;
Country, Bombay.
at his request Sir Thomas Munro with
a British force reduced the fort in
SANGRI, Rai Mian Hira Singh, Mian
1817. In 1818, after the downfall of ceeded to the gadi September 30, 1876.
the Peshwa 's government, Siva Rao
Belongs to a Rajput family whose
II., the adopted son of Sidalji (son of founder was a scion of the House of
Siva Rao I.), was placed on the gadi ;
Kulu, who settled in the Sangri terri-
and he received a sanad from the His descendants were feuda-
tory.
British Government in 1826. He died tories of the Sikh Government of the
in 1840, and was succeeded by his
Punjab until 1846. On the annexation
nephew, Venkat Rao ; the latter died of the territories on the left bank of
in 1861, and was succeeded by his the Sutlej in 1847 by the British
eldest son, Siva Shan Mukha Rao.
Government, the Mian of Sangri was
He received the hereditary title of confirmed in the possession of his
Raja from Lord Northbrook's Govern- The courtesy title of the
ment —
the Chiefs having previously
estate.
eldest son of the Mian is Tika. The
been styled Jagirdars of Sandur. He late Rai Mian Jhagar Singh died in
died in 1878, and was succeeded by 1876, and was succeeded by his son,
his half-brother, the present Raja. the present Mian. The area of the
The State (which is enclosed by the State, which is one of the Simla Hill
British district of Bellary, except on
States, is 16 square miles its popula-
;
a small piece of its frontier, which tion is 2593, nearly all Hindus. The
marches with that of Mysore) has an Mian maintains a military force of 10
area of 140 square miles, and a popu-
infantry. Residence: Sangri, Simla
lation of 14,999, chiefly Hindus. The
Hills, Punjab.
Raja maintains a military force of 2
guns. Residence : Sandur, Madras. SANJELI, Thakur Pratapsinghji,
SANGLI, Dhundi Rao Chintaman, Belongs ibo a Rajput (Hindu) family.
Chief of "Tatia Saheb." A ruling
.
The area of the State is about 33
chief b. July 12, 1838. Succeeded to
;
square miles; its population 3751,
the gadi as a minor July 15, 1851.
chiefly Bhils (an aboriginal tribe).
Belongs to the Patwardhan family of Residence: Sanjeli, Rewa Kantha,
Konkani Brahmans, like the Cbiefs of
Bombay.
Miraj descended from Haribhat, who
;
was a military leader under the first SANKARA SUBBAIYAR (of Travan-
Peshwa. In 1772 the State of Miraj core), CLE. Created a CLE. on
January 1,1897. Residence: Travan- day pilgrims of the Raikwar clan come
core, Madras. annually to worship at the shrine of
Bhairwanand. After this Bal and Sal
SANTALPUR AND CHADCHAT, Tha-
took service with two Bhar Rajas who
kur Lakhaji Samatsingh, Thdkur of.
A ruling chief; b. 1852. Succeeded held large territories on either side of
to the gadi as an infant in 1853. Be- the Gogra. Sal represented their inte-
rests at the Court of the Emperor
longs to a Jareja Rajput family, de-
of Delhi, and Bal became their Naib.
scended from the ancestors of His
The Bhar Rajas fell into arrears of
Highness the Rao of Kutch (q.v.).
The Thakur is a Magistrate within the revenue, and a force was sent against
limits of his State, which has an area
them by the Emperor of Delhi ; they
of 440 square miles, and a population
were overcome and slain, and their
of 20,466, chiefly Hindus. Residence :
territoriesmade over, those on the
right bank (Ramnagar Dhameri) to
Santalpur, Palanpur, Bombay.
B&l, and those on the left bank
SARABJIT SINGH (of Ramnagar (Bamhnauti, now Baundi) to Sal. In
Dhameri), RAIKWAR, Rdjd; b. No- the ninth generation from Bal, Ram
vember 10, 1829. The title is heredi- Singh adopted his relative Zorawar
tary, having been originally conferred Singh, who became the first Raja of
by Shu ja-ud-daula and the present
;
the clan. In 1751 the Raikwars
Raja succeeded to it in 1857. He is headed a great Hindu movement to
now the Chief of the great Raikwar shake off the Musalman government
clan of Rajputs for though the head
;
of Oudh. Under the Raja Anup Singh
of the junior branch of the Chief's of Ramnagar they marched on Luck-
family, the senior branch, that of the now, but were totally defeated by the
Rajas of Baundi, disappeared from Shekhzadas at the battle of Chhola-
history after the Mutiny, when their ghat. After this the family lost much
estates were confiscated for rebellion. of its possessions, but had recovered
About the year 1414 a. d. two brothers, most before the British annexation in
Partab Sah and Dunde Sah, Rajputs 1855. The grandson of the Raja
of the Surdjbansi or Solar race, mi- Anup Singh was the Rdjd Gur Bakhsh
grated from Raikain Kashmir whence — Singh; who, in the Mutiny of 1857,
the tribal name of Raikwar and — joined his kinsman the Raja Hardat
finally took up their abode at Bukheri Singh of Baundi in rebellion. The
in the Pargana of Sailak. Partab Sah latter was transported ; but the former
—
died, leaving three sons Saldeo, the was succeeded by his son, the present
ancestor of the Raikwar Rajas of Raja, who was not concerned in the
Baundi Baldeo, the ancestor of the
; rebellion, and thus preserved a portion
Raikwar Rajas of Ramnagar Dhameri ; of the estate. He has been twice
and Bhairwanand. The nephews pre-
—
married (1) to the Rani Chandra
tended a prophecy that the uncle must Kunwar, and (2) to the Rani Gulab
be sacrificed for the future greatness Kunwar. Residence : Suratganj, Ram-
of the family so Dunde Sah held out
; nagar, Bara Banki, Oudh.
his head to be struck off by his
nephews, after which the family was SARAIKELAH, Raja Uditnarayan
prosperous. Bukheri being washed Singh Deo Bahadur, Rdjd of. A ruling
away by the Gogra, the three brothers chief ; b. 1848. Succeeded to the audi
settled at Chanda Sihali in Fatehpur. November 25, 1883. Belongs to a Raj-
In this village a large chabutra (stand- put (Hindu) family, descended from a
ing by a masonry well, which is scion of the Porahat house of Orissa.
stated to have been made by the The head of the family anciently bore
Bhars) marks the spot where, accord- the title of Kunwar, bestowed by the
ing to tradition, Bhairwanand, the Rajas of Porahat. They appear to
youngest brother, fell into the well, have been recognized as Rajas by the
and was allowed by the other two Governments of Lord Wellesley and
brothers to remain there, in order Lord Minto ; and in 1856 the late
to fulfil another prophecy of a Pandit, Raja Chakardhar Singh Deo, father
that their rule in Sailak would endure of the present Raja, received the title
so long as Bhairwanand remained at of Raja Bahadur for his loyalty, high
the bottom of a well. To the present position, approved public and personal
character, and the good services SARDAR KHAN, Risaldar-Major, Khdn
rendered by his father, Azambhar Bahddur. The title was conferred for
Singh, in the Bol campaign of 1837. eminent military service, on May 26,
The late Raja rendered excellent 1894. Residence: Baluchistan.
service during the Mutiny of 1857 ; he
died in 1883, and was succeeded by
SARDAR SINGH (of Dhangaon),
Rdwat ; March 14, 1835. The title
b.
his son, the present Raja. By the
custom of the State the eldest son of
ishereditary, and the Rawat or Rao
has also been styled the Raja of
the ruling Raja bears the title of
Mandhata. Belongs to a Bhilala
Tikait. The area of the State (which
is one of the Chota Nagpur Tributary
family descended from Bharat Singh,
;
a Rajput Chief of the great Chauhan

Mahals) is 459 square miles ; its clan. He established himself in the
population is 77,097, chiefly Hindus. island of Mandhata in the year 1165
The Raja has a military force of 4 a.d. ; and married the daughter of
guns. Residence: Saraikelah, Chota
Nathu, the former Bhil Chief of that
Nagpur, Bengal. island. Residence : Dhangaon, Nimar,
SARANGARH, Raja Lai Jawahir Singh, Central Provinces.
Rdjd of. A ruling chief; b. 1888. SARDAR SINGH
Succeeded to the gadi as an infant, (of Katehra), Rdjd
Bahddur; b. 1858. The title was
October 2, 1890. Belongs to a Gond conferred, as a personal distinction, on
(aboriginal) family, whose ancestors March 19, 1880, in recognition of his
originally came from Lanji, and for
position as representative of his kins-
military services rendered to the Raja man, the late Raja Ranmast Singh,
of Ratanpur were granted the Saran-
adopted son and heir of the late Raja
garh territory, with the title of Raja.
The late Raja Bhawani Partab Singh Senapat Singh, Rao of Katehra. The
was born about the year 1865, and Raja belongs to the great Bundela
came to the gadi in 1872. He died in Rajput family of which His Highness
the Maharajd of Orchha is the head,
1890, and was succeeded by his infant and from which are descended most
son, the present Raja. The family of the principal feudatory Chiefs of
always use the device of a tortoise on Bundelkhand. The Rao Senapat of
the seal, and for the signature of the
Katehra in Jhansi rendered most
Chief. Residence : Sarangarh, Sam- valuable services to Government
balpur, Central Provinces.
during the Mutiny of 1857, as a
SARAT CHANDAR reward for which he obtained the title
BANARJI, Rai
Bahadur. The title was conferred, as of Raja Bahadur, as a personal dis-
a personal distinction, on February 16, tinction, and to descend to his son,
natural or adopted, and also a hand-
the reign of Her Most Gracious some khilat and a grant of land. He
was succeeded by his adopted son, the
Majesty. The Rai Bahadur, who
late Raja Ranmast Singh and the
belongs to a Brahman family of ;
latter by the present Raja, son of

Sibpur, Howrah district, Bengal, is a
distinguished graduate of the Calcutta
Lachhman Singh, who was a brother
of the Raja Senapat Bahadur. Resi-
University, where he has taken the
dence: Katehra, Jhansi, North-
degrees of M.A. and B.L. Residence :
Western Provinces.
SARAT CHANDRA DAS, CLE., Rai SAREKHA, Bahadur Singh, Thdkur of.
Bahddur. "Was created a Companion The title is
hereditary. Residence:
of the Most Eminent Order of the Seoni, Central Provinces.
Indian Empire, January 1, 1886 and
; SARFARAZ BEGAM, Rdni; b. 1866.
received the title of Rai Bahadur on Succeeded on November 28, 1895.
January 1, 1896. Residence : Calcutta. The title of Raja (or Rani) is heredi-
Rani. The title was tary for the Talukdar of Bahadurnagar.
SARAWANJU, Residence : Bahraich, Oudh.
granted as a personal distinction on
January 1, 1898. Is the widow of the SARGUJA, Maharaja Raghunath Saran
late Rao Bahadur Lachhman Singh, Singh Deo, Mahdrdjd Bahddur of.
Jagirdar 'of Jigni. Residence : Jigni, A ruling chief b. 1860.
;
Succeeded
Central India. to the gadi March 25, 1879. Belongs
to a Rajput Raksel (Hindu) family ; the State is 36 square miles ; its popu-
which was compelled in 1758 to lation is 5014, chiefly Hindus. The
submit to the Mahrattas, and became Raja maintains a military force of 8
feudatories of Berar. In 1818 the cavalry, 116 infantry, and 6 guns.
State passed under British control, Residence : Sarila, Bundelkhand,
by an agreement with Madhuji Central India.
Bhonsle (Appa Saheb). In 1826 the CLE.
title of Maharaja was conferred on
SARKAR, Mahendra Lai, See
Mahendra.
the Chief. He died in 1851, and was
succeeded by the late Maharaja SARNET SINGH (of Katra Balkhera),
Thdkur ; 1835. The title is heredi-
Indrajit Singh Deo, who died in 1879,
b.
and was succeeded by his son, the tary, having been originally conferred
present Maharaja. By the custom of by Nizam Shah, Gond Raja of Mandla,
the family the eldest son of the ruling and recognized by the British Govern-
Maharaja bears the courtesy title of
ment. His father, the Thakur
of Katra
Jubaraj or Yuvaraj. The area of the Hindupati Balkhera,
rendered excellent service during the
State, which is the largest and most
important of the Chota Ndgpur Mutiny of 1857. The Thdkur Sarnet
Tributary Mahals, is 6103 square Singh is a brother of the Thdkurs
Jawdhir Singh and Dirjan Singh of
miles; its population is 270,336,
Hindus of aboriginal descent, Katra Balkhera in Jabalpur. Resi-
chiefly
dence: Katra Balkhera, Jabalpur,
including many Gonds and Uraons.
The Maharaja was granted the title Central Provinces.
of Maharaja Bahadur as a personal SAR0DA NARAYAN SINGH, Rdjd.
distinction on May 20, 1896. He has The title was conferred as a personal
a military force of 1 gun. Residence : distinction on January 1, 1894. Resi-
Bisrampur, Sarguja, Chota Nagpur, dence : Hazaribagh, Bengal.
Bengal.
SAR0DA PRASAD CHATTARJI, Rai
SARILA, Raja Pahar Singh, Rdjd of.
a personal distinction, on January 1,
A ruling chief ; I. 1875. Succeeded to
the gadi as a minor August 19, 1882. 1894. Residence : Bhdgalpur, Bengal.
Belongs to the famous Bundela family SAR0DA PRASAD RAI, Rai Bahadur.
of Rdjputs tint has given ruling The title was conferred, as a personal
families to Orchha, Panna, Datia, on May 20, 1896. Resi-
distinction,
Ajaigarh, Charhhari, and most of dence: Calcutta, Bengal.
the other States of Bundelkhand.
Jagat Raj, the second son of the SARUKKAI G0PAL CHARI, Diwdn
great Maharaja Ohhatarsal of Panna, Bahadur. See Gopala.
became Chief of Jaitpur; and
from him descend the Chiefs of SARUP NARAYAN, Pandit, CLE.
and Was created a Companion of the
Ajaigarh, Bijarar, Charkhari,
His elcbst son, Kirat Singh,
Sarila.
Empire, January 1, 1880. Residence :
was the ancestor of the Ajaigarh and
Indore.
Charkhari familes; the second, Bir
Singh Deo, of the Bijawar House ; SARUP SINGH, Malwai, Sarddrr; b.
and the third, Pahar Singh, retained 1850. The title is hereditary. Be-
the Jaitpur Chiefship. He had two longs to a Mdn Jat family of Sikh
sons, of whom the elder, Gaj Singh, Sarddrs, formerly resident in Ndbha.
retained Jaitpur, while the younger, The Sarddr Dhanna Singh, son of
Raja Man Sirgh, became Raja of Mai Singh, and great-grandfather of
Sarila. Hewts succeeded by Tej the present Sarddr, entered the
Singh, who obtained a sanad from the service of the Mahdrdjd Ranjit Singh
British Governnent in 1807. His son in 1800 A.D., and rapidly rose to
and grandson jeigned in succession ; favour. He was one of the agents
and the lattei, dying childless, was sent by Ranjit Singh to Wazir Fatheh
succeeded by a collateral relative, Khdn to arrange for the interview
named Khalal Singh, in 1871. He which took place between them at
died in 1882, and was succeeded by his Jhelum in 1812. He fought in several
son the present Rdjd. The area of campaigns, and died in May 1843, his
son Bachattar Singh having died SATIYAVADA SURIYA NARAYANA
before him. The son and successor PRASADA RAO, Rao Bahadur. The
of the latter, Sardar Kirpal Singh, was titlewas conferred on January 1, 1892.
with Raja Sher Singh at Multan in Residence : Vizagapatam, Madras.
1848 ; but when the Raja rebelled, he
went over to the camp of Major SATLASNA, Thakur
Edwardes, and as a reward received a
Thakur of. A ruling chiefHarisinghji,
b. Novem- ;
ber 16, 1849. Succeeded to the gadi

large accession of territory at the
annexation. He died in 1859 and was April 23, 1871. Claims descent from
;
a Chauhan Rajput Chief, Mulaji, who
succeeded by his only son, the present
came from Nana Varda in Mawar,
Sardar, as a minor. Residence :
and settled at Mawar near Satlasna in
Lahore, Punjab. 1459 A.D. The Thakur of Bhalusna
SARUP SINGH (of Maniwara), Rao (q.v.) is descended from a junior
Saheb. The title is hereditary, the branch of the same family. The
Rao Saheb being the brother of Rao Thakur has two sons, Kunwar Takht-
Saheb Dharup Singh (q.v.). The singhji and Kunwar Jawansinghji.
ancestor of this family, Kehari Singh, The State, whch is tributary to
did good service with Sultan Mu- Baroda and to Idar, has a population
hammad, Nawab of Rahatgarh, in of 7894. Residence : Satlasna, Mahi
consideration of which he received Kantha, Bombay.
the title of Rao Saheb, and a grant of
SATRUJTT PARTAB BAHADUR SAHAI
land. The Rao Saheb Jag Raj Singh
was succeeded by the present Rao
(of Tamkuhi), Rdjd; b. July 27, 1864.
The title is hereditary. Belongs to a
Saheb. Residence: Maniwara, Sagar, Bhuinhar Rajput family, claiming
Central Provinces. descent from Mayuj Bhat, more than
SARWAN AND SONKHERA, Thakur a hundred generations back. A de-
Amar Singh, Thakur of. A ruling scendant, named Baja Fateh Sahai,
chief ; b. 1866. Succeeded to the gadi Bhuinhar Raja of Hoshiarpur in
in 1886. Belongs to a Rahtor Rajput Saran, after the btttle of Baksar in
family (Hindu). The population of 1764, was driven from his Raj by the
the State is about 5000, chiefly Bhils troops of the Easl India Company,
and settled on the Tamkuhi estates,
(aboriginal tribe). Residence : Sarwan,
Western Malwa, Central India. previously purchased by him, in
Gorakhpur. Raja Fateh Sahai's
SASI. SeeShashi. was the grandfather of the
grandson
SATHAMBA, Thakur Wajesinghji present Raja, and obtained from the
Ajabsinghji, Thakur of. A ruling
British Governmert the recognition
of his title as heieditary. His son
chief; b. 1863. Belongs to a Rajput
(Hindu) family that came from Sind, was the late Raji Kishan Partab
and obtained the Sathamba Taluk Bahadur Sahai, the father of the
from Mahmud Begara. Descended present Raja. Residence: Tamkuhi,
from Thakur Wajesinghji; from Gorakhpur, North-Vestern Provinces.
whom, in the sixth generation, was SATYA SHRI GHOSAL, Kumar. The
the late Thakur Ajabsinghji, who title was conferred, as a personal
was born in 1844, and succeeded to the distinction, on July 18, 1861, in recog-
gadi in 1867. He was succeeded by nition of his position as the son of the
his son, the present Thakur. The late Raja Satyanand Ghosal. Belongs
State, which is tributary to Baroda, to a family descended from the Raja
Balasinor, and Lunawara, has an area Jai Narayan Ghosal, who was the
of 16 square miles, and a population man
right-hand o^ Mr. Verelst,
of 5360. Residence : Sathamba, Mahi Governor of Bengal in succession to
Kantha, Bombay. Lord Clive in 1167. Residence:
SATISH CHANDRA PATJRE, Rdjd. Bhookoylash, 24-Parjanas, Bengal.
Received the title as a personal dis- SAURENDRA MOHAI TAG0R, Sir,
tinction on January 1, 1892. Resi- S\e
Kt., C.I.E., Rdjd. Tagore.
dence: Santal Parganas, Bengal.
SAVANUR, Abdul Tabriz Khan Diler
SATIYA SHRI GH0SAL, Kumar. See Jang Bahadur, Nawib of. A ruling
Satya. chief ;
b. 1864. Succeeded to the gadi
in 1885. Belongs to an Afghan however, attacked the Nawab, where-

(Muhammadan) family, descended upon the latter transferred his
from Abdul Karim Khan, who had a allegiance to the Mahrattas. When
village near Delhi granted to him by Tippu crossed the Tungabhadra and
the Emperor of Delhi. Seventeenth marched to Savanur, the Nawab was
in descent from him was Eagti Bahlol, joined by Holkar, and also by Hari
who was in the service of the Mughal Pant, the famous Mahratta leader;
Emperor Shah Jahan; and being and ultimately a treaty of peace was
dissatisfied with his position therein, concluded in 1787, by which Tippu
quitted and took service under Ali
it, engaged to restore the Nawab's jdgir.
Adil Shah, King of Bijapur. His The Nawab obtained a large pension
grandson, Abdul Karim Khan, greatly from the Peshwa; which was subse-
distinguished himself by suppressing quently converted, at the instance of
a revolt of Paligdrs and Jamdddrs in General Wellesley (afterwards Duke of
the Deccan, and Sikandar Adil Shah Wellington), into an equivalent grant
granted him a very large jdgir. Abdul of territory. From 1792 to 1826
Karim Khan's eldest son became the Abdul Khair Khan occupied the gadi
founder of the powerful family of the at Savanur, and was succeeded by
Nawabs of Cuddapah (Kadapa), in three sons, the first two of whom only
the Madras Presidency; whilst his survived their accession to the gadi
fourth son, Abdul Rauf Khan, who a very short time. The third son,
had married a daughter of Ali Adil Abdul Dalel Khan Saheb, was better
Shah, the King of Bijapur, succeeded educated than most Musalman nobles ;
to the ancestral estate. In 1680, and in recognition of his ability and
when the King was hard pressed in high character he was appointed in
Bijapur by the Emperor Aurangzeb, 1862 a Member of the Legislative
he sent Abdul Eauf Khan to deliver Council of Bombay. He died in the
up the seal and insignia of State to same year, and was succeeded by his
the conqueror; and by the address son, the Nawab Abdul Khair Khan,
with which he conducted the negotia- who died in 1868, and was succeeded
tions,Abdul Rauf Khan rose high in by the late Nawab Abdul Dalil Khan
Aurangzeb's favour. He received as a minor. The latter was educated
from the Emperor the grant of the at the Rajaram College, Kolhapur,
jdgir of Bankapur, Torgal, and Azim- and was a young Chief of high
nagar, with the title of Dalel Khan character and great promise. He
Bahadur Diler Jang, and a vnansah or came of age in 1883, and was duly
command of 7000 horse. After a installed as Nawab, but unfortunately
reign of thirty-five years, Abdul Rauf died in 1884. He was succeeded by the
Khan died in 1715, and was succeeded present Nawab. The State has an area
by his son, Abdul Gafur Khan. The of 70 square miles, and a population of
latter was followed by his son, Abdul 16,491, chiefly Hindus. Residence:
Majid Khan, who ruled from 1722 to Savanur, Dharwar, Bombay.
1751, and raised the power of Savanur
to its highest pitch. He was slain in SAW HLA PRU, Mating, Kyet thaye
a battle with the forces of Muzaffar zaung shwe Salwe ya Mm. The title
Jang, the Subahdar of the Deccan; was conferred, as a personal distinc-
who was himself subsequently slain by tion, on January 1, 1 890. It is indicated
the Nawabs of Cuddapah and Karnal by the letters K.S.M. after the name,
in revenge. Abdul Majid's son, Abdul and means " Recipient of the Gold
Hakim Khan Saheb, succeeded in Chain of Honour." Residence:
1752, and ruled for forty years. He Kyaukse, Burma.
was frequently involved in war with
the Sultan Haidar Ali of Mysore but ; SAW KAN MUN, Sawbwa, Kyet thaye
ultimately a marriage was arranged zaung shwe Salwe ya Min. The title
between the daughter of Haidar was conferred, as a personal distinc-
Ali (sister of Tippu Sultan) and the tion, on February 16, 1887, on the
son of the Nawab, and the Mysore occasion of the Jubilee of the reign of
sovereign conferred on the Nawab the Her Most Gracious Majesty. It is
sovereignty over twelve districts on indicated by the letters K.S.M. after
condition of military service, Tippu, the name, and means " Recipient of
the Gold Chain of Honour." Resi- chandra Sawant, alias Bhau Saheb;
dence Thaungthut, Burma.
: he was, however, strangled shortly
afterwards, and was succeeded by
SAW NAW MAING (Chief of South Phond Sawant, another minor scion of
Hsenwi State), Kyet thaye zaung the Bhonsle family. He died about
shwe Salwe ya Min. This title was the year 1812, and was succeeded by
conferred, as a personal distinction, on his minor son, named Khem Sawant ;
January 16, 1896. It is indicated by and the latter was followed in 1870 by
the letters K.S.M. after the name, and the present Sir Desai. The title is
means " Kecipient of the Gold Chain said to have been originally derived
of Honour." Residence: : South from the Kings of Bijapur. The Sir
Hsenwi, Northern Shan States, Burma. Desai was educated at the Rajkumar
The area of his
SAW ON (SAWBWA), Kyet thaye
College, Rajkot.
State is 926 square miles, its popu-
zaung shwe Salwe ya Min. The title lation is 174,433, chiefly Hindus. The
was conferred, as a personal dis-
Chief maintains a military force of 12
tinction, on April 17, 1890. It is
indicated by the letters K.S.M. after cavalry, 400 infantry, and 34 guns,
the name, and means " Recipient of
the Gold Chain of Honour." Resi- Residence: Wari, Bombay.
dence : Nyaungwye, Burma. SATLA, Thakur Saheb Wakhatsinghji,
Thakur Saheb of. A
SAWANTWARI, Raghunath Sawant Kesrisinghji,
Bhonsle Raje Bahadur, Sir Desai of.
the gadi October 4, 1881. Belongs to
A ruling chief; b. September 20, the great Jhala Rajput family of
which the head is His Highness the
minor August 29, 1870. Belongs to a
branch of the great Mahratta family Maharana Raj Saheb of Dhrangadra
of Bhonsle descended from Mang (q.v.). The late Thakur of Sayla,
;
Kesrisinghji, received the title of
Sawant, who about the year 1554 a.d. Thakur Saheb as a personal distinc-
revolted from Bijapur, and maintained
his independence during his lifetime.
tion in 1874. He ruled from 1837 to
His immediate successors again became
1881 ; and was then succeeded by his
feudatories of the Bijapur kingdom; son, the present Thakur, who has also
but his descendant, Khem Sawant
received the title of Thakur Saheb as
a personal distinction. The area of
Bhonsle, who ruled from 1627 to 1640, his State is 222 square miles ; its
secured the independence of Sawant-
wari. His son, Sorn Sawant, ruled population is 16,991, chiefly Hindus.
for about eighteen months; and was
The Thakur Saheb maintains a mili-
then succeeded by his brother, Lakham tary force of 10 cavalry, 281 infantry,
and 2 guns. Residence: Sayla,
Sawant, who tendered his allegiance to
the great Sivaji, and was confirmed Kathiawar, Bombay.
by him as Sir Desai of the South SAYYID. —A Muhammadan prefix, in-
Konkan, including Sawantwari. dicating descent from the family of
Lakham Sawant's brother, Phond the Prophet.
Sawant, was succeeded by his son, SAYYID ABDUL (ABDUS) SUBHAN
Khem Sawant II., who received
further grants from Sahu Raja, grand- CHAUDHRI, Nawdb. See Abdul.
son of Sivaji. This Chief, who ruled SAYYID AHMAD KHAN BAHADUR,
from 1709 to 1737, concluded a treaty K.G.S.I., The Hon. Sir. Is famous
with the British Government against throughout India as the founder of the
the notorious piratical leader, Kanoji great Aligarh Muhammadan College,
Angria of Kolaba. A third Khem and one of the leading members of
Sawant, commonly called Khem the Muhammadan community of
Sawant the Great, ruled from 1755 to Northern India. Belongs to a
1803; he married the daughter of Muhammadan family of distinction,
Jayaji Sindhia, and obtained the title claiming descent from the Prophet.
of Raje Bahadur from the Mughal Served for many years in the Judicial
Emperor of Delhi. He died without Service of the North - Western
issue in 1803. In 1805 his widow, Provinces, and is now a Member of the
Lakshmibai, adopted a son, Ram- Legislative Council of the Lieutenant-
Governor of those Provinces, and a May 1, 1890. Residence: Khandesh,

Fellow of the Allahabad University. Bombay.
For his eminent services in all these SAYYID MUHAMMAD SAHEB BA-
capacities he was created a Knight HADUR, Nawdb. Received the title,
Commander of the Most Exalted as Sheriff of Madras, on June 22,
Order of the Star of India, January 1, 1897. Residence: Madras.
1888. Has a son and heir, the Hon.
Mr. Justice Mahmud, Puisne Judge SAYYID SHAH, Khan Bahadur. Re-
of the High Court of the North-
ceived the title on June 3, 1899.
western Provinces. Residence: Ali- Residence : Kurram, Punjab.
garh, North-Western Provinces. SAYYID-UD-DIN AHMAD, Maulavi,

Khan Bahadur; b. 1856. Received
SAYYID All, Khan Saheb. The title is the title on January 1, 1897. Resi-
personal, and was conferred on May dence : Bahadurpur, Faridpur, Bengal.
26, 1894. Residence : Masulipatam,
Madras. SAZAWAR, Munshi, Khan Bahadur.
SAYYID All BILGRAMI (of the The title was conferred, as a personal
on January 2, 1888. Resi-
N.W.P.), Shams-ul-Ulama. The title distinction,
dence
was conferred on this distinguished : Lahore, Punjab.
officer of the Nizam's Service, for his SEOHAR, Raja of. See Sheoraj Nandan
eminence in oriental learning, on May 30, Singh, Raja Bahadur see also Girija
;
1891. Residence : Hyderabad, Deccan. Nandan Singh, Kumar.

SAYYID AZIM-TJD-DIN. See Azim-ud-NANDAN SINGH, Rdjd
SEORAJ
din. BaMdur. See Sheoraj Nandan Singh.
SAYYID BAKHT, Muhammad, Mirza. SERAI GHULAM RASUL KHAN,
See Muhammad. Jatoi, Khan Bahadur. See Ghulam.
SAYYID HASAN ALI, Sir. G.C.I.E., SESHAYYA RAMASWAMI NAYUDU,

Nawdb Bahadur. See Murshidabad. Rao Saheb. The title was conferred
on June 22, 1897. Residence : Bombay.
SAYYID HASAN BAKHSH, Khan Ba-
hadur. Received the title on June 3, SESHAYYA SASTRIYAR, A., C.S.I.
1899. Residence : Multan, Punjab. Was created a Companion of the
SAYYID HUSAIN BILGRAMI, Nawdb India on January 1, 1877, on the
Irndd-ul-Mulh Bahadur. The Nawab occasion of the Proclamation of Her
Bahadur is at present Director of Most Gracious Majesty as Empress of
Public Instruction in the Government
India, in recognition of his eminent
of His Highness the Nizam of the services as Diwan or Prime Minister of
Deccan; and the title of Nawab Travancore. Had been appointed a
Imad-ul-Mulk Bahadur was conferred fellow of the University of Madras,
on him by His Highness the Nizam, 1868; and became a Member of the
in recognition of his eminent services Council of Fort
Legislative St.
to that State, especially in the cause
George, 1878, and a Member of the
of education. Educated at Presidency
Viceroy's Legislative Council, 1879.
College, Calcutta (B.A 1866), he is He was appointed by the late Maha-
well known throughout India as an
raja of Travancore, with the sanction
accomplished scholar, both English of the Government of India, Diwan
and oriental; and long occupied the or Prime Minister of Travancore in
honourable post of Private Secretary 1876. Subsequently he became Sarkil
to His Highness the Nizam. Resi- of the State of Pudukota; and in
dence : Hyderabad, Deccan. 1886 he was promoted to be Diwan-
SAYYID HUSAIN SAHEB, Khan Saheb. Regent of that State. Residence:
title Pudukota, Trichinopoly District,
Madras.
distinction, on June 1, 1888. Resi-
dence: Madras. SETH—A prefix.
SAYYID JAMAL SAYYID MOHI-UD- SEWAYA NARSU ELLAPA, Rao Ba-
DIN, Khan Saheb. The title was con- hadur. The title was conferred on
ferred, as a personal distinction, on May 30, 1891. Residence : Bombay.
SHABAN All KHAN, Haji, Rdjd, dur. The title was conferred on May
Khdn Bahadur. The title of Khan 20, 1896. Residence : Kot Sultan, Sind.
Bahadur was conferred, as a personal
on December 7, 1888, in SHAHAB-UD-DIN, Kazi,
distinction,
CLE. (of Sa-
recognition of his public spirit in wantwari), Khan Bahadur. The title
forwarding improvements in Indian
on January 1, 1887. The Khan Baha-
agriculture, and in undertaking agri-
cultural experiments on the Salempur dur has rendered distinguished service
estate and its neighbourhood and both to the Bombay Government and
;
on January 1, 1898, the Khan Ba- to that of His Highness the Maharaja
hadur received the personal title of Gaekwar of Baroda. He was for some
Raja. Belongs to a Musalman Sayyid years Prime Minister of Baroda and ;
was created a Companion of the Most

family, claiming descent (as implied
by the term Sayyid) from the family on January 1, 1880. Residence: Ba-
of the Prophet. The Khan Bahadur
is an Honorary Magistrate. Residence :
roda (now in Bombay).
Salempur, Lucknow, Oudh. SHAHAMAT ALI, Mir, C.S.I., Khdn
SHAH MUHAMMAD KHAN walad Ml Bahadur; b. January 10, 1840. The
GAUHAR KHAN, Mir. The title has distinction, on October 25, 1865, in
been continued for life, the Mir being
the representative of one of the Mirs recognition of eminent services in the
or Chiefs of Sind at the time of the
Political Department. Belongs to an
Arab Musalman (Shaikh Anseri)
Sind. family, that migrated from Arabia to
India in early times, and settled first
SHAH MUHAMMAD KHAN walad in Panipat. Subsequently the family
GHULAM MURTAZA KHAN, Mir. obtained certain rent-free lands in
The title is hereditary, the Mir being Mandawar from the Muhammadan
the representative of one of the Government of Delhi, and they re-
Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at the time moved to that town. The Mir has
of the annexation. Residence : Shi- served in Afghanistan and in Central
karpur, Sind. India, and he was specially selected
for the important post of Superin-
SHAH NAWAZ KHAN, Jamadar, tendent of the Ratlam State. He
Khan Bahadur. The title was con-
ferred on May 25, 1895. Residence: was created a Companion of the Most
Exalted Order of the Star of India,
Montgomery, Punjab. June 30, 1871. Residence: Bijnor,
SHAH NAWAZ KHAN, Mir (of Tando North-Western Provinces.
Mir), His Highness; b. January 20, SHAHBAZ KHAN,
1843. The title of "His Highness" Sardar, Nawdb. The
was conferred, as a personal distinc-
title of Nawdb was conferred, as a
personal distinction, on January 1,
tion, in recognition of his position as a 1890. Residence: Baluchistan.
son of the late Mir Nur Muhammad
Khan, Amir of Sind at the time of the SHAHDE0 SINGH (of Pandriganesh-
annexation. Belongs to the Shahda- pur), Shdhzdda Bahadur; b. 1844.
dani branch of the Talpur family, These titles are personal, being the
formerly the ruling family of Sind; courtesy titles of a grandson of the
tracing their descent from the Balueh late Maharaja Ran jit Singh of Lahore.
Chief, Mir Shahdad Khan, who came The Shahzada Bahadur is the son of
from Baluchistan to Sind during the the late Sardar Sher Singh ; he is a
rule of Nur Muhammad of the nephew of His Highness the Maha-
Kalhora dynasty. Residence : Hydera- raja Sir Dalip Singh, G.C.S.I., and is
bad, Sind. related by marriage to His Highness
SHAH PASAND KHAN the Maharaja Rana of Dholpur. The
(of Gulbela),
Arbab. The title was conferred, as a Shahzada left the Punjab in 1849, and
has lived in Oudh since October 1861.
personal distinction, on May 24, 1881.
Residence : Peshawar, Punjab. He enjoys an hereditary jdyir from
the British Government, as well as a
SHAH PASAND KHAN, Wadero, walad considerable personal aôwance. Jfeff*
ARSALA KHAN BABAR, Khdn Baha- dence ; Rae Bareli, Oudh,
SHAHMAU, Rdjd of. See Sukhmangal Tarak Nath of Dinajpur, was in

Singh. possession of the title and estate from
1840 to 1865 ; in the latter year he
SHAHPURA, Raja Dhiraj Nahar Singh,
A ruling chief ;
b. 1855. Suc- died, and was succeeded by his widow,
Rdjd of. the present Maharani. The family
ceeded to the gadi as a minor Novem-
ber 2, 1869. Belongs to the illustrious cognizance is a lion guardant rampant
attacked by two elephants rampant.
family of the Chiefs of the Sesodia
clan of Rajputs being descended from Residence: Dinajpur, Bengal.
;
Suraj Mai, a younger son of the Maha- SHAM NATH, Pandit, Rai Bahadur.
rana of Udaipur, from whom the The was conferred on January 1,
title
present Raja of Shahpura is eleventh 1895. Residence: Ajmere, Rajputana.
in descent. Suraj Mai received as his
portion the Pargana of Kherar in SHAMGARH, Sarddr of. See Ram
Udaipur; and his son received from Singh.
the Emperor Shah Jahan of Delhi a SHAMLI PERSHAD, Rao Bahadur. The
grant of a part of the crown lands of title was conferred on January 1, 1898.
Ajmir, on a feudal tenure. The Raja Is Jagirdar of Gaurihar. Residence :
is thus a feudatory of His Highness
Gaurihar, Central India.
the Maharana, as well as directly of
the Government. The area of the SHAMS SHAH, Sayyid Mir, Khan Saheb.
State is 400 square miles its popula- ;
The titlewas conferred on January 1,
tion is 51,750, chiefly Hindus, but 1898. Residence : Baluchistan.
including 2771 Muhammadans. The SHAMS-UD-DIN ALI KHAN, Sayyid,
Raja maintains a military force of 265 Khan Bahadur. The title was con-
cavalry, 240 infantry, and 42 guns. ferred, as a personal distinction, on
Residence : Shahpura, Rajputana. January 1,1878. Residence: Hydera-
SHAHZADA.— A prefix. bad, Deccan.
SHAIKH. — A Muhammadan prefix. SHAMS-UD-DIN HAIDAR, Muhammad,
Mirza Bahadur. See Muhammad.
SHAIKH KASIM, Subahdar-Major, Sar-
ddr Bahadur. The title was conferred, SHAMS-UD-DIN JIVABHAI SULE-
for long and meritorious service, on MANI, Khan Bahadur. The title was
January 1, 1895. Residence: Hingole, conferred on January 1, 1844. Resi-
Deccan. dence: Baroda.
SHAIKH SUBHAN, Khan Saheb. Re- SHAMS-UD-DIN KHAN, Subahdar-

ceived the title onJune 3, 1899. Is Major, Khan Bahadur. The title was
Bakhshi Fauj and Munsarim of the conferred on January 1, 1896. Resi-
Forest Department in Jhalawar. Resi- dence: Burma.
dence : Jhalawar, Rajputana. SHAMSABUL SIT ARAM MISRI, Dr.,
Rao Saheb. Received the title on June
SHAJAOTA, Thakur Khushal Singh, Residence : Bombay.
Thdkur A b. 1840. 3, 1899.
of. ruling chief;
Succeeded to the gadi as a minor in SHAMSHER ALI KHAN, Nawabzada,
1851. Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) Khan Bahadur. The title was con-
family. The population of the State ferred on January 1, 1892. Residence :
is about 800, chiefly Hindus. Resi- Karnal, Punjab.

dence: Shajaota, Western Malwa, SHANKAR BAKHSH
Central India.
SINGH, Sir,
K.C.I.E. (of Thalrai, Khajurgaon),
SHAM M0HINI, Mahdrdni; b. August Rand; b. December 27, 1839. The
1833. The title was conferred, as a Rana is the head of a younger branch
personal distinction, on July 26, 1875, (known as the Simbasi House) of the
in recognition of her eminent services Bais Tilokchandi clan of Rajputs, of
during the famine of 1873-74. The which the Chief is the Raja Sheopal
title of Maharaja has since been con- Singh (q.v.) of Murarmau. The title
ferred on the Maharani's adopted son, of Rana is hereditary, having been
the Maharaja Girija Nath Rai of conferred by the Raja Digbijai Singh
Dinajpur; under whose name will be of Murarmau, acknowledged by the
found an account of this family. The former Kings of Oudh, and finally
Maharani's late husband, the Raja recognized by Government in 1877.
•286 THE GOLDEN BOOK OF INDIA
For some centuries the Rdnds of in the Sankheda Mewds of Rewd
Khajurgaon have taken a prominent Kdntha, a Magistrate within the
is
part in the wars and political move- limits of his State. The State has an
ments generally of this part of Oudh ; area of 4 square miles. Residence :
and though the Rana Raghundth Shanor, Rewd Kdntha, Bombay.
Singh in the early part of the Mutiny
of 1857 took part with the rebels, he SHANTARAM VINAYAK KANTAK,
made his submission early in Rao Bahddur. Received the title on
1858,
and thereafter rendered very good May 21, 1898. Residence : Bombay.
service to the Government, maintain-
SHAPUR, Jareja Bhupatsingh Amar-
authority throughout the singh, Tdlukddr of. A ruling chief;
ing its
country of his clan, known as Baiswara, b. 1867. Succeeded to the gadi as a

and assisting in preparing and guarding minor December 25, 1878. Belongs to
the bridge at Bithoraghat. He was a Rdjput (Hindu) family. The area
succeeded by his grandson, the present of the State is 10 square miles; its
Rand, who received a Medal of Honour
population 1237, chiefly Hindus. The
at the Imperial Assemblage of Delhi Tdlukddr maintains a military force
on January 1, 1877, on the occasion of 16 men. Residence : Shapur, Kdthid-
wdr, Bombay.
Gracious Majesty as Empress of India ;
and was created a Companion of the SHARIF KHAN, Muhammad (Khan of

Most Eminent Order of the Indian Dir), Nawdb. See Muhammad.
Empire in 1882, and a Knight Com- SHASHI BHUSAN BOSE
mander of the same Order in 1887. (Basu), Rai
In 1886 he was appointed a Member
of the Viceroy's Legislative Council. January 1, 1895. Residence: Narail,
He is an Honorary Magistrate and Bengal.
Assistant Collector; and is the Vice- SHASHI BHUSAN MUKHARJI, Rai
President of the Oudh branch of the Bahddur. The title was conferred on
British Indian Association. He has a May 20, 1896. Residence: Lahore,
son and heir, named Kunwar Lai Punjab.
Chandra Bhukan Singh, born 1860. SHASHI SHEKHARESHWAR RAI (of
Residence : Khajurgaon, Rae Bareli,
Tdhirpur), Rdjd Bahddur. The title
Oudh. of Rdjd was conferred, as a personal
SHANKAR DAT DUBE (of Badlapur), distinction, on January 1, 1889, in
Rdjd. Has recently succeeded the recognition of his eminent services in
late Rdjd Harihar Dat Dube of Badla- the cause of the improvement of Indian
pur, who was an Honorary Magistrate, agriculture, and of his public spirit as
and great-grandson of Rdjd Sheo Ldl a landed proprietor of the Rdjshdhi
Dube. The sanad conferring the taluka district and on January 1, 1896, the
;
of Badlapur on Rdjd Sheo Ldl Dube, Rdjd was created a Rdjd Bahddur.
dated November 1797, is in existence, Residence: Tdhirpur, Rdjshdhi, Ben-
and was signed by Sir John Shore, gal.
then Governor-General. Residence : SHEIKH. See Shaikh.
Jaunpur, North-Western Provinces.
SHANKAR DAYAL SINGH, Rat Baha- SHEO BAKHSH BAGLA, Rdjd; b. 1849.
dur. The title was conferred, as a
The title was conferred on June22,
1897, as Sheriff of Calcutta in the
personal distinction, on July 6, 1888.
The Rai Bahddur is an Honorary Diamond Jubilee year. Residence:
Calcutta, Bengal.
Magistrate of Shdhabad. Residence:
Kesath, Shdhabad, Bengal. SHEO PARSHAD, Lala, Rai Bahddur.
SHANKAR RAOJI GANDHI, The was conferred on June 3,
title
Rao Bahd-
dur. The title was conferred on June
1893. Residence: Cawnpur, North-
Western Provinces.
22,1897. Residence: Bombay.
SHANOR, Rana SHEO PARSHAD SINGH, Rdjd. See

Khusalsinghji, Rand
of. A ruling chief ; b. 1835. Belongs Sheoprasad.
to a Rdjput (Hindu) family. The SHEO SAHAI MAL, Lala, Rai Bahd-
Rdnd, who is one of the Tdlukddrs dur. See Sheosahai.
SHEOBARAN SINGH, Rao. The title SHEONARAYAN, Munshi, Rai Baha-

is hereditary. The Rao belongs to dur; b. September 10, 1833. The title
the Kinwar clan of Rajputs, claiming was conferred, as a personal distinction,
descent from Rao Dalpat Singh, son on February 16, 1887, on the occasion
of Maharup Singh, who came to of the Jubilee of the reign of Her
Charwapatha, and settled in Bohami Most Gracious Majesty. Belongs to
and Kareli. His descendants subse- a well-known Kayastha family. His
quently settled in Narsinghpur. Resi- great-grandfather was Minister of the
dence: Narsinghpur, Central Pro- Raja Chet Singh of Benares, and his
father and grandfather held responsible
posts under the British Government.
SHEODARSHAN SINGH (of Gopal- The Rai Bahadur also rendered good
pura), Rao; b. September 20, 1859. service to Government, and in 1868
The title is hereditary, the Rao being was appointed Secretary to the Agra
the Chief of one branch of the great Municipality. On January 1, 1877, at
Kachhwaha clan of Rajputs, and con- the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi on
sequently of the Surdjbansi or Solar the occasion of the Proclamation of
race, and claiming connection with the Her Most Gracious Majesty as Empress
families of His Highness the Maharaja of India, he received a Certificate of
of Jaipur (q.v.), and of the Raja Ram Honour. In 1879 he was presented in
Singh of Rampura. This branch of Darbar with a khilat for the good
the family is descended from Raja service rendered by him during the
Nirpat Singh of Sahor in Gwalior famine in connection with relief works.
territory. His elder son, Raj Shah, Residence : Agra, North- Western Pro-
obtained the title of Raja, and was vinces.
the ancestor of the Rajas of Sahor ;
the younger, Alam Rao, obtained the SHEONARAYAN SINGH (of Lidhran),
title of Rao, and became the ancestor Sarddr; b. about 1838. The title is
of the Raos of Gopdlpura. The pos- hereditary. The Sarddr is one of the
sessions of the family were greatly Chiefs of the Lidhran family of Sikh
reduced by the conquests of Sindhia. Sardars, descended from Sarddr Jai
The late Rao Lachhman Singh died Singh, of the Nishanwala misl or
on October 6, 1878, and was succeeded confederacy (see Albel Singh, Sarddr ;
by his son, the present Rao, who Saheb Singh, Sarddr; and others).
has the powers of a Magistrate. Resi- Sarddr Jai Singh's only son, Sarddr
dence: Jalaun, North- Western Pro- Charat Singh, married three wives, by
each of whom he had children, who
succeeded to the estates in accordance
SHEOGARH, Thakur Moti Singh, Tha- with the rule of Chanda Vand, which
kur of. A ruling chief ; b. 1857. Suc- obtains in this family. Sarddr Sheo-
ndrdyan Singh is the son of the late
Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu) family. Sarddr Chimman Singh, who was the
Residence : Sheogarh, Western Malwa,
younger brother of Sarddr Budh Singh,
Central India. and younger son of Sarddr Wazir
Singh, the eldest son of Sarddr Charat
SHEOHAR, Rdjd of. See Seohar. Lud-
Singh. Residence: Lidhran,
SHEOLAL SINGH hidna, Punjab.
(of Dharampura),
Thakur; b. March 10, 1819. The title SHEONATH SINGH (of Bithar), Rdjd.
is hereditary, having been originally
conferred by the old Mahratta Govern- Residence
distinction, in 1864. : Unao,
ment, and confirmed by the British Oudh.
Government. The Thakur displayed
active loyalty to Government during SHEOPAL SINGH (of Murarmau), Rdjd;
the Mutiny of 1857, and received a b. June 7, 1834. Succeeded his father,
considerable grant of lands as a reward. the late Rdjd Digbijai Singh, C.S.I.
He has a son, named Kumar Daulat (illustrious as the saviour of the four
Singh, and his brother's son is named survivors of the Cawnpore massacre),
Kumar Kamod Singh. Residence: in 1867. The title is hereditary, hav-
Dharampura, Damoh, Central Pro- ing been originally conferred by the
Emperor Muhammad Shdh of Delhi,
and confirmed by the British Govern- Raja is the Chief of the Dikhit clan
ment. Is the Chief of the great Bais of Rajputs, claiming descent from the
Tilokchandi clan of Rajputs, claiming Surdjbansi or Solar Kings of Ajudhya.
direct descent from Pirthi Chand, The traditions of the clan state that
eldest son of Tilok Chand. The origin Raj 4 Durgban left Ajudhya and
of the Bais clan is traced to Salivahana, migrated to Gujarat, where his de-
son of the World-Serpent, said to have scendants took the name of Durgbans.
been brought up by a potter on the One of these, Kalian Sah, Durgbans,
banks of the Narbada, to have con- went to pay homage to the Raja
quered King Vikramaditya with an Vikramaditya, and received from him,
army of clay figures which turned to about 50 B.C., the name of Dikhit,
living brass at the time of battle, and which his descendants adopted. Bal-
to have become Emperor of India. hhaddar Dikhit was in the service of
His descendant, Abhai Charan, rescued the Rahtor Emperor of Kanauj, and
the daughter of the Gautama King received from him a territory in Banda.
of Argal from the forces of the Subah- His grandson, Jaswant Singh, had
dar, and was rewarded with the hand four sons of these the second, Udeb-
;
of the princess, and the viceroyalty of han, migrated to Oudh, and settled in
the country, afterwards known as the country afterwards called, from
Baiswara (from the name of his clan), the name of the clan, Dikhtiyana, of
in Oudh. Abhai Chand's grandson, which he dubbed himself Raja. Sixth
Siddhu Rai, took possession of Murar- in descent from him was the Raja
mau and Daundia Khera. His de- Runa Singh; he had six sons, who
scendant, Raja Satna, was killed by partitioned Dikhtiyana among them,
the Emperor Husain Shah of Jaunpur ;
the second son, Pannamal, settling in
but his Rani escaped, and gave birth Patheora, and becoming the ancestor
to a son, the famous Tilok Chand, of the Parenda Rajas. Raja Pannamal
who ultimately conquered all Eastern was slain in battle, fighting against
Oudh. On his death his eldest son, Muhammad Amin Khan, the General
Pirthi Chand, took the Western Pro- of the Emperor Akbar and thereupon
;
vinces, and became the ancestor of the the Chandel Raja of Sheorajpur made
Chiefs of Murarmau, of Daundia preparations for annexing Dikhtiyana.
Khera, and of Purwa. The late Raja But the Dikhits sent for the young
Digbijai Singh of Murarmau was the son of Pannamal, the Raja Nirbahan,
senior representative of
this great who had gone with his mother to her
family, and rendered
conspicuous home, and hastened to the banks of
service to the Government throughout the Ganges to meet the Chandels.
the Mutiny of 1857. He received, as The issue being referred to single
a reward, large grants of territory, combat, the Raja Nirbahan slew the
including most of the confiscated lands Chandel Raja, shooting him with an
of his kinsman, the rebel Chief of arrow through the forehead. Nirbahan
Daundia Khera. He was invested thereafter settled at the town of Unao,
with the powers of an Assistant and did not rebuild his father's fort
Collector, and subsequently created of Patheora. His grandson, Raja Bir
a Companion of the Most Exalted Singh Deo, built Birsinghpur ; but his
Order of the Star of India. He was son, Raja Khirat Singh, removed
succeeded by his son, the present thence, and built the fort of Parenda,
Raja, in 1867. The latter is an Honor- where his descendants still live. About
ary Magistrate and Assistant Collector, the year 1700 A.D. his great-grandson,
and has issue, two daughters. Resi- the Raja Hari Singh, rebelled, but
dence : Murarmau, Rae Bareli, Oudh, his fort was taken and his land con-
fiscated. A descendant, the Raja
SHEOPRASAD, Lala, Rai Bahddur. See Chandi Bakhsh, being regarded by the
Sheo Parshad. clan as lazy and incapable, was deposed
SHEOPRASAD SINGH (of Parenda), by the brotherhood, who elected Raja
Rdjd; b. March 19, 1834. The title Daya Shankar, his first cousin, in his
is hereditary, having been originally place. Chandi Bakhsh died in 1852.
assumed by Udebhan, a remote an- Daya Shankar made considerable
cestor of the family, and confirmed by additions to the estates, and rendered
the British Government in 1877. The good service to the Government during
the Mutiny of 1857. He was suc- SHEORAJ SINGH (of Thalrai), Rdnd.
ceeded by his son, the present Rdjd of Belongs to the family of Sir Shankar
Parenda, and Chief of the Dikhits. Bakhsh Singh, K.C.I.E. (q.v.) ; b. 1865.
He has a son and heir, named Kunwar Succeeded to the title on October 1,
Sheodat Singh Dikhit. Residence: 1897. Residence : Rae Bareli.
Parenda, Jhalotar Ajgain, Unao, Oudh.
SHEORAJ SINGH, Rao. The title of Rao
SHEOPUR, Rdjd See Baroda is an ancient one in this family, and
of. (Gwa-
lior).
is hereditary. Residence: Budaun,
North- Western Provinces.
SHEORAJ NANDAN SINGH (of Seo-
har), Rdjd Bahadur ; in 1855. Suc-
b.
SHEORAM SINGH, Lala (of Argal),
ceeded his father, the late Rdjd Siva- Rdjd; August 17, 1839. The title
b.
nandan Singh Bahadur, as a minor in ishereditary. The Rdjds of Argal

are the head of the Thdkurs of the
1867. The title of Raja Bahadur was
Gautama clan of Rdjputs, claiming
March 3, 1875. The family of the descent from the Vedic saint Gau-
tama. The family were very powerful
Rdjds of Seohar is a younger branch
of that of the Mahdrdjds of Bettiah. in the Fatehpur district for some
On the death of the Rdjd Dhanpat centuries before the Muhammadan
Singh of Bettiah and Seohar, in invasion; but in the time of the

the last century, there was a disputed Emperor Akbar the Gautama clan,
succession between Jugalkishor Singh under their Chief, Hari Baran Deo,
was routed with great slaughter by
(Dhanpat Singh's daughter's son) and the Imperial troops under the walls
Srikrishna Singh, cousin of Dhanpat
of Kdlpi, and they have never since
Singh, which was ultimately decided
recovered their power. The descend-
by the Patna Council, who allotted the ants of Hari Baran Deo have, however,
Bettiah Rdj to the former, and the
Seohar Rdj to the latter. Rdjd Sri- retained possession of Argal and some
krishna Singh, first Rdjd of Seohar, of the neighbouring territory up to
was succeeded by his son, Rdjd Dris- the present day. The present Rdjd
than Daman Singh, who appears to of Argal, Sheordm Singh, has four
have received the title of Rdjd Bahd-
—
sons Kunwdr Ratan Singh, aged
dur from Lord Moira in 1816 a.d. He about thirty, and Sheordj Singh,
was succeeded; by his eldest son, Rdjd Gajadhar Singh, and Rustam Singh.
Residence : Naraicha, Fatehpur, North-
Raghunandan Singh Bahddur, in 1820. Western Provinces.
The latter had no son, and adopted
his nephew, the late Rdjd Sheonandan
SHEOSAHAI MAL, Rai Bahddur. The
Singh Bahddur, who succeeded him in Rai Bahddur has rendered good service
1852. During the Mutiny of 1857 the as an Honorary Magistrate of Delhi.
Rdjd Sheonandan Singh rendered Received the title of Rai, as a personal
valuable services, for which he received
distinction, February 16, 1887, on the
the thanks of Government he also;
occasion of the Jubilee of Her Majesty's
constructed many important roads
reign, and on May 25, 1892, received
and other public works, and opened
the higher personal rank of Rai Bahd-
relief works in the famine of 1866.
dur. Residence: Delhi.
He died in 1867, and was succeeded
by his eldest son, the present Rdjd SHER AHMAD KHAN, CLE. Was
Bahddur, as a minor. The latter at- created a Companion of the Most
tained his majority in 1875, and was Eminent Order of the Indian Empire
invested with the title of Rdjd Bahd- on February 15, 1887, on the occasion
dur, and has subsequently rendered of the Jubilee of the reign of Her
good services in the famine of 1873-74, Most Gracious Majesty. Is an Extra
and again in 1890. His uncle, Deo Assistant Commissioner of the Punjab.
Nandan Singh, was created a Rdjd in Residence: Punjab.
1892. He has a brother, Rdjkumdr
Rudrdj Nandan Singh, and two ALI, Khdn Saheb. Received the
nephews, Lachmi Nandan Singh and title, for
good service in the Police
Kdlika Nandan Singh. Residence: Department, on January 2, 1899.
Muzaffarpur, Bengal. Residence : Central Provinces.
SHEB JANG, Khan Saheb. Eeceived SHESHADRI IYAR, K„ K.C.S.I., His
the title on June 1899. Residence :
3, Excellency Sir. Prime Minister of
Survey Department, India. Mysore. Belongs to a Brdhman family
of high rank. Was created a Com-
SHER MUHAMMAD, Khan Bahadur.
panion of the Most Exalted Order of
The which is personal, was con-
title, the Star of India on February 15,
ferred on January 1, 1895, for dis-
tinguished service in the Irrigation of the reign of Her Most Gracious
Branch of the Public Works Depart-
Majesty, in recognition of his dis-
ment. Residence: Punjab.
tinguished services to the Prince and
SHER MUHAMMAD KHAN, Kiyani, people of Mysore; and promoted to
Khan Bahadur. Created a Khan be a Knight Commander of the same
Bahadur, as a personal distinction,
Most Exalted Order, January 2, 1893.
January 2, 1893. Residence: Kohat,
Was an eminent graduate of the
Madras University. Has for some
Punjab.
years most successfully administered
SHER MUHAMMAD, Munshi, Khan the Government of His Highness the
Saheb. The title is personal, and
Mahdrdjd of Mysore, and is addressed
was conferred on January 1, 1895, as "His Excellency" as a courtesy
for distinguished services in the title. Some account of the many
Public Works Department. Residence : beneficial measures introduced by the
Prome, Burma. Prime Minister on behalf of the Mahd-
SHER SINGH, Rai Bahadur. The title rdjd will be found in the article under
of Rai Saheb was conferred on May 20, the heading of " Mysore, His Highness
the Mahdrdjd of," where also will be
1896; and that of Rai Bahadur on
found quotations from some of the
January 2, 1899. Residence : Commis-
sariat Transport Department, Simla. Annual Addresses delivered by His
Excellency to the Representative
SHER SINGH (of Dhandhowal), Sarddr; Assembly of Mysore. Residence :
b. 1828. The title is hereditary. Belongs
Bangalore, Mysore.
to the Jat family of Sikh Sardars,
descended from Sarddr Man Singh, SHESHAYA. See Seshayya.
who conquered a considerable extent SHESHO KRISHNA MUDKAVI, Rao
of territory on both sides of the Sutlej
in the year 1759 A.D. His son was the
Sarddr Joga Singh, who was succeeded January 1, 1896. Residence : Bombay
by his son Sardar Chan da Singh, father SHEVDIVADAR, Rana Khusalsinghji,
of the present Sardars of Dhandhowal Rand of. A ruling chief. The Rdna
in Hoshiarpur. Sarddr Sher Singh isa Koli (aboriginal) Chief, ruling over
is the brother of Sarddr Partdb a territory of 1 square mile, with a
Singh, Dhandhowal (q.v.), and of population of 246, chiefly Hindus.
Sarddr Panjab Singh, Dhandhowal Residence: Shevdivadar, Kdthidwdr,
(q.v.). Residence: Dhandhowal, Ho- Bombay.
shidrpur, Punjab. SHEW. SeeSheo.
SHER SINGH (of Lidhran), Sarddr. SHIAM SINGH (of Tajpur), Rdjd. See
The title is hereditary. The Sarddr Shyam.
isthe son of Sarddr Saheb Singh (q.v.)
of Lidhran; descended from Sarddr SHIB CHANDAR BANARJI, Rdjd; b.
Jai Singh, the powerful Chief of the 1848. Thetitle of Rai Bahadur was
Nishanwdla misl or confederacy. Resi- conferred, as a personal distinction, on

dence : Lidhran, Ludhidna, Punjab. May 24, 1883, in recognition of his
eminent services as an Honorary
SHER SINGH (of Nadaun), Mian. The Magistrate of Bhdgalpur, and a dis-
title is hereditary, the Midn being an tinguished member of the Calcutta
uncle of the Rdjd of Nadaun, Narindar Bar. The Rai Bahddur was educated
Chand (q.v.). He has been appointed at the Patna College of the Calcutta
an Assistant District Superintendent University ; and graduated B.A. (1868)
of Police in the Punjab. He has two and B.L. (1869). He belongs to a
sons. Residence: Nadaun, Kdngra, Kulin Brdhman family of the highest
Punjab. rank; and on May 20, 1896, received
the title of Raja. Residence: Bhagal- above. From that time the chiefs of
pur, Bengal. this family have been named alternately
Shidraj and Bhojraj. The present
SHIB CHANDAR NANDI, Rai Bahddur; Chief was adopted by Rajkunwarbai
b. June 1824. Thewas conferred,
title
Desai, widow of the late Shidraj Desai,
as a personal distinction, on February
in of his eminent
—
in 1834 previous to which time he
28, 1883, recognition had borne the name of Appa Saheb,
services to the country in connection
with the construction and development being descended from a younger brother
of the second Shidraj Desai. He has
of telegraphs. He entered the service
a son named Shidraj Baba Saheb Desai.
of the Government in 1846, under Sir
The family cognizance is a red silk
William O'Shaughnessy, in the Mint ;
commenced Residence: Belgaum, Bombay.

and when Sir "William flag.
telegraph operations, the Rai Bahadur SHITAB CHAND NAHAR, Rai Bahd-
was placed in charge of the work,
dur; b. April 17, 1847. The title was
and constructed the first experimental
conferred, as a personal distinction,
telegraph-line in India, that between on March 12, 1875, in recognition of
Calcutta and Diamond Harbour. his public spirit and services during
During the Mutiny of 1857 he rendered the Bengal famine of 1873-74. Belongs
excellent service, sometimes acting as to a Jain family of Bankers and
head of the Telegraph Department's
Zamindars, owning land in the districts
headquarters ; and in order to secure of Dinajpur, Murshidabad, and the
the communications between Calcutta Santal Parganas. On January 1, 1877,
and Bombay, he laid down a portion
on the occasion of the Imperial As-
of the alternative line from Mirzapur
to Seoni vid Jabalpur. He became semblage at Delhi in honour of the
an Assistant Superintendent of Indian
in and retired on Majesty as Empress of India, he re-
Telegraphs 1866; ceived a Certificate of Honour; and
which year
special pension in 1884, in on the occasion of Her Majesty's
he was made an Honorary Magistrate.
Jubilee, June 23, 1887, he founded and
Residence: Calcutta, Bengal. endowed the Bibi Pran Kumari Jubilee
SHIB NARAYAN SINGH (of Shahabad), High English School. Has edited
Sarddr. The title is hereditary. The sundry works on the religion of the
Sardar belongs to a Jat family of Sikh Jains. He is an Honorary Magistrate
Sardars, descended from Sarddr Karan of Azimganj, Murshidabad, which is
Singh, who came from the Manjha in the family seat where also the family
;
the Punjab proper in the last century, have long maintained an almshouse.
and after a fight with Zain Khan, the —
He has four sons Mani Lai Nahar,
Muhammadan Governor, took posses- born April 7, 1865; Puran Chand
sion of a considerable territory in Nahar, born May 15, 1875; Golab
Shahabad, Thaneswar, and Rupar in Chand Nahar, born October 10, 1881 ;
1759 a.d. The family did
good service and Koer Singh Nahar, born October
in the Mutiny of 1857. Residence: 8, 1883. Residence: Azimganj, Mur-
Shahabad, Ambala, Punjab. shidabad, Bengal.
SHIBLI NOMANI, Manlavi, Shams-ul- SHIV DATTA, Pandit, Mahdmahopdd-
Ulama. The title was conferred, for
hydya. Received the title, for eminence
eminence in Oriental learning, on in Oriental learning, on June 22, 1897.
January 1, 1894. Residence: Azam- Is First Sanskrit Professor in the
garh, North- Western Provinces. Oriental College, Lahore. Residence:
SHIDBAJ BHOJRAJ PUAR DESAI Lahore, Punjab.
(of
Mangsuli), Rdj ; b. November 19, SHIVA BAKHSH RAE, Rai Bahddur.
1882. The title is hereditary, having Received the on June
title 3, 1899.
been originally conferred by the Mughal Residence : Kheri, Oudh.
Emperor of Delhi on an ancestor named
Shidraj for having quelled a rebellion SHIVA KUMAR SHASTRI, Pandit,
in Belgaum. Belongs to a Pu&r Rajput Mahdmahopddhydya. Received the
family, descended from Bhupat Kedarji title, for eminence in Oriental learning,
Desai whose son, Shidgura Desai, was
; on May 20, 1896. Residence: North-
the grandfather of the Shidraj named western Provinces.
SHIVALAL MOTHAL, Rao Saheb. Re- ferred, as a personal distinction, on
ceived the title on January 2, 1899. June 6, 1885. It is indicated by the
Residence: Bombay. letters A.T.M. after the name, and
means "Recipient of the Medal of
SHIVBARA, Naik Daolia walad Dharma
Honour for Good Service." Residence :
Badal, Chief of. A ruling chief. The
Naik is a Bhil Tharrawadi, Burma.
(aboriginal) Chief, ruling
over a territory of 5 square miles, with SHWE 0, Maung, Thuye gaung ngwe Da
a population of 346, chiefly Hindus. ya Min. The title was conferred, as a
The State is one of the Dang States personal distinction, on January 1,
of Khandesh. Residence: Shivbara, 1896. It is indicated by the letters
KMndesh, Bombay T.D.M. after the name, and means
"Recipient of the Silver Sword for
SHOSHEE. See Shashi.
Bravery." Residence: Thongwa, Burma.
SHREE BOLLYCHAND PYNE, Rai SHWE PE, Maung, Kyet thaye zaung
Bahadur. See Bolaichand. shwe Salwe ya Min. The title was
Khdn conferred, as a personal distinction, on
SHUJAAT All BEG, Mirza,
January 1, 1894. It is indicated by the
Bahadur. Received the title on
letters K.S.M. after the name, and
January 1, 1899. Residence: Mur- means " Recipient of the Gold Chain of
shidabad.
Honour." Residence : Zigon, Burma.
SHWE BYA, Maung, Ahmudan gaung SHWE
Tazeik ya Min. The title was con- PO, Maung, Ahmudan gaung
Tazeik ya Min. The title was con-
June 6, 1885, and is indicated by the ferred, as a personal distinction, on
letters A.T.M. after the name. It January 1, 1894. It is indicated by
means "Recipient of the Medal for the letters A.T.M. after the name, and
Good Service." Residence: Bassein, means " Recipient of the Medal of
Burma. Honour for Good Service." Residence :
Moulmein, Burma.
SHWE GO, Maung, Rai Bahadur. The
titlewas conferred, as a personal dis- SHWE THA, Maung, Ahmudan gaung
tinction, on July 29, 1891. Residence:
Salwin, Burma. ferred, as a personal distinction, on
January 1, 1891. It is indicated by
SHWE HMON, Maung, Ahmudan gaung the letters A.T.M. after the name, and
Tazeik ya Min. The title was con- means "
Recipient of the Medal of
ferred, for eminent services to the Honour for Good Service." Residence :
cause of education in Burma, on May
Rangoon, Burma.
21, 1898. The title is indicated by the
letters A.T.M. after the name; and SHWE THIN, Maung, Thuye gaung
means "Recipient of the Medal for ngwe Da ya Min. The title was con-
Good Service." Residence: Rangoon, ferred, as a personal distinction, on
Burma. May 20, 1890. It is indicated by the
letters T.D.M. after the name, and
SHWE I, Mating,
Ahmudan gaung Tazeik means " Recipient of the Silver Sword
ya Min. This Burmese title, indicated for Bravery." Residence: Yandoon,
by the letters A.T.M. after the name, Burma.
and meaning " Recipient of the Medal
of Honour for Good Service," was con- SHWE IT, Maung, Ahmudan gaung
ferred on June 3, 1893. Residence: Tazeik ya Min. The title was con-
Mergui, Burma. ferred, as a personal distinction, on
May 25, 1895. It is indicated by the
SHWE I, Maung, Myook, Kyet thaye letters A.T.M. after the name, and
zaung shwe Salwe ya Min. The title means "Recipient of the Medal of
was conferred, as a personal distinction, Honour for Good Service." Residence :
on January 1, 1895; it is indicated by Shwegyin, Burma.
the letters K.S.M. after the name, and
means " Recipient of the Gold Chain of SHWE WAING, Maung, Ahmudan gaung
Honour." Residence: Magwe, Burma.
SHWE LOK, Maung, Ahmudan gaung May 24, 1889. It is indicated by the
Tazeik ya Min. The title was con- letters A.T.M. after the name, and
means "Recipient of the Medal of having been originally conferred on an
Honour for Good Service." Residence : ancestor by the Nawab of Sawum on
Rangoon, Burma. the occasion of the victory of Parasgad.
SHWEDABO. See Hlaing, Maung. Belongs to a Rayapa Naik family of
the Belgaum district ; descended from
SHYAM KISHOR DAS, Mahant. See Viranna Naik Desai, who in very early
Kondka. times obtained the hereditary office
SHYAM SINGH (of Tajpur), Rdid; b.
of Desai. Fourteenth in direct descent
June 18, 1857. The title was conferred, from him is the present Bahadur
as a personal distinction, on December Desai. He has five sons (1) Sidapa —
7, 1888. The Raja belongs to a Taga wr/Appa Saheb; (2) Rayapa wrfBaba
Brahman family, descended from Bal- Saheb; (3) Ganapa urf Aba Saheb;
ram Singh, who in the last century (4) Fakirapa urf Bapu Saheb; and
acquired the estate of Azimpur, in (5) Lingapa urf Nana Saheb. Resi-
Pargana Bashta, and settled upon it. dence : Belgaum, Bombay.
His son, Ram Krishna, largely added
to the estate, acquiring by purchase, SIHORA,
Thaknr Naharvarsinghji,
among other additions, the Tajpur Succeeded to the aadi as a minor.
land. His son, Kidha Singh, rendered
Belongs to a Bariya (aboriginal) family.
good service to the British Govern- The State has an area of 14 square
ment on the first occupation of the
miles. Residence : Sihora, Rewa Kan-
province, and received the valuable
estate of Gopalpur in recognition tha, Bombay.
thereof. His son and successor, Jiraj SIKANDAR KHAN, Risaldar, Khdn
Singh, died young ; and was succeeded Saheb. The was conferred, as a
title
by his son, Partab Singh. The latter personal distinction, on February 16,
was eminently loyal during the Mutiny 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee of
of 1857. He defied the rebel Nawab the reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty.
of Najibabad; and when the rebels Residence: 11th (P.W.O.) Lancers.
dispossessed the Chaudhris of Sherkot,
he obtained the aid of his principal SIKANDAR SHAH, Sayyid, Khdn
Hindu neighbours and turned them Bahadur. Received the title on May
21, 1898. Residence: Jarma, Kohat,
out. Hedefended Bijnaur, and in
Punjab.
many ways contributed to the restora-
tion of order, and in reward received SIKKIM, His Highness Maharaja Tho-
the title of Raja with extensive grants tab Namgue, Maharaja of. A ruling
of lands. In 1873 he was succeeded chief; b. 1851. Succeeded to the gadi
by his eldest son, Raja Jagat Singh as a minor in April 1874. Belongs to
Bahadur, who received the title of a Tibetan family, that came originally
Raja Bahadur as a personal distinction from the neighbourhood of Lhassa,
in the same year. He died June 11, and settled in early times at Gantak.
1885, and was succeeded by his brother, About the middle of the 16th
Shyam Singh, who received the title century the head of the family was
of Raja as a personal distinction on Pencho Namgu6 ; who, with the aid of
December 7, 1888; and on January 1, three Tibetan monks, Professors of the
" "
1898, the title was declared hereditary. Dupka or Red Cap sect of Bud-
The Raja is an Honorary Magistrate, dhists, converted the Lepchas of Sikkim
and has been most energetic in the to that creed, and established himself
promotion of agricultural improve- as Raja. In 1788, and again in 1792,
ments. Residence: Tajpur, Bijnaur, the Gurkhas of Nepal invaded Sikkim ;
North-Western Provinces. but on the latter occasion they were
driven back by an immense army of
SIBA, Rdjd of. See Jai Singh. Tibetans and Chinese, who in turn
Khdn invaded Nepal, and dictated terms to
SIBGHAT-ULLA, Muhammad, the Gurkhas almost at the gates of
Bahadur Ihtisham Jang Ihtisham-ud-
Daula. See Muhammad. Khatmandu. In the Nepal war the
Rdjd of Sikkim rendered good service,
SIDAPA VIRBHADRAPA NAIK (of and at its close in 1816 he was rewarded
Chachadi), Bahadur Desai; b. October with a considerable grant of territory
28, 1814. The title is hereditary, ceded by Nepal, as well as by a
guarantee of protection by the British SINGHPUR (Central Provinces), Thdkur
Power. In February 1835 the Raja of. See Jagat Singh.
of Sikkim ceded the territory of the
sanitarium of Darjiling to the Govern- SINGRAUII, Rdjd of. See Rudr Parshad
ment, in return for an annual payment. Singh.
In 1873 the late Raja of Sikkim, SIRAJ-UL-ISLAM, Maulavi, Khdn Baha-
accompanied by his brother and Prime dur. The title was conferred, as a
Minister, Changzed Rabu, paid a visit personal distinction, on February 16,
to the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee of
at Darjiling. The area of the State, the reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty.
which consists entirely of Himalayan The Khan Bahadur is a distinguished
valleys, is 2702 square miles ; its popu- graduate of the Calcutta University,
lation is about 30,000, chiefly Bud- B.A. and B.L. Residence : Tipperah,
dhists. The Maharaja maintains an Bengal.
irregular force or militia of about 5000
SHtANWALI, Sarddr of. See Richhpal
men, and is entitled to a salute of 15 Singh.
guns. Residence: Tumlong, Sikkim,
Bengal. SHtGUJAH. See Sarguja.
SIKRI, Sarcldr of. See Tilak Singh. SIRMUR, Rdjd of. A ruling chief. Suc-
ceeded to the gadi October 27, 1898.
SINDHIAPURA, Thakur Jitabawa, Belongs to the Rajput family of the
Thdkur of. A ruling chief; b. 1853. Chiefs of the great Jadu Bhatti clan,
Belongs to a Chauhan Rajput family, whose founder was a scion of the
now professing the Muhammadan faith. House of Jaisalmir, the Rawal Agar
The area of the State is about 3 square Sen who came on a pilgrimage to the
;
miles ; its population is mainly Bhil. head- waters of the sacred Ganges, and
Residence: Sindhiapura, Rewa Kantha, finding that the Raja of the Sirmur
Bombay. territory had been swept away by a
flood, established himself on the vacant
SINGAM, Thakur Bhupatsingh, Thdkur gadi in 1095 a.d. For more than seven
;
centuries his descendants ruled in Sir-
to the gadi in 1851. Belongs to a
mur. In 1803 the Gurkhas overran
Chauhan Rajput family, claiming de- the country ; but on their expulsion
scent from Prithviraj, the last Hindu
by Sir David Ochterlony in 1815, the
Emperor of Delhi. It is an offshoot Raja Fateh Prakash was confirmed in
of the House of Wao (q.v.) ; about
his ancestral dominions as a British
400 years ago the district was bestowed
on Pachanji, the youngest son of the feudatory. His son was the late Raja
Rana Saghaji of Wao. The area of Raghbir Prakash, who died in 1857,
and was succeeded by his son, the late
the State is 220 square miles ; its
Raja Sir Shamsher Prakash Bahadur,
population 11,521, chiefly Hindus. who was created successively a Knight
Residence : Singam, Palanpur, Bombay. Commander and a Knight Grand Com-
SINGAMRAZU LINGAYYU GARU, Rao mander of the Most Exalted Order of
Bahadur. The title was conferred on the Star of India. The area of the
State, which is one of the sub-Hima-
January 1, 1894. Residence : Bezwada,
Madras. layan Simla Hill States, is 1045 square
miles its population 112,371, chiefly
;
SINGHANA, Daryao Singh, Chief of. Hindus, but including 4240 Muham-
A ruling chief; b. 1858. Succeeded madans. The Raja maintains a military
to the gadi as a minor in 1 871 Belongs
• force of 100 cavalry, 408 infantry, and
to a Rajput (Hindu) family. Residence : 10 guns and is entitled to a salute of
;
Singhana, Indore, Central India. 13 guns, including 2 guns personal.

Residence : Nahan, Simla Hills, Punjab.
SINGHPUR, Bapu walad GUMBA
PAD VI, Chief of. A
ruling chief b. SIR0HI, His Highness Maharao Sir
;
1862. The area of the State, which is Kesri Singh Bahadur, K.C.S.I., Maha-
one of the Mewas States of Khandesh, is rao of. A ruling chief; b. June 20,
about 20 square miles its population
; 1857. Succeeded to the gadi September
is 646, chiefly Bhils (aboriginal). Resi- 16, 1875. Belongs to the Deora sept
dence : Singhpur, Khandesh, Bombay. of the great Chauhan clan of Rajputs,
descended through Deo Raj from Hindus. Residence : Sirsi, Guna, Cen-
Prithvi Raj, the last Hindu Emperor tral India.
of Delhi. Mount Abu in Sirohi, being
the sacred mountain of the Rajputs, SIRSI, Thaknr Sarup Singh, Thdkur of.
was for many centuries an object of A ruling chief b. 1853. Succeeded to
;
strife among the clans. The aboriginal

the gadi in 1872. Belongs to a Rajput
Bhils appear to have been driven out (Hindu) family. The population of
the State is about 1500. Residence:
by the Gehlot Rajputs, and they in
turn had to submit to the Pramara Sirsi, "Western Malwa, Central India.
clan of Rajputs. The latter long held See Chandar
SISSAINDI, Rdjd of.
sway, and were only driven out of Shikhar.
Mount Abu by a stratagem of the
Chauhans about the year 1152 a.d. SITA PRASAD (of Himmodh), Thdkur.
About the year 1425 a.d. Rao Sains Succeeded the late Thdkur Ram Chand
Mai allowed the Rand Kambaji of in 1891 The title is hereditary, origin-
.
Chittor (or Mewar) to take refuge on ally conferred by the Mughal Emperors
Mount Abu, when flying from the of Delhi, and confirmed by the British
Mughal Emperor. On the retreat of Government. One of the former Thd-
the Imperial army the son of Sains kurs also obtained the title of Tarafddr
Mai sent word to the Rana to return from the Peshwa, together with a
to his own country; but he, having grant of lands rent-free, and this grant
found out the strength of the position has been confirmed by Government.
of Mount Abu, refused to leave it, and Residence: Himmodh, Sdgar, Central
had to be driven out. In consequence Provinces.
of this, no Raja was ever allowed to
go up to Abu; and this custom re-
SUA RAM CHITRE, Kalyan, Rao Baha-
mained unchanged until 1836, when dur. The title was conferred on May
the request of the British Political 26, 1894. Residence : Kolaba,
Bombay.
Agent obtained permission for the SITAMAU, His Highness Raja Bahadur
Maharana of Udaipur to make a pil- A
Singh, Rdjd of. ruling chief; b.
grimage to the sacred shrines. Sub- 1833. Succeeded to the gadi December
sequently, many other Rajput Chiefs
8, 1885. Is descended through Kassur
have been permitted to visit Mount Ram
Das, a younger son of the Rdjd
Abu. In 1845 a portion of Mount
Singh of Ratldm, from the family of
Abu was given over to the British the Chiefs of the illustrious Rdhtor
Government for the purpose of a sani- clan of Rdjputs. In 1631 Rdjd Ratan
tarium. The Maharao Sheo Singh
Singh, a scion of the Jodhpur House,
rendered good service during the obtained from the Shdh
Emperor
Mutiny of 1857 ; and received, as a Jahdn of Delhi the title of Rdjd and
reward, the remission of half his the State of Ratldm, which at that
tribute. The area of the State is 3020 time included Sailana and Sitamau.
square miles ; its population is 142,903, On the death of the Rdjd Rdm Singh
chiefly Hindus, but including 2933 of Ratldm his younger son, Kassur
Muhammadans and 16,137 Jains. His Dds, became Rdjd of Sitamau. The
Highness the Maharao was created a descendants of Kassur Dds became
Knight Commander of the Most Ex-
tributary to Sindhia, and then passed
alted Order of the Star of India on under the control of the British Power.
January 1, 1895. He maintains a The State has an area of 350 square
military force of 199 cavalry, 532 miles; and a population of 30,839,
infantry, and 8 guns ; and is entitled chiefly Hindus. The Rdjd maintains
to a salute of 15 guns. Residence: a military force of 40 cavalry, 125
Sirohi, Rajputana. infantry, and 6 guns and is entitled
;

SIRSI, Diwan Mihrban Singh, Diwdn of. Sitamau, Western Mdlwd, Central
A ruling chief; b. 1870. Succeeded India.
to the gadi June 3, 1891. Belongs to
a Bhandera Rajput (Hindu) family. SITARAM KHANDERAO, Rao Saheb.
The area of the State is altogether The was conferred, as a personal
title
included within that of Gwalior ; its distinction, on June 1, 1888. Resi-
population is about 4026, chiefly dence: Bombay.
SITLA BAKHSH SINGH, Thakur, Rai pendent Chief, with the title of Rais,
Bahadur. The Thakur received the in Sohawal, which had theretofore
title ofKai Bahadur, as a personal dis- been a part of Rewah. His descendant,
tinction, on January 1, 1885. Resi- the Rais Lai Aman Singh, was in
dence: Jaunpur, North-Western Pro- possession at the time when Baghel-
vinces. khand passed under British rule, and
SIVA. See also Shiva.
was confirmed in his State. His
grandson was the Rais Lai Sheo Singh,
SIVA RAO, N., Rao Bahddur ; b. 1845. who was the father of the present
The title was conferred, as a personal Chief. The latter had been granted
distinction, on January 1, 1889, in the title of Raja, as a personal dis-
recognition of his valuable services as tinction. The family banner is red
a Member of the Municipal Commis- with gold spots, bearing an upright
sion of Mangalore, to which he had sword in gold. The area of the State
been appointed in 1871. In 1891 the is about 300 square miles, and the
Rao Bahadur was elected Chairman of population is about 37,747, chiefly
the Municipal Commission. Residence : Hindus. The Raja maintains a mili-
Mangalore, Madras. tary force of 41 infantry. Residence :
SIVA BAO PANTULTJ GARU, T. V., Sohawal, Baghelkhand, Central India.
Rao Bahadur. See Timmaraju.
SOHBAT KHAN, Riaaldar, Khdn Ba-
SOBDHAR KHAN, Mulk. The title is hadur. This titlewas conferred, as a
hereditary. Residence: Bombay. personal distinction, on February 16,
SOBHA RAM, Lala, Rai Saheb. The the reign of Her Most Gracious
title was conferred, as a personal dis- Majesty. Residence : Ispalingi, Balu-
tinction, on January 1, 1897. Resi- chistan.
dence : Thang, Punjab.
SOHBAT KHAN, Sardar, Khdn Baha-
SOBHAG MALL DHADDHA, Seth, Rai dur. The Sardar received the title of
Bahadur. The title was conferred, as Khan Bahadur, as a personal dis-
a personal distinction, on May 25, tinction, on January 1, 1895. Resi-
1895. Residence : Ajmere, Rajputana. dence : Kalat, Baluchistan.
SOBHAPUR, Rdjd of. See Umrao Sha. S0HN00. SeeSonu.

SODHL—A prefix. SOHRABJI MERWANJI, Khdn Baha-
dur. The title was conferred, as a
SODHI HUKM SINGH, Dixodn Bahadur. personal distinction, on November 14,
Hukm Singh.
See
SOHAN LAL, Rai, Rai Bahadur. The
Khdn Re-
title was conferred on January 1, S0L0MAN, David, Saheb.
1898. Residence : Agra, North-Western Residence: Bombay.
Provinces.
SOHAN LAL Rai SOMASUNDARA SHASTRI, Conjeve-
(of Muzaffarnagar),
Saheb. The title was conferred on ram, Rao Bahadur, Biwdn Bahadur.
The former title was conferred on May
June 3, 1893. Residence: Bikanir,
20, 1896, and the latter on June 22,
Rajputana. 1897. Residence: South Kanara,
SOHAN LAL Mathura), Rai Baha-
(of Madras.
dur. The was conferred on
title
January 1, 1898. Residence : Mathura,
SONBARSA, Mahdrdjd of. See Harbal-
labh Narayan Singh.
North-Western Provinces.
SONKHERA, Thakur of. See Sarwan
SOHAWAL, Raja Sher Jang Bahadur and Sonkhera, Thakur of.
Singh, Rdjd of. A ruling chief; b.
January 5, 1853. Succeeded to the gadi SONPUR, Raja Pratab Rudra Singh
November 1, 1865. Is descended from Deo Bahadur, Rdjd of. A ruling chief.
the family of the Chiefs of the Baghel Belongs to the family of the ancient
Rajputs, through Fateh Singh, younger Rajas of Sambalpur, of the famous
son of the Raja Amar Sing of Rewah, Chauhan clan of Rajputs, the Chief
who threw off his father's authority, using the ancient Chauhan santak, or
"
and established himself as an inde- device called the Chakra," in his seal
and for his signature. The Rajd SRIMAN RAMANUJA MUNI PILLAI,
Bahama Deo, first Raja of Sainbalpur, Bahadur, Raja Karanwant ; b. Decem-
who reigned from 1445 to 1492 a.d., ber 13, 1840. The title was conferred
had two sons, Hirdi Narayan the in 1851, as a personal distinction, on
who became Raj 4 of Sambalpur,
elder, the late Raja Karanwant by the last
and Partab Deo the younger, who Nawab of the Carnatic, and recognized
received the State of Sonpur as his on December 16, 1890. ;ls the son
appanage on the death of his father. of the late Raja Karanwant Indir
Raja Partab Deo's descendants have Bahadur Srinivasa Pillai, and is de-
ever since ruled in Sonpur. The pre- scended from Muni Pillai, who was
sent Raja was granted the personal renowned for his munificence and
title of Raja Bahadur on January 1, loyalty. The Raja has an adopted
1899. The area of the State is 906 son, Kunwar Srinivasa Pillai. The
square miles ; its population is 178,701, family cognizance is the disc or quoit
chiefly Hindus. Residence: Sonpur, of Vishnu. Residence: Coomaleesve-
Sambalpur, Central Provinces. renpett, Madras.
SONU SINGH, Sarddr Bahadur. Is SRIMANTA BALWANT RAO, Bhaya
Quartermaster-General of the Forces Saheb Sindhia of Gwalior ; b. 1854.
of His Highness the Maharaja of Is a younger brother of His Highness
Jammu and Kashmir. Received the the Maharaja Sindhia of Gwalior, son
title on June 22, 1897. Residence: of His late Highness the Maharaja
Srinagar, Kashmir. Jyaji Rao Sindhia of Gwalior, G. C.S.I.
Educated at the Indore Rajkumar
SOSHI. tfeeShashi.
College. Acted as A.D.C. to his
SPITI, Nono of. See Dunj Shetan. father, 1872; officiated as Prime
SRI AUKITHAM ACHAYYAMMA Minister of the Gwalior State during
the lifetime of the late Maharaja; was
GARTJ, Rani. See Achayyamma.
appointed a Member of the Council of
SRI KISHEN DAS, Rai Bahadur. The
Regency on his death, and was con-
Is Bakhshi of the Jind State. Resi-
gratulated by His Excellency the
Viceroy in public Darbar in 1891 on
dence: Jind, Punjab. the success with which he had ad-
SRI RAM, Rai Bahadur. The title ministered the Department under his
was conferred on January 21, 1892. charge. The Bhaya Saheb has the
Residence : Saharanpur, North-Western right of leading the State procession
Provinces. on great occasions; and in Darbar
of occupying the seat on the right
SRI RAM, Rai Bahadur. The title was hand of His Highness the Maharaja.
He has also the right to use the royal
Lucknow, Oudh.
umbrella, and enjoys all the rights
SRIXRISHNA WASUDEO WARLI- and privileges of a Sardar of the First
KAR, Rao Bahadur. The title was Class as a member of the Maharaja
conferred, as a personal distinction, on Sindhia's family. He has written
January 1, 1890. Residences : Bombay several works, both in English and in
and Poona. Urdu. Residence: Gwalior, Central
SRIKRISTO GHOSH, Rai Saheb. The India.
title wasconferred on January 1, 1892. SRINATH PAL, Rai Bahddur. The
Residence: Bengal. title was conferred on May 20, 1896.
SRIMAN PARASARA ALAGHA SING- Residence : Calcutta, Bengal.
HARU BHATTAR, S., Mahdmahopd- SRINATH PAL, Rai Bahddur. The
dhydya. The title was conferred, as a title was conferred on January 1, 1894.
personal distinction, on February 16, Residence: Murshidabad, Bengal.
of the reign of Her Most Gracious SRINATH RAI (of Bhagyakul), Rdjd ;
Majesty, for eminence in oriental b. 1848. Belongs to the well-known
learning. It entitles him to take rank Khundu family of Bhagyakul in the
in Darbar immediately after titular district of Dacca, Bengal. The title
Rajas. Residence : Trichinopoli, was conferred, as a personal distinc-
Madras. tion, on May 30, 1891, in recognition
of the Raja's loyalty and public SRIRAM SIRAMANI,
spirit. Mahdmahopd-
He was formerly a Municipal Com- dhydya. This title was conferred, as
missioner for the town of Dacca, a a personal distinction, on February
Member of the Education and Road 16, 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee
Cess Committees, and the Dacca Dis- of the reign of Her Most Gracious
trict Board. He is now an Honorary Majesty, for eminence in oriental
Magistrate, a Trustee of the Economi- learning. It entitles him to take rank
cal Museum, and one of the Secre- in Darbar immediately after titular
taries of the East Bengal Landholders' Rajas. Residence: Berhampur, Bengal.
Association, and has earned great
credit in all these capacities. He was SUBBANNA CHETTIAR, Medam, Rao
one of the founders of the Dacca Bahadur. See Medam.
Saraswati Samaj or Pandits' Institute. SUBBARAYA AIYAR, Harihara, Di-
Residence :
Dacca, Bengal. wdn Bahadur. See Harihara.
SRINIVASA CHARULU, H.,Rai Bahd- SUBBARAYA CHARIYAR,
Senji, Rao
dur. The title was as a
conferred, Bahadur. The title was conferred on
personal distinction, on February 16, May 26, 1894. Residence : Madras.
the reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty SUBBARAYA MUDALIYAR, Param-
the Queen. Residence: Bangalore, putter, Rao Bahadur. The title was
Madras. conferred on June 3, 1893. Residence :
Bellary, Madras.
SRINIVASA RAGHAVA AIYANGAR,
S., C.I.E, Diwdn Bahadur; b. 1849.
SUBBARAYA MUDALIYAR, Vira-
The of Diwan Bahadur was con-
title bhadra, Rao Bahddur. The title was
conferred on January 1, 1895. Resi-
June 1, 1888, in recognition of his dence : Trichinopoly, Madras.
eminent public services. He was ap- SUBBARAYUDU PANTULU GARU,
pointed Inspector-General of Regis- Kotikalapudi, Rao Bahddur. The
tration of Madras in 1889 and created
; titlewas conferred on May 20, 1896.
a Companion of the Most Eminent Residence : Bellary, Madras.
Order of the Indian Empire, June 3,
1893. Residence: Madras. SUBHAN, Shaikh, Khan Saheb. See
Shaikh.
SRINTVASA RAO, P., Diwdn Bahadur ; SUBHANRAO BAPUJIRAO SALVI,
b.1832. The title was conferred, as a Rao Bahadur. The title was con-
personal distinction, on February 16, ferred, as a personal distinction, on
1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee June 9, 1881. Residence: Karwar,
Bombay.
Majesty, in recognition of his eminent
services in the Judicial Service. He SUBRAMANIYA AIYAR, S., C.I.E.,
was appointed Principal Sadr-Amin, Diwdn Bahddur. The title was con-
1870; Police Magistrate of Madras, ferred, as a personal distinction, on
1871 Fellow of the Madras University,
;
January 1, 1891, in recognition of his
1875 ; Judge of the Small Cause Court, position as an eminent member of the
Madras Bar. He has also been created
Madras, 1880. Residence : Triplicane,
Madras. a Companion of the Most Eminent
Order of the Indian Empire in 1889.
SRIPATI SAHAY, Rai Bahadur. Is He was a distinguished graduate
an Assistant Surgeon in the Army (B.L.)of the Madras University;
Medical Department. Received the Member of the Legislative Council of
title on June 22, 1897. Residence: Fort St. George, 1884-88; appointed
Jhansi, North-Western Provinces. a Fellow of the Madras University,
1887 ; appointed to officiate as Govern-
SRIRAM BHIKAJI JATAR, CLE., Rao ment Pleader, 1888 ; as Judge of the
Bahadur. The title of Rao Bahadur Madras High Court, 1892; and a
second time as Government Pleader,
on June 1, 1888. Created a Companion
1892. Residence: Mylapur, Madras.
Indian Empire on May 26, 1894. SUBRAMANIYA AIYAR, Avargal,
Residence : Akola, Berar. Rao Bahddur; b. in June 1842. The
titlewas conferred, as a personal dis- Amarsinghji and he established him-

;
June 1, 1888, in recognition

tinction, on self in the Sudasna territory. The
of his longand meritorious services in late Thakur Parbatsinghji Mohabat-
the Registration Service. Graduated singhji, was the uncle of his immediate
at the Madras University in 1859, and predecessor (Thakur Bhupatsinghi),
entered the public service in 1864; and the younger brother of the two
appointed District Registrar in 1879, preceding Chiefs (Thakurs Harisinghji
and granted a Certificate of Honour, and Ratansinghji). He was born in
in recognition of his services to the 1819, and succeeded to the gadi in
Madura Municipality, January 1, 1877, 1845. He was the father of the pre-
on the occasion of the Proclamation sent Thakur. The State, which is
of Her Most Gracious Majesty as tributary to Baroda and Idar, has an
Empress of India. Has been Registrar area of 198 square miles, and a popu-
of the Tinnevelly District from 1883, lation of 5661, chiefly Hindus. Resi-
Chairman of the Tinnevelly Muni- dence : Sudasna, Mahi Kantha, Bom-
cipality, Vice-President of the Taluk bay.
Board of Tinnevelly, President of the SUDHAKARAN DUBE,
Hindu College Committee, President Mahdmahopd-
dliydya ; b. March 26, 1860. The title
of the Tinnevelly Club, etc. Resi-
dence : Tinnevelly, Madras. on February 16, 1887, on the occasion
of the Jubilee of the reign of Her
SUBRAMANIYA Rao Ba-
PILLAI, I.,
hadur; b. 1834. The
was con-
title Most Gracious Majesty, for eminence
in oriental languages. It entitles him
to take rank in Darbar immediately
the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most after titular Rajas. Belongs to a
Gracious Majesty, in recognition of family of Sarjupari Brahmans, whose
ancestors resided at Brahmapur in the
long and meritorious service in the
Public "Works Department, in which Gorakhpur district. One of the family
he held the rank of Honorary Assistant removed to Benares, where he became
the heir of an Upadhya Brahman.
Engineer. Residence: Madura, Madras.
Sudhakaran Dube was appointed
SUBRAMANYA SHASTRI, Pandit, librarian of the Sanskrit Department
Mahdmahopddhydya. The title was of the Benares College in 1883, and is
conferred on January 1, 1898, for the author of several works in Hindi
eminence in oriental learning. Resi- and Sanskrit on Pure Mathematics
dence: Benares, North-Western Pro- and Astronomy. Residence : Benares,
vinces. North-Western Provinces.
SUCHET SINGH, Ahluvalia. Kunwar; SUFDAR. See Safdar.
b. 1837. The title is hereditary. The
Kunwar a son of the late Raja
is SUJAN SINGH, Sarddr, Rai Bahadur.
Nihal Singh, Raja of Kapurthala, who, These titles were conferred, as a per-
by his will, desired to partition his sonal distinction, the first on June 1,
State between his three sons the — 1888, the second on May 24, 1889.
Raja Randhir Singh of Kapurthala, Residence : Rawal Pindi, Punjab.
the Sardar Bikrama Singh Bahadur,
His Highness Dasht Nikandan
and the Kunwar Suchet Singh. The SUKET,
Sen, Rdjd of. A ruling chief ; b. 1865.
last named exercises the special powers
Succeeded to the gadi as a minor
of an Assistant Commissioner in the
March 29, 1879. Belongs to a Rajput
district of Jalandhar. Residence:
family of the famous Chandravansi
Jalandhar, Punjab. or Lunar race. The State of Mandi
SUDASNA, Thakur Takhtsinghji, Tha- (q.v.) was united to that of Suket under
kur of A ruling chief b. 1855. this dynasty till the year 1200 a.d.,
;
Succeeded to the gadi January 31, when a younger brother of the Raja
1885. Belongs to a very ancient Pra- Sahu Sen of Suket left Suket and
mara Rajput family descended from
;
established himself atMandi frequent —
a scion of the house of Danta (g.v.), disputes and wars ensuing between
whose ancestors moved from Ujjain to the two branches of the family. Both
Sind in 809 a.d. The younger son of States fell under the Sikh dominion
the Rana Punjaji of Danta was named until in the year 1846, by the treaty
with the Lahore Government, Suket on January 1, 1879. The Raja is one
came under British control, the Raja of the Chiefs of the Kanhpurias, and
Agar Sen being confirmed in his is descended, with the Raja Surpal
ancestral dominions. The Raja Agar Singh of Tiloi from Rahas, second son
Sen was an accomplished Sanskrit ofKanh. Eleventh in succession from
scholar. He died in 1876, and was Rahas was the Raja Kandhe Rao he ;
succeeded by his son, the late Raja had two sons, of whom the elder,
Rudra Sen, father of the present Raja. Udebhan, was the ancestor of the Tiloi
During the minority of the present Rajas, while the younger, Gulal Sah,
Raja the State was administered by was the progenitor of the Rajas of
a Native Superintendent aided by a Shahmau. Fifth in succession from
Council. The Raja was duly installed Gulal Sah was Chhatardhari Singh.
on coming of age in 1884. The area In his time the Raja Balbhaddar Singh
of the State is 395 square miles ; its of Tiloi died without issue, in 1784,
population is 52,484, chiefly Hindus. leaving two Ranis ; one was immolated,
His Highness maintains a military and from the pyre formally invested
force of 12 cavalry, 12 infantry, and 4 Chhatardhari of Shamau with the
guns, and is entitled to a salute of 11 Raja's cap. But the adoption was not
guns. Residence : Suket, Punjab. recognized by the whole tribe, and the
living Rani adopted Shankar Singh.
SUKHDIAL, Lala, Rai Saheb; b. October The result was a war of succession for
1862 ; received the title on January 1,
fifteen years, till at length a compro-
1897. Residence : Gujranwala, Punjab.
mise was agreed to, under which both
SUKHBASI LAL, Rai Bahadur. The competitors obtained the title of Raja,
title was conferred, as a personal dis- and neither the seat of Tiloi, though
tinction, in December 1858. Residence : the latter was subsequently obtained
Delhi, Punjab. by Shankar Singh. Raja Chhatar-
SUKHDARSHAN SINGH (of Ramgarh), dhari's grandson, the Raja Dirgaj
Mian. The title is hereditary. Be- Singh, died without issue in 1879,
longs to a Rajput family, descended
and was succeeded at Shahmau by his
from Raja Singar Chand, Raja of adopted son, the present Raja. Resi-
dence : Shahmau, Rai Bareli, Oudh.
Bilaspur (Kahlur). He had two sons
— Megh Chand (whose descendants SULTAN IBRAHIM, Saddozai, Sardar,
still rule in Bilaspur, q.v.) and Kalal Khan Bahadur. The title was con-
Chand ; and the tenth in descent from ferred, as a personal distinction, on
\
the latter was Sardar Surat Singh, January 1, 1889. Residence: Pesha-
His son, Sardar Khushal Singh, with war, Punjab.
three brothers, made considerable con-
SULTAN JAN SADDOZAI, CLE., Sar-
quest by aid of the Raja of Nahan dar. The titlewas conferred, as a
(Sirmur) ; of these conquests the Ra ja
retained the greater part, but Ramgarh personal distinction, on May 24, 1881,
on which day the Sardar was created
went to Sardar Khushal Singh and
a Companion of the Most Eminent
his brothers. The brothers died with-
Order of the Indian Empire. Resi-
out issue ; and Khushal Singh had two
dence: Punjab.
sons, Narayan Das and Maldeo, who
divided the territory of Ramgarh be- SULTAN KHAN (of Pothi), Rdjd, Khdn
tween them. Sardar Sukhdarshan Bahadur. The first title (Raja) is
Singh is grandson of Narayan Das. hereditary, the second (Khan Bahadur)

He has a son and heir, named Tek was conferred, as a personal distinction,
Singh. His nephew is Sardar Govar- on May 30, 1891. Is descended from
dhan Singh (q.v.). Residence: Ram- the ancient Chiefs of the Chib Rajputs,
garh, Ambala, Punjab. a tribe inhabiting the low ranges of
hills between the rivers Bids and
SUKHDEO PRASAD, Pandit, Rao Bahd- Jhelum. Those in the Gujrat district
dur. The title was conferred on May
are chiefly Muhammadan, as is the
25, 1895. Residence: Jodhpur, Raj-
family of the Chief but in the
;
putana.
Kangra and Jammu districts the Chib
SUKHMANGAL SINGH (of Shahmau), Rajputs retain their ancient faith.
Raja; b. January The title
1, 1848. The Raja Hasan Muhammad Khan
was conferred, as a personal distinction, held the sovereignty over the territory
stretching along the Jhelum below Randhir Singh, had been adopted in
Naushahra. He was succeeded by his 1810 by one of the Thakurains of Patti
son, Inayatullah Khan, and third in Saifabad ; and the share of his second
lineal descent from the latter was the son, Digbijai Singh, appears to have
late Raja Shujang Khan, father of the been included in that of the Thdkurain
present Raja. The Raja Sultan Khan Sultan Kunwar, and was ultimately
rendered excellent service during the fixed by the Courts in 1876 at ^ths.
He has four sons—
Mutiny of 1857. In 1882 the Thakurain instituted a
(1)Muhammad Khan, born 1848 (2) ; suit, and obtained possession of the
Ata Muhammad Khan, born 1853 (3) ; Dasrathpur estate from the Diwan
Amir Ali Khan, born 1857 ; (4) Far- Ranbijai Bahadur Singh of Patti Sai-
man Ali Khan, born 1861. Residence : fabad. Her husband, Rai Jagmohan
Pothi, Gujrat, Punjab. Singh (whose titles have been given
above), died on April 9, 1866. She has
SULTAN KUNWAR (of Raipur Bichaur), a son and heir, named Jagatpal Singh.
Thakurain; b. August 6, 1813. Suc- Residence: Raipur Bichaur, Pargana
ceeded her father-in-law, Rai Pirthipal Patti, Partabgarh District, Oudh.
Singh, Bachgoti, in 1866. The title
of Rai was conferred on her husband, SULTAN MUHAMMAD SHAH, Agha,
Jagmohan Singh, as a personal dis- Agha Khan, K.C.I.E., His Highness.
tinction, in 1877 it was made heredi-
The title of His Highness was con-
;
tary in 1883, and when Rai Jagmohan ferred, as a personal distinction, on

Singh died in 1886, it seems to have April 16, 1886, and the Agha Khan
fallen into abeyance during the life- received the additional honour of the
time of his widow, the Thakurain. The K.C.I.E. on May 21, 1898. His High-
Thakurain is a Chief of one of the ness is the spiritual head of the Khoja
numerous sub-divisions of the Bachgoti community of Western India. Resi-
clan of Rajputs, of which the Raj! of dence: Bombay.
Mainpuri is the principal Chief (q.v.), SULTAN MUHI-UD-DIN, Ghulam, Khan
and the Raja Partab Bahadur Singh Bahadur Intizdm Jang Aziz-ud-dauld.
of Karwar (q.v.), the Rai Madho Pra- The title was conferred, as a personal
sad Singh of Adharganj, Dalippur distinction, by one of the Nawabs of
(q.v.), the Diwan Ran Bijai Bahadur the Carnatic, and was recognized
Singh of Patti Saifabad (q.v.), and December 16, 1890. Residence: Ma-
others, are also Chiefs. The Rais of dras.
Raipur Bichaur are an offshoot of the
Patti Saifabad house. The Diwan SULTAN SAHEB, Muhammad, Khan
Hirda Singh of Patti Saifabad (fifth in
1898. Residence : Karnul, Madras.
descent from Nahar Singh, the founder
of the family) had seven sons, to each SULTAN SINGH Marh Piparia),
(of
of whom he gave a share of his estates ; Rao. The title hereditary. Resi-
is
and Raipur Bichaur fell to the second dence : Sagar, Central Provinces.
son, Rai Agar Sen. His son was Rai
Zorawar Singh, to whose son, Rai SUNDAE LAL, Lala, Rai Saheb ; b. 1865.
Jabar Singh, and grandson, Rai Pirthi- Received the title on January 1, 1897.
pal Singh, the estate descended un- Residence: Multai, Betul, Central
divided. During the lifetime of the Provinces.
last named he was twice besieged in SUNDAR LAL, Pandit, Rai Bahadur;
his fort of Daudpur— in 1818 by the b. 1835. The title was conferred, as a
Nawab Nazim, and in 1847 by the
personal distinction, on May 24, 1882,
late King Wajid Ali Khan of Oudh. for meritorious services rendered in
In each case the Chief had to fly into the Postal Department. Is a Sanad-
British territory, but subseqently re-
hya Brahman of the Dikshit family of
turned to the possession of his estate.
Mahaban; descended from ancestors
In 1866 he divided his estate of Raipur who were invited by Raja Jai Chand,
Bichaur, giving rather more than half and given a jdjir in the Etawah
(Hths) to the present Thakurain, district. The Rai Bahadur's grand-
wife of his eldest son, and rather less father settled in Agra, where he became
than half(^ths) to his youngest son, a physician. Residence: Agra, North-
Bisheshwar Singh. His third son, western Provinces.
SUNDAR SINGH (of Malaudh), Sardar ; century,when Jhalam Singh, a Pra-
b. 1843. The title is hereditary, the mara Chief of the Puar sept from
Sardar being the son of Sardar Mit Mount Abu, established his power
Singh of Malaudh, and the younger at Jhalod. From him the fifth
brother of Sardar Badan Singh of Rana in succession was also called
Malaudh (q.v.). The House of Malaudh Jhalam Singh, and the legend runs
is descended from Phul, the common that the Emperor of Delhi, hearing of
ancestor of the great Phulkian Houses the wonderful beauty of the daughter
— the Maharajas of Patiala, Jind, and of the Rana, demanded her in marriage,
Nabha, and the Sardars of Bhadaur. and being refused by the haughty
The fourth son of the great Phul was Rajput, made war upon him and slew
named Rama, who died in 1714, whose him. The Rana's son was named
son, the Sardar Bhakta, conquered Sunth, and he, in the year 1255, con-
Malaudh from the Maler Kotla quered the Bhil Chief of Brahmapuri,
Afghans in 1754. He died in 1757, and gave his own name to the capital
and was succeeded by his son, the and State, which his descendants nave
Sardar Man Singh, who died in 1778. ever since retained. In 1819 Sunth
His son, Sardar Dalel Singh, who died was overrun by Sindhia, and would
in 1824, was succeeded by two sons — have been either annexed or ravaged
Sardar Fateh Singh (who died in 1849), but for the intervention of the British
and Sardar Mit Singh, father of Sardar Power. The area of the State is 394
Sundar Singh. The Sardars Fateh square miles its population is 58,922,
;
Singh and Mit Singh rendered good chiefly Hindus. The Maharana main-
service in the war of 1845-46, supply- tains a military force of 98 cavalry,
ing fifty horsemen, and Mit Singh 226 infantry, and 4 guns, and is en-
fought himself at the battles of Mudki titled to a salute of 9 guns. Residence :
and Firuzshahr. The latter Sardar Sunth, Rewa Kantha, Bombay.
also showed conspicuous loyalty during
the Mutiny of 1857, being always
SURAJ KAUL, Pandit, CLE. (of La-
hore), Rai Bahadur. The title of Rai
ready with men and money, and he Bahadur was conferred, as a personal
received a considerable remission of
distinction, on January 27, 1886 and
taxation as a reward. Residence: ;
the Rai Bahadur was created a Com-

Malaudh, Ludhiana, Punjab. panion of the Most Eminent Order of
the Indian Empire on May 20, 1890.
SUNDAR SINGH (of Dayalgarh), Sar- Residence : Kashmir.
dar. The title is hereditary. The
Sardar is a younger brother of Sardar SURAJ PARGAS SINGH (of Gangwal),
Tilak Singh of Mustafabad (q.v.), and Raja. The title is hereditary, the
is a descendant of Sardar Mahtab Raja of Gangwal being the repre-
sentative of the elder branch of the
Singh, who took possession of Mustafa-
bad and the surrounding territory ancient and powerful Janwar family,
in 1759 a.d., on the decline of the of which the Houses of Balrampur,
Mughal Power. His grandson, Sardar Oel, Kaimahra, and Piagpur are all
Dewa Singh, had three sons, the Sar- offshoots. The present Raja succeeded
dars Tilak Singh, Kanh Singh, and his father, the late Raja Narpat Singh,
Sundar Singh. Residence: Dayalgarh, in 1892. Residence : Bahraich, Oudh.
Ambala, Punjab. SURAJBHAN SINGH (of Bhagwanpur),

Rdjd; b. 1883. The title was con-
SUNTH, Maharana Jorawarsinghji, ferred, as a personal distinction, on
Raja of. A ruling chief
March 24,;
b.
April 15, 1859, in recognition of active
1881. Succeeded to the gadi August service to Government rendered in
31, 1896. Belongs to a Pramara suppressing the disturbances in Shaha-
Rajput family that came originally bad during the Mutiny of 1857. Is an
from Uj jain, claiming descent from the Honorary Magistrate of Shahabad.
Mahipawat branch of the famous Residence: Shahabad, Bengal.
Malwa dynasty, which boasts of Vik- See Rajeshwari
rama of Ujjain in the 1st century
SURAJPURA, Rdjd of.
Prasad Singh.
a.d.,and of Raja Bhoj of Dhar, in the
11th century. This dynasty was SURAM CHAND, General, Sardar Ba-
driven from Ujjain in the 10th hadur. Granted the title of Sardar
Bah&dur, as a personal distinction, The Rdja's had received the

ancestors
January 2, 1893. Is the General Com- title of Raja from the
in early times
manding the Kashmir Imperial Service Muhammadan Government, and have
troops in Gilgit. Residence : Gilgit, long been resident landed proprietors
Kashmir. in the district of Bhagalpur. par- A
SURAT KUNWAR (of Khairigarh),
wdna is in existence among the family
at the seal of
Rani; b. 1866. The title is hereditary . papers Barwari, bearing
The Rani succeeded her husband, the the Emperor Shah Alam, in which the
late Raja Indra Bikram Sah (who Raja Kakbat Singh, then Zaminddr of
died childless and intestate in 1885), Barwari, is styled Raja. Residence:
under the provisions of Act I. of 1869. Bhagalpur, Bengal.
He belonged to a Rajput Pahari family SURENDRA NATH BARAT, Assistant-
of the Surajbansi or Solar race, de- The title
scended from Dip Sah, whose an- Surgeon, Rai Bahadur.
was conferred on January 1, 1898. Resi-
cestors had been Chiefs at Dhoti in dence : Jabalpur, Central Provinces.
Nepal. The family was driven out of
Nepal by the Gurkhas in 1790 a.d., and SURENDRA NATH MITRA, Rai Bahd-
Dip Sah came to Khairigarh in Oudh. dur. Received the title on June 22,
His two sons aided the British in the 1897. Residence: Calcutta.
Nepal war of 1812, and the descendants
of the younger, Raj Ganga Sah, still SURGANA, Shankar Rao Ravi Rao
enjoy a pension on this account. In Deshmukh, Deshmukh of. A
ruling
1821 they occupied Kanchanpur,
drowning the Brahman proprietor in
in 1867. Belongs to a family that is
said to be of Koli (aboriginal) origin,
the river Chanka ; and in 1830 Rai
and that had the charge, during the
Ganga Sah drove out the Banjaras
who owned Khairigarh, and possessed period of Muhammadan rule, of one of
himself of the estate. It was con- the great roads from Surat to the
firmed to the Raja at the annexation, Deccan. In 1818 the Deshmukh,
and again after the Mutiny of 1857. having attacked a British force, was
In 1859 Kanchanpur was ceded to conquered and hanged, and his cousin
was placed on the gadi. The Desh-
Nepal, and the Raj& of Khairigarh
received a confiscated estate in Dhau-
mukh Murar Rao was succeeded by
Bhaskar Rao, and the latter by the
rahra, as compensation. The son of
Raj Ganga Sah, Raja Rhundaj Sah, present Deshmukh. Residence: Sur-
was succeeded by his son, the late gana, Nasik, Bombay.
Raja Indra Bikram Sah, who was SURGI. See Surja.
educated at the Canning College,
He SURIYA RAO NAYUDU, R., Rao Baha-
Lucknow, and died in 1885. dur ; b. 1845. The title was conferred,
left three widows, and the Rani Surat
as a personal distinction, on May 20,
Kunwar, as senior Rani, succeeded him.
The Rani's heir is the Rani Raj Kun- 1890, in recognition of his services in
the Executive Service of ^Government.
war, second Rani of the late Raja. He was
The present Rani is the daughter of appointed a Deputy Collector
in 1881. Residence: Masulipatam,
the Thakur Bhup Sah of Achain in
Residence: Singahi, Khairi- Kistna, Madras.
Nepal.
garh, Kheri, Oudh. SURJA KANT ACHARJI (of Mukta-
SURAYA JAH, Muhammad, Mirza. gachi), Maharaja; b. 1849. The title
of Raja Bahadur was conferred, as a
The title is hereditary, the Mirza
a scion of the House of personal distinction, on February 16,
being Royal 1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee
Taimur of Delhi and a descendant of of the reign of Her Most Gracious
Alamgir II. He succeeded the late
Mirza Sulaiman Shah in 1891. Resi- Majesty and that of Maharaja on
;
June 22, 1897, on the auspicious

dence : Delhi, Punjab.
occasion of Her Majesty's Diamond
SURENDRA NARAYAN SINGH (of Jubilee. The Maharaja had been
Barw&ri), Rdjd ; b. January 1883. created a Rai Bahadur on January 1,
title 1877, on the occasion of the Proclama-
distinction, on June 6, 1885, in recog- tion of Her Majesty as Empress of
nition of his loyalty and public spirit. India. The family traces its origin to
Sri Krishna Acharji, who is said to territory between his two sons, the
have been a descendant of the famous younger (Gulah Sar) taking Shahmau
Hindu theist, Udai Narayan Acharji, and the elder (Udebhan) taking Tiloi.
the author of Kusamanjali, the last Udebhan suffered from a successful
book of the Nydya Darsana. Sri rebellion of the Kurmi tribe but his ;
Krishna was Zamindar of Muktagachi, son and successor, Raja Surat Singh,
and held high office under the Nawab who ruled most successfully from 1670
Nazim of Bengal at Murshidabad. to 1680 a.d., made this Raj one of the
The motto of the family is Sanskrit, largest and most powerful in Oudh.
and means " Virtue is the only friend Four of his successors retained this
in the world." In 1873 the Raja power, till the death of the Raja Bal-
received the thanks of Government bhaddar in 1784 a.d. He died child-
for founding scholarships in Dacca, less, leaving two Ranis ; one was im-
and since then has largely subscribed molated, and from the pyre formally
to many important public needs. invested the Raja's kinsman Chhatar-
Residence : Muktagachi, Maimansingh, dhari of Shahmau {see Sukhmangal
Bengal. Singh, Raja) with the Raja's cap.
But this adoption was not accepted by
SURJA KUMAR SARVADHIKARI, Rai
all the Kanhpuria tribe of Tiloi. The
Bahadur. Received the title on May
Residence Calcutta. surviving Rani adopted Shankar Singh,
21, 1898. :
the ancestor of the present Raja. For
SURJANARAYAN SINGH, Rai Baha- fifteen years a war of succession was
dur. The title was conferred, as a waged without any decisive result,
personal distinction, on January 2, till was agreed that both the
at last it
1888, in recognition of his civic services competitors should have the title of
as Chairman of the Bhagalpur Muni- Raj&, but neither the ancestral seat of
cipality. Residence : Bhagalpur, Tiloi. Shankar Singh took his title
Bengal. from Asni, and Chhatardhari from
SURJYA NARAIN SINGH, Rai Baha- Shahmau, and it was not till some
dur. Received the title as a personal years afterwards that the former, a
distinction on January 1, 1899. Is an prudent and peaceful Chief, recovered
Assistant-Surgeon (retired). Resi- Tiloi, the centre of the tribal traditions.
dence : Hatwa, Bengal. He was followed by his son, Raja
Buniad Singh, and the latter by his
SURMA CHAND (of Datarpur), Mian.
son, Raja Jagpal Singh, father of the
present Raja. Jagpal Singh sent men
Hoshiarpur, Punjab. to the general levy at Lucknow in
SURPAL SINGH (of Tiloi), Raja Baha- 1857, but was never prominent in the
dur ; b. December 13, 1870. The title rebellion, and early in 1858 he made
ishereditary, that of Raja, having been his submission to the Government,
originally conferred by the R&ja of and assisted in re-establishing the
Hasanpur, was confirmed in 1877, and Imperial outposts. For this he was
in 1882 the title of Raja Bahadur was besieged in his fort by the combined
recognized as hereditary. The Raja forces of Beni Madho and all the
is the Chief of the great tribe of the rebellous Talukdars, and reduced to
Kanhpurias, descended from Kanh, a great extremity. It was long before
Rajput ancestor. He had two sons, he could be rescued by British troops,
Sahas and Rahas ; from the elder and for his services he received a grant
descend the Kanhpuria Rajas of Kai- of some of the confiscated adjacent
thola {see Jaibans Kunwar, Rani), territory. In 1860 he was made a
from the younger spring the Rajas of Magistrate, and in 1875 he died, and
Tiloi,Shahmau {see Sukhmangal Singh, was succeeded by his son, the present
Raja), Katari {see Partab Bahadur Raja. Residence: Tiloi, Rai Bareli,
Singh, Raja), and other Kanhpuria Oudh.
Houses. Sixth in descent from Rahas
was the Raja Prasad Singh, who SURU VUAYARAGHAVULU DAS NA-
divided his territory between his three YUDU, Rao Bahadur. See Vijaya
sons, the eldest (Janga Singh) taking Raghavulu.
Tiloi.Fourth from Raja Janga Singh
was Khande Rai ; he also divided his SURYYA. tfeeSurja.
SUSANG, Maharaja Kumud Chandra Raj Krishna Singh, who at the Im-
Singh, Maharaja of; b. in June
1866. perial Assemblage at Delhi, on January
The title is hereditary, having been so 1, 1877, on the occasion of the Procla-
recognized in 1884. Is descended from mation of Her Most Gracious Majesty
a family that has held rule over the as Empress of India, received the
Pargand of Susang in Maimansingh, higher of Maharaja as a personal
title
and the adjacent wild country of the distinction, and this was declared
Garo hills, from very early times. hereditary in 1884. The late Maha-
Prior to the reign of the Emperor raja died in 1890, at the age of fifty-
Jahangir they seem to have been nine, leaving four sons, of whom the
altogether independent, and had little eldest, Maharaja Kumud Chandra
or no intercourse with the Muhamma- Singh, succeeded him. The present
dan conquerors of Bengal, some of Maharaja was educated at the Pre-
these early Chiefs bearing the style or sidency College, Calcutta, where he
title of Malik. The last of these graduated B.A. in 1899. Residence:
quasi-independent Chiefs, Malik Ja- Susang Durgapur, Maimansingh,
naki Nath, was succeeded by his son, Bengal.
Raghu Nath. The fragrant wood SUTALIA, Shambhu Singh, Chief of.
called agar, produced largely in the A ruling chief ; b. 1877. Succeeded
Garo hills, was in request at the Court to thegadias a minor August 28, 1886.
of Delhi ; and Raghu Nath agreed to
supply a quantity of agar to Delhi The population of the State is 5330,
yearly as a tribute, in return for the chiefly Hindus. Residence : Sutalia,
help of an Imperial force, which enabled Bhopal, Central India.
him to subdue his turbulent Garo
subjects, and for the title of Raja. It SUTHRI, Jareja Jasaji Chandaji, Chief
further stated that the Emperor con- of. This Chief is a feudatory of His
ferred on Raja Raghu Nath the titles Highness the Rao of Kutch (q.v.).
of Garo Jumli Mansabi, Durjai Residence : Suthri, Kutch, Bombay.
Mansabi and Panch Hazdri or Com- SWAMINATHA AIYAR, S., Rao Saheb.
mander of Five Thousand. He was Granted the title, as a personal dis-
succeeded by his son, Ram Nath Singh, tinction, January 2, 1893, for eminent
who continued to pay the tribute to services as a Deputy Collector in North
Delhi, then called agarburi or the Arcot. Residence: North Arcot,
cutting of agar wood. Ram Nath Madras.
Singh died without issue, and was
succeeded by his nephew, Ram Jiban SYAM. See Shyam.
Singh. The latter received a sanad TAGORE, Maharaja Sir Joteendro Mo-
from the Emperor of Delhi, recognizing han, Bahadur, K.C.S.I., Mahdrdjd
him as Zaminddr of Susang, and Bahadur ; b. 1831. Is one of the chief
rightful successor of his uncle, and members of the well-known Tagore
from time the head of the family
this family of Calcutta, and eldest son of
is usually styled Raja. In the time the late Babu Hara Kumar Tagore.
of the Emperor Aurangzeb a money- Descended from Bhatta Narayan, the
payment was substituted for the agar chief of the famous five Brahmans of
wood, and in addition a regular naza- Kanauj, whom King Vira Singh of
rdna was paid by the subsequent Kannuj sent to Bengal at the request
Rajas of Susang. Raja Rai Singh, of King Adisur of Bengal about the
who succeeded his brother Raja Kishor year 994 a.d. Bhatta Narayan is re-
Singh in 1784 a.d., was the Zamindar puted to have left sixteen sons, among
with whom the Decennial Settlement whom was Nri Singh or Nanu, a
was made. He died in 1822, and was Suddha Srotriya, the ancestor of the
succeeded by his second son, Raja Thakurs — or,as the name has been
Biswa Singh, as the eldest, Baidya Anglicized, the Tagores. Eighth in
Nath, had died during the lifetime of descent from him was Dharanidhara,
his father. Biswa Singh's son, Pran the author of a Commentary on the
Krishna Singh, received the title of Institutes of Manu, and his grandson,
Ra ja Bahadur as a personal distinction, Dhananjai, was a Judge under the
December 5, 1862. He died in 1864, King Ballala Sena of Bengal, who
and was succeeded by his son, Raja established the system of Kulinism in
the social classification of the Brah- great Hindu reformer and philan-
mans and Kayasthas of Bengal. " The thropist, and the Maharaja Roma Nath
main object of this system," wrote the Tagore, C.S.I., late Member of the
learned Raja Rajendra Lala Mitra, Viceroy's Legislative Council and
D.C.L., "was to give pre-eminence to President of the British Indian As-
the five Brahmans and five Kayasthas —
sociation were most distinguished
who had been brought to Bengal by men. They, with their equally dis-
Adisur." The son of Dhananjai was tinguished cousin of the senior branch,
Halayudha, who was Prime Minister the Hon. Prasanna Kumar Tagore,
under King Lakshmana Sena of Ben- C.S.I., contributed almost more than
gal, and his two grandsons, Mahendra any others to that fusion of British
andGanendra, were respectively known and Indian interests and sympathies
as the Bara Kumar and Chhota Ku- in the Councils of the Empire that
mar. The sixth in descent from the has been so useful in Indian adminis-
" Bara Kumar " was tration The repeated visits of D warka
Jagannatha,
famous for his learning, who was
.
Nath Tagore to Europe where he —

known as the Pandit-Rdjd, or " Prince was honoured by the most gratifying
"
of Pandits and his son, Purushot- marks of the approval of Her Majesty
;
tam, again, was the author of the and of the late Prince Consort made —
Praydga Ratnamdld, and many other him a personage of cosmopolitan im-
learned works. It is curious to note, portance, respected in London and
as an extreme instance of the stringency Manchester as much as in Calcutta;
of the discipline of Kulinism, that the and at the same time familiarized him
Pandits condemned the marriage of with all the best traditions of Western
Purushottam with the daughter of a society, and with the most recent
man, otherwise of unstained reputa- movements of modern thought. It
tion, who had incurred caste-penalties was in compliance with the humble
by the accidental smelling of forbidden request of Dwarka Nath Tagore that
food. The sixth in descent from Puru- Her Majesty and the Prince Consort
shottam was Panch&nan, who appears consented to sit for those handsome
to have been the first of the family to full-length portraits that now adorn
receive the title of Thakur or Tagore, the Town Hall of Calcutta; and on
which they still bear as a family name. the occasion of the same visit of
He settled at Govindpur on the banks Dwarka Nath to Windsor Castle, the
of the Hughli river, a mouth of the Queen ordered miniatures of herself
sacred Ganges, where he bought land and the Prince Consort to be prepared
and built himself a house, and a temple for presentation to this specially-
dedicated to the worship of Siva. His honoured guest. This was in 1842,
son, Jairam, was Amin of the Twenty- and in the same year he received a
four Parganas at the time of the Black Gold Medal from the Directors of the
Hole tragedy, the capture of Calcutta Hon. East India Company, accom-
by the infamous Siraj-ud-daula, and panied by an appreciative letter, from
its recapture by the British troops; which the following is an extract:
and his paternal land at Govindpur "The Court trusts that the noble
was subsequently taken up by Govern- course which you have pursued will
ment as the site of the new Fort, when have the effect of contributing to the
Jairam moved to Pathariaghatta, and accomplishment of that object which it
there erected the dwelling-house and has ever been their anxious desire to
the bathing-ghat which are still the promote, namely, the identification
property of the family. He died in of the feelings and interests of the
1762, leaving four sons, of whom two, natives to their Government, and thus
Darpa Narayan and Nilmani, were strengthening the bond which unites
the ancestors respectively of the senior India with Great Britain." Dwarka
and junior branches of the Tagore Nath Tagore died in London at the
family. early age of fifty-one, regretted by his
Both of these branches have been Sovereign and by all ranks of his
rendered illustrious by the great men fellow-subjects, English as well as
they have produced. In the junior Indian, August 1, 1846.
branch, two of Nilmani's grandsons — His brother, Roma Nath Tagore,
the Hon. Dwarka Nath Tagore, the was created a Companion of the
THE GOLDEN BOOK OP INDIA 307
Most Exalted Order of the Star of founders of the modern system of

India, 1874,and a Maharaja in 1877, public instruction in India; and his
on the occasion of the Proclama- Minute on the subject, written in 1841,
tion of Her Most Gracious Majesty as was published by Government with its
Empress of India. In 1872 he had Educational Regulations. He was the
been appointed a Member of the most learned writer of the day, and
Viceroy's Legislative Council ; and he
—
one of the most voluminous chiefly
also filled successively the offices of on questions of law and jurisprudence.
Vice-President and President of the At his death in 1866 he left no less a
British Indian Association. On the sum than nearly seven lakhs of rupees
occasion of the visit of His Royal for religious, charitable, and educa-
Highness the Prince of Wales to Cal- tional purposes, of which a portion
cutta, the Maharaja was chosen to be formed the well-known endowment
Chairman of the Committee of Recep- of the "Tagore Law Professorship"
tion, and was honoured with the gift of the Calcutta University. The late
of a handsome ring from the Prince, Joykissen Mookerji (see Piari Mohan
as a souvenir of the auspicious occa- Mukharji Raja) wrote of him, on the
sion. The Maharaja died in 1877 ; the occasion of the great Public Meeting
above, being descendants of Nilmani held in Calcutta in his honour shortly
Tagore, belonged to the junior branch after his death: "There was scarcely
of the family. Nilmani's elder brother, a movement during the last forty
Darpa Narayan Tagore, was the years, either for the assertion of the
ancestor of the senior branch, of which political rights or for the social ad-
the present head is the Maharaja vancement of the people, in which he
Sir Joteendro Mohun Tagore. Darpa was not either the originator or one of
Narayan's second son, Gopi Mohun, its warmest supporters."
succeeded to a large share of his late Hara Kumar Tagore, elder
The
father's great wealth, to which he brother of the Hon. Prasanna Kumar,
made immense additions during a died in 1858, and was succeeded, as
most successful career. His public head of the family, by the present
munificence was on a princely scale, Mahara ja Sir Joteendro Mohun Tagore.
and on a par with his private chari- Born in 1831, he was educated at the
ties and among many important
; Hindu College, Calcutta, and subse-
benefactions with which his name quently under the private tuition of
was associated may be mentioned the Captain D. L. Richardson and others.
foundation of the Hindu College— He displayed from an early age a
afterwards the Presidency College of marked taste for literary composition,
—
the University of Calcutta to which both in English and in the vernacular,
he contributed so largely that, with and especially for poetry. He was the
the Maharaja of Burdwan, he was author of several excellent Bengali
appointed Hereditary Governor of dramas and farces in the vernacular,
that great Institution. He left six among which the Bidya Sundara Ndtak
sons, of whomone, Prasanna Kumar is perhaps the best. He rendered much
Tagore (already alluded to), became help to Government in 1866, in suc-
one of the most famous lawyers and couring the famine-stricken people of
politicians of modern India ; while an Midnapur. He was Honorary Sacretary
elder, named Hara Kumar, distin- of the British Indian Association for
guished for his blameless and success- several years elected its President in
;
ful life, his amiability of character, 1879, re-elected in 1891, and continues
and his eminence as a Sanskrit scholar, still to act in that capacity. In
became the father of the Maharaja 1870 he was chosen a Member of
Sir Joteendro Mohun, as well as of the Legislative Council of Bengal
the Raja Sir Sourindro Mohun Tagore, and reappointed in 1872. In 1871
Kt., CLE. (q.v.). he had received the title of Raja
The Hon. Prasanna Kumar Tagore, Bahadur, and was exempted from
C.S.I., was perhaps the chief among attendance in Civil Courts in April of
the founders of the Landowners' As- that year. He received the title of
sociation of Bengal, that afterwards Maharaja in January 1877, on the
developed into the] British Indian As- occasion of the Proclamation of Her
sociation. He was also one of the Most Gracious Majesty as Empress of
India. Appointed a Member of the construction of a Square (to be named
Legislative Council of the Governor- after his father), in which he has at
General in February of that year, and his own expense placed a marble bust
in recognition of the valuable assist- of his father. He has also founded an
ance rendered in the discussion of the endowment for the benefit of Hindu
provisions of the Civil Procedure Bill, widows, of one lakh of rupees, under
was re-appointed in 1879. In the latter the name of the " Maharajmata Shib
year he was created a Companion of Sundari Debi's Hindu Widows' Fund."
the Most Exalted Order of the Star of His son and heir is the Mahar&j -Kumar
India; and appointed for the third Pradyot Kumar Tagore; and he has
time a Member of the Viceroy's had four daughters, of whom one only
Council in February 1881. Created is alive at present. The three deceased
Knight Commander of the Star of ladies have left five sons, viz. Kumad
India in May 1882 received the title
; Prakas, Nolin Prak&s, and Sesh Prakas
of Maharaja Bahadur in January 1890, Ganguli, and Jaladbi Chandra and
and in the January of the following Kiron Mali Mookerji, who are now
year this title was made hereditary in living with their grandfather the Ma-
his family. He made a free gift of his harajd. Bahadur.
—
Arms. Azure, the
interest in the land on which the Mayo sun in splendour proper, surrounded
Hospital is built, and supplemented by a halo of eight points or, all within
that gift by giving Government Pro- —
a bordure argent. Crest. On a tortoise
missory Notes for Rs. 10,000 in aid of or the figure of Vishnu proper, seated,
that institution. One of the wards of his head surrounded by a halo of the
the Mayo Hospital is named after him, first. —
Supporters. A Royal Bengal
in recognition of his and he tiger and an elephant, both rampant,
gift,
founded some valuable scholarships, or. —
Motto. Satyam Balam Kebalam
in the name of his father and of his {Bengali, meaning "Truth is the only
uncle, the Hon. Prasanna Kum&r Power"). Residences: The Prasad,
Tagore, C.S.I. He also set apart funds Calcutta; The Emerald Bower, 24-Par-
for the provision of a gold keyur or ganas, Bengal.
armlet, to be annually presented to
the best student in Sanskrit literature TAGORE, Pradyot Kumar, Mahdrdj-
Kumar. Heir of the Hon. Maharaja
in the Calcutta University, and founded
Sir Joteendro Mohun Tagore, Baha-
a gold medal for the best student who
dur, K.C.S.I. (q.v.). Residence: The
passed an examination after attending
the Tagore Law Lectures, annually, Pras&d, Calcutta.
and another gold medal for the best TAGORE, Raja Sir Sourindro Mohun,
student in Physical Science. The Knight, CLE., Rdjd; b. 1840. Is a
Maharajd, is a Justice of the Peace son of the late Hara Kumar Tagore,
for the town of Calcutta, Fellow of and a younger brother of the Maha-
the University of Calcutta, Trustee of raja Sir Joteendro Mohun Tagore,
the Indian Museum (of which he was under whose name will be found an
elected President in the year 1882), account of the family history. Educated
one of the Governors of the Mayo in the Hindu College, Calcutta, he
Hospital, and a Member of the Asiatic wrote at the age of fourteen a work
Society. He had the honour of being on history and geography, and a year
elected the President of the Reception later an original drama, in Bengali,
Committee during the visit of the late which was some time after followed
Prince Albert Victor in 1889. He was by a translation of Kalidasa's Mdlavi-
Vice-President of the Syndicate of the kdgnimitra. Has studied the Sanskrit
Calcutta University in 1881, and Presi- theory of music, on which he is the
dent of the Faculty of Arts in 1881-82. first living authority. The Raj& is a
He presented to the Calcutta Uni- practical musician, and composer of a
versity the marble statue of his uncle, large number of pieces of vocal, in-
the Hon. Prasanna Kumar Tagore, strumental, and concerted music. He
which is placed in the portico of wrote, translated, or edited many
the Senate House. Jointly with his works on music, the drama, and other
brother, the Raja Sir Sourindro Mohun subjects, numbering in all about sixty.
Tagore, he presented a piece of land He founded the Bengal Music School,
to the Municipality of Calcutta for the August 1871, and the Bengal Academy
of Music in August 1881, both these negro ; of the Royal Order of Kapio-
institutions being conducted at his Hawaiian Islands Knight of the
loni, ;
expense and under his presidency. Royal Portuguese Military Order of

He reduced Hindu music to a system, Christ; of the Royal Order of the
and was the first to introduce its Netherlands' Lion; of the Second
teaching by means of the notation Class of the High Imperial Order of
which he devised. He received the the Lion and Sun (as also the title of
degree of Doctor of Music in April Nawab Shahzada), Persia; of the
1875 from the University of Phila- Order of Basabamala, Siam; of the
delphia, the degree being subsequently First Class of the Imperial Order of
confirmed by the Government of India; "Paow Sing," China; of the Gurkha
was made a Fellow of the University Star (and the titles of Sangita-Silpa-
of Calcutta, and a Companion of the Vidyasdgara and Bharatiya-Sangita-
Most Eminent Order of the Indian Nayalca), Nepal ; Grand Cordon of the
Empire, in 1880. In the same year he Order of the bust of the Liberator
was granted the title of Raja. He (Bolivar), Venezuela ; Officer of the
translated the National Anthem into Academy, and of Public Instruction,
Bengali, the rendering being approved Paris Honorary Member of the Royal
;
and accepted by the " National Anthem Academy of St. Cecilia, Rome (being
for India" Committee, London; set appointed by the late King of Italy,
the Anthem to twelve varieties of Victor Emmanuel). His eldest son
Indian melody at the request of the and heir is the Kumar Promodh
same Committee, which addressed him Kumar Tagore. Residence : Calcutta.
as "the highest musical authority in
India." He was created a Knight of TAHARAT HUSAIN (of Gaya), Khdn
the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland. He is the owner of ex- May 25, 1892. Residence: Bhopal,
Central India.
tensive landed property in eight dis-
trictsof Bengal (including Plassey, TAHILRAM KHEMCHAND, CLE. Is
where the famous battle was fought, Chairman of the Karachi Municipality.
and Ganga Sagar, the celebrated place Created a CLE. on May 21, 1898.
of pilgrimage at the mouth of the Residence : Karachi, Sind, Bombay.
Ganges). He is a connoisseur of gems, See Shashi Shek-
and author of Marimdld, a voluminous TAHIRPUR, Rdjd of.
hareshwar Rai.
work on the subject. He is a pious
Hindu, and contributes liberally to- TAING, Maung, Kyet thaye zaung shwe
wards objects of public utility ; main- Salwe ya Mm. The title was conferred
tains a charitable Homoeopathic Dis- on January 1, 1892. It is indicated by
pensary in Calcutta; is Honorary the letters K.SM. after the name, and
President, Fellow, or Member of many means " Recipient of the Gold Chain
of Honour." Residence: Toungoo,
literary and scientific societies in Asia,
Europe, Africa, America, and Australia. Burma.
He has, for his investigations into the TAJ MUHAMMAD KHAN walad MIR
theory, and efforts for the advance- GHULAM SHAH, Mir. The title has
ment of the art of Hindu music, ob- been continued for life, the Mir being
tained a world-wide reputation and an the representative of one of the Mirs
unprecedented number of decorations, or Chiefs of Sind at the time of the
some of which are enumerated below
— Knight Commander of the Royal
annexation.
Sind.
Residence : Shikarpur,
Order of the Crown of Italy; of the

Most Exalted Order of Francis Joseph, TAJ MUHAMMAD KHAN, Khdn Baha-
Austria; of the First Class of the dur; b. 1826. The title was conferred
Order of Albert, Saxony ; of the Order on March 16, 1865, for eminent services
of to
of the Government
in the Police Depart-
Frederick, Wurtemberg ;
ment of Sind during the Mutiny of
Order of Leopold, Belgium; of the
Order of Dannebrog, Denmark of the ;
1857. Residence : Shikarpur, Sind.
Royal Order of Vasa, Sweden of the ; TAJAMMUL An, Sayyid, Khdn Bahd-
French Republican Order; the Order dur. The title was
originally an
of the Dragon, Anamese Empire of ; official one, in recognition of the Say-
the Royal Order of Dannelo, Monte- yid's position as a Deputy Magistrate
and Deputy Collector, but on account about 1600. Residence: Tal, Central
of his good services it was continued India.
for life, June 18, 1885. Residence:
TALCHER, Raja Ram Chandra Birbar
Gardah, Faridpur, Bengal. Hari Chandan Mahipatra, Rdjd of.
TAJAMMUL HUSAIN, Khan Bahddur; A ruling chief ; b. December 22, 1856.
b. 1864. The title was conferred Succeeded to the gadi as a minor
January 1887, as a personal dis-
1, November 8, 1873. Belongs to a Rdj-
tinction, in recognition of his position put (Hindu) family, claiming descent
as son-in-law of his late Highness from the ancient Solar dynasty of
Prince Intizam-ul-Mulk, the third of Ajudhya. The founder, Narhari Singh,
the titular Princes of Arcot. Resi- came into Orissa from Ajudhya (Oudh);
dence: Madras. and having conquered the aboriginal
tribes, established himself as Rdjd.
TAJPUR, Rdjd of. See Shyam Singh. From him the seventh in direct lineal
TAJPURI, Thakur Motisinghji, Thdkur descent, the Rdjd Ayadi, assumed the
of. A
ruling chief; b. 1850. Belongs style or title of Birbar Harichandan
to a family that is said to he de- Mahipatra, which has been borne
scended from a Pramara Rajput Chief, by all his successors. The family
who drank water at the house of a cognizance is a tiger's head. The
Koli (aboriginal tribe), and whose de- eighteenth in succession was the
scendants were thence called Pramara Raja Dayanidhi Birbar Harichandan
Kolis. The family first settled at Mahipatra Bahddur; he received the
Tdjpuri in 1474 a.d., the first Thakur Rdjd Bahddur from the British
title of
being named Rdwanji. His son was Government for good services rendered
the Thakur Jesalji; and from him in quelhng disturbances in the neigh-
there were fourteen generations to the bouring State of Angul. The State,
late Thakur Madhusinghji, who was which is one of the Orissa Tributary
born in 1826, and succeeded to the Mahals, had come under British con-
gadi in December 1858. He was suc- trol, November 24, 1803. It has an
ceeded by his eldest son, the present area of 399 square miles, and a popu-
Thakur. The area of the State is 17 lation of 35,590, chiefly Hindus. The
square miles; its population 2292, late Rdjd Bahddur was succeeded by
chiefly Hindus. Residence: Tajpuri, his son, the present Rdjd, in 1873.
Mdhi Kdntha, Bombay. The latter maintains a military force
of 493 infantry and 2 guns. Residence :
TAJ-TJD-DIN, Shaikh, Khan Bahadur.
The title was conferred, as a personal Talcher, Orissa, Bengal.
distinction, on January 1, 1896. Resi- Sarddr See Lai Singh.
TALWANDI, of.
dence: Bengal.
TAMBURAN, Kerala Varma Valiya
TAKHAT SINGH (of Fatehpur), Rdjd;
Koil, CS.I. See Kerala.
b. Succeeded the late Rdjd
1855.
Kishor Singh on December 1, 1896. of. See Satrujit Partdb
TAMKTJHI, Rdjd
The is ancient and hereditary,
title Bahddur Sahai.
having been first granted by the Raja
Thakur Takht Singh, Thdkur
Karnal Nain, Raj-Gond Rdjd of Mand- TAPPA,
la. This old Rdj-Gond family claims an
;
to the gadi August 24, 1866. Belongs

antiquity of over 900 years in their to a Rdjput (Hindu) family. The State
present jdgir of Fatehpur. Residence: contains a population of about 1200 ;
Fatehpur, Hoshangabad, Central Pro-

and is feudatory to Gwalior, having
vinces.
been granted to the Thdkur Rup Singh
TAKI All, Muhammad, Mirza. See in 1822 by the Mahdrdjd Daulat Rao
Muhammad. Sindhia. The late Chief, who died in
TAKI KHAN, Mirza Muhammad, Khan 1865, left no heir, and the present
Bahadur. See Muhammad. Thdkur, being a relative, was adopted
in 1866, with the sanction of the
TAL, Rawat Onkar Singh, Rawat of. A
Succeeded to Mahdrdjd Sindhia of Gwalior. Resi-
ruling chief; b. 1853. dence : Tappa, Bhopdl, Central India.
the gadi as a minor in 1859. Belongs
to a Doria Rdjput (Hindu) family. TARA DAS BANARJI, Rai Bahddur,
The State contains a population of See Tdrddds,
TARA MOTI (of Dilehri), Rdni; b. 1846. TARA SINGH, Sarddr. The title was
Belongs to a Raj-Gond family, de- conferred in 1874, as a personal dis-
scended from Ranj or Singh, who tinction, in recognition of his eminent
obtained the title of Raja for military services in connection with Sir Douglas
services rendered to one of the kings Forsyth's Mission to Yarkand. Resi-
of the ancient Gond dynasty of Mandla. dence: Taragarh,Rawal Pindi, Punjab.
In the disturbances of 1842 the Raja
Senapat of Dilehri captured the rebel
TARADAS BANARJI, Rai Bahadur.
leader Bhagwant Singh of Hirdapur,
whose estate was confiscated and con- 1895. Residence : Raipur, Central
ferred on Raja Senapat as a reward Provinces.
for his loyalty. The latter was suc- TARAON, Chaube Chhaturbhuj, Jdgir-
ceeded by his son Dalip Singh, who ddr A ruling chief b. January 22,
of. ;
died while still an infant, when the 1863. Succeeded to the gadi as a
title of Raja became extinct, and the minor March 3, 1872. Belongs to a
estate escheated to Government. The Chaub6 Brahman (Hindu) family,
estate was, however, ultimately settled descended from Ram Krishna Chaube
at light rates with the Diwan Murat of Kalinjar, who was kildddr (or
Singh, brother of Raja Sendpat, and Governor) of the fortress of Kalinjar
other members of the family. The under the Maharaja of Panna. He
Diwan Murat Singh rendered good and his sons successfully held Kalinjar
service during the Mutiny of 1857, and both against Ali Bahadur and sub-
was rewarded with a handsome khilat sequently against British troops.
by Government. He was succeeded by Ultimately the Chaube family sub-
his son, Balbhadar Singh (husband of mitted, and were allowed to retain
the Rani), who was known as the Raja Kalinjar as British feudatories. Ram
of Dilehri. His son, Ratan Singh, died Krishna Chaube died in 1816 ; and his
as a minor, and was succeeded by his four sons received four other territories
mother, widow of Balbhadar Singh. in lieu of Kalinjar, which was resumed
Residence : Dilehri, Narsinghpur, —the four States thus formed being
Central Provinces. known as the Kalinjar Chaubes, and
comprising Paldeo (q.v.), Bhaisaunda
TARA PRASAD MUKARJI, Rai Baha- (q.v.), Pahra and Taraon. The
(q.v.),
dur. The title, which is a personal last-named was the appanage of
"
one, was conferred for good services Gajadhar, whose son, Gaya Parshad,
and public spirit," on January 1, 1891. received a sanad from the British
Residence : Revilganj, Saran, Bengal. Government. Two generations inter-
vened between Gaya Parshad and the
TARA SINGH, Munshi, Sarddr. Re- present Chief. The State has an area
ceived the title, as a personal distinc- of 12 square miles, and a population
tion, on May 21, 1898. Is a Tahsildar. of 3163, chiefly Hindus. The Jagirdar
Residence: Punjab. maintains a military force of 3 cavalry,
43 infantry, and 3 guns. Residence:
TARA SINGH (of Zafarwal), Sarddr; Taraon, Bundelkhand, Central India.
b.1852. Belongs to a Randhawa Jat
TARINI PRASAD, Rai Bahadur. Re-
family of Sikh|Sardars, descended from ceived the title on June 3, 1899. Resi-
Dyanat Rai, whose son was Lachhi dence : Bhagalpur, Bengal.
Ram, and his grandson Sarddr Gajja
Singh. The grandson of the latter was TAROCH, Thakur Kidar Singh, Thdkur
Sardar Prem Singh, who served with of. A ruling chief ; b. 1865. Succeeded
the forces of the Maharaja Ranjit to the gadi as a minor May 20, 1871.
Singh in many campaigns. He had Belongs to an ancient Rajput family ;
two sons, the Sardars Jaimal Singh descended from Thakur Kishan Singh,
and Jawahir Singh. Jaimal Singh to whom Taroch was granted in very
joined the British forces and rendered early times by the Raja of Sirmur
excellent service. He died childless. (q.v.). From him the twenty-first in
His brother, Sardar Jawahir Singh, lineal descent was the Thakur Karam
was the father of the present Sardar, Singh, who was in possession when
Tara Singh. Residence; ZJafarwal, Taroch under British control. He
fell
Siajkot, Punjab, djecl in 1819, an.d the Raj was con-

f erred on
his brother Jhobu, and sub- these good services the Raj was con-
sequently on Jhobu's son, Shyama ferred on his eldest natural son, the
Singh. But ultimately, in 1843, it was Raja Bhawani Sah. He was succeeded
given to the late Thakur Ranjit Singh, in 1871 by his son, the late Raja
son of Karam Singh. Ranjit Singh's Partap Sah, who was followed in 1887
son, the late Thakur Kehr Singh, was by the present Chief. During the
the father of the present Thakur, and minority of the Raja the State was
was succeeded by him in 1871. The administered by a Council of Regency,
area of the State (which is one of the presided over by the Rani Guleri, His
Simla Hill States) is 75 square miles ; Highness's mother. His Highness was
its population is 3216, chiefly Hindus. created a Companion of the Most
The Thakur maintains a military force Exalted Order of the Star of India on
of 50 militia. Residence : Taroch, January 1, 1899. The State has an
Simla Hills, Punjab. area of 4180 square miles, and a popu-
lation of 199,836, chiefly Hindus. The
TASADUK RASUL KHAN (of Jahan-
Raja is entitled to a salute of 11 guns.
girabad), C.S.I., Rdjd. Husband of Residence : Tehri, Garhwal, North-
the Rani Zeb-un-Nisa (see page 339).
Granted the title of Raja, as a personal Western Provinces.
distinction, January 2, 1893; and the TEHRI See
(or Orchha), Mahdrdjd of.
hereditary title of Raja on June 22, Orchha.
1897, on the auspicious occasion of the
Diamond Jubilee of Her Most Gracious TEJ NARAYAN SINGH, Rai Bahadur.
Majesty the Queen Empress. The Raja The title was conferred on February
was created a C.S.I, on January 1, 16, 1887, as a personal distinction, on
1898. Residence: Jahangirabad, Bara the occasion of the Jubilee of Her
Banki, Oudh. Most Gracious Majesty's reign. Resi-
dence : Bhagalpur, Bengal.
TAUNGBAING, Kam Kyan, Sawbwa of.
A ruling chief. The Sawbwa is Chief TEJA SINGH, Risaldar, Rao Saheb. The
of one of the Shan States, Burma.
The area of his State is about 900
1887, as a personal distinction, on the
square miles; its population consists occasion of the Jubilee of Her Most
mainly of Shans. Residence: Taung- Gracious Majesty's reign, in recogni-
baing, Shan States, Burma. tion of eminent military services.
TECKARAM. See Tikaram. Residence 11th P.W.O. Lancers. :
TEHRI (or Garhwal), His Highness TENDTJK PULGER (of Karmie), Rdjd.
Raja Kirti San, C.S.I., Rdjd of. A The title of Raja was conferred on
ruling chief; b. January 19, 1874. January 1, 1889, as a personal distinc-
Succeeded to the gadi as a minor tion, in recognition of valuable services
February 6, 1887. Belongs to a Ksha- rendered during the Sikkim Expedi-
triya (Rajput Hindu) family, descended tion. Residence : Karmie, Darjiling,
from Kanak Pal, a Rajput of the
: Bengal.
Lunar race. For many generations
this family ruled in Garhwal, occa- TENDUKHERA,
Thakur of. See Ratan
Singh.
sionally paying a small tribute to the
Emperor of Delhi. In 1804 the Gurk- TERI, Khan of. See Abdul Ghafur
has overran this territory, and expelled Khan.
the Raja, Pradhuman Sah, who was
slain in a vain attempt to recover his TERWARA, Thakur Nathu Khan,
dominions. After the defeat of the Thakur of. A ruling chief; b. 1831.
Gurkhas by the British, and the an- Succeeded to the gadi in 1851. Belongs
nexation of Kumaun and part of to a Baluch (Muhammadan) family,
Garhwal in 1815, a portion of his descended from a Baluch leader who
father's territories were conferred on came from Sind and took service under
Sudarshan Sah, son of Pradhuman the Nawab of Radhanpur (q.v.), of
Sah. The Raja Sudarshan Sah ruled which State Terwara formed a part.
in Tehri from 1815 to 1859, and In 1822 the Thakur of Terwara, Thakur
rendered excellent service during the Baluch Khan, father of the present
Mutiny of 1857. In consideration of Chief, was confirmed as Chief of this
State by the orders of the British letters A.T.M. after the name, and
Government. The area of the State is means " Recipient of the Good Service
;
Medal." The Maung is also Myook
chiefly Hindus. Residence: Terw&ra, andAkun-wun. Residence: Mandalay,
Palanpur, Bombay. Burma.
THA AUNG, Maung, Myook, Ahmudan THADOWE, Maung, Ahmudan gaung
gaung Tazeik ya Min. Is Township Tazeik ya Min. The title was con-
Officer. The title was conferred, as a ferred on June 6, 1885, as a personal
personal distinction, on January 1, distinction. It means "Recipient of
1898. It is indicated by the letters the Good Service Medal," and is in-
A.T.M. after the name, and means dicated by the letters A.T.M. after the
" name. Residence : Akyab, Burma.
Recipient of the Good Service Medal."
Residence : Meiktila, Burma.
THAKUR.—Often a prefix.
THA DUN, Maung, Ahmudan gaung
Tazeik ya Min. The Maung received THAKUR DAS, Rai Bahadur. The title
this title on January 1, 1889, as a
was conferred on May 24, 1881, as a
personal distinction. It means "Re- personal distinction. Residence : Pind
cipient of the Good Service Medal,"
Dadan KMn, Punjab.
and is indicated by the letters A.T.M. THAKUR DIN PATHAK, Rai Bahadur.
after the name. Residence: Mergui, The titlewas conferred on June 22,
Burma. 1897. Residence : Naraivi, Banda,
THA DUN AUNG, Maung, Ahmudan North-Western Provinces.
gaung Tazeik ya Min; b. August 7, THAKUR DURGA SINGH, Rai Saheb.
1851. The title was conferred on See Durga.
January 1897, for good service, and
1,
is ndicated by the letters A.T.M. after
THAKUR LAKHAN SINGH, Rao Baha-
the name. dur. See Lakhan.
Residence: Galin, Minbu,
Burma. THAKUR MAHABIR PARSHAD NA-
THA DUN AUNG," Maung, Thuye gaung
fc
RAYAN SINGH, Rai Bahadur. See
Mahabir.
ngwe Da ya Min. The title was con-
ferred, as a personal distinction, on THAKUR NARAYAN SINGH BAHA-
January 2, 1893. It is indicated by DUR, Rao, Raja. Received the title of
the letters T.D.M. after the name, and Raja on June 22, 1897. Residence:
"
means Recipient of the Silver Sword Paraur, Shahjahanpur, North- Western
for Bravery." The Maung is the Provinces.
officiating Myook of Pyindaye in the THAKUR PARSHAD NARAYAN DEVA
Thonwa, Burma. Residence :
district of
(of Haldi), Raja; b. 1853. Is Chief of
Pyindaye, Thonwa, Burma. the Hyobans clan of Rajputs of the
THA NO, Maung, Kyet thaye zaung Lunar race claiming descent from the
;
shwe Salwe ya Min. The title was ancient Hyobans dynasty of Ratanpur
conferred, as a personal distinction, on in the Central Provinces. The Ratan-
January 1, 1898. It is indicated by the pur dynasty ruled there for fifty-two
letters K.S.M. after the name, and generations ; and one of their princes,
"
means Recipient of the Gold Chain Chandra Got, in 850 A.D. migrated
of Honour." Residence : Ma-Ubin, northward and settled at Manjha on
Burma. the Ghogra, in the modern district of
Saran. Two hundred years later his
THA NU, Maung, Thuye gaung ngwe descendants settled south of the Gan-
Da ya Min. The title was conferred,
as a personal distinction, on May 26, ges at Bihia. In or about the year
1528 a.d. the R&jd Bhopat Deo com-
1894. It is indicated by the letters
mitted an inexpiable crime by violating
T.D.M. after the name, and means
a Brahman woman named Maheni,
"Recipient cf the Silver Sword for who imprecated the most fearful
Bravery." Residence : Akyab, Burma. curses on the Hyobans race; and in
THA NYO, Maung, Ahmudan gaung consequence of this tragedy they left
Tazeik ya Min. The title was con- Bihia, and after sojourning for a time
ferred, as a personal distinction, on at Gai Ghat, settled ultimately at
June 3 1899. It is indicated by the
?
Haldi. After the rebellion of R&J4
Chet Singh of Benares in 1781, Raja THAMBU CHETTI, T.R.A., CLE. See
Bhuabul Singh of Haldi was confirmed Trichinopoly.
in the possession of his estates. He
died in 1803, and was succeeded by
THAMM0N SINGH HAZARI, Maharaj,
his son, Raja Ishri Parshad, who died M.D., Rao Saheb. The title was con-
ferred, for eminent services in the
in 1806. Then follows Raja Dalgan-
Medical Department, on May 20, 1896.
jam Singh, who was succeeded by Residence: Madras.
Raja Harak Nath Deo in 1825. The
late Raja Sarab Narayan Deo of Haldi THAN LAKHTAR, Thakur Karan-
rendered excellent service during the singhji Vajerajji, Thakur of. A
Mutiny of 1857, throwing all the ruling chief ; b. January 10, 1846.
weight of his considerable local in- Succeeded to the gadi (as an infant)
fluence into the scale of the Govern- on June 15 of the same year. Belongs
ment and for this he was rewarded
;
to the family of the Chief of the
with a grant of some of the confiscated Jhala Rajputs (being descended from
land of the rebel Kunwar Singh. Resi- one of the ancestors of the Raj Saheb
dence: Haldi, Ballia, North-Western of Dhrangadra, q.v.). The State con-
Provinces. sists of two isolated tracts, one con-
THAKUR SINGH, Kunwar. The Kunwar taining the village of Than, the site of
has received this title in recognition
one of the greatest and most ancient
of his position as a son of the late cities of India, and the other contain-
Maharaja Sher Singh. Residence: ing the town of Lakhtar, the capital.
Lahore, Punjab.
miles ; its population is 23,208, chiefly
THAKURDAS KTKABHAI DALAL, Rao Hindus. The Thakur maintains a
Bahadur; February 8, 1855. Be-
b.
military forceof 210 cavalry, 175
longs to a Vaishnava family of the and 5 guns. Residence:
Dindubania caste. Educated at the infantry,
Lakhtar, Kathiawar, Bombay.
Elphinstone College, and the Grant
Medical College of the Bombay Uni- THANAWALA, Cursetjee R., Khan Ba-
versity. Appointed to the Bombay hadur, CL.E. See Kharsedji.
Medical Department in June 1879. THARAD and
Served in important posts in Wadh-
M0RWARA, Waghela
Khengarsinghji, Thakur of. ruling A
wan, Kathiawar, where a public ad- chief; b. 1836. Succeeded to the gadi
dress and a Dress of Honour were in 1860. Belongs to a Rajput (Hindu)
presented to him, with the previous family, claiming descent from the
sanction of Government, by the people ancient Waghela Rajput Kings of
and Chiefs of Kathiawar on December Anhilwara Patan. They obtained pos-
2, 1890. Created a Rao Bahadur, as a session of Morwara about 1508 a.d.
personal distinction, in recognition of Waghela Kanhji first acquired Tharad
his eminent services, January 1, 1890. in 1759 a.d. He was succeeded by the
Married, January 30, 1877, to Bhuli- Thakur Harabhumji, and the latter
gavri, daughter of Bhagwandas Hara- was succeeded by the Thakur Karan
kisandas, Esq., of Surat. Has two Singh ji, who was succeeded by his
—
sons Dhirajlal, born November 21,
grandson the present Thakur. The
1884; and Manilal, born August 17, Thakur has a son and heir, named
1890. Residence: Wadhwan, Kathia-
Abhaisinghji. The area of the State is
war, Bombay. 940 square miles; its population is
THAMAINGKAN, Maiing Po, Ngwe- 65,494, chiefly Hindus. The Thakur
gunhmu of. A
ruling chief. The maintains a military force of 50
Ngwegunhmu Chief of one of the
is cavalry, 30 infantry, and 1 gun. Resi-
Shan States, Burma. His State has an dence : Tharad, Palanpur, Bombay.
area of about 400 square miles its ;
THAR0 KHAN walad TAJ MUHAM-
population consists mainly of Shans. MAD (of Mirpur), Mir; b. March 9,
Residence : Thamaingkan, Shan States, 1836. Belongs to the Manikani family
Burma. of Sind Mirs descended from Manik
;
THAMATHARAM PILLAI, Chittur Khan, who, on the conquest of Balu-

Viravanathar, Rao Bahadur. The chistan by Nadir Shah, came to Sind.
title was conferred on May 25, 1895. The title was originally conferred by
Residence; Madras, Nur Muhammad, the bead of the
Kalhora Government in Sind. It has dependent on it —Mainglon, Maington,

been continued for life by the British and Thonze. Residence: Thibaw,
Government. Residence: Hyderabad, Shan States, Burma.
Sind.
THI0G, Chief of. Is a feudatory of the
THABO KHAN, Serai, Khan Bahadur. Raja of Keonthal (q.v.), and rules over
The title was conferred on March 31, one of the Simla Hill States. Resi-
1886, as a personal distinction. Resi- dence : Thiog, Simla Hills, Punjab.
dence : Larkhana, Sind.
TH0PPA TIRUVENKATASWAMI MU-

THATON, Kim 0, Myoza of. A ruling
chief.The Myoza is Chief of one of DALIYAR, Arcot, Rao Bahadur. The
the Shan States, Burma. His State
Residence : Coimbatore, Madras.
has an area of about 600 square miles.
Its population consists mainly of THOPPHAGATHI K0Y0TTI HAJI,
Shans. Residence : Thaton, Shan Khan Saheb ; b. 1842. Received the
States, Burma. title on January 2, 1897. Residence:
THAUNGTHUT, Saw Kan Mun, K.S.M., Calicut, Madras.
Sawbwa of. A ruling chief. The Saw-
THU TAW U.,Maung, Thuye gaung ngwe
bwa isChief of one of the Shan States,
Da ya Min. This Burmese title
Burma. He has received from the
British Government the title Kyet Introduction) was conferred on
(see
June 22, 1897. Residence : Burma.
thaye zaung shwe Salwe ya Min (mean-
"
ing Recipient of the Gold Chain of THUMM0N SINGH HAZARI, Maharaj,
Honour"), indicated by the letters Rao Saheb. The titlewas conferred
K.S.M. after the name. The area of on May 20, 1896. Residence : Cudda-
his State is about 450 square miles;
pah, Madras.
its population consists chiefly of Shans.
Residence: Thaungthut, Shan States, TIGARIA, Raja Banamali Khetria
Burma. Birbar Champati Singh Mahapatra,
THAW, Manng, Thuye gaung ngwe Da Rdjd of. A ruling chief; b. 1857.
Thewas conferred on Succeeded to the gadi April 8, 1886.
ya Min. title
May 30, 1891. It is indicated by the Belongs to a Kshatriya (Rajput Hindu)
letters T.D.M. after the name, and family; descended through twenty-
"
means Recipient of the Silver Sword five generations from Sur Tung Singh
for Bravery." Residence .-.Upper Chind- Mandhata, a Rajput pilgrim to Puri
from Northern India. He, about 400
win, Burma.
years ago, seized the country, and
THEINNI (North), Kun San Tun Hon, drove out or conquered the aboriginal
Sawlnva of. A ruling chief. The Saw- inhabitants. The twenty-second in
bwa is Chief of one of the Shan States, descent from him was the Raja Gopi-
Burma. The area of his State is about nath Singh, who adopted the family
6200 square miles ; its population con-
style or title of Champati Singh Maha-
sists chiefly of Shans. Residence: North
patra. His great-grandson, the late
Theinni, Shan States, Burma. Raja Harihar Khetria, added also the
THEINNI Saw Naw Maing, style of Birbar; he succeeded to the
(South),
Sawbwa of. A ruling chief. The Saw- gadi in 1844, and dying in 1886, was
bwa is Chief of one of the Shan States, succeeded by his son, the present Raja.
Burma. The area of his State is about The family cognizance is the sastra
2100 square miles its population con-
;
pancha (an Indian weapon). The
sists chiefly of Shans. Residence: South State, which is one of the Orissa Tri-
Theinni, Shan States, Burma. butary Mahals, has an area of 46 square
miles, and a population of 19,850, chiefly
THEHPUR, Sarddr of. See Fateh Singh. Hindus. The Raja maintains a military
force of 485 militia. The State derives
THIBAW, Kun Saing, Sawbwa of. A its name from three ancient forts (Tri-
ruling chief. The Sawbwa is Chief of Residence:
one of the Shan States, Burma. The garh). Tigaria, Orissa,
area of his State is about 5950 square
miles; its population consists chiefly TIKAMGARH, Maharaja Bahadur of.
pf Shans. It has three feudatory States See Orchha,
TIKARAM, Lala, Rao Saheb. The title from Thdkur Bhimaji, who obtained
was conferred on June 22, 1897. Resi- possession of Timba in 1524 a.d.
The
dence : Bombay. State, which makes an annual payment
to Idar, has a population of 1205,
TIKARAM, Munshi, Rai Bahadur; b. chiefly Hindus. Residence: Timba,
1834. Received the title on January 1, Mdhi Kdntha, Bombay.
1897. Residence: Guna, Central India.
The
TIMMARAJU VENKATASIVA RAO
TIKARAM, Seth, Rai Bahadur. PANTULU, Rao Bahadur. The title
title was conferred on May 24, 1889, as was conferred on June 22, 1897. Is
a personal Residence:
distinction. Chairman of Chicacole Municipal
Narsinghpur, Central Provinces. Council. Residence: Ganjam, Madras.
TILAK CHAND LALA, Rai Bahadur. TIN GYAW, Maung, Tlmye gauny
The was conferred on February
ngwe Da ya Min ; b. 1859. The title
title
16, 1887, as a personal distinction, on was conferred on January 1, 1897, for
the occasion of the Jubilee of the reign
long and good service, and is indicated
of Her Most Gracious Majesty. Resi-
by the letters T.D.M. after the name.
dence : Karnal, Punjab. Residence: Henzada, Burma.
TILAK SINGH (of Sikri), Sarddr. The TIN, Maung, Myook, Ahmudan gauny
the Sarddr being
title is hereditary, Tazeik ya Min. Is Township Officer.
the head of a Jat family of Sikh The titlewas conferred, as a personal
Sarddrs descended from Sardar Bhag distinction, on January 1, 1898. It is
Singh, who conquered Sikri and some indicated by the letters A.T.M. after
the name, and means "
neighbouring territory in 1789 A.D. Recipient of
The family came under British protec- the Medal for Good Service." Resi-
tion with the other Cis-Sutlej Chiefs. dence: Pagdn, Burma.
Bhdg Singh's son, Sarddr Mahtdb TIPPERAH, Hill, His Highness Raja
Singh, had a son named Sarddr Lahna Radha Kishore Deb Barman Manikya,
Singh. The latter was succeeded by A b. 1857.
his son, the late Sarddr Jodla Singh, Rdjd of. ruling chief;
Succeeded to the gadi February 2,
who in turn was succeeded by the
1897. Belongs to a Rdjput family that
present Sarddr. Residence: Sikri,
claims descent in 179 generations from
Karndl, Punjab. Chandra (the Moon), and that has
TILAK SINGH (of Mustafabad), Sarddr. ruled in Tipperah, or Tripura, from
The title is hereditary. The Sarddr prehistoric times. Eighty-eighth in
belongs to a Jat family of Sikh Sarddrs, descent from Chandra was the Rdjd
descended from Sarddr Mahtdb Singh, Birrdj, who introduced the Tipperah
who took possession of Mustafabad era, used in the Rdjmdld or Chronicles
and neighbouring territory in 1759 a.d., of the Kings of Tipperah. The first part
on the decline of the Mughal Power. of this Chronicle was compiled in the
He also seized some villages in the reign of the Rdjd Dharma Manikya, who
Jdlandhar Dodb. The latter were seems to have succeeded to the gadi
taken from the family by the Mahdrdjd in 1407 a.d., and is entered as the 148th
Ranjit Singh; but the Cis-Sutlej jdgir in descent from Chandra, The Rdjmdld
came under British protection. Sarddr is believed to be the earliest specimen
Mahtdb Singh was succeeded by his of Bengdli composition extant.
son, Sarddr Ratan Singh. The latter The area ruled over by this family
had two sons— Sarddrs Gursaran Singh has at times been very extensive; in
and Dewa Singh. Sarddr Dewa Singh the 16th century it extended from the
was the father of the present Sarddr. river Hughli (or Hooghly) on the west,
Residence : Mustafabad, Ambdla, to Burma on the east, and to Kamrup
Punjab. on the north. In 1512 the Rdjd con-
See Surpdl Singh. quered Chittagong, and his successors,
TILOI, Rdjd of.
though often engaged in hostilities
TIMBA, Thakur Nathusinghji, Thdkur with the Mughal forces, maintained
of. A
ruling chief; b. February 8, their independence. In 1620, under
1857. Succeeded to the gadi as a the Emperor Jahdngir, the Nawdb
minor March 12, 1859. Belongs to a Fateh Jang invaded Tipperah, captured
Chauhdn Rdjput family, descended the Rdjd, Jaso Mdnikya, and carried
him a prisoner to Delhi. Shortly after- Residence: Agartala, Hill Tipperah,

wards the Mughal troops were com- Bengal.
pelled by an epidemic to evacuate the TIPUHTJSAIN, Mir, Khdn. The title is
country, in the time of Raja Kalyan a personal one. It was originally con-
Mdnikya, who succeeded Jaso; and ferred by the Nawab of the Carnatic,
though ultimately the Muhammadans and has been recognized by the British
established themselves in the low- Government. Residence : Madras.
lands of the Raj—now the British —
district of Tipperah in Bengal TIRAUL, Rdjd of. See Partab Bahadur
the hilly country appears to have Singh.
been left to the control of the Rajas.
The British Government, after ob- TIRLA, Bhumia of. See Nimkhera.
taining the diwdni of Bengal in 1765,

TIRUVENKATASWAMI MUDALIYAR,
Rao Bahadur ; b. 1856.
always invested the successive Rajas A.T., Avergal,
on payment of the usual nazar or fine Received the title on June 22, 1897.
Residence: Coimbatore, Madras.
on succession. In 1857 the mutineers
of the Ohittagong garrison captured
TIRWA, Rdjd of. See Udit Narayan
Agartala, the capital of this State ; Singh.
but the Raja, Ishan Chandra Manikya,
rendered to the Government all the TODAL NARAYAN SINGH, Tikait. The
assistance in his power. He was suc- title was conferred on June 3, 1893.
Residence :
Hazaribagh, Bengal.
ceeded in 1862 by his brother, the
late Raja Bir Chandra Manikya, who TONK, His Highness Amin-ud-daula
had held the title of Jubaraj (or Warir-ul-mulk Nawab Sir Muhammad
Yuvaraj) during the late Raja's life- Ibrahim Ali Khan Bahadur. Saulat
time. The family cognizance is the Jang, G.C.I.E., Nawdb of. A ruling
device of a figure half man, half fish, chief ; b. 1848. Succeeded to the gadi
said to be derived from the figure of a December 20, 1867. Belongs to a
fish very widely borne on their flags Pathan (Muhammadan) family of the
by ancient Rajput Chiefs (see Darb- Buner clan, descended from Amir
hanga). The area of the State is 4086 Khan, the famous Pindari leader of the
square miles ; its population is 95,637, last century. His grandfather, Tala
chiefly Hindus, but including 26,951 Khan, came from the Buner country
Muhammadans. The family law of on the confines of Afghanistan, and
succession is peculiar to this State ;
took service with the Rohillas in
under it the Raja has the power of Rohilkhand, in the time of the
nominating any male member of his Emperor Muhammad Shah Ghazi.
family as his successor, with the title Tala Khan's son was Haiat Khan, who
of Jubdrdj, and also a successor to the became a landowner in Moradabad,
Jubaraj, with the title of Bara Thdkur. and was the father of Amir Khdn.
But this right of the Raja's is subject The latter rose to be, in 1798, the com-
to the condition that he may not pass mander of a large independent army
over, for the post of Jubaraj, the in the service of Jaswant Rao Holkar.
kinsman (if any) who had been ap- In 1806 he received the State of Tonk
pointed by his predecessor to the post from Holkar. In the same year he
of Bara Thdkur so that practically it
;
transferred his military services to the
comes to this, that the Raja cannot Rdjd of Jaipur, then at war with the
appoint his own successor, but can Raja of Jodhpur ; and after crushing
appoint the Bara Thakur who will Jodhpur, then changed sides and con-
ultimately succeed that successor. In quered Jaipur. In 1809, having plun-
addition to the territory of Hill dered both these Rdjput States, he
Tipperah, the Raja possesses a large turned his arms against the Mahratta
estate in the British district of Tip- Rdjd of Ndgpur ; but was warned off
perah, with larger revenues than those by the British Government. In 1817
of his feudatory State of Hill Tipperah ; the Marquis of Hastings, then
and in the frequent cases of a disputed Governor-General, determined to put
succession, as the devolution of this an end to the Pinddri ravages, and to
estate has always been decided by the restore peace to Rajputdna and Central
British Courts, that decision has also India, so he offered Amir Khdn the
usually fixed the succession on the Raj. sovereignty of the tracts given him by
Holkar, under British protection, on son, the Diwan Prithi Singh, succeeded
condition of his disbanding his army. to the gadi in 1858. At the Imperial
This was agreed to many of Amir; Assemblage of Delhi on January 1,
Khan's troops enlisted in the British 1877, on the occasion of the Proclama-
service, all were liberally treated, and tion of Her Most Gracious Majesty as
Amir Khan himself became Nawab of Empress of India, the Diwan received
Tonk, to which State the British the additional title of Rao Bahadur.
Government spontaneously added the He died in 1880, and was succeeded by
fort of Rampura and the district of his son, the present Chief. The area
Aligarh- Rampura. He died in 1834, of the State is 36 square miles its ;
and was succeeded by his son, Wazir population is 10,631, chiefly Hindus.
Muhammad Khan, who died in 1864. The Chief maintains a military force of
The latter was succeeded by the late 15 cavalry, 150 infantry, and 12 guns
Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan, who was Residence : Tori Fatehpur, Bundel-
deposed in 1867, and was succeeded by khand, Central India.
his son, the present Nawab. The area
of the State is 2509 square miles ; its TRAILAKSHA NATH BANERJI, Rai
Bahadur. Is Assistant Registrar of
out including 38,561 Muhammadans the Calcutta University. Received
and 5693 Jains. His Highness, who the title on June 22, 1897. Residence:
was created a Knight Grand Com- Calcutta.

mander of the Most Eminent Order of
the Indian Empire on May 20, 1890,
TRAILAKSHA NATH SARKAR, Rai
Saheb. Granted the title, as a personal
distinction, January 2, 1893, for eminent
cavalry, 2081 infantry, and 77 guns, services in the Bengal Public Works
Residence : Tonk, Rajputana. Department. Residence : Calcutta.
TRAVANC0RE, His Highness Sir Bala
TONK, ThakurNirpat Singh, Tlidkur of. Rama Varma, G.C.S.I., Maharaja of.
A ruling chief ; b. 1843. Succeeded to A ruling chief ; b. 1857. Succeeded to
the gadi in 1869. Belongs to a Rajput the gadi August 4, 1885. Belongs to a
(Hindu) family. The State, which is Kshiatriya (Hindu) family, whose rule
a small Central India State, is not in southernmost India probably dates
connected with the large State of the from the abdication of the Malabar
same name in Rajputana. Residence : Emperor Cheraman Perumal, about
Tonk, Indore, Central India. 352 a.d. This potentate resolved to
betake himself to Benares and retire
TORI FATEHPUR, Diwan Arjun Singh, from the world, divided his dominions
Diwdn and Rao Bahadur of. A ruling among the great vassals of his crown,
chief ; b. 1870. Succeeded to the gadi the chief of whom received the
as a minor February 7, 1880. Belongs southern portion, with the capital
to the great Bundela Rajput family, named Tiruvankodu (corrupted into
" Travancore
from which are descended the ruling "), now a small village in
houses of Orchha, Panna, and all the this territory. A
long line of suc-
chief Bundelkhand States. Rai Singh, cessors ruled in Travancore with varied
great-grandson of Hardul, one of the fortunes, till, in 1684 a.d., the Maha-
sons of the Maharaja Bir Singh Deo of raja Eruma Yarma Perumal came to
Orchha (q.v.), held the territory of the throne, and reigned till 1717. His
Baragaon, and divided it among his descendants, Yanchi Martanda Perumal
eight sons, whence the States so (1729 to 1746), and Vanchi Bala Peru-
founded are commonly known as the mal, his son, largely extended the
" brother Travancore dominions.
Hashtbhaya (or Eight ") Throughout
jdgirs. Of these there are four the wars with Tippu Sultan of Mysore,
—
now existing Dhurwai (q.v.), Bijna the Raja of Travancore was the stead-
(q.v.), (q.v.), and Tori Fatehpur.
Pahari fast ally of the British Power. Tippu
Rai Singh's son, Hindupat, became the invaded Travancore in 1789, and again
first Diwan of Tori Fatehpur. His in 1790, but without success, and in
great-grandson was the Diwan Hara- 1795 the Raja Bala Rama Varma
parshad, who received a sanad from entered into subsidiary alliance with
the British Government in 1823. His the British Government, receiving a
guarantee of protection. His successor ceived the title May 24, 1897. Re-
of the same name in 1805 entered into sidence : Poona, Bombay.
still closer relations with the Para-
mount Power. A rebellion occurred TRIMBAK G0PAL JAVAKHAR, Rao
among the Nairs in 1809, but this as a
was promptly suppressed by the British February 16, 1887, personal
distinction, on the occasion of the
troops, and ever since then the country Jubilee of the reign of Her Most
has enjoyed profound peace. The
Gracious Majesty. Residence: Nasik,
family follows the Marumakkatayam
law of inheritance, general in the Bombay.
Malabar country, by which the succes- TRIMBAKRAI VARAJRAI, Rao Ba-
sion is with the offspring of its female hadur. The title was conferred on
members, amongst whom the next June 22, 1897. Was Suba of the
eldest male is always the heir-apparent; Baroda Division. Residence: Baroda.
and a special gonad from the Governor-
General, dated 1862, authorizes the
TR0YL0KH0 or TR0YLUCK0. See
Trailaksha.
adoption of nieces to perpetuate the
dynasty. The full title of the Maha- TSANEYO CHAUDHRI, Bohmong, Kyet
—
raja is
" His
Highness Sri Padmana- ihaye zaung shwe Salwe ya Min; b.
bha Dasa Vanji Sir Bala Kama Varma 1821. Succeeded as Bohmong in the
Kulashekhara Kiritapati Mani Sultan year 1875. The Bohmong is the Chief
Manaraja Rajd Rama Raja Bahadur of the Regretha clan of Maghs or
Shamsher Jang, Knight Grand Com- Arakanese, in the Chittagong Hill
mander of the Most Exalted Order of Tracts. Some time before 1774 a.d.,
the Star of India." The area of the a Burmese Prince named Tong Boh-
State is 6730 square miles ; its popula- mong, son of King Pakhong of Burma,
tion is 2,401,158, chiefly Hindus, but came to Arakan with his sister, who
including 146,909 Muhammadans and was married to Kha Mong, the ruling
498,542 Christians. The Maharaja Chief of Arakan. Subsequently he
maintains a military force of 61 cavalry, settled, in the year 1774 A.D., in the
1442 infantry, and 6 guns, and is en- Chittagong Hill Tracts, and was chosen
titled to a salute of 21 guns. His Chief of the southern part of that
Highness was created a Knight Grand territory. Seventh in descent from
Commander of the Most Exalted Order Tong Bohmong is the present Boh-
of the Star of India June 1, 1888. mong, who received from Her Majesty
The heir-apparent, who always bears the Burmese title of K.S.M. on January
the courtesy title of "the Elaya Raja," 1, 1891. He —
has four sons (1) Maung
is Raja Rama Varma, born in 1867. Sanego, (2) Kong La Phru, (3) Tong
The family cognizance is a conch or La Phru, (4) Keo Jo Phru. Residence :
chank-shell. —
Arms. Argent, on a Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bengal.
f esse azure, three reversed conches or
— shwe
— A
chank-shells or. Crest. sea-horse TU, Maung, Kyet ihaye zaung
Salwe ya Min. The title was con-
proper. Supporters. Elephants ram-
—
pant, proper. Motto. Dharmo Smat
ferred on
distinction.
June
1885, as a personal
6,
It means "Recipient of
Kuladevatam. Residence: The Palace,
the Gold Chain of Honour," and is
Trivandrum, Travancore, South India. indicated by the letters K.S.M. after
TRICHIN0P0LY RAYALU ARAKIA- the name. Residence: Maulmain,
SWAMI THUMBOO CHETTY, CLE. Burma.
Chief Judge of the Chief Court of TUKARAM RAMDIN, Rao Bahadur.
Mysore, and Member of the Mysore The title was conferred on January 1,
Council. "Was created a Companion 1896. Residence : Bombay.
Indian Empire on May 25, 1895. Resi- TUMPARTTI RAMA RAO, Rao Ba-
dence : Bangalore, Mysore. hadur. See Rama.
TRIL0K NATH SARKAR, Rai Saheb. TUN, Maung, Kyet thaye zaung shwe
See Trailaksha. Salwe ya Min. The title was con-
ferred on June 1, 1888. It means
TRIMBAK ANANT RISWADXAR, Rao "Recipient of the Gold Chain of
Saheb; b. December 12, 1832. Re- Honour," and indicated
is
by the
letters K.S.M. after the name. Re- UBAIDULLAH KHAN, Sahebzada (of
sidence :
Shwebo, Burma. Tonk), C.S.I. Was created a C.S.I,
on July 29, 1879. Residence: Tonk,
TUN AUNG, Maung, Thuye gaung ngwe Rajputana.
Da ya Mini. This Burmese title (see
Introduction) was conferred on Janu- UCHAD, Thakur Jitamiyan, Thdkur of.
ary 1, 1891. Residence: Mindon, A ruling chief; b. 1847. Belongs to
Burma. a Daima (Muhammadan) family. The
TUN GYWE, Maung, Myook, Ahmudan State, which is tributary to Baroda,
This Burmese has an area of 4 square miles. Its
gaung Tazeik ya Min.
title (see Introduction) was conferred population is chiefly Koli (aboriginal).
on Residence: Residence : Uchad, Rewa Kantha, Bom-
January 1, 1891.
Bhamo, Burma. bay.
TUN HLA, Maung, Thuye gaung ngwe UDAI KRISHNA (DEB), Kumdr. The
Da ya Min. The title was conferred title was conferred on July 18, 1861,
on January 1, 1889. It means "Re- in recognition of his position as the
cipient the Silver Sword for
of second son of the late Raja Kali
Bravery," and is indicated by the Krishna Deb Bahadur, and a member
letters T.D.M. after the name. Re- of the Sobha Bazar Raj family of
sidence: Myingyan, Burma. Calcutta. The late Raja Kali Krishna
Deb Bahadur was the son of the Raja
TUN MIN, Maung, Thuye gaung ngwe Rajkrishna Deb Bahadur, and grandson
Da ya Min. The was conferred
title
of the Mahdraja Nava Krishna Deb
on January 1, 1898. It means "Re-
Bahadur (see Maharaja Sir Narendra
cipient of the Silver Sword for Krishna Deb Bahadur, K.C.I.E.). His
Bravery," and is indicated by the eldest son was the late Raja Narendra
letters T.D.M. after the name. Re- Krishna Deb Bahadur, who died in
sidence: Bassein, Burma.
1886; his second son was the Kumar
TUN THA, Maung, Udai Krishna Deb. Residence: Cal-
Thuye gaung ngwe
Da ya Min. The was conferred
title cutta.
" Re-
on June 1, 1888. It means
UDAI PARTAB SINGH (of Bhinga),
cipient of the Silver Sword for
C.S.I. Raid; b. September 3, 1850.
Bravery," and is indicated by the
Succeeded to the Bhinga Raj on the
letters T.D.M. after the name. Re- death of his father, Raja Kishn Datt
sidence : Yaw, Burma.
Singh, April 24, 1884. Belongs to the
U AUNG, Ahmudan gaung Tazeik ya Bisen clan of Rajputs; the family is
Min. This Burmese title (see Intro- a younger branch of the Bisens of
duction) was conferred on January 1, Gonda, being descended from Bhawani
1894. Residence: Rangoon, Burma. Singh, second son of Raja Ram Singh.
The Raja is now, however, the chief
U GAUNG, C.S.I. Created a C.S.I, on
representative of the House, as the
February 16, 1887. Residence: Min- title of Raja of Gonda is extinct. The
Burma.
gyi, possessions of the elder branch were
U KA, Ahmudan gaung Tazeik ya Min. confiscated after the Mutiny for re-
The title (see Introduction) was con- bellion.The first recorded ancestor
ferred on June an Honor-
3, 1899. Is of the family is Partab Singh (or
ary Magistrate. Residence: Mandalay, Mai), Zamindar of Gohani in Par-
Burma. gan4 Digsai, Gonda district, who was
Chaudhri of Pargana Khurasa under
U PO, Thuye gaung ngwe Da ya Min. the Kalhans Raja at the close of the
This Burmese title (see Introduction)
15th century. On the tragic death of
was conferred on June 3, 1893. Re-
Raja Achal Narayan Singh of Khur-
sidence : Thongwa, Burma.
asa, Partab Singh became the leading
UBAIDULLAH, Kazi Muhammad, representative of the Hindu com-
Shams-id-Ulama ; b. 1854. Is Kazi munity during the anarchy that en-
of Madras, and received the title on sued. Third in descent from Partab
June 22, 1897, in recognition of his Singh was Man Singh, who first as-
eminence in oriental learning. Re- sumed the style of Raja and founded
sidence: Madras. the present town of Gonda in what
was then a dense jungle. Two legends up the fortunes of the descendants
are connected with these events. It of Bhawani Singh, the Rajas of
is related that in 1618 the Emperor Bhinga." Raja Ram Singh was suc-
Jahangir heard through Mirza Ali Beg, ceeded by his son Raja Datt Singh,
the Jagirdar of Khurasa, that Man whose exploits and conquests are
Singh of Gohani had caught a remark- famous. The most celebrated of his
ably fine elephant in the Tarai jungles, wars was with Alawal Khan, who
and ordered that both the Zamindar had been appointed by the new Subah-
and his beast should be invited to this dar, Nawab Saadat Khan, his lieu-
Darbar. The elephant was added to tenant for the Trans-Gogra Provinces,
the Imperial stable and the Zamindar and who was killed at the battle of
recompensed with the title of Raja. Sarbangpur. Raja Datt Singh finally
The Raja was hunting near where came to terms with the Oudh Govern-
Gonda now is, when a hare turned ment, and his territories were created
round and put his hounds to flight. into a separate jurisdiction, independ-
" If the air
of this place," he exclaimed, ent of the Nazims of Bahraich and
"
will make hares braver than dogs, Gorakhpur, within which he exercised
what will it do for men?" He im- the full powers of government. He
mediately left Gohani and laid the provided for his younger brother, Bha-
foundation of a new capital, which wani Singh, by sending him to Bhinga,
he called Gonda, after a cowshed nominally in order to defend it from
which he found on the spot. The its foreign enemies and to repress the
most brilliant period in the annals of Banjaras. His strong hand soon re-
the family commenced with the ac- stored order. The Janwar chieftain
cession of Raja Ram Singh, at the of Bhinga died without issue. The
beginning of the latter half of the claims of his kindred were disregarded,
17th century, who considerably ex- and Bhinga became thenceforward a
tended the family estates. The fol- Bisen dependency under the rule of
lowing story is related of the birth Bhawani Singh and his descendants.
of his sons: "His old age was un- Bhawani Singh brought under his
blessed with offspring, and he had sway all that portion of the Pargana
recourse to the services of Ganga Gir which lies between the Rapti and the
Goshain, the most noted of his time forest, as well as a considerable portion
among holy men of Ajudhya. The of the Tarai which lies to the north
saint had two disciples, Datt and of the bank of the river. Up to 1816
Bhawani, whom he despatched to the estate was included in the jdgir
Benares with directions that they of the Bahu Begam. The present
were to insert their heads into a Raja, who was created a Companion
grating which overlooked the Ganges, of the Most Exalted Order of the
and as the guillotine-like door de- Star of India on January 3, 1893, is
scended from above to decapitate the sixth in descent from Bhawani
them, to pray to the river who Singh. Raja Udai Partab Singh was
received their lives that in exchange educated in the Wards Institution at
for each a son might be given to the Lucknow. He is the author of a
Gonda chieftain. The sacrifice was pamphlet entitled Democracy not
efficacious and two sons were born, suited to India, and is a Fellow of
who were named after the authors the Allahabad University. He has a
of their lives, Datt and Bhawani. son and heir, named Kunwar Surendra
At the same time the Goshain gave Bikrama Singh, born December 18,
the Raja his toothpick and directed 1878. Residence: Bhinga, Bahraich,
him to plant it in Gonda, with the Oudh.
prophecy that as long as it remained
green the family of the Bisens should UDAIPUR (or Mewar), His Highness
prosper. It grew into a chilbil bush, Maharana Dhiraj Sir Fateh Singh
throwing out two main branches. In Bahadur, Gr.C.S.L, Malidrdnd of. A
the Mutiny, when his rebellion cost ruling chief; b. 1848. Succeeded to
Raja Debi Bakhsh Singh his estates, the gadi December 21, 1884. Is the
the principal bough was broken off Chief of the Sesodia clan of Rajputs ;
by a hurricane. The second bough and is called "the Sun of the Hindus,"
yet remains, and with it are bound as being the head of the elder branch
Y
of the Surqjbansi or Solar race, and silver maces, with peculiar gifts and personal
the legitimate heir of the semi-divine honours, in commemoration of some exploit

of their ancestors. . . . Only those of
Rama, the first in blood of all Hindu pure blood in both lines can hold fiefs of the
Princes. The Maharana is universally Crown ; the highest may marry the daughter
acknowledged as the Chief of the of a Rajput whose sole possession is a skin
'
of land,' the sovereign himself is not degraded

"Thirty-six Royal Tribes"; and the
—
House of Mewar which is the name by such an alliance."
of the country of which Udaipur is the
—
capital is the only dynasty in India The knight's fee in Mewar is stated to
that still rules over the same territory be land of about the yearly rental value
as that which its ancestors ruled over of 250 rupees. The Thakurs of the first
for centuries before the Muhammadan class in Mewar are those whose estates
invaders from Ghazni first crossed the represent a yearly value of 50,000 rupees
Indus. The title, however, of Rana and upwards ; these appear at the Court
—
or Maharana which is proudly borne of the Maharana only on special in-
by every considerable Sesodia Prince vitation, and are his hereditary council-
in Central and Western India, in lors. Those of the second class, with
token of kinship with the illustrious estates of a yearly value of 5000 rupees
—
Maharana of Udaipur is compara- and upwards, were formerly required to
tively modern, having been adopted be always in attendance on the Maha-
in the 12th century in lieu of the rana ; and from their number were
more ancient " Rawal," on the occasion appointed the Faujdars and military
of the conquest of the Puar Rana officers. Below these Chiefs are the
of Mandor by the Sesodia Rawal of great body of smaller Thakurs, called
Chitor. Every member of the Sesodia the Gol, holders of smaller estates.
clan claims kinship with his Chief; And in addition to all are the Bdbds, or
and even if he is only the holder of "Children of Mewdr" the numerous —
a charsa or "hide" of land, he ad- younger branches of the Maharana's own
dresses- the Maharana as Bdpji —
family, who within a certain period are en-
father or sire. The chief modern titled to an appanage. To this class belong
authority for the history and anti- the Rajas of Bunera and Shahpura, great
quities of Mewar, as of the other and powerful Chiefs ; the ancestor of the
great Rajput States, is the Annals former was a twin-brother of the Rana
of Rdjdsthdn, by the learned Colonel Jai Singh in the time of the Emperor
Tod, dedicated to King George the Aurangzeb, whilst the latter is de-
Fourth in 1829, and embodying the scended from a scion of the family of
researches of many years spent as a the Rana Udai Singh in the time of
Political Agent in Rajputana, in the Akbar. These greater feudatory Chiefs
most friendly personal intercourse have their grants renewed by the Ma-
with the Rajput Chiefs of that day. harana at each succession, and receive
Of this great work the most important from His Highness the khilat of in-
part is the Annals of Mewdr, compiled vestiture ; but otherwise their feudal
from the records of Udaipur, from the burdens are almost nominal. The great-
history written by the Raja Jai Singh est of the Mewar feudatories is the
of Jaipur, and from a large number of Rawat of Salumbar, the head of the
ancient chronicles, including the Mem- great Chondawat sept; descended from
oirs of the Emperors Babar and the Prince Chonda, elder son of the
Jahangir, the Ain-i-Akbari of Abul Rana Lakha Ram. The legend runs
Fazl,and others. Tod says of this that Chonda, annoyed by some light
State:— words of his father, voluntarily surren-
dered his right to the gadi of Chitor
"Mewar exhibits a marked difference from all in favour of his younger brother Mo-
the other States in her policy and institutions
kalji, who became Rana in 1398 a.d.
;
she was an old-established dynasty when these

renovated scions were in embryo. We can Chonda stipulated that he and his
trace the losses of Mewar, but with difficulty descendants should always hold the
her acquisitions. .
. The honours, and
. first place in the Councils of the State,
privileges, and the gradations of rank amongst and that his symbol, the bhala or
the vassals of the Rand's House exhibit a
lance, should always be attached to the
highly artificial and refined state of society.
Each of the superior rank is entitled to a signature of the ruling Chief in all
banner, kettle-drums preceded by heralds, and grants to vassals. To the present day
the descendants of Chonda, Rawats of dit; he was killed by the Bhils, and the
Salumbar, are the hereditary Chief Idar Raj destroyed, but his infant son,
Councillors of the Maharanas of Udai- Bappa, was saved by one of the descend-
pur; and in all grants, the monogram ants of the faithful Kamalavati, was
Sahai, which is the sign-manual of the brought up under the protection of a
Maharana, is preceded by the symbol Bhil family, and became the conqueror
of the lance, the sign-manual of the of Chitor. An immense mass of legend-
Salumbar chieftain. ary lore is attached to the name of
The history of the family of the Bappa. The saint Harita, who con-
Maharana of Udaipur is a most inter- ferred on him the title of "the Diwan
esting one ; only a very few landmarks of the god Eklinga," dwelt on the spot
in it can here be given. The legendary that is now the site of the great temple
empire of Ajudhya, of which Rama was of Eklinga, the tutelary deity of Mewar ;
the monarch, was named Koshala, and and the high-priest of that temple, in
in the archives of the Maharana at Colonel Tod's time, was sixty-sixth in
Udaipur the first royal immigrant from lineal descent from Harita. Bappa in
the north into Mewar is called Koshala- some of his flights was accompanied by
—
putra the son of Koshala. Rama's two two Bhils, Baleo of Oguna Panora, in
sons were Loh and Cush, of whom the the west of Mewar, and Dewa of Undri,
elder, the founder of Loh-Kot or Lohore, in the valley of Udaipur; and when later
is claimed as the ancestor of the Rands. he conquered the kingdom of Chitor
Fifty-sixth in descent from the deified these Bhils made the tikd or mark of
Rama was Sumitra, the contemporary sovereignty on the forehead of the
of King Vikramaditya, about the year young Prince, with blood drawn from
56 a.d. But the actual founder of the the thumb of Baleo. Whence it comes
Mewar dynasty is generally considered that, to the present day, in the instal-
to be Kanak Sen, who appears
to have lation ceremonies of a Maharana of
migrated from Loh-Kot or Lahore into Udaipur, the Rana of Oguna Panora, a
Saurashtra (a province of Kathiawar, Bhumia Bhil descended from Baleo,
Bombay) about the year 145 a.d. His makes the tikd on the forehead of the
descendants long reigned in great splen- Prince with blood from his thumb, and
dour at Ballabhipur till at length, about
;
takes him by the arm, and seats him on
the year 524 a.d., that city was sacked, the yadi ; whilst the Undri Bhil, the
and the Raj6 Siladitya and all his people lineal descendant of Dewa, holds the
exterminated. Only the Queen, Puspa- salver of spices and sacred grains of
vati, was saved, who happened to be rice used in making the tikd. The date
absent on a pilgrimage to the shrine of of the capture of Chitor and settlement
Bhavani in her native land she was a — of Bappa Rawal in Mewar has been
Princess of the Pramara clan of Rajputs fixed at 720 a.d.
from Chandravati near Mount Abu. At the time of the Muhammadan
She gave birth to a son in a cave in the invasion of Shahab-ud-din Ghori, a brave
mountains of Mallia; and then, having descendant of Bappa named Samarsi was
confided her infant to the care of Ka- the Rawal of Chitor. He was married
malavati, the daughter of a Brahman to the sister of Prithvi Raj, the last
priest of the temple, with the injunctions Hindu Emperor of Delhi, and was the
to bring up the child as a Brahman but chief ally of that monarch, whose cam-
to marry him to a Rajputni, Queen paigns are the theme of the poet Chand.
Puspavati mounted the pyre of her dead Shahab-ud-din was at first defeated by
husband Siladitya. Thus was preserved the combined forces of the Chauhans,
the Solar race, and Goha (the "Cave- Tuars, and Gehlots or Sesodias, ac-
born") subsequently founded the earliest cording to the account of Chand; but
dynasty of Idar (q.v.). By the time he returning in the following year, 1192
was eleven years old he had become a.d., he slew Samarsi and his son Kalyan
quite unmanageable by his kind Brah- Rai, as well as Prithvi Raj and all the
man protectors; he associated with flower of the Rajput chivalry. The
Rajput children, killed birds, hunted Queen Pritha died on the pyre of Sa-
with the wild Bhils of the forest in — marsi, but another widow of Samarsi,
the words of the legend, " How could Kuramdevi, a Princess of the Salonki
" The
they hide the rays of the Sun ?
' '
Rajputs of Patan, administered the
eighth in descent from Goha was Naga- government of Chitor during the minor-
ity of her son Kama, while an elder and the Rawat
of Salumbar, the de-
son of Samarsi emigrated and founded scendant of Chonda and the Chief of
the dynasty of Dungarpur. At the the Chondawat sept, is the first noble
head of her Rajputs, Kuramdevi gave of Udaipur to this day. After a long
battle to Kutb-ud-din near Amber, when reign Mokalji was assassinated, and was
the latter was defeated and wounded; succeeded by his son, Khumbo Rana,
and on this occasion nine Rajas and in 1419 a.d. and the latter in 1440 a.d.,
;
eleven Rawats of the septs of Mewar at the head of 100,000 horse and foot
followed the mother of their Prince. and 1400 elephants, routed the combined
The Rawal Kama succeeded to the gadi forces of the Musalman Kings of Malwa
in 1193 a.d., but he was not destined and Gujarat, and carried off Mahmud,
to be the ancestor of the future Princes the Khilji King of Malwa, a prisoner
of Mewar. His son Mahup abandoned to Chitor. The story of this victory
Chitor, to live with his maternal re- is told by Abul Fazl, Akbar's great
latives of the Chauhan clan and Rahup, Minister, in the Ain-i-Akbari ; and he
;
son of Kama's cousin (and grandson of dilates on the magnanimity of the

Surajmal, brother of Samarsi), succeeded Rajput Prince, who set Mahmud at
at Chitor. liberty, not only without ransom but
Goha, Bappa, and Samarsi were the with rich gifts. The triumphal pillar
great names of the early semi-legendary which Khumbo set up at Chitor eleven
times of the Mewar dynasty. With years later still records his glory.
Rahup's accession in 1193 a.d. its history Khumbo built thirty-two strong for-
becomes clearer and more authentic. He tresses in Mewar, of which the most
conquered Mokal, the Purihar Rana of famous in history is the huge Kumb-
Mandur, and assumed his title of Rana homer. In 1469 he was assassinated by
or Maharana, which has ever since his son Uda Singh, and the parricide's
distinguished the Sesodias. Ninth in name is properly left a blank in the
descent from Rahup was the Rana chronicles of Udaipur. His descendant,
Lakumsi, who succeeded in 1275 a.d. ; the Rana Raimal, had three sons famous
his reign is famous for the terrible sack in the Rajput ballads, of whom the
of Chitor by Ala-ud-din, the Pathan eldest, the Rana Sanga, saw the climax
Emperor of Delhi. According to the of the "greatness of Mewar. He is one
"
Rajput chronicles, it was the beauty of of the Pagan heroes of the Memoirs
the fair Padmani, the Chauhan bride of of Babar, and was defeated by the
Bhim Singh, uncle and guardian of the Mughal invader at the great battle of
Rana, that was the cause of this great Kanua, on the result of which Babar
catastrophe
— when Padmani and all assumed the title of Ghdzi, which was
the women of Chitor burnt themselves held by all subsequent Mughal invaders.
in one grand holocaust, while their In this battle many of the greatest
husbands and brothers put on the saffron princes of India were slain, fighting
robe and threw themselves on the Pathan under Sanga as their lord paramount —
hosts, to be exterminated to a man. including the Rawal Udai Singh of
The Rana Ajai Singh was the sole Dungarpur (q.v.), with two hundred of
survivor among the royal princes of his clan the Rawat of Salumbar, with
;
this massacre ; and he was succeeded by three hundred Chondawats Raimal, son
;
his nephew, the great Rana Hamir, in of the Rahtor Raja of Jodhpur (q.v.);
1301 a.d. Hamir recaptured Chitor, and Ramdas, the Rao of Sonigara the Khan
;
in a long reign of sixty-four years re- of Mewat ; and the son of the last Lodi
stored the fortunes of his family. During Emperor of Delhi. Under the rule of
the remainder of the Pathan period, Rana Vikramaditya, son of Sanga, Chitor
Mewar enjoyed great power and pros- was once more stormed by the Musalman
perity; and the Emperor of Delhi was foe
— this time Bahadur Shah, King of
defeated by one of its Rands, Khait Gujarat; but it was during the reign
Singh, at the battle of Bakrol. Khait of the Rand Udai Singh, 1541-1572 a.d.,
Singh's son, Lakha Rana, had many that this famous old fortress was finally
sons, of whom the heroic Chonda was stormed by the great Akbar himself.
the eldest, and Mokalji the youngest. Akbar is stated in the Jahangir Ndmeh
After a romantic series of incidents, to have shot Jaimal, the heroic uncle of
already alluded to above, the succession the Rana, with his own matchlock, which
was handed over by Chonda to Mokalji ; he afterwards called Sanyhrdm (another
form of Sanga) in honour of this exploit. to Rajasthan. But the ravages of the
The Rand Udai Singh fled, and founded Mahrattas and the Pindaris under Amir
a new capital in a more remote district ;
Khan {see Tonk) from this time almost
he called it Udaipur from his own name, made a wilderness of the whole country ;
and from that time, 1568 A.D., it has till, in 1817, the British Government
heen the capital of Mewar. intervened, put an end to the predatory
The wars with the forces of the Mug- system in Central and Western India,
hal Empire under the generals of Akbar and undertook the protection and control
and Jahangir continued with varying of the Rajput Chiefs. The Maharana
fortunes during the reigns of Udai Bhim Singh gladly entered into this
Singh's successors, the Ranas Partab arrangement; and from that time the
Singh and Umra Singh but in 1613
;
succession in Udaipur has been a peace-
a.d. the latter made his submission to ful and happy one. The Maharana
the Emperor Jahangir, who treated him Sambhu Singh, who died in 1874, was
magnanimously, and lavished honours succeeded by his first cousin, Maharana
on him and his son Karran. The Sujjan Singh, G.C.S.I. The latter died
Emperor Shah Jahan being a son of in 1884, and was succeeded by the
the famous Princess of Jaipur, there present Maharana, who was created
was great friendship between the Mug- a Knight Grand Commander of the
hals and the Rajputs during his reign. Most Exalted Order of the Star of India
The old animosity broke out anew when on February 15, 1887, on the occasion of
Aurangzeb imposed the jaziah, or capita- the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most
tion tax on infidels, on all Hindus but
;
Gracious Majesty, and the Imperial
in 1681 he relinquished this odious claim. Order of the Crown of India was pre-
In 1713, during the reign of the Em- sented to Her Highness the Maharani
peror Farukhsiyar, there was a coalition on October 12, 1897.
of the three greatest Rajput States, The chief feudatories of Mewar are
Mewar (or Udaipur), Marwar (or Jodh- the States of Chani, Jawas, Jura, Madri,
pur), and Amber (or Jaipur), against the Oghna, Panarwa, Para, Patia, Sarwan,
Imperial power, but this was not of long and Thana. The area of the State, in-
duration. The House of Udaipur never cluding these feudatories, is 12,670 square
consented to give a daughter in marriage miles its population is 1,494,220, chiefly
:
to the Mughals, and contemned the other Hindus, but including 51,076 Bhils (an
Rajput princes who had submitted to aboriginal tribe), 43,322 Muhammadans,
this infringement of caste rules. Hence and 78,171 Jains. The Maharana main-
the re-admission of the Jaipur and Jodh- tains a military force of 5560 cavalry,
pur families to the honour of matri- 19,344 infantry, and 464 guns. His High-
monial alliances with the Udaipur family ness is entitled to a salute of 21 guns.
was the subject of negotiations, and the —
Arms. Gules, a sun in its splendour or.
condition of treaties and the stipulation Crest. —A sheathed sword erect, proper.
;
—
on which this was conceded that the Supporters.
—ABhil and Rajput warrior
sons of Udaipur princesses succeed their attired for forlorn hope (in saffron robes),
fathers in preference to elder sons by —
proper. Motto. Io Drirha Rakhe Dhar-
—
other mothers was the fruitful cause ma Kouri Tihin Rakhe Katar. Residence :
of bitter family dissensions and many Udaipur, Rajputana.
wars. From the year 1736 this State,
like most other Rajput States, was in- UDAIPUR (CHOTA NAGPUR), Raja
cessantly engaged in resisting the Mah- Dharamjit Singh Deo, Raja of. A
rattas or in submitting to their ex- ruling chief ; b. March 17, 1857. Suc-
actions or ravages. Towards the end of ceeded to the gadi March 18, 1876.
the last century, during the rule of the Belongs to a Kshatriya (Rajput
Rana Bhim Singh, occurred the disas- Hindu) family, descended from the
trous war between the Rajas of Jaipur Chiefs of Sarguja (q.v.). The last
and Jodhpur, both of whom were aspir- surviving Raja of the family that
ants for the hand of the Princess Krishna formerly ruled in this State having
Kunwar of Udaipur. The feud was been guilty of murder and rebellion
temporarily appeased by the cruel during the Mutiny of 1857, and having
counsels of the Minister or Diwan of been transported to the Andaman
the Rana, who persuaded the latter to Islands, the State was conferred on
poison his daughter, so as to give peace the father of the present Raja, who
was the Raja Bindeswari Parshdd January 1, 1877, as a personal distinc-
Singh Deo Bahadur, C.S.I., brother of tion, on the occasion of the Proclama-
the Maharaja of Sarguja. He distin- tion of Her Most Gracious Majesty as
guished himself greatly for his loyalty Empress of India. Residence : Supul,
to Government, and was created a Bhagalpur, Bengal.
Companion of the Most Exalted Order
of the Star of India. He died in 1876, TJGYEN GYATSH0, Lama, Rai Baha-
and was succeeded by his son, the dur. The Lama received the title of
Rai Bahadur on June 3, 1893. Resi-
present Raja. The latter has a son
and heir named Bishan Partab Singh dence :
Sikkim, Bengal.
Deo, who bears the courtesy title of UJJAL SINGH (of Dhanaura), Sarddr;
Jubaraj or Yuvaraj. The State, which b. 1858.Succeeded to the title, which
is one of the Chota Ndgpur
Tributary is hereditary, on the death of his
Mahals, has an area of 1051 square father, the late Sarddr Dewa Singh of
miles, and a population of 33,955, Dhanaura. Belongs to a Khatri family
chiefly Hindus. The Raja has a mili- of Sikh Sardars, descended from Ha-
tary force of 3 guns. Residence : Udai- zuri Singh, whose eldest son, Sarddr
pur, Chota Ndgpur, Bengal. Dharam Singh, was the grandfather of
UDAY. See Udai. Sardar Natha Singh, father of the late
Sardar Dewa Singh of Dhanaura. The
UDHAM SINGH (of Pirthipur), Mian. younger brothers of Sarddr Dharam
The title is hereditary. Residence: Singh were the Sarddrs Karam Singh
Pirthipur, Kangra, Punjab. and Sada Singh, both of whom made
considerable conquests in the Punjab
UDIT NARAYAN (of Padrauna), Rai, — the last-named being the conqueror
Raja. See Padrauna. of Dhanaura and the neighbouring
UDIT NARAYAN SINGH territory, which descended to the pos-
(of Tirwa),
terity of his elder brother, Sarddr
Raja ; b. 1855. Succeeded to the Raj
as a minor on the death of his kins- Dharam Singh. The family came
man, the late Raja Jagat Singh, in under British protection with the other
1857. He is a Baghel Rajput, the son Cis-Sutlej States, and rendered good
of Raja Baji Singh. The remote pro- service during the Mutiny of 1857.
genitor of the family is said to have
Residence : Dhanaura, Karndl, Punjab.
been one Bazag Gir Deo, who came
from Gujrat and settled in Rewah.
UMA CHARAN CHAKRAVARTTI, Rai
Bahadur. The was conferred on
title
In the time of Raja Jai Chand, the
June 22, 1897. Residence: Ndgpur,
Rahtor Prince of Kanauj (circ. 1190),
Central Provinces.
one Bhaun Partab came from Rewah
and settled at Kolapur in Kanauj, and UMAKANT DAS, Rai Bahadur. The
the family spread in the neighbouring title was conferred on January 1, 1889,
villages, till about the end of the as a personal distinction, in recognition
17th century Dharm Das took up his of eminent services in the Political
abode in Tirwa. His grandson, Partab Department, particularly in connection
Singh, by ingratiating himself with the with the State of Hill Tipperah (q.v.),
Oudh Governor, Almas Ali, extended in Bengal. The Rai Bahddur held
his influence and acquired the title of the position of Assistant Political
Rao. Sumer Singh, son of Partab Agent in Hill Tipperah. Residence :
Singh, raised the family to the greatest Dacca, Bengal.
distinction they ever enjoyed from his
connection with Shuja-ud-daula, the UMAR JUMAL VUYANI, Sarddr. The
Nawdb Vazir of Oudh, whom he aided title was conferred on June 22, 1897.
Residence :
Bombay.
in the battle of Buxar. He obtained
from the Emperor Shah Alam the title UMAR SINGH, Bhai, Rai Saheb. Re-
of Raja Bahadur, and the dignity of ceived the title on May 21, 1898. Resi-
a mansabddr of 3000. Residence: dence :
Military Works Department.
Tirwa, Farukhabad, North-Western
Provinces. UMED KUAR Fatehpur), Rani.
(of
Belongs to a Raj Gond family, claim-
UGRA NARAYAN SINGH, Rai Baha- ing an antiquity, in the Hoshangabad
dur. The title was conferred on district of the Central Provinces, of
more than 900 years. The Fatehpur destroyer of thieves, for the nine sur-
jdgir is said to have been conferred on rounding Parganas. Randhan suc-
an ancestor by Raja Kamal Nain, ceeded to the estate in 1790, and
Gond Raja of Mandla, in 930 a.d. A obtained from Shah Alam a perpetual
sanad from the Raja of Mandla, dated lease of Parganas Path, Sayana, Thana
1500 A.D., is still in the possession of Farida, and taluqas Datiyana and
the family. See Takhat Singh ; see also Sayyidpur, at a yearly revenue of Rs.
Ratan Kuar. Residence: Fatehpur, 40,000. This grant was confirmed by
Hoshangabad, Central Provinces. the British Government in 1803. Rao
Randhan died in prison in Meerut in
UMEDRAM ANANDRAM, Rao Baha-
dur. The title was at first conferred 1816, and on his death the grant was
as an official title, and for good services settled with the original proprietors,
was subsequently continued for life.
but the jdgir of Kachesar was granted
revenue-free in perpetuity to his son,
Residence : Surat, Bombay.
Rao Fateh Singh, by Lord Moira in
UMEDRAM RANCHH0RDAS, Rao Ba- the same year. Fateh Singh died in
hadur. The title was conferred on 1839, after amassing immense wealth
January 1, 1894. Residence: Surat, and estates, and increasing his taluqa
Bombay. to an enormous extent. He was suc-
ceeded by his son, Rao Bahadur Singh,
UMETA, Thakur Ganpatsinghji Rai-
singhjl, Thakur of. A ruling chief b. ;
who added twenty-six villages to the
1891. The late Thakur Raisinghji estates. He expressed his intention
Himatsinghji succeeded the Thakur
of leaving his estates equally to Gulab
Hathisinghji on August 4, 1896 died ;
Singh and Umrao Singh. Gulab re-
on September 8, 1897, when he was sented this, and Rao Bahadur was
succeeded by the present Thakur. Be- found foully murdered in his house in
longs to a family said to be of Bariya 1847. Gulab Singh, who succeeded,
received estates assessed at Rs.7083
(aboriginal) descent. The area of the
State is about 37 square miles. Resi- for his services during the Mutiny.
dence: Umeta, Rewa Kantha, Bom- He died in 1859, and was succeeded by
bay.
his widow, Jaswant Kunwar, who
again was succeeded by her daughter,
TJMRA0 SHA (of Sobhapur), Rdjd. Suc-
ceeded to the title on the death of the Bhup Kunwar. Bhup Kunwar died
without issue in 1861, and was sue-,
late Raja Chandra Churaman Sha of
ceeded by her husband, Khushal Singh
Sobhapur, December 14, 1886. Be-
nephew and adopted son of the late
longs to a Raj Gond family, whose rebel, Raja Nahar Singh, of Ballabh-
ancestor obtained the title of Raja
garh. Umrao Singh had meanwhile
from the Gond Raja of Mandla. Resi- been pressing his claims, and in 1868 a
dence: Sobhapur, Hoshangabad, Cen-
tral Provinces.
settlement was made by arbitration —
five-sixteenths of the property were
UMRAO SINGH (of Kachesar), Rao; b. awarded to Partap Singh, a grandson
April 1835. Belongs to a Jat family of Magni Ram ; six-sixteenths to Um-
of the Dalai gotra, founded by four rao Singh, and the remainder to Khu-
brothers, Bhual, Jagram, Jarmal, and shal Singh. Umrao Singh subsequently
Gurwa, who came from Mandoti in gave one of his daughters in marriage
Hariana about 200 years ago. The to Khushal Singh. He has a son and
first three settled in Chitsona, Pargana heir, named GirrajSingh, aged eighteen
Sayana, while Gurwa took possession years. Residence: Kachesar, Buland-
Pargana Chandansi. Bhual
of lands in shahr, North-Western Provinces.
was succeeded by Manghi Ram, who
had two sons, Rai Singh and Chatar UMRAO SINGH, Lala, Rai Bahadur.
title
Singh, the latter of whom obtained
considerable power. He had two sons, distinction, on May 29, 1886, in recog-
nition of good services rendered in the
Magni Ram and Randhan Singh.
Both of these joined the Jats of Railway Mail Service^. Residence :
Bhartpur, but Najib-ud-daula secured Delhi, Punjab.
their allegiance by granting them UMRAO SINGH (of Majitbia), Sarddr.
Kachesar in jdgir, with the title of The Belongs to a
Rao, and the office of chormdr, or Shergil Jat family, descended from a
common ancestor, fourteen generations UMRAO SINGH, Rai Bahadur; b. 1834.
back, with Sardar Dayal Singh Ma- The title was conferred, as a personal
jithia (q.v.). Izzat Singh was the distinction, on November 14, 1888, for
founder of this branch of the family. good services rendered in the Medical
He acquired a strip of the Dhanni Service. The Rai Bahadur is the son
territory, and held it till his death in of the late Makhun Singh of Cawn-
1772 a.d. The Maharaja Ranjit Singh pore. He entered the Medical Service
took possession of the whole of the of the Government of India as Native
Dhanni country, but he allowed the Doctor in February 1854, and was
Sardar Attar Singh, grandson of Izzat attached to the 63rd Regiment. Trans-
Singh, to retain a considerable estate, ferred to 2nd Grenadiers N.I., and
and the Sardar ultimately was per- served in medical charge of two com-
mitted to administer the country. He panies of the regiment in the expedi-
was killed in Hazara in 1843, and tion against the Santals inJune 1855,
succeeded by his only son, Surat Singh and subsequently with the whole regi-
—to whose influence was largely due ment in 1855-56. In 1857 was ap-
the rebellion of the Maharaja Sher pointed to a detachment of Her
Singh in 1845. After the annexation Majesty's 64th Foot at Chinsurah, and
of the Punjab the Sardar Surat Singh's marched to Cawnpore, and joined the
jdgirs were confiscated, and he was headquarters of the regiment. "Was
banished to Benares. When the present at the action of Sewrajpore
Mutiny of 1857 broke out he displayed and Cawnpore in November 1857
conspicuous loyalty. He kept a Sikh against the rebel Sepoys, and was
detachment, which guarded the Treas- entrenched for nine days at Cawn-
ury at Benares, to their duty ; and in pore ; was afterwards present in the
an engagement with a party of Raj- final action at Cawnpore on November
puts, who had attacked Benares, he 28, 1857, when the Gwalior contingent
received a severe wound. For his was defeated. Appointed to the 35th
services during the Mutiny the Sardar Regiment in 1858, and served with the
received the additional title of Baha- corps in keeping open the line of com-
dur, a considerable pension, and a munication along the Trunk Road
valuable jdgir ; and he was subse- between Mainpuri and Merah-ki Serai.
quently created a Companion of the In 1863 was appointed to the Civil
Most Exalted Order of the Star of charge of the Rampur Boaliya Charit-
India. Hereceived permission to able Dispensary. In 1865 was trans-
return to the Punjab, and generally ferred to his Excellency the Viceroy's
resided at Majithia. On January 1, Household Dispensary. In 1886 ac-
1877, he received the title of Raja as a companied His Excellency the Viceroy
personal distinction, on the occasion of to Mandalay (Burma Medal). Retired
the Proclamation of Her Most Gracious 1891. He has a son and heir, named
Majesty as Empress of India. He was Bhoyrub Prosad Singh, born July 21,
succeeded by his elder son, the present 1858. Residence :
Cawnpore.
Sardar, the younger son being named
Sundar Singh. Residence : Majithia, UMRI, Rdjd of. See Jagat Bahadur.
Amritsar, Punjab.
UMRI, Raja Pirthi Singh (or Prithvee
UMRAO SINGH (of Naigaon), Rdjd. Singh), Rdjd of. A
ruling chief; b.
The hereditary, ithe Raja be-
title is 1871. Succeeded to the c/adi as a
longing to a Rajput family, whose minor February 20, 1882. Belongs to
ancestor received the title from the a Sesodia Rajput (Hindu) family, de-
Emperor Akbar of Delhi. The family scended from a Chief who in 1803
were originally the Chiefs of Argal on assisted General Jean Baptiste with
the river Jumna. Subsequently they military service, and was granted the
migrated to Garhakota, and ruled territory of Umri, which is entirely
there. The late Raja of Naigaon, enclosed within the Gwalior territory.
Gulab Singh, was born January 21, The late Raja Moham Singh died in
1806 ; and on his death he was suc- 1882, and was succeeded by his grand-
ceeded by his adopted son, the present son, the present Raja. The State has
Raja. Residence : Naigaon, Sagar, a population of 2740. Residence: Umri,
Central Provinces. Guna, Central India.
UMRI, Thakur Motisinghji, Thakur of. USMAN KHAN. See Muhammad Us-
A ruling chief ; Belongs to a
b. 1862. man Khdn.
Chauhan Rajput family, claiming de- See Mumtaz Ali
scent from Thakur Gumansinghji, son
UTRAULA, Rdjd of.
Khan.
of Fatehsinghji. The late Chief, Tha-
kur Amarsinghji, was born in 1811, UTTAM SINGH (of Ghanauli), Sarddr.
and succeeded as a minor in June 1825. The The Sardar
He was succeeded by his grandson, the isthe Chief of the Ghanauli branch of
Thakur Motisinghji. The the important family of Sikh Sardars
present
which has to make certain descended from the Sardar Khushal
State,
annual payments to Satlasna and Singh. He achieved conquests in the
Manjhal (the Punjab proper), and
Bhalusna, has a population of 1082,
Hindus. Residence : Umri, took possession of Jalandhar. Subse-
chiefly
Mahi Kantha, Bombay. quently, in 1756 A.D., he conquered the
Ghanauli, Bhartgarh, Bhanga, and
UNCHERA, Rdjd of. See Nagod. other territories in the Cis-Sutlej
States. All their Trans-Sutlej lands
UNI, Thakur Daulat Singh, Thakur of.
were taken from the family by the Ma-
A ruling chief b. 1845. Succeeded to
haraja Ranjit Singh but with regard
;
;
the gadi in 1882. Belongs to a Rajput to their Cis-Sutlej estates, they came
(Hindu) family. Residence: Uni, In-
under British protection with the other
dore, Central India. Chiefs. The family rendered excellent
UPARWARA, Thakur Lachhman Singh, service during the Mutiny of 1857, and
Thakur of. A ruling chief; b. 1835. was rewarded with large permanent
Succeeded to the gadi in 1871. Be- remissions of taxation. The son of
longs to a Solankhi Rajput (Hindu) Khushal Singh, Sardar Budh Singh,
family. The State has a population of had many sons, amongst whose descen-
about 1200, chiefly Hindus. Resi- dants his estates have been divided ;
dence: Uparwara, Western Malwa, of these the second, Sarddr Bhopal

Central India. Singh of Ghanauli, was the father of
Sardar Uttam Singh, and also of a
UPENDRA CHANDRA CHAUDHRI, younger brother, Sardar Partab Singh
Kumar. The title was conferred, as Residence: Ghanauli, Am-
\q.v.).
a personal distinction, July 18, 1861,
bala, Punjab.
in recognition of his position as the
adopted son and heir of the late Raja UTTAMCHAND SATIDAS, Rao Saheb.
Haris Chandra Chaudhri, Zamindar The was conferred as an official
title
title, and for good service was
con-
of Maimansingh. Haris Chandra was
the descendant of Sri Krishna Chau- tinued for life, June 22, 1889. Resi-
dence : Sind, Bombay.
dhri, Zamindar of Kami, 'Rajshahi,
and received the title of Raja, as a UTTAR SINGH, Bhai, Sarddr. The title
personal distinction, on January 1, was conferred on June 22, 1897. Resi-
1877, on the occasion of the Proclama- dence :
Military Works Department.
Empress of India, in recognition of his UTTER SINGH. See Uttar.
munificent contributions to various VADALI, Jareja Virabha, Tdlukddr of.
works of public utility. Residence : A ruling chief ; b. 1848. Succeeded to
Maimansingh, Bengal. the gadi June 12, 1888. The State
URBEL SINGH, Rai Bahadur. See has an area of 2 square miles, and a
Albel Singh. population of 590, chiefly Hindus.
Residence: Yadali, Kathiawar, Bom-
URIADIH, Biwdn of. See Rudr Partab
bay.
Singh.
VADHYAWAN, Naik Mohanya walad
TJSAF SHAH, Khwaja, Khan Bahadur. PHULSINGH, Chief of. A ruling
Received the on
title 1889.
January 1, chief; b. 1849. Belongs to a family
Is Honorary Magistrate of Amritsar. said to be descended from Bhil (ab-
Residence :
Amritsar, Punjab. The State, which
original) ancestors.
Khdn Saheb. Received is one of those known as the Dang
USMAN, Haji,
the on May
title 21, 1898. Residence : States of Khandesh, has an area of
Nasik, Bombay. about 5 square miles, and a population
of 253, chiefly Bhils (aboriginal). Resi- conferred on June 3, 1893. Residence :
dence : Yadhyawan, Khandesh, Bom- Cuddapah, Madras.

bay.
VARADARAJA GOPALA CHARIYAR,
VAJESINGH, Thakur, Thdkur of Gabat. Rao Bahadur. The title was conferred,
See Gabat. as a personal distinction, on May 24,
VAJIRIA, Thakur Kesar Khan, Thdkur 1889. The Rao Bahadur is a distin-
of. A ruling chief; b. 1876. Suc- guished graduate (B.A. and B.L.) of
ceeded to the gadi as a minor. Be- the Madras University. Residence :
longs to a Rajput (Muhammadan) Madura, Madras.

family. The late Thakur was named
Kalubawa Gulabkhan, and he was VARAGAM, Thakur Rajsinghji, Thd-
succeeded by the present Chief. The kur of. A ruling chief; b. December
area of the State is 10 square miles, 8, Succeeded to the gadi Feb-
1821.
the population chiefly Bhils (aborigi- ruary 9, Belongs to a Rehwar
1848.
nal). Residence: Vajiria, Rewa Kan- Rajput family, descended from the
ancient Raos of Chandrawati near
tha, Bombay. Mount Abu. Has a son and heir
VAKHTAPUR, Thakur Udesinghji, Tha- named Kunwar Parbatsinghji. The
kur of. A
ruling chief b. January
;
area of the State 45 square miles ;
is
21, 1847. Succeeded to the gadi May its population 3446, chiefly Hindus.
19, 1876. Belongs to a family said to Residence: Varagam, Mahi Kantha,
be descended from a Rajput named Bombay.
Makwana Bhatti, who many genera-
tions ago came into Mahi Kantha, and VARAJLAL PURSHOTTAMRAI, Rao
married the daughter of a Koli Chief. Bahadur ; b. June 24, 1843. The title
The Thakur Wakhtsinghji was the was conferred, as a personal distinction,
founder of this branch of the family October 14, 1882, for meritorious ser-
;
his descendant was the Thakur Hari- vices in theBombay Political Depart-
ment. He entered the service of the
singhji, father of the present Chief.
The State contains an area of 31 Bombay Government in 1866, and in
1889 became Diwan or Prime Minister
square miles, and a population of 2379,
of the State of Dharampur (q.v.), in
chiefly Hindus. Residence: Vakhta-
Mahi Kantha, Bombay. the Surat Agency. He also received a
pur,
Gold Medal from the States of Luna-
VALASNA, Thakur Harisinghji, Thd- w&ra and Balasinor (q.v.), in the Rewa
kur of. A ruling chief; b. 1881. Suc- Kantha Agency, with the sanction of
ceeded to the gadi as a minor. Belongs the Government of India, for services
to a Rajput family, descended from rendered in the settlement of questions
the Rao Viramdeo, Rao of Idar in involving territorial exchanges and the
Akbar's time, The area of the State adjustment of various claims and rights
is 80 square miles ; its population 4358, between those two States. Residence :
chiefly Hindus. Residence: Valasna, Bombay.
VARDU PILLAI, Rao Saheb. The title
VALLIAMANIA CHEY KETTI, K., was conferred, as a personal distinction,
Khan Bahadur. See Kurimanil. on September 21, 1881. Residence :
VALLURI JAGANNATHA RAO PAN- Trichinopoli, Madras.
TULU, Diwdn Bahadur. Is Deputy VARNOII MOTI, Rahtor Pithibhai,

Collector, Madras. Received the title Chief of. A ruling chief; /;. 1826.
on January 1, 1899. Residence: Ma- Belongs to a Rahtor Rajput (Hindu)
family. The area of the State is about
dras.
VAMAN ABAJI MODAK, CLE. Cre- 1 square mile. Residence: Yarnoli

ated a Companion of the Most Emin- Moti, Rewa Kantha, Bombay.
ent Order of the Indian Empire on
VARNOII NANI, Rahtor Bhaiji,
January 1, 1896, for distinguished A ruling chief; b. 1824.
service in the Education Department. Chief of
Residence: Bombay. Belongs to a Rahtor Rajput (Hindu)
family. The area of the State is about
VARADA CHARYAR, Madurantakam 1 square mile. Residence : Varnoli
Nadadur, Rao Bahadur. The title was Nani, Rewa Kantha, Bombay.
VASAN SEWADA, Thakur Jarawar- ferred, as a personal distinction, on

khan, Thakur of. A ruling chief; b. June 22, 1897. Residence : Bombay.
1872. Belongs to a Rahtor Rajput VASUDEV MAHADEV SAMARTH, Di-
(Muhammadan) family. The area of wdn Bahadur. Suba of the Baroda
Is
the State is about 3 square miles.
State. Received the title on January
Residence: Vasan Sewada, Rewa Kan-
1, 1899, in recognition of eminent
tha, Bombay. services rendered in combating the
VASAN VIRPUR, Daima Jitabawa Ba- plague. Residence : Baroda, Bombay.
jibhai, Thakur of. A
ruling chief ; b.
1820. Succeeded to the gadi (jointly VASUDEV PANDURANG, Rao Baha-
with the Thakur Jaswantsinghji) on dur. The was conferred, as a
title
August 23, 1887. Belougs to a Rahtor personal distinction, on July 28, 1882.
Residence : Poona, Bombay.
Rajput (Muhammadan) family. The
area of the State is 7 square miles.
Residence : Vasan Virpur, Rewa Kan-
VASURNA, Raja IJawahirsingh, alias
RATANSINGH JESWANTRAO, Rdjd
tha, Bombay. of. A ruling chief 1878. Belongs
;
b.
VASAN VIRPUR, Thakur Bhaibawa to a family that said to be de-

is
Bajibhai, Thakur of. A ruling chief. scended from a Bhil (aboriginal) an-
Succeeded to the gadi January 22, cestor. The State, which is one of the
1896. Belongs to a Rahtor Rajput Dang States of Khandesh, has an area
(Muhammadan) family. The area of of 132 square miles, and a population
the State is 7 square miles. Residence : of 6177, chiefly Bhils. Residence :
Vasan Virpur, Rewa Kantha, Bombay. Vasurna, Khandesh, Bombay.
VASANJI TRICUMJI, Rao Saheb. Re- VELUGOTI SRI RAJA SIR GOPALA
ceived the title on June 3, 1899. Resi- KRISHNA YACHENDRA BAHA-
dence: Bombay. DUR, K.C.I.E. (of Venkatagiri),
Rdjd, Panch-Hdzdr Mansabddr. See
VASIREDDI SRIUMMAMAHESWARA Venkatagiri.
PRASADA NAYUDU, Mani Sultan.
Is the Zamindar of Chintalapati. VEMBAKAM ;BASHYAM AIYANGAR,
This title has recently been recognized C.I.E., Diwdn Bahadur. See Bash-
as hereditary in the Madras Presi- yam.
dency. When the holder is a male, the VEMBAKAM RAGHAVA fCHARLU,
title is Mani Sultan Garu. Residence : Rao BaJiddur, Diwdn Bahadur. The
Kistna, Madras. Rao Bahadur received the title of
Diwdn Bahadur, as a personal distinc-
VASNA, Thakur Takhtsinghji, Thakur
of. A ruling chief ; b. September 18, tion,on May 20, 1896. Residoice:
1873. Succeeded to the gadi as a Madras.
minor October 7, 1875. Belongs to VEMBAKAM SRINIVASA CHARULU,
the family of the chief of the Rahtor Rao Bahadur. Is Sub- judge of Ma-
Rajputs, claiming descent from Jodh dura. Received the title on January
Raja of Jodhpur (q. v.). The family 2, 1899. Residence : Madura, Madras.
has been settled at Vasna since the
time of the Thakur Shersinghji, 1629 VENKASWAMI RAO, T., Diwdn Baha-
a.d. The State, which is a tributary dur ; b. 1830. Was appointed Diwan
to Baroda, has an area of 28 square (or Prime Minister) of Kalahasti (q.v.),
miles, and a population of 4794, chiefly
and granted the title of Diwan Baha-
Hindus. Residence : Vasna, Mahi
dur as a personal distinction in 1887.
Kantha, Bombay.
Residence : Kalahasti, Madras.
VASUDEV BAPUJI KANITKAR, Rao VENKAT. See Vyankat.

Bahadur. The title was conferred, as VENKATA PERUMAL RAZ, Rdjd. See
a personal distinction, January 1, 1877, Kumara Venkata Perumal Raz, Rdjd.
on the occasion of the Proclamation of
Her Most Gracious Majesty as Em- VENKATA RANGAIYAR, Rao Bahadur.
Residence : Poona, The title was conferred on January 1,
press of India.
1895. Residence : Madura, Madras.
Bombay.
VASUDEV JAGANNATH KIRTIKAR, VENKATA SRINIVASA AIYAR, R.,
Rao Bahadur. The title was con- Diwdn Bahadur. See Rishiyur.
VENKATACHALAPATI NAIYUDU, eminence as an oriental scholar, It
Madireddi, Rao Bahadur. The title entitles him to take rank in Darbar
was conferred on June 3, 1893. Resi- i m mediately after titular Raj 4s Resi- .
dence : Bellary, Madras. dence : Vizagapatam, Madras.
VENKATAGIRI, Raja Velugoti Sri VENKATARATNAM GARU, B., Rao

Raja Gopala Krishna Yachendra Bahadur; b. 1851. Received the title
Bahadur, K.C.I.E., Raja of, Panch-
on January 2, 1897. Is a member of
Hdzdr Mansabddr; b. 1857. Belongs the Municipal Council of Coconada.
to a family that traces its descent Residence : Coconada, Madras.
from Chenireddi, from whom the VENKATAREDDI NAYUDU, Wathada,
present Raja of Venkatagiri is twenty- Diwdn Bahadur. The title of Rai
seventh in descent ; he discovered a Bahadur was conferred on January 1,
hidden treasure, and rose to high 1895, and that of Diwan Bahadur on
favour in the service of the Raja of June 3, 1899. Residence : Ganjam,
Varagala, who granted him a large Madras.
jdyir. Under his descendants the
estate was largely increased in area. VENKATASIVA RAO PANTULU, Tim-
The late Raja of Venkatagiri, Kum- maraju, Rao Bahadur. See Tim-
mara Yachama Nayudu, was born in mar aju.
1832, and was created a Companion of VENKATASVETA CHALAPATHI
the Most Exalted Order of the Star RANGA RAO, Ravu, Sir, K.C.I.E.
of India. He was succeeded by the (of Bobbili), The Hon., Rdjd. Is the
present Raja, wbo was appointed a adopted son of the Rani of Bobbili,
Member of the Legislative Council of Rani Lakshmi Chellegumma. The title
Madras in 1888, and again in 1890. In of Rani was conferred by the British
1888 he was created a Knight Com- Government, February 17, 1876 and ;
mander of the Most Eminent Order the title of Raja of Bobbili was recog-
of the Indian Empire. His title nized as hereditary in 1880. Created
of Panch-Hdzdr Mansabddr was of a K.C.I.E. on January 1, 1895. Is a
Mughal origin, indicating the military Member of the Legislative Council
command of 5000. The title of Raja of Madras. Residence : Vizagapatam,
of Venkatagiri was recognized as here- Madras.
ditary in 1890. Residence: Venkatagiri, VENKATASWAMI NILAMAGAM PIL-
Nellore District, Madras.
LAI, Trichinopoli, Rao Bahadur. The
VENKATAKUMARA SURIYA RAO, title was conferred on January 1, 1895.
See Pithapur, Rdjd Residence : Bangalore, Mysore.
Rdjd. of.
VENKATARAMAYYA PANTULU, Gu- VENK0BA CHARIYAR, C, Diwdn

Bahadur. The title of Rao Bahadur
dipati, Diwdn Bahadur. Granted the
title, as a personal distinction, June
in 1889, for eminent services in the
22, 1897, for eminent services in the
Revenue Survey of Madras. Resi-
Madras Judicial Service and that of
;
dence : Madras. Diwan Bahadur on May 21, 1898.

Residence : Cuddapah, Madras.
VENKATARAMA DAS NAYUDU, Siram,
Diwdn Bahadur. The title was con- VENNELL, The Nawab Sarah, Begum.
Bears the courtesy title of Nawab-
ferred on June 3, 1893. Residence :
Masulipatam, Madras.
Begum, as widow of the late Nawab
Nazim of Bengal. Residence : England.
VENKATARAMANAYYA LAKSH-
VENOURCHAND MULCHAND,
MANA RAO, Karadibavi, Diwdn Rao Saheb. Received the
on May title
Seth,
Bahadur. The title was conferred
21, 1898. Residence
Bombay.: Kotri,
on June 3, 1893. Residence : Arni,
Madras. VIJAYA RAGHAVULU DAS, Suru, Rao
VENKATARANGA CHARIYAR, T.,
January 1, 1896. Residence : Madras.
Mahdmahopddhydya. This title was
conferred, as a personal distinction, on VIJAYAPURAPU ANANTA RAO
February 16, 1887, on the occasion of PANTULU, Rao Saheb. The title was
the Jubilee of the reign of Her Most conferred on May 25, 1892. Residence :
Gracious Majesty, in recognition of his Vizagapatam, Madras.
VIKAR-UL-UMARA (SIKANDAR JANG —

and as co-Regent of the State adding
IKBAL-UD-DAULA IKTIDAR-UL- the title of Amir-i-Kabir to that of
MULK) BAHADUR, His Excellency Vikar-ul-Umara. He died in 1881,
the Nawab, Sir, K.C.I.E. Prime leaving two sons, the Nawab Sir
Minister and one of the Premier Nobles Khurshid Jah (q.v.) and the Nawab
of the Hyderabad State ; b. about the Ikbal-ud-daula, who became Sir Vikar-
year 1840. The Nawab Bahadur bears ul-Umara. Both these noblemen, like
"
the courtesy title of " His Excellency their late kinsman Sir Asman Jah,
as Prime Minister of His Highness the have shared the fortune of their ances-
Nizam. With his brother, Sir Khurshid tor, in allying themselves in marriage
Jah (q.v.), and cousin,the late Sir Asman with Princesses of the Royal House of
Jah, he is the present representative Hyderabad. Sir Vikar has two sons,
of the great and powerful Shamsiya who have been most carefully educated
family, the first among the noble under both Indian and English tutors,
f amilies of Hyderabad, which has been and who are both promising scholars
frequently connected by marriage with and exceedingly popular. Sir Vikar
the ruling House, and entrusted with has always taken an active share in
the hereditary command of the Paigah the administration of His Highness's
or Household Troops of the Nizam. government, and is one of the most
Descended from the famous captain, experienced and accomplished states-
Shaikh Abul Khair Khan, Imam Jang, men in India. He is also famous as
Shamsher Bahadur, who was a Man- the first sportsman in India and in
;
sabddr in Malwa, under the Emperor this capacity has always been most
Aurangzeb. He attached himself to generous in providing the finest tiger-
the fortunes of the great Asaf Jah, the shooting for many distinguished visit-
founder of the Hyderabad dynasty, ors. On the occasion of the visit of
under whose banner he rose to the the Viceroy to Hyderabad in Novem-
highest commands. In 1745 he de- ber 1892, Sir Vikar was entrusted by
feated a force of Mahrattas ; and His Highness the Nizam with the duty
under the successors of Asaf Jah, the of meeting His Excellency and bring-
Nizams Nasir Jang and Salabat Jang, ing him into Hyderabad. He subse-
he continued his successful career. In quently succeeded the late Sir Asman
1752 he died at Burhanpur, and was Jah as Prime Minister of the State ;
succeeded by his son, Abul Fateh Khan and on January 1, 1896, was created
Teg Jang, who became the first Noble a Knight Commander of the Most
of the Nizam Ali, obtaining the com- Eminent Order of the Indian Empire.
mand of the Paigah or Household His palace of Falaknuma, a few miles
Troops, immense territorial possessions, out of Hyderabad, is one of great
and the titles of Shams-ud-daula, magnificence, and is one of the sights
Shams ul-Mulk,and Shams-ul-Umara. of India. Residences : Hyderabad;
He died in 1876, when campaigning in Falaknuma, near Hyderabad.
Panghul ; and was succeeded by his
son, who at the early age of four had VIKRAMA DEO, Sri (of Jaipur, Viz£-
received from the Nizam the titles of gapatam), Maharaja; b. 1875. The
Ba-uddin Khan, Imam Jang, Khurshid- title ofRaj 4 of Jaipur was recognized
ud-daula, and Khurshid-ul-Mulk. He as hereditary in December 1890 and ;
succeeded to all the honours of his the Raja received the title of Maha-
father, and became a famous scholar raja, as a personal distinction, on
and savant, receiving at various times January 1, 1896. Similarly, the late
the titles of Teg Jang, Shams-ud-daula, Raja of Jaipur, Sri Ramachendra
Shams-ul-Mulk, Shams-ul-Umara, Devu Garu, received the title of
Bahadur, and in 1827 the title of Maharaja as a personal distinction on
Amir-i-Kabir. In 1849 he became for December 2, 1875. Claims descent
a short time Prime Minister of Hyder- from the ancient Kings of Jambhuraj ;
abad. He died in 1862, leaving two the founder of the family, Vinaya-
sons, Umdat-ul-Mulk (who became kadevu, having been, in very early
Amir-i-Kabir) and Ikhtidar-ul-Mulk times, the younger brother of a King
(who became Vikar-ul-Umara). The of Jambhuraj. The family banner,
former died in 1877, when the latter coloured yellow and purple, bears the
succeeded him in the family honours, figure of Hanuman, the monkey-god.
For a seal the Rajas of Jaipur use the VIRAMPURA, THAKTJR NATHU
device of a liou argent standing on the KHAN, Thdkur of. A ruling chief;
back of an elephant azure. The title b. 1854. Belongs to an Agwan
of Maharaja Saheb Mehrban Boston is (Muhammadan) family. The area of
said to have been conferred on the the State is 1 square mile ;
its popu-
Raja's ancestors by one of the Mughal lation is chiefly Bhil. Residence:
Emperors of Delhi. Vinayakadevu, Virampura, Rewd Kantha, Bombay.
who is described as a Rajput of the VIRCHAND C. I. E.
Chandravansa or Lunar race, is said to DIPCHAND,
Created a Companion of the Most
have married the daughter of one of Eminent Order of the Indian Empire
the Gajapati Kings of Orissa, who on
conferred on him this extensive January 1, 1898. Residence :
Ahmadabad, Bombay.
Zaminddri, and subsequently, to
confirm his authority over the VIRESALINGAM PANTULU, K., Rao
wild tribes of the mountainous Bahadur. Granted the title, as a
districts of Jaipur, he took as his personal distinction, January 2, 1893,
second wife the only for eminent services in the Education
surviving
Princess of the ancient Sila Vansa Department. Is the Senior Pandit of
the Rajamandri College, Madras.
dynasty. Among the population of
the Raj are many Kandhs, Gauras, Residence : Rajamandri, Madras.
and other aboriginal tribes, who were VIRPRASAD TAPIPRASAD, Rao Ba-
formerly notorious for their human hadur. The title was conferred on
sacrifices known as Meriah. Resi- June 3, 1893. Residence : Surat,
dence : Jaipur, Vizagapatam District, Bombay.
Madras. Thakur
VIRPUR, Suraji Surtanji,
VILAYAT HUSAIN, Maulavi, Shams- Thdkur of. A
ruling chief b. October ;
ul-Ulama. The title was conferred on 8, 1846. Succeeded to the yadi July
January 1, 1898. Residence : Madrasah, 30, 1864. Belongs to the great Jareja
Calcutta. Rajput family that has given rulers to
Kutch and Nawanagar, being an off-
VINAYAK JAGESHWAR BUTI, Rai shoot the latter House. The
of
Thakur has a son and heir, named
January 1, 1896. Residence : Nag-
Harisinghji. The State, which is
pur, Central Provinces.
tributary to Junagarh, has an area of
VINAYAK JANARDAN KIRTANE, Rao 67 square miles, and a population of
Bahadur. The title was conferred on 5338. The Thdkur maintains a mili-
January 1, 1877. Residence: Baroda tary force of 10 cavalry, 40 infantry,
(now in Bombay). and 2 guns. Residence : Virpur,
Kathiawar, Bombay.
VIRA VARMA RAJA, Valiya Rdjd of Vasan Virpur.
Kurumbrandd ; b. Belongs to a
1831. VIRPUR, Thdkur of. See
Kshatriya family, long known as the VISHINDAS NIHALCHAND, Rao Ba-

Bandhu Stoarupam or ally of the hadur. Received the title on May 21,
Zamorins of Calicut, whom the 1898. Residence : Sind, Bombay.
Kurumbranad Rajas helped in their
VISHNU BALKRISHNA S0H0NI, Rao
contests with the Portuguese. The Bahadur. The title was conferred on
family, like those of the other Rajas 1894. Residence: Poona,
of Malabar, follows the Marumak-
January 1,
Bombay.
katayam law of inheritance, by which
the succession is with the offspring of VISHNU MORESHWAR BHIDE, Rao
its female members, amongst whom the
next eldest male is always the Raja's a personal distinction, on July 16, 1888.
The late Raja of Ku- Residence : Bombay.
heir-apparent.
rumbranad, also called Vira Varma VISHNU PANT KESHAO KANTI, Rai
Raja, was born in 1799, and succeeded to Bahadur. Has held an important
the yadi in 1852. The Raja receives an position in the State of (seniorDewas
allowance from Government, as com- branch), Central India and received ;
pensation for the territory that be- the title as a personal distinction on
longed to his ancestors. Residence: May 25, 1892. Residence: Dewas,
Payyoli, Malabar, Madras. Central India.
VISHNU RAMCHANDRA ASHTIKAR, by the Mughal Emperor of Delhi.

Rao Saheb. Granted the title, as a He has three sons Ganpat Rao, —
personal distinction, on January 2, Nilkanta Rao, and Ananda Rao. The
1893, for eminent services as Mam- device of a dagger-head is the family
latdar. Residence: Bombay. seal or signature. Residence : Satara,
VISHRAM RAMJI GHOLE, Rao Ba- Bombay.

hadur. The was conferred, as a
title VOHORA, Thakur Motabawa, Thakur of.
personal distinction, on February 16, A ruling chief. Belongs to a Rajput
1887, on the occasion of the Jubilee (Muhammadan) family. The State
of the reign of Her Most Gracious has an area of 2 square miles, and its
Majesty, in recognition of his services population consists chiefly of Bhils
in the Medical Department. He holds and Kolis. Residence : Vohora, Rewa
the rank of Assistant-Surgeon in Her Kantha, Bombay.
Majesty's Army. Residence Ratna-
:
VYANKAT RAO, Rao Saheb ; b. October
Bombay.
giri,
23, 1836. The title is hereditary.
VISHRAM, The Hon. Fazulbhai, CLE. The Rao Saheb is one of the repre-
See Fazulbhai. sentatives of the Rao Vinayak Rao,
VISHVANATH JENARDAN KARAN- who was Diwan or Prime Minister to
the last Mahratta ruler of Sagar.
DIKAR, Rao Saheb. Received the title Rao Vinayak Rao came
on May 21, 1898. Is Acting Mamlat- originally
dar. Residence
from the Deccan, and was appointed
: Khandesh, Bombay. a Mamlatdar by the late Mahratta
VISHWANATH KESHAV JOGALE- Government. The present Rao Saheb
KAR, Rao Saheb. The title was is a the Chhatisgarh
Tahsilddr in
granted on January 1, 1896. Resi- division. Hethree has
sons —
dence : Dharwar, Bombay. Raghunath Rao, Madho Rao, Shankar
VISHWANATH P. M. RAO, CLE. Rao. Residence: Sagar, Central
Received the CLE. on June 3, 1899. Provinces.
Is a Member of the Mysore Council. Tdlukddr See Vadali.
WADALI, of.
Residence : Mysore.
WADERO.—A title.
VISSANJI KHIMJI, Rao Bahadur.
Received the title on January 1, 1899. WADHWAN, Thakur Saheb Balsinghji,
Residence
Thakur Saheb of. A ruling chief; b.
:
Bombay. 1863. Succeeded to the gadi May 20,
VTTHAL NARAYAN PATHAK, Rao 1885. Belongs to the great Jhala
Bahadur. Received the title on June
Rajput family that has given rulers to
3, 1899, for eminent services to the Dhrangadra and Wankaner, being an
cause of education in Bombay. Resi- offshoot of the latter House. The
dence :
Bombay. late Thakur Saheb Dajiraj was born in
VITHAL RAO, Rao Saheb. The title is 1861, and succeeded to the gadi in
hereditary, having been originally 1875 as a minor and was succeeded
;
conferred by the Mahratta Govern- in 1885 by the present Chief. The

ment of Sagar, and recognized by the capital, Wadhwan, is a station on the
British Government. Residence : Bombay, Baroda, and Central India
Sagar, Central Provinces. Railway. The area of the State is
236 square miles its population is
;
VITHALRAO KRISHNAJI VANDE- 42,500, chiefly Hindus. The Thakur
KAR, Rao Bahadur. The title of Rao Saheb maintains a military force of
Saheb was conferred on June 22, 1897 ;
49 cavalry, 280 infantry, and 5 guns ;
and that of Rao Bahadur on May 21, and is entitled to a salute of 9 guns.
Residence : Wadhwan, Kathiawar,
VITHALRAO PHIRANGOJIRAO (of Bombay.
Chikurde), Patanyrao ; b. in the year WAHID All KHAN, Khan Saheb. Re-
1747 of the Saka era, or about 1825 ceived the title on June 3, 1899. Resi-
a.d. The Patangrao is in the enjoy-
dence : Survey Department, India.
ment of certain Dethmukhi Amals,
and known as the Deshmukh of WALA, Thakur Wakhtsinghji Megh-
is
Chikurde. The title of Patangrao rajji, Thakur of. A ruling chief ;
was conferred on one of his ancestors b. February 19, 1864. Succeeded to

the gadi as a minor August 20, 1875. WALI MUHAMMAD KHAN, Khdn
Belongs to the great Gohel Rajput Bahddur. Received the title on June
(Hindu) family, of which the head is 3, 1899. Residence : Central Provinces.
His Highness the Maharaja Thakur
Saheb of Bhaunagar the Wala — WALI SAHEB DADAMIAN KAZI,
Khdn Saheb. The title was conferred
family being an offshoot of the on January 1, 1895. Residence : Satara,
Bhaunagar House. Educated at the
The Bombay.
Rajkumar College, Rajkot.
State, which is tributary to Baroda
WALIDAD KHAN walad MUHAMMAD
and Junagarh, has an area of 109 HASAN KHAN, Mir. The title has
been continued for the Mir be-
square miles, and a population of life,
17,019, chiefly Hindus. The Thakur ing the representative of one of the
maintains a military force of 26 Mirs or Chiefs of Sind at the time of
the annexation. Residence: Shikar-
Residence : Wala, Kathiawar, Bombay. pur, Sind.
WALIDAD KHAN, Alizai, Bahadur.
WALASNA, Thdkur of. See Valasna.
Belongs to an Alizai Pathan family,
being the son of Sahebdad Khan. At
WALAWANAD, Rdjd of. See Ayira- the outbreak of the Mutiny in 1857
nazhe Kovilagam Ponnu Unni, Rdjd. he was in the Punjab Police, when he
was selected by his relative Ghulam
WALI, Malik of. See Muzaffar Khan.
Kasim Khan to commanda troop in
WALI MUHAMMAD walad GHULAM his levy. He formed part of the force
MUHAMMAD KHAN, Oc- which acted against the rebels under
Mir; b.
tober 1818. Belongs to the Manikani Lieutenant Lind, and shared in all the
branch of the Talpur Chiefs of Sind. actions with that officer, who speaks of
This branch commences with Manik him in the highest terms for his loyalty
and bravery. He was at last disabled
Khan, who came to Sind after the
conquest of Baluchistan by Nadir by a sword-wound in his right arm,
Shah. The title of Mir was originally and received a pension, with the title
derived from Nur Muhammad, the of Bahadur. He is now a Member of
head of the Kalhora Government of the Board of City Magistrates at
Sind, and has been recognized as
Dera Ismail Khan. He has a son,
Karimdad Khan, born 1873. Resi-
hereditary by the British Government.
The Mir has five sons Muhammad— dence : Dera Ismail Khan, Punjab.
Khan, Hasan Ali, Muhammad Hasan, WAMAN NARAYAN BAPAT, Rao
Yar Muhammad, and Ghulam Shah. Bahddur. The title was conferred on
Residence : Hyderabad, Sind. June 3, 1893. Residence: Amraoti,
Berar.
WALI MUHAMMAD, Nawdb ; b. 1834.
WAMAN RAO MAHADEO K0LHAT-
Belongs to the Loghari clan. The
title of Nawab was bestowed, as a KAR, Rao Bahddur. Received the
on May 21, 1898. Residence:
title
personal distinction, in recognition of
his position as a son of the late Mir, Jabalpur, Central Provinces.
Ah Muhammad Khan. Residence : WANKANER, Raj Saheb Gangubba,
Tajpur, Sind. alias
Amarsinghji Benisinghji, Rdj
Saheb of. Aruling chief; b. 1879.
WALI MUHAMMAD, Maulavi (of Succeeded to the gadi as a minor
Peshawar), Khdn Saheb. The title June 12, 1881. Belongs to the great
was conferred on January 1, 1894. Jhala Rdj put family that has given
Residence : Calcutta, Bengal. ruling Houses to the States of Dhran-
WALI MUHAMMAD. Shaikh, Subahdar, gadra, Wankaner, Limri, Wadhwan,
Bahadur. The title was conferred on and Than Lakhtar. The late Raj Saheb
October 13, 1895. Residence : Hingoli,
was named Benisinghji; he was born
in 1842, succeeded to the gadi in 1861,
Deccan.
and died in 1881. The present Raj
WALI MUHAMMAD KHAN, Khdn Saheb was for some time a minor, and
Bahddur. The title was conferred, as the State was administered, during the
a personal distinction, on May 26, 1894. minority of the Chief, by a Government
Residence : Nabha, Punjab. Karbhdri. The area of the State is 414
square miles ;
its population is 30,491, WARN0LINANI, Chief of. See Varnoli
chiefly Hindus. The Raj Saheb main- Nani.
312 infantry, and 15 guns, and is
WARSANJI KHIMJI, Rao Saheb. Re-
entitled to a salute of 9 guns. Resi-
Residence : Bombay.
dence : Wankaner, Kathiawar,
Bombay. WARS0RA, Thakur Kishorsinghji
WAO, Rana Chandansingh Umedsingh, Motisinghji, Thdkur of. A ruling
Rand A 1854. chief; b. October 15, 1840. Suc-
of. ruling chief ; b.
Succeeded to the gadi in June 1884. ceeded to the gadi March 4, 1858.
Belongs to the famous family of the Belongs to a Chaura Rajput family,
Chiefs of the Chauhan Rajputs, claiming descent from a scion
of the Chaura dynasty, by whom
claiming descent from Prithviraj, the
last Hindu Emperor of Delhi. This Anhilwara Patan was founded in 746
was originally settled in A.D. The Thakur Surajmalji was the
family
Sembhor and Nandol, in Marwar or founder of the Warsora House, and
and after fourteenth in descent from him was
Jodhpur (Rajputana) ;
The
various vicissitudes of fortune, Dedh the Thakur Gambhhsinghji.
Rao was driven out of Nandol, and brother of the latter, the Thakur
Motisinghji, was the father of the
obtained possession of Tharad (q.v.),
which had been an appanage of the present Thakur. The Thakur has a
The son and heir, Kunwar Surajmalji. The
Rajput dynasty of Patan.
seventh in descent from Dedh Rao State, which is tributary to Baroda,
was the Rana Punja and he was has an area of 56 square miles, and a
;
killed in battle, and lost the Tharad population of 4051, chiefly Hindus.
His son was the Rand Resideme : Warsora, Mahi Kantha,
territory.
Waza, who built the town of Wao. Bombay.
From him the seventeenth in descent WASAN SEWADA, Thdkur See
of
was the late Rana Umedsingh, who Vasan Sewada.
was born in 1848, succeeded to the
gadi in 1868, and dying in 1884 was WASAN VHtPTJR, Chief of. See Vasan
succeeded by the present Chief. The Virpur.
State has an area of 380 square miles,
and a population of 27,735, chiefly WASNA, Thdkur of See Vasna.
Hindus. The Rana maintains a mili-
WASUDEV. See Vasudev.
tary force of 30 cavalry, 20 infantry,
and 1 gun. Residence : Wao, Palanpur,
WATHADA VENKATAREDDI NA-
Bombay. YTJDU, Diwdn Bahadur. See Ven-
katareddi.
WARAGAM, Thdkur of. See Varagam.
Malik Zorawar Khan Umar
WAZIR.— Generally a prefix.
WARAHI,
Khan, Malik of. A ruling chief b. ;
WAZIR ALI, Mir, Khan Bahadur. See
1881. Succeeded to the gadi as an Mir.
infant on September 14, in the same
year. Belongs to a Jat (Muhammadan) WAZIR KHAN walad SHAH MUHAM-
family descended from the Malik Isa,
; MAD KHAN, Mir. The title has
who came from Sind and established been continued for life. Residence :
himself at Warahi about 400 years Hyderabad, Sind.

ago. The late Malik Umar Khan was
born in 1848, and succeeded to the WAZHt MIRZA, Mirza Wala Kadr
JVawdb Bahadur; b. 1837. Is the
gadi (as principal shareholder in this
State) in the same year as an infant. grandson of the late Malika Zamani,
He died in 1881, and was succeeded by the favourite Queen of Nasir-ud-din
the present Malik as principal share- Haidar, King of Oudh ; being the son
holder in the State. Residence: of the late Kainwan Jah, who for a
time was recognized as the heir-apparent
Warahi, Palanpur, Bombay.
of Nasir-ud-din. The title is a personal
WARN0LIM0TI, Chief of. See Varnoli one, or a courtesy title. Residence :
Moti. Lucknow, Oudh.
Z
WAZIR MUHAMMAD KHAN, Malik, YASHWANT SINGH (of Mandhata),
Kazi, Khan
Saheb. Received the title Rao. Belongs to a Chauhan Rajput
on January 1, 1898. Residence : Ba- family, whose ancestor married the
luchistan. daughter of the Bhil Raja of Mandhata.
The title is hereditary, and was origin-
WAZIR SHAH MIRZA, Khan Saheb.
ally conferred in early times by one of
Received the title on June 22, 1897. the Pathan Kings of Delhi. Residence:
Residence :
Sai, Gilgit. Mandhata, Nimar, Central Provinces.
WAZIRABAD, Sarddr of. See Jwala
Singh. YATSANK, Kun Nu, Sawbwa of.
A
ruling chief. The Sawbwa is Chief of
WAZIR-UD-DIN, Muhammad, Haji one of the Shan States, Burma. The
Shaikh, Khan Bahadur. See Mu- area of his State is about 2000 square
hammad. miles; its population consists chiefly
of Shans. Residence: Yatsank, Shan
WAZIRZADA.— A prefix. States, Burma.
WINTEL SRINIVASA RAO, Arcot, Rao
Saheb. Received the title on January YESU GOVIND TSAGWEKAB,, Rao Saheb.
Residence: Madras.
2,1899.
Residence :
Ratnagiri, Bombay.
WOMA. See Uma.
YESWANT BALKRISHNA BARVE,
YADURAO PANDE, Rao, Rao Bahadur. Rao Saheb. The title was conferred,
The title of Rao was
conferred, as a in as a
recognition of his services
personal distinction, on January 1, Mamlatdar, on June 3, 1899. Resi-
1877, on the occasion of the Proclam- dence :
Bombay.
ation of Her Most Gracious Majesty
as Empress of India. On January 1,
YIN WEI SHANG, Kyet thaye zaung
1889, he received the higher title of shwe Salwe ya Min. The title was
Rao Bahadur. Residence : Bhandara,
Central Provinces. "
January 1, 1889. It means Recipient
of the Gold Chain of Honour," and is
YAKUB ALI KHAN, Khan Bahadur.
The title was conferred, as a personal indicated by the letters K.S.M. after
Residence the name. Residence: Mandalay,
distinction, May 17, 1887. :
Burma.
Herat.
YALLA SANJIVI NAYUDU, Rao Saheb. YUSUF DAVID, Khan Bahadur. The
Received the title on June 3, 1899. title was conferred, as a personal dis-
Residence: Madras. tinction, on May 26, 1894. Residence :
YAR MUHAMMAD KHAN walad WALI Bombay.
MUHAMMAD KHAN, Mir. The
YUSUF KHAN, Mir, Khan Bahadur.
title has been continued for life, the
The Mir received the title of Khan
Mir being the representative of one of Bahadur on May 26, 1894. Residence :
Baluchistan.
of the annexation. Residence : Shikar-
pur, Sind. YUSUF SHARIF, Khan Bahadur. The
YAR MUHAMMAD KHAN, C.S.I., Khan titlewas conferred, as a personal dis-
Bahadur. The title was conferred, as tinction, on February 16, 1887, on the
a personal distinction, on May 20, occasion of the Jubilee of the reign of
1890. Created a C.S.I, on May 21, Her Most Gracious Majesty, in re-
1898. Residence: Jaora, Central India. cognition of meritorious services ren-
dered in the Survey Department.
YARLAGADDA MALLIKHARJANA Residence : Survey of India, Calcutta.
PRASADA NAYUDU (Zamindar of
Devarakota), Srimant Raja. The YWANGAN,|Maung Thu Daw, Ngwe-
present Zamindar has been officially gunhmu of. A ruling chief. The
authorized by Government to be ad- Ngwegunhmu Chief of one of the
is
dressed by the titles of Srimant Raja. Shan States, Burma. The area of his
Residence : Kistna, Madras. State is about 100 square miles ;
its
population consists chiefly of Shans. ZAKA-ULLA, Maulavi, Shams-ul-Ulama,
Residence : Ywangan, Shan States, Khdn Bahadur; b. April 1832. The
Burma. title ofShams-ul-Ulama was conferred
on February 16, 1887, as a personal
ZAFARWAL, Sarddr of. See Tara
distinction, for eminence in oriental
Singh. learning, on the occasion of the Jubilee
ZAHID HUSALN, Khdn Baha-
Sayyid,
dur. The was conferred, as a
title Majesty ; it entitles him to take rank
on in Darbar immediately after titular
personal distinction, January 1, 1890.
Residence North- Nawabs. The Maulavi's ancestors
:
Muzaffarnagar,
Western Provinces. were for four or five generations tutors
and preceptors of the Royal House
ZAHIR-UD-DIN, Hakim, Khan Saheb. of Tamerlane at Delhi. He served
Received the title on January 1, 1898. Government from 1851 to 1887 in the
Residence : Delhi, Punjab. Educational Department. In recogni-
tion of his services in the cause of
ZAHIR-ULLA KHAN (of Peshawar), female education the Maulavi received
Khdn Bahadur. The title was con- a khilat in 1864. He has published
several excellent series of scientific
Ram pur, North-Western Provinces.
works, which have been commended
ZAIGHAM-UD-DAULA, Nawab. The by Government, and is Fellow of
title isa courtesy title, in recognition Allahabad University. In addition to
of his position as the second son of the title of Shams-ul-Ulama he enjoys
Nawab Ali Naki Khan, Prime Minister the title of Khan Bahadur, conferred
of the late King of Oudh. Residence : also in February 1887. Residence:
Lucknow, Oudh. Aligarh, North- Western Provinces.
ZAIN-UL-ABDIN, Maulavi, Khdn Baha- ZAKIR ALI, Muhammad, Khdn Baha-

dur. The Khan Bahadur was for dur. See Muhammad.
many years a Judge in the North- ZALAM SINGH (of Punasa), Rand.
western Provinces, and for his good The hereditary. Residence :
title is
services in that capacity received the Nimar. Central Provinces.
title, as a personal distinction, on May
25, 1892. Residence : Aligarh, North- ZAMAN KHAN, Sarddr Bahadur. The
western Provinces. title was conferred, as a personal
distinction, on November 21, 1882, in
ZAIN-UL-ABDIN, Munshi, Khan Ba- recognition of his eminent military
hadur. The title was conferred on services. The Sardar Bahadur is
January 21, 1892. Residence: Ghazi- Subahdar-Major of the 29th Bombay
pur, North- Western Provinces. Native Infantry. Residence : Bombay.
ZAIN-UL-ABDIN, Sayyid, Natcdb Baha- ZAMORIN OF CALICUT. See Calicut.
dur ; b. December 8, 1838. The Nawab
Bahadur received his title, as a personal ZEB
B-UN-NISA (of Jahangirabad), Rani;
distinction, on June 5, 1867, in recogni- b . October 28, 1855. Succeeded her
tion of his position as great-grandson father, the late Raj& Farzand Ali
of the Nawab Nazim Mubarak-ud- Khdn, April 7, 1881. The title of
daula, the youngest son of the Nawab Raja was conferred on the latter by
Nazim Mir Muhammad Jafar Ali the late King of Oudh, Wajid Ali
Khan, and also as son-in-law of his Shah, and has been recognized as
late Highness the Nawab Nazim. hereditary by the British Government.
His grandfather was Mir Abul Kasim, The estate of Jahangirabad belonged
second son of the Nawab Nazim, who to Raja Razak Bakhsh, who, dying
received from his father the title of without male heir, left it to his son-
Nawab Mangli. His father was Saf dar in-law, the late Farzand Ali Khan.
Ali, who received a title from the Farzand AH was the darogah in charge
British Government. The Nawab of the Sikandra Bagh at Lucknow,
Bahadur's full title is " Shuja-ul-Mulk and owed his success in life to a
Asaf-ud-daula Nawab Khan
. . . fortuitous circumstance about three
Bahadur Firoz Jang." Residence: years before the annexation. King
Murshidabad, Bengal. Wajid Ali Shah, on visiting the garden,
was struck with the appearance of the of the Jubilee of Her Majesty's reign.
young man, and presenting him with The honour entitles him to take
latter
a khilat, directed him to attend at the rank in Darbar immediately after
palace. With such a signal mark of titular Naw&bs. On January 1, 1897,
the royal favour Farzand Ali's ad- the Khan also received the title of
vancement was rapid, and by the Khan Bahadur. He is the grandson
interest the influential eunuch,
of of the late Nawab Shaikh Ghulam
Basis-ud-dauM, he eventually obtained Hasan Kh&n, Jdyirddr of Basi. In
a firman designating him the Raja of addition to his Arabic scholarship,
Jahangirabad. Farzand Ali Khan which is of the very highest order, he
was attached to the Court of the late is a profound mathematician, and has
King, and followed him in 1856, after a considerable knowledge of physical

his deposition, to Calcutta, where he science. He has been appointed an
remained for some time. He was not Extra Assistant Commissioner. He
prominent during the Mutiny, and
—
has three sons Anwar-ud-din Khan,
early made his submission. In 1860 Munawar-ud-din Khan, and N&sar-ud-
he was invested with the powers of din Khdn. Residence : Delhi, Punjab.
an Assistant Collector within the
ZUHR-UD-DIN AHMAD, Haji, Khan
limits of his estate. R&ja Farzand
Ali Kh&n had no male issue ; and Bahadur; b. 1841. The title was
his daughter, Rani Zeb-un-Nisa, has conferred, as a personal distinction,
married Sheikh Tasadduk Rasul Khan, on March 3, 1876, in recognition of
who succeeded his father-in-law and his position as son-in-law of the Nawab
uncle as talukdar, and was created a Ghausia Begam (q.v.). Residence :
Madras.
Raja (as a personal distinction) on
January 2, 1893. Residence: Jahan- ZULFIKAR ALI, Maulavi, Shams-ul-
girabad, Naw4b£ Ulama. Received the title, in recogni-
Banki District, Oudh. tion of his eminence in oriental
learning, on January 1, 1896. Resi-
ZIA-UD-DIN KHAN, Maulayi, Khan, dence: Bengal.
Shams-ul-Ulama, Khan Bahadur. The
title of Kh&n was conferred, as a ZUMKHA, Thakur Ratansang Saheb-
personal distinction, on May 20, 1870, sang, Thakur of. A ruling chief ; b.
and that of Shams-ul-Ulama, for his 1839. Succeeded July 1, 1893. Resi-
eminence in oriental learning, on dence: Zumkha, RewA Kantha, Bom-
February 16, 1887, on the occasion bay.
APPENDIX
THE GOLDEN BOOK OF CEYLON
PREFACE
For the information collected in the following pages regarding the chief
—
personages of Ceylon which I have endeavoured
to arrange on the same lines
as those followed in The Golden Book of India —
I am indebted, in the first place,
to the kindness and the public spirit of Mr. John Ferguson, the well-known
editor of the Ceylon Observer, who has done so much for Ceylon in this as in
many other ways and, in the second place, to1 Mr. F. H. M. Corbet, whose
;
authority on this subject is almost unrivalled. To the latter, and to the

gentlemen who kindly collaborated with him, I owe the Introduction to The
Golden Book of Ceylon, and many of the notices in the body of the work, as
well as a general supervision of my labours of compilation. And to the nobles
and gentlemen -.who responded to Mr. Ferguson's appeal, and supplied the
details given here, I desire also to tender my best thanks. As this is the first
attempt that, as far as I am aware, has ever been made to collect this information,
I am conscious that many imperfections will be found and I shall feel greatly
;
obliged if every one who is interested in the subject will

be so good as to send
corrections and suggestions for subsequent editions, to the following address :
—
Sir ROPER LETHBRIDGE, K.C.I.E.,
cjo Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston & Co.,
St. Dunstan's House,
Fetter Lane,
London, E.C.
It is my desire to make this work so comprehensive that it shall be to the

Ceylonese, mutatis mutandis, what Peerages, works on the Landed Gentry, etc.,
and Biographies of contemporaries of note, are to the English people. Therefore
i It is
only fair to Mr. Corbet that I should mention that I had no opportunity of
consulting him until the work was already in the press so that it has not been possible for
;
him to make many of the additions I understand he wished to make, nor even, in many cases,
to revise the original notices.
342 THE GOLDEN BOOK OF CEYLON
thename of every Ceylonese of noble or gentle birth, or at any rate the
name of the head of his family, if his claims are such as can be accepted
according to either Singhalese, Tamil, or European standards, should appear in
future editions. So also it is intended to include the name of every Ceylonese
who may occupy any position of importance, or who may have earned any
distinctions, as, for example, members of the Legislative Council, heads of
Government departments, the leaders in the learned professions, justices of the
peace, members of the Ceylon Civil Service, etc., etc.
If the names of any Ceylonese who come within the scope of this work are
omitted from future editions, it will not be (barring mistakes) because I have
excluded them ; it will be simply because neither the persons who bear these
names nor their friends have seen fit to avail themselves of the opportunity
which it is my privilege to offer them of recording in Ceylon's first Roll of
Honour their own or their ancestors' achievements, and so pointing the way to
future generations.
INTKODUCTION
For the purposes of this work the nobility and the gentry of Ceylon are
regarded as consisting mainly of Singhalese and Tamil chiefs and their
descendants, and of the representatives of noble European families (mostly
Portuguese and Dutch) long settled in the island, together with such other
Ceylonese as have received the honour of knighthood and similar distinctions
from Her Majesty the Queen Empress, or other sovereigns in our own time. 1
Under the Singhalese Kings titles of honour, apart from those held by
members of the reigning house, appear to have been of three principal kinds,
which may be briefly and tentatively described as follows —
2
1. Patabendi title-names, i. e. hereditary titles peculiar to each family,
and derived from some distinguished ancestor. These title-names were generally
bestowed upon appointment to high office, or in recognition of distinguished
service, and were borne by the grantee and his descendants.
2.Titles attached to and denoting a post in the king's service.
3. Titlesascribed to the wife and children and more remote issue of chiefs,
and common to all persons of their rank. These titles vary in different parts
of the country.
The Radala ptruwa, Mudali peruwa, and other piruwas (the nobles, the
class of chiefs, the titled class) thus consist of those who can
trace their descent
from Adigars, Disavas, Mudaliyars, or other principal chiefs, and they are
distinguished from the rest of the people mainly by their patabendi title-
names.
The practice of bestowing patabendi title-names when giving a man high
office was adopted by the Portuguese in the Maritime Provinces (1505 to 1656) ;
it was continued by the Dutch (1656 to 1795) and is in full force under the
;
British Government. 3
The Portuguese appear to have added the hereditary titles of Don, or Dom,
and Donna to those already in existence, and this seems to be the only new
title of the kind introduced by European rulers.
The value and significance of various titles have in Ceylon, as elsewhere,
undergone many modifications in the course of the last few centuries. It
would be impossible in the space available for this Introduction to trace their
complicated and still obscure evolution, though the study is an interesting one,
and much material on the subject exists.
It should, however, be borne in mind that, although many of the ancient
official titles have been retained under the British Government, they no longer
i It is not intended to include
any of the numerous class of people, British and foreign,
of good social position who reside in Ceylon, but who have their permanent home elsewhere,
and to whom the designation of Ceylonese is not applied.
2 From
Ranpata, the gold frontlets worn on state occasions as badges of office or rank.
These frontlets became heirlooms in the family.
3 At the
present day the maximum number of title-names that a man may have is fixed.
If the grantee has reached the limit, but wishes to take a new title-name, he drops the first
of those he previously possessed.
connote the same power and authority that belonged to them in former times.
The administrative functions of the holders of these titles are now subordinated
to the authority of members of the Civil Service, etc., of whom (unless they
are Ceylonese) no account is attempted to be given here. The important
modifications effected in the position of the Chiefs and Headmen by the present
system, which places a considerable number of Civil Servants, etc. above them
,
in the official scale, must be understood, once for all, as qualifying everything
that is said about them in the following pages.
Official titles at the present day, in the Central, Western, and Southern
parts of the island, may be divided into two great groups, namely, those of the
hill country (the Kandyan ones) and those of the Maritime Provinces. The
hereditary titles of the Singhalese (apart from Don, which is peculiar to the
Maritime Provinces) are much alike in both but the titles of the wives and
;
descendants of chiefs differ considerably.

In modern times in the Kandyan kingdom, some of the most important
official titles, apart from titles borne by members of the Royal Family, were
1
Adigar (Minister of State, the first Adigar being Prime Minister); Maha
Lekam (Chief Secretary) ; Disava (Governor of a Province) and Ratemahat-
;
maya (Principal Administrative and Judicial Officer of a District). In addition

to these principal classes there were many officers of the highest rank attached
to the Court. Amongst them were the Gajanayaka Nilame (the Chief over the
Elephants), whose office bore some analogy to that of the Master of the Horse "
'
in England the Maha Aramudal Wannaku Nilame (Lord of the Treasury)

; ;
and the Maha Gabada Nilame and Uda Gabada Nilame (Treasurers, each with
distinct duties).
Appointment to these offices would be accompanied by the grant of patabendi
title- names, unless the recipient already possessed a sufficient number. The
principal chiefs and their male descendants, according to the usage of the
present day, bear the title of Banda, and their wives are styled Kumarihami,
or Walawwe Mahatmayo (the lady of the manor-house), and their daughters
Kumarihami, or Menike.
In addition to the administrative hierarchy, the Basnayaka Nilames (lay
incumbents of temples) also held high rank and influence. The greatest of
these chiefs is the Diwa Nilame, the principal lay officer of the Temple of the
Sacred Tooth in Kandy.
In the Maritime Provinces the highest official rank, peculiar to the Singhalese,
is that of Maha Mudaliyar (Great or Chief Mudaliyar). Next to him come the
Mudaliyars of the Governor's Gate. The latter title (a personal distinction
involving only ceremonial duties) is the English form of the Singhalese title of
Maha Wasala Mudiyanse = Mudaliyar of the Great Gate, i. e. of the Royal Palace
or Household (c/. "the Sublime Porte") ; and it obviously does not adequately
represent the force of the original. There are also Mudaliyars (not of the Gate)
whose rank is likewise a personal distinction not entailing the discharge of
any business duties under the Government. There are Mudaliyars exercising
authority in the towns and rural districts, as Mudaliyars of the Atapattu and of
the Kachcheri, and Mudaliyars of Korales, the last named having much the same
jurisdiction as Ratemahatmayas now have in the Kandyan country. There are also
Interpreter Mudaliyars employed in the administrative offices of the Government
at the present day, and in the Supreme and District Courts of the island.
A Mudaliyar, like a Kandyan chief, on his creation usually receives one or
more patabendi title-names, and he may thus either add to the titles which he
already enjoys, if any, or become the founder of a Mudali piruwa family.
The wife of a Mudaliyar is styled "Walawwe Mahatmayo, or Lama-etana,
and his sons and daughters bear the title of Hamu.
i
Adikaran, from adhi, over, above, upon, implying superiority in place ; and karana,
the instrument in the sense of executive.
INTRODUCTION 345
The offices of Maniyakaran, 1 Atikaram, 1 and Wanniya 1 in the Northern

and Eastern Provinces are similar to those of Ratemahatmayas and Korale
Mudaliyars. The official and other titles peculiar to these Provinces form a
third and separate group.
Presidents of Gansabawas throughout Ceylon are mostly drawn from the
landed aristocracy, as the principal chiefs are, and their office is held in esteem,
but it does not appear to carry titles with it in the same way. The admirable
system of Gansabawas (village councils and tribunals), with their patriarchal
jurisdiction and wise administration in communal affairs, is a valuable survival
from pre-historic times.
Below the Mudaliyars of the Gate and the Mudaliyars, are the Muhandirams
of the Gate and the Muhandirams, whose rank is also a, personal distinction
involving only ceremonial duties. The holders of certain posts under the
Government have the rank of Muhandirams ex officio.
In addition to these chiefs there are also several classes of Headmen, such
as Korala and Udaiyar, Vidana-Arachchi, Arachchi, Kangani, and Vidane,
discharging responsible and important duties, and they, like the principal
chiefs, are largely drawn from the upper classes.
With reference to noble and gentle families of European origin, it is sufficient
to recall here that Ribeyro says (Lee's Translation, p. 46) that there were
several hundred noble Portuguese families settled in Ceylon in his time. Some
of the greatest names in Portugal are borne by Portuguese families in Ceylon
to this day. The Dutch coats of arms depicted in the Lapidarium Zeylanicum,
and in Mr. F. H. de Vos's paper in the Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the
R. A. S. for 1898, bear eloquent testimony to the nobility of many of the Dutch
settlers in the island.
Besides the descendants of Portuguese and Dutch noblemen, there are also
amongst the Ceylonese (to mention only a few examples) representatives of
Malay Princes exiled to Ceylon by the Dutch of a French ducal house ; of a
;
Swiss family whose nobility has been recognized in Europe for centuries and, ;
in the female line, of a great German family whose name is famous in history,
and who yield to few families on the Continent in point of illustrious ancestry.
Want of materials has made it impossible to include any account of these
and other families of the kind in this edition, but it is hoped that with every
successive edition there may be a marked improvement in this respect. The
existence of the detailed records kept during the Dutch Administration should
render the task of the Ceylon genealogist a comparatively easy one.
In the preparation of this Introduction, and in the work done on the notices
which follow, unsparing use has been made of the kind advice and collaboration
of several friends (and especially Don Martinu de Zilva Wickremasinghe,
Don Charles de Silva Batuvantudave, Mr. Louis L. H. Pieris, and Mr.
Charles E. H. Corea), to whose erudition and generous help a tribute of
appreciation and cordial thanks is due ; and reference has frequently been made
to Mr. Justice Stark's and the Honble. Mr. de Alwis's papers published in the
Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society for 1853 and
1856-58 respectively ; to Davy's Account of the Interior of Ceylon (London,
1821) ; to the Niti Nighanduva, by Mr. Le Mesurier and Panabokke Loku
Banda to Ferguson's Ceylon Directory ; to Ceylon in 1893, by Mr. John
;
Ferguson ; to Mr. Justice Lawrie's Gazetteer of the Central Province of Ceylon

(which was made available for the purpose by the courtesy of the Librarian of
the Colonial Office) and to other works relating to Ceylon.
;
i Information regarding the titles connected with these and similar offices, and the
hereditary title-names and titles in use amongst the Tamils of Ceylon, would be welcomed
for insertion in the next edition of this work.
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ABAYASUNDARA, William, Chevalier; ABEYEWIKRAMA, Edward Samuel,
b. .
Knight of the Order of
Is a Interpreter Mudaliydr ; b. December
St. Gregory the Great. A member of 30, 1856. Belongs to the Abeyewi-
the Municipal Council of Galle. krama family of Ahangama in Galle
Residence: Galle. district. Residence : Gabadawidiya,
ABDUL CARIM, Kasim Lewai Matara.
Mari-
kar, Mudaliydr of the Governor's Gate, ABEYK00N, John, Mudaliydr. Created
Created May 23, 1892. Is a J.P.
May 24, 1889. Residence: Alutkuru
Residence : Galle. Korale North.
ABDUL HAMID, Snlaiman Lebbe Mari-
ABEYRATNA, Don Abraham Perera,
kar; b. March 15, 1865. Belongs to
the Pavalakkodi family of Tangalle Mudaliydr. Created May 24, 1888.
Residence :
Madampe.
district. Residence: Hambantota.
ABDUL MADJID EFFENDI, H.L.M. ABEYRATNA, Mahawasala— Karana
b. Consul at Colombo for
. Is Liyana MudiyanselageDon Abraham,
H.I.M. the Sultan of Turkey. Resi- Mudaliydr. Created June 21, 1897.
dence: Colombo. Residence : Kandy.
ABDUL BAHIMAN, Mohamad o Cassim, ABEYSEKARA, Don David Henry

TheHon.; b. . HasbeenMuham- Perera, Mudaliydr. Created June 21,
madan Member of the Legislative 1897. Residence :
Council since 1889. His father emi-
grated to Ceylon from Surat. Is of ABEYSEKERE, John Abraham, Muda-
Arabic descent. Residence : Colombo. liydr; b. Is Mudaliyar of
.
Alutkuru Korale South. Residence :

ABEYESINGHE Wijeyewardene, Colombo and Kagama.
Nicholas Dias; b. January 28, 1858.
Belongs to the Abeyesinghe family, ABEYSINGHE, John Gerard Gomes,
formerly of the Kandyan Province, who Basnayaka Mudaliydr. Appointed
settled in Galle under the Portuguese May 24, 1890. Residence: Grandpass,
Government. Nicholas Dias Abeye- Colombo.
singhe was Maha Mudaliyar in the time
of the Dutch Government. His son, ABEYSINHA, Frederick Dias, Muda-
Abraham Dias Abeyesinghe, was Guard liydr. Created May 24, 1887. Resi-
dence : Galle.
Mudaliyar of Galle under the British
Government. Nicholas Dias Abeye-
ABHAYAWARDENE, Don Francis de
singhe Wijeyewardene, son of the Silva,Mudaliydr; b. May 21, 1841.
last-named, was Attapattu Mudaliyar, Descended from the de Silva Abhaya-
Galle ; and his son is the Kev. Abraham wardene family of Galle. Is Mudaliyar
Dias Abeyesinghe Wijeyewardene, of Wellabode Pattu. Residence:
Chaplain of All Saints, Colombo, Dickwella.
father of the subject of this notice.
Is a Proctor of the Supreme Court, and ALAGAKONE, S.A. ; b. Belongs
.
Member of the Municipal Council of to a well-known family in Jaffna. Is

Galle. Residence : Galle. an Advocate. Residence : Jaffna.
ALAHAPPERUMA, Manuel de Silva, APPACUTTY, Sivagurunasher, Shroff
Created May 1894. Mudaliydr; b. 1837. Is Shroff Mudali-
Mudaliydr. 24,
Residence: Galle. ydr, Batticaloa district. Residence:
Batticaloa.
ALAWATUGODA, Punch! Banda; b.
RdtemahdtmayaofWalapone.
. ARASARAKONE, Levi Samuel Strong
Residence : Walapone. Kulatunka, Mudaliydr. Created May
24, 1889. Residence : Jaffna.
ALI, M.I. Mohammado. is Vice-Consul
for Persia. Residence: Colombo. ARUNACHALAM, Ponambalam; b.
September 14, 1853. M.A. (Cantab).

ALLEGAKOON, Rasaiya William, Mu- Barrister at Law. Registrar-General.
daliydr. Created May 24, 1890. Resi-
Son of Mudaliyar Arunachalam Ponam-
dence: Batticaloa.
balam, Mudaliyar of the Governor's
ALUVIHARE Wanisekera Bandare Gate. Is a Civil Servant in Class ii.
Nayeke Wasela Mudiyanseralaha- Residence : Colombo.

millage Wawalawwe Tikeri Banda,
Rdtemahdtmaya ; b. September 4, ASERAPPA, Walter Nicolas Straube ;
1854. The Aluvihare family was one b. . The Aserappa family was
of the first of the aristocracy in the founded in Ceylon by Thandova
Dissavony of Matale. It traces its Murthia, a merchant and shipowner,
descent from Wanisekara Mudeli, who who left Madras in 1663 on account of
is said to have been a descendant of political disturbances, and settled in

Sri Wickerama Brahmanarala. Is Ceylon. Members of the family have
been Shroff Mudaliyars of Negombo.
Rdtemahdtmaya of Matale North. Is an Advocate of the Ceylon Bar.
Residence : Aluwihara, Matale.
Residence : Colombo.
AMERESEKERE, Don Johannis, Muda-
liydr; b. December 25, 1822. His ATTYGALLA, Don Louis, Shroff Muda-
grandfather held office under the Dutch liydr; b. July 10, 1848. Belongs to
Government. His father, Don Daniel the Attygalla family of Salpiti Korale
in the district of Colombo. Holds
Ameresekere, was Mohandiram of
Korale. Residence Han- the office of Shroff Mudaliydr of
Hewegama :
Residence ;
wella. Ratnapura. Weralupe,
AMERESEKERE Ekanayaka Kulatil- Ratnapura.
BAILEY, Benjamin Wenasitamby Se-
leka, James, Mudaliydr; b. October
b.
10, 1848. Is a lineal descendant of lappa, Interpreter Mudaliydr;
November 23, 1849. Is one of the
Arthanayaka, Prime Minister of Raja
Sinha II., King of Kandy, who reigned Interpreter Mudaliyars of the Courts
at Kalutara. Residence : Kalutara.
from 1627 to 1676. Is Mudaliydr
of Pitigal Korle, Chilaw district. BANDARANAYEKE, Don Solomon
Residence : Nattandiye Wallawwe, Dias Abeyawikrama Jayatilake Se-
Marawila. neviratne Rajakumarun Kadukera-
AMPALAWANAR, Vayirawanatar, lu, Maha Mudaliydr ; b. May 22, 1862.
Mudaliydr. Created May 24, 1895. This great chief is the son of the late
Residence : Jaffna. Mudaliydr Don Christoffel Henricus
Dias Bandaranayeke, Mudaliydr of
ANDARAWEWE, James William Her- the Governor's Gate, by his wife
bert, President; 1848. Belongs to the
b.
Donna Anne Florentina Phillipsz
Narasinghe Mudiyanselage Andarawe- Panditteratne. Is descended on the
we family. Is President of the Tillage
Tribunals of Udahevaheta and Wala- paternal side from the father of
the Mahd Mudaliydr Bandaranayeke,
pone. Residence: Kumbalgamuwa. who held office under the Dutch
ANTHONISZ, Peter Daniel, Companion Government in 1767; and on the
of the Order of St. Michael and St. maternal side from the Mahd Muda-
Geor(je;b. . M.D. St. Andrews ; liydr Panditteratne, who held office
F.R.C.S. Edinburgh. Was Burgher in 1796. Is a Justice of the Peace
Member of the Legislative Council for Ceylon, A.D.C. to His Excellency
from 1886 to 1895. Is a distinguished the Governor, and an Adviser of the
surgeon and philanthropist. Belongs Government on Native Affairs. Resi-
to aDutch family long established in dences
: Colombo,
Yeyangodda, Weke,
Ceylon. Residence : Colombo. Maligawe, and Malwana.
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BANDARANAYEKE, Edwin V. Dias BOYAGODA Ekanayaka Mudiyanse-

Wijeyawickreme, Mudaliydr of the lage Ihala Walawwe Ukku Banda,
Governor'' s Gate ; b. RdtemaMtmaya ; b. February 20, 1841.
Son of Maha Mudaliyar Conrard Peter Is grandson of Duganna Nileme, and
Dias Wijeyawickreme Bandaranayeke. of Kandipolla Disava. Residence :
Belongs to the great Bandaranayeke Hiriyala Hat Pattu Kurunegala.

family. Residences: Maha Walawwa,
BRITO, Christopher, B.A. Advocate.
Colombo ; and Jaela.
Belongs to an old family. Residence :
BANDARANAYEKE, Harry Willisford
Dombawinne, Mirigama.
Dias Wijeyawickreme, Mudaliydr ; b.
January 14, 1861. The Bandaranayeke CANAGASAPY, Narasingha Mapana

family is said to be descended from Veragathiepillai (or Narasmka
Rama Chandram, a Brahman who came Mappana Verakuttichchediyar Kana-
to Ceylon from India, and landed at
kasapai), Mudaliydr ; b. November 24,
Matotte (Matara). The family pro- 1845. Belongs to an Indian family
perty is at Bandarawatte in Alutgama settled in Jaffna district. Residence :
Gampaha. Is Mudaliyar of Siyana Colombo.
Korale West. Residence : Alutgama
Gampaha. OANAPADY PILLAI, Mayilvakana
BATUVANTUDAVE, Don Andris de Mudaliyar ; b. August 12, 1828. Son
of Mayilvakana Mudaliyar, District
Silva; b. Son of Don Andris
.
de Silva Batuvantudave, Pandit, an Mudaliyar of the Maritime Pattus of

eminent Oriental scholar, who held Mulaittivu. Was in the service of
the post of adviser to the Ceylon Government for forty-three years,
Government on questions of Oriental now retired. Residence : Mulaittivu.
literature, and was the editor of
CANDAMB Y, Grigoris de Silva Wickra-
several classical works. His ancestors
maratna Gunesekara, Mudaliydr of
emigrated from Sitawaka, in the reign the Governor's Gate; b. August 2,
of King Mayadunne (in the 16th
1831. Descended from the Candam-
century), and came to Galle, where
bige family, whose ancestor is said to
they received grants of land from the have migrated from the Kandyan
Portuguese Government, which lands district into Galle. Is Mudaliyar of
the family still holds. Residence :
Guruwa Pattu West, Hambantota
Galle.
district. Residence: Tangalla.
BEVEN, Francis ;
b. . Is an Ad-
vocate and Justice of the Peace. Was CANDAPPAH, Wisuvanader Pille Na-
Editor of the Ceylon Examiner. varatnam, Mudaliydr; b. June 7,
Residence: Franklands, Veyangoda. 1838. Has been long in the service of
BIBILE Jayasundara Rajakaruna Na- the State. Residence : Puttalam.
varatna Pandita Attanayaka Banda- CASIE CHITTY, J. J., B.A., D.C.L.
ranayaka Mudiyanselage William Oxon. b. August 31, 1849. Belongs
;
Reginald Banda, Rdtemahdtmaya of to a family of considerable note. Is

Welassa ; b. April 23, 1865. Belongs to Police Magistrate and Additional
the great Singhalese family of Bibile, District Judge of Matara. Was called
of Welassa in Uva, whose heads have to the English Bar 1873. Residence :
been Ratemahatmayas for several Matara.
generations. Residence : Bibila, Lunu-
gala. CHANDRA WARNAM, Anthony Santi-
BOGAHALANDE Ranaraja Karunati- ago, Mudaliydr. Created May 24,
leka Wijesundara Disanayeka Mudi- 1896. Residence : Kandy.
yanselage Lawrence Bernand Banda, CHERUBIM, Simon Julian, Interpreter

Rdtemahdtmaya ; b. November 3, 1852. Mudaliydr; b. March 12, 1854. Is
Belongs to the family of Kandyan Secretary and Interpreter Mudaliyar
Chiefs known as the Ranaraja Karuna- of the Courts at Mannar. Residence :
tileka Wijesundara Disanageka Mu-
Mannar.
dianselage. Is Ratemahatmaya of
Katugampola Hatpattu in the North- CHINNAIAH, Venkadachala Cheddi-
western Province. Residence : Katu- yar, Mudaliydr. Created May 24,
gampola, Kurunegala. 1895. Residence: Batticaloa.
CHINNAPPAH, Hubbel T., Interpreter DAMBAWINNE Rajakaruna Wijeya-
Mudaliyar; February 8, 1862.
b. ratna Wasala Mudiyanselage Henry
Belongs to the Vaitianatha Mudaliydr Edward Banda, Rdteniahdtmaya ; b.
family of Tellipillai, Jaffna. Residence : November 1848. Descended from
Negombo. Dambawinne Disava, of Sabaragamua,
an Officer of State under the Kings of
CHITTY, James Morell, Advocate; b.
Kandy. Is Ratemahatmaya of Udu-
Belongs to an old
Is a Crown Counsel and
kinda. Residence : Dambawinne, We-
family. limada.
Forest Settlement Officer. Residence :
Colombo. DAMBAWINNE Wijeyaratna Rajaka-
runa Wasala Mudiyanselage Punchi
COOMARASWAMY, Ponambalam b. ;
Banda, Basnayeke JYileme; b.
Was Tamil Member of the
.
Descended from the ancient family of
Legislative Council from 1893 to 1898. Dambawinne. Residence : Welimada.
Is a Proctor of the Supreme Court. Son
of Mudaliyar Arunachalam Ponamba- DAMBAWINNE Wijeyaratna Rajaka-
lam,Mudaliyar of the Governor's Gate; runa Wahala Mudiyanselage Loka
and nephew of the Hon. Sir Muttu Banda ;
b. 1820. Belongs to a family
Coomaraswamy, Knight, M.L.C. an Is of the military order under the
Oriental scholar. Residence: Colombo. Kandyan Kings, indicated by the title
of Wijeyaratna Rajakaruna Wahala.
COREA, Abhayaratna Gunasekara Wi- Was formerly Ratemahatmaya of
kramasundara Wijayasekere, James Wallawaya. Residence: Haldummula.
Edward, Mudaliyar; b. 1866. His
father was Mudaliyar Johannes Chris- DANGAMUWE Attanayaka Wahala
topher Corea, Mudaliyar of Chilaw, Pandita Mudiyanselage Wijesinha
who was son of Mudaliyar Abraham Banda, President ; b. August 14, 1857.
Corea, brother of Mudaliydr Simon Is President of Village Tribunals, Udu-
Corea. Is Mudaliyar of Chilaw. kinda. His grandfather was Dangamu-
Residence : Chilaw. we Basnayaka Nilame his father was
;
Dangamuwe Loku Banda, Ratema-

COREA, Abhayaratna Gunasekara Wi- hatmaya.Residence : Udukinda, Uva
kramasundara Wijayasekere, Henry Province.
Richard, Mudaliyar; b. November
23, 1839. Descended from the Corea DASSENAIKE Abeyaratna Gunawar-
family, a family of repute in the dene, Henricus Lucius, Mudaliyar of
districts of Colombo and Negombo, the Governor's Gate; b. June 4,1840.
which traces its descent from Domini- Belongs to the Dassenaike family,
cus Corea, who was raised to the rank formerly of Kandy. His great-grand-
of a Prince by King Wimala Dharma, father, Samaradiwakere Wikrama-
and was put to death by the Portu- singhe Dassenaike, moved from
guese in 1601. Is son of Mudaliyar Kandy to Hapitigam Korale on being
Simon Corea Abhayaratna Gunasekara made Mudaliyar of the Korale under
Wikramasundara Wijayasekere, Muda- the Dutch Government about the
year 1760. Residence: Hapitigam
liyar of Alutkuru Korale, and a
Justice of the Korale.
Peace. Residence :
Negombo. DAVID, Rev. Christian; b.
Belongs to the well-known Christian

CROWTHER, Ebenezer, President; b.
David family. Is Incumbent of St.
November 10, 1844. Descended from James's Church (Anglican), Kotahena.
Narasinghadesa Mudaliyar, the head Residence: Kotahena.
of one of the seven original families of
Jaffna under the Indian Kings. His DE ALWIS Abesinha Rajakaruna
son, Illankanarayana Mudaliyar, was Igalaratna, Igalaratna Waraheneli-
Reswadore under the Portuguese yanage Don Aron Cornelius, Muda-
Government. His grandson, Yiswa- liydr ; b. February 2, 1840. Belongs
natha Pillai, was the Manager of the to the Igalaratna (de Alwis) family.
Siva Temple at Point Pedro of whom ;
Was for many years in the service of
Ebenezer Crowther is a son. He is the Government. Received the rank
President of Batticaloa North. Resi- of Muhandiram in 1884, and that of
dence: Batticaloa. Mudaliyar in 1893. Residence: Kandy.
DEALWIS, Theodore; ft. . Son Livera, Mudaliydr of Hewagan Korale

of the late Hon. Albert de Alwis, in a.d. 1800. Is Mudaliydr of Bentota
Walallawiti Korale. Residence
Singhalese Member of the Legislative
:
Council for some years. Is a Proctor. Bentota.

DE R0SAIR0, Anthony, Mudaliydr ; ft.
DE FONSEKA Warnesuria Wijeye- June Descended from the de
12, 1840.
Rosairo family of Puttalam district.
toonge Samerenayeke, Simon Richard,
1856. Son of Carolis de Residence : Puttalam.
Mudaliydr; ft.
Fonseka Warnesuria Wijeyetoonge

DE ROSAIRO, Emmanuel Frederick,
Samerenayeke, Maha Vidahu Muhan- Mudaliydr; September 10, 1856.
ft.
diram. Represents, in the female line, Is district Mudaliydr of Kalpitiya.
the ancient Andradie family. Resi- Residence : Kalpitiya.
dence: Colombo.
DE ROSAIRO, John Manuel, Muda-
DE FONSEKA Wijeyawardana Abeya- liydr. Created May 27, 1873. Resi-
koon, Don John, Mudaliydr ; March ft.
dence : Puttalam.
7, 1848. Belongs to the de Fonseka
Wijeyewardana Abeyakoon family of DE ROWEL, Warnakulaweerasuriya
the North-West Province. Is Muda- Jayetileke, Ambrosias, Mudaliydr.
liydr ofMorawak Korale. Residence : Created May 24, 1888. Is a J.P.
Kotapolla, Morawak Korale. Residence : Yaikal, Nainamadama.
DEHIGAMA Nawaratna Attapattu DE SAMPAY0 Abeyeratne Jaye-
Wasala Mudiyanse Ralahamillage tilleke Wikremesinhe, Thomas
Loku Banda, Basnayeke Nilame; ft.
Edward; ft.
Belongs to a family
.
May 12, 1857.Belongs to the Dehi- of note in the Western Province,

gama family, descended from Dehi- several members of which have held
gama Nawaratna Attapattu Wasala rank. Is LL.B. of Cambridge, and was
Mudiyanse Ralahami. Was elected called to the English Bar in 1881. Is a
by a Committee of Chiefs to be Ceylon Advocate. Residence: Colombo.
Basnayeke Nilame of Lankatilake
Dewala. Residence: Dehigama Wa- DE SARAM Wanigasekere.Ekanayaka,
lawwa, Kandy.
DE SARAM Wijeyasekere Karoona-
ratne, and DE SARAM Wiieyasekere
DE JONG, Philip J., Chevalier (the Goonatilakaratne. A leading family
late). Wascreated a Knight of the in the Western Province, many mem-
Order of St. Gregory the Great by His bers of which have held high office,
Holiness Pope Leo XIII. In the several have been Maha Mudaliydrs.
higher ranks of the Civil Service during It is at present honourably represented
the Dutch occupation there were in the legal and medical professions
several officers of the family of de and in the Civil Service, etc.; e.g.
Jong. The Chevalier's widow resides
John Henricus is District Judge of
in Colombo. Kandy, John Frederick and Richard
DE LA HARPE, Benjamin ;
l. Francis are Justices of the Peace,
Belongs to the noble Swiss family of Peter is Itinerating Police Magis-
de La Harpe. Is a Justice of the Peace. trate, Western Province, and W. F. H.
Residence: Colombo. is Itinerating Police Magistrate of
Negombo and Kalutara.
DE LIVERA Senewiratne, Alfred; ft.
December 31, 1826. Descended from DE SILVA, Charles, Mudaliydr.

the Senewiratne family, a reputed Created May 24, 1889. Residence:
Kandyan family that settled in the Colombo.
Low Country, andheld important
offices of trust under the successive
DE SILVA, Joseph, Mudaliydr; ft.
Governments. Is a Proctor January 29, 1842. Belongs to the

Ceylon Guruwatte family, an ancient family
of the Supreme Court of the island.
in the Southern Province. Received
the rank of Mudaliydr for special
DE LIVERA Senewiratne, Henry services rendered to the Government
Johannes, Mudaliydr; ft. March 15, in the Railway Department. Resi-
1850. Descended from Balthazar de dence : Mount Lavinia.
DE SILVA Seneviratna Jayawardene, Henry de Soysa, Esq., J.P., was
Philip Miliano Michael, Inter- about to be knighted, when he died,
preter Mudaliydr ; b. September 12, in 1890. He built several churches and
1862. Is the son of the late Muda- colleges and hospitals, and a medical
liyar Charles de Silva, Mudaliydr of museum, and was a munificent donor
the Governor's Gate. The family to charities both in Ceylon and in
claims descent from a Chief of England. Lady de Soysa's residences
Raigam Korale, who migrated to the are Alfred House, Colombo, and Frazer
Colombo district in the time of Rai- Villa, Kandy.
gam Banda, and was received into the DE VOS, F. H. ; b. Belongs to
.
Roman Catholic Church by the Portu- a well-known Dutch family. Is an

guese. Residence: Colombo. Advocate, and has acted as District
DE Judge of Galle. Residence : Galle.
SILVA, Simon, Mudaliydr ; b. Sep-
tember 17, 1843. Belongs to the DE ZYLVA Jayasekara Wijayaratna,
Agampody family of Kalutara. Re- Adirian, Mudaliydr of the Governor's
ceived the rank of Mudaliyar for
Gate; b. 1828, at Ganegama, Ganga-
special services rendered to the boda Pattu, Southern Province. Has
Government in the Education Depart-
been Mohandiram of Trinkomali Ka-
ment. Residence: Colombo.
chcheri, and Chief Mudaliyar of Batti-
DE SILVA Suriyabandara Gunawar-
caloa. Belongs to the Adihetti family.
Residence Puliantivu, Batticaloa.
dena, John Edward, Muhandiram of
:
the Governors Gate ; b. August 4, 1853.

DEVENAYAGAMPULLE, Canagaratne-
Belongs to an ancient Suriyabandara pulle William, Mudaliydr ; b. May 10,
family. Is President of Village Tri- 1844. Belongs to the Allegarven Mu-
bunals in Alutkuru Korale North in
daliyar's family, of Batticaloa. Resid-
the district of Negombo. Residence : ence: Deveuayagampulle, Puttalam.
Colombo.
DIAS Wijeyawardene Bandaranayeke,
DE SILVA Wijetunga, James Alex- Don William Chapman, Mudaliydr;
ander ;
b. .
Belongs to a well- b. Son of the Rev.
.
known De Silva family of Colombo Canon Dias.Belongs to the distin-

whose members have held office for
guished family described under the
several generations. Residence : Ma- name Bandaranayeke. Is Mudaliyar
ravila. of the Udugaha Pattu. Residence:
DE SOYSA Dharmagoonawardene Wi- The Canonry, Colombo.
pulajayasuriya Karunaratna Dissa- DIAS Wijeyawickreme Bandaranayeke,
nayaka Siri Rajakumaru Wasala, Felix Reginald; b. July 26, 1861.
Jeronis William Charles, Mudaliydr
Belongs to the Bandaranayeke family
of the Governor's Gate ; b. of the Western and Central Provinces
Eldest son of Charles Henry de Soysa, of Ceylon. Is M.A. and LL.M. of
J. P., of Ceylon, and Lady de Soysa.
Trinity Hall, Cambridge; F.R.C.I.,
Mudaliyar de Soysa was educated at J.P. Is a Crown Counsel for the island.
Cambridge (M.A. 1897). He is a J. P. Residence : Colpetty, Colombo.
Residence : Alfred House, Colombo ;
and Frazer Villa, Kandy. DIAS Wijeyawickreme Bandarana-

yeke, Sir Henry, Knight; b. August
DE SOYSA Dharmagoonawardene Wi- 22, 1822. Belongs to the Bandarana-
pulajayasuriya Karunaratna Dissana- yeke family. Is a son of Mudaliyar
yaka, Catherine, Lady (nee de Silva). Don Jacobus Dias Wijeyawickreme
Was elevated to the rank of a Knight's Bandaranayeke, Mudaliyar of the
widow by Her Majesty the Queen- Governor's Gate. Was educated at
Empress in recognition of the public King's Coll., London; called to the
benefactions of members of the de Bar at the Middle Temple 1847;
Soysa aud de Silva families. Is a represented the Singhalese in the
daughter of the Chevalier Jusey de Ceylon Legislative Council, 1861-4 ;
Silva, Knight of the Order of St. was one of the leaders of the " Ceylon
Gregory the Great, and Mudaliyar League" movement for reform of
of the Governor's Gate, a noted the Legislative Council, 1865-6.
philanthropist. Her husband, Charles Was formerly a Puisne Justice of the
Supreme Court of Ceylon, and has DUNUWILLE Rajakarunadara Ekana-

acted as Chief Justice. Created a yake Wasala Mudiyanse James
Knight Bachelor in 1895. Residence : Alexander Banda; b. March 24, 1850 ;
Colombo. educated at Cheltenham College,

England. His father had a short but
DLDI, H.I.D. Ben Hadji Ali. Turkish
brilliant career as an Advocate of the
Consul at Galle ; b. Residence :
.
Galle. Ceylon Bar. Is descended from the

ancient Dunuwille family of Kandyan
DISSANAYAKE, Don Andreas Sene- Chiefs. Residence: Tangalla.
wiratne, Mudaliydr; b. April 4, 1839.
Descended from a family of Kandyan DUNUWILLE Rajakarunadara Ekana-
origin long settled in the Galle district. yaka Seneviratne Wasala Mudiyanse
In the Dutch " Thombu " or Register, Robert Richard Banda b.
January
;
the family is entered in the year 1753 30, 1856.Belongs to the distinguished
as of the village Kodagoda in Talpe family of Dunuwille Rajakarunadara
Pattu, in the Galle district; and as Ekanayaka Seneviratne Wasala Mu-
descended from Don Paulus Dissana- diyanse in the Kandy district. Resi-
dence: Colombo.
yake, who resided at Kodagoda. Is
President of Salpiti Korale. Resi- DUNUWILLE William Banda; b.
dence i Salpiti Korale. August 1855. Son of Udanwitta

DOD ANWELA This family is an ancient
.
Basnayeke Nilame by the only
and noble Members of it held
one. daughter of Dunuwille Loku Banda,
sometime Disawa of Udapalata. Is
high the
office in time of the Singhalese
in theCeylon Civil Service. Residence :
Kings, and now hold large tracts of
land under grants received for public Kurunegala.
services. George William Banda is EDIRIWIRA, Don Mathes, Mudaliydr.
of Dambadeni Created May 24, 1887. Residence:
Ratemahatmaya
Residence: Kurunegalle. Galkissa.
Hatpattu.
EHALIAGODA Dasanayaka Rana-
DOOLE, Baba Tajul, Arifin, Mudaliydr.
Created June 21, 1897. Is a J. P. singha Mudiyanseralahamillage
Residence : Hambantota.
Richard Banda, President; b. October
5, 1860. Belongs to the Ehaliagoda
DORAKUMBERA Ekanayaka Wijeya- family, being great-grandson of Eha-
ratna Wikramaratna Dharmakirti liagoda Loku Disawa. Is President
Rajakaruna Wasala Mudiyanse of Village Tribunals. Residence : Das-
Banda, Ratemahatmaya ; b. August 26, watte, Mawanella.
1864. Belongs to the Dorakumbera
EKANAYAKA, A. de Silva, Mudaliydr.
family of the Central Province and ;
Created May 24, 1882. Residence:
is Ratemahatmaya of Matale East.
Moratuwa.
Residence : Dorakumbera Walawwa,
Matale. EKANAYAKA, Paules Alexander
Tennekoon, Mudaliydr; b. February
DORNHORST, Frederick. Unofficial 16, 1844. Belongs to the Ekanayaka
Leader of the Ceylon Bar. Was called
family, formerly of Attygalle in Hewa-
to the Bar in 1874. Residence
Korale, now of Colombo.
:
gam Resi-
Colombo. dence: Colombo.
DRIEBERG, James Stewart, b. EKNELIGODA Akrakknippa Wikra-
Is a Member of the Ceylon Civil masinha Mahipala Basnayaka Mu-
Service. Residence: Colombo.
diyanseralahamillage sTikiri Banda,
Disava. Is descended from the dis-
DULLEWE Nawaratna Wikkrama-
tinguished Ekneligoda family. Resi-
singha Samarakon Jayatilaka Pan-
dita Mudiyanselagc Loku Banda, dence : Ratnapura.
Adigar ; b. The Dullewe
. ELAPATA Jayatileke Gunaratne Ten-
family has long been one of the most nakoon Mudiyanseralahamillage Eg-
important in the Central Province. bert Arthur Banda, Ratemahatmaya; b.
Members of it have held the offices of March 18, 1869. Descended from the
Adigar,Maha Lekam, Disava, and Elapata Maha Walanida, an ancient
Diwa Nilame. The present Dullewe Kandyan family. Is Ratemahatmaya
Adigar was Disava of Matale North of the Paranakuru Korale. Residence :
and East. Residence : Matale. Elapata Walawwa, Ratnapura.
AA
ELIYATAMPI, Sapapati Nakappar GOONERATNA, Francis Ernest Jaya-
Nanapraksa, Mudaliydr. Created May tileke, Mohotti Mudaliydr of the
24,1890. Residence: Batticaloa. Atapattu. Appointed August 4, 1881.
Residence: Galle.
ELLAWALA Ekanayeke Rajapakse
Basnayeka Mudianse William Banda, GOONERATNA,
Leveris Fonseka Aba-
The Hon., Rdtemahdtmaya ; b. Septem- Created
yasekara, Mudaliydr. May
ber 23, 1882. Residence : Matara.
5, 1835. Belongs to the Ellawala
Ekanayeke Rajapakse Basnayake GOONERATNE, Edmund Rowland
family of the Batnapura district. Is Jayetilleke, Mudaliydr of the Gate ;
a Member of the Legislative Council b.
Belongs to a family of
.
of Ceylon, which gives him the right high standing in the Southern Pro-
to bear the title of Honble. Residence : vince. Is an Oriental scholar of note.
Is Honorary Secretary of the Pali
Batnapura.
Text Society. Is a J. P. Residence:
ELLAWALA Ekanayeke Rajapakse GaUe.
Basnayeke Mudianse Francis Theo- G00NETILLEKE, Alfred, Proctor.
dore Banda, Rdtemahdtmaya ; b.
Supreme Court b. Son of ; .
January 31, 1862. Is the son of

Mudaliydr Moses Goonetilleke. Is
Hon. William Ellawala. Residence: of Siam. Residence
Attorney-General :
Batugedera, Batnapura. Siam.
ERAWWAWELA. This is a family of GOONETILLEKE. Dr. F. Williams;
note. An Erawwawela was Adigar in b. Son of the eminent Oriental
.
the reign of Bajadhi Raja Sinha, King Scholar and Linguist, William Goone-
of Kandy, and was sent by him as an tilleke, Editor of the Orientalist. Is
Ambassador to India about 1788. a District Medical Officer. Residence :
Batnapura.
ETIPOLA. An ancient family of dis-
tinction, of whom members GRENIER, Emma,
several Lady {nee Drieberg).
have held the office of Disava. Daughter of John Drieberg, Esq.,
Proctor of the Supreme Court; and
FERNANDO Weerasooria Abeyewick- widow of the late Hon. Sir Samuel
renie Rajekarunaratne, H. Marcus; Grenier, Knight, Attorney-General of
b. October 21, 1864. M.D., B.Sc. Ceylon. Residence: Colombo.
London. Grandson of Mudaliydr GRENIER, Gerard, b. November 1, 1844.
Andrew Fernando Weerasooria Abeye- Belongs to the Grenier de Fonblanque
wickreme Bajekarunaratne. Resi- family. Is Begistrar of the Supreme
dence: Colombo. Court. Residence: Colombo.
FERNANDO Wanigasekare Gunawar- GRENIER, Joseph, the Hon.; b.
dana, Theodore, Mudaliydr; b. Sep- Has acted as District Judge of Colombo
tember 18, 1837. Belongs to the Sin- and Solicitor-General, and is Com-
^
halege Fernando family of Panadure, missioner of Assize. Was called to

and has held many important offices the Ceylon Bar in 1873. Is descended
under the Government. Residence: from the French family of Grenier de
Panadure. Fonblanque. Residence: Colombo.
GIRAGAMA. This is a distinguished GUNARATNA, Dandris de Silva, Mu-
of the Governor's Gate.
family. Giragama Balahami Maha daliydr
Lekama was Disava of four Korales. Created 1882. Residence.- Bandara-
The late Giragama Diyawadana Nilame, gama.
Ratemahatmaya'of Yatinuwara, was a GUNASEKARA, Bartholomew Deva-
nephew of a Basnayeke Nilame, and rakkita Sumana, Mudaliydr of the
grand-nephew of the Disava. Governor's Gate; b. 1827. Received
the rank of Mudaliydr in recognition
GODEGEDARA, Dionysius Ratnayaka of his literary merit, and eminence
[alias Dionis Godage] Kaehcheri, as an epigraphist. Belongs to the
Mudaliydr; b. November 25, 1855. Gunasekara family, descended from
Belongs to the Godegedare Walawwa Don Daniel Abhayaratna Gunasekara,
family of Badulla district. Residence : Arachchi of the Guard. Residence:
Anuradhapura. Udahamulla, Western Province.
GUNASEKARA, Bastian Mendis, Mu- GUNERATNE, David Abraham Abe-

daliydr. Created May 24, 1890. Resi- wickreme, Mudaliydr of the Governor's
dence : Balapitiya, Wellaboda Pattu. Gate; b. June 24, 1836. Descended
from the Abewickrerne Guneratne
GUNASEKARA, Charles Perera Wir-
family. Is Mudaliyar of the Four
aratna, Interpreter Mudaliydr ; b.
Gravets of Matara, and holds other
December 19, 1861. Descended from
offices. Residence: Matara.
the Cunasekara family of Matara his ;
ancestors have been Mudaliyars and GUNESEKERE, John William, Inter-

Muhandirams. Residence Hamban- :
preter Mudaliydr ; b. January 2, 1842.
tota. Is Interpreter Mudaliyar of the
District Court of Kalutara. Residence
GUNATILAKA, A. Robert, Mudaliydr.
Kalutara.
.-

Pasdun Korale. GUNETILLEKE Jayasundara, James
Francis Peiris, Mudaliydr ; b. March
GUNATILAKA, Charles, Mudaliydr. 22, 1855. Claims to be the lineal
descendant of the Jayasundara family
Wellaboda Pattu. of Kandyan Chiefs of the ancient
" Walandure
GUNATILAKE, Habaragomuwe Jaya- Walawwa " in the Pro-
sundarakoralalage Don Abraham
vince of Sabaragamuwa, The first
settler in the Low Country of Ceylon,
Charles, Mudaliydr ; b. November 1,
1849. Is son of the late Mudaliyar about 200 hundred years ago, received
Don Abraham Gunatilake; and de- a grant of land and office from the
scended from the Gunatilake family Government ; the family is known in
of Panadura in the Western Province. theLow Country by the name " Saba-
Is President of Village Tribunals of ragamueralala." Residence: Hakmana.
Bentota, and holds other offices in that
part of Ceylon. Residence : Bentota. GUNEWARDENE, Don Cornells Ameri-
siri, Mudaliydr; b. April 13, 1828.
GUNAWARDANA, Abraham, Inter- Was created Muhandiram for the dis-
preter Mudaliydr; b. July £15, 1859. trict of Galle in 1884, and Mudaliyar
Descended from the Gunawardana in 1881. Was Councillor of the Galle
family, members of which have Municipality for twenty-one years,
successively held the office of Head- from 1866 to 1887. Residence; Ma-
man in Hikkaduwa. Residence : Kuru- hamodera, Galle.
negala. GUNEWARDENE, Edward Gregory;
b. October 13, 1858. Is a Proctor of
GUNAWARDANA, Abraham Saha-
the Supreme Court of Ceylon.
bandu, b. July 24, 1836. Inspector of
Village Tanks, North- Western Pro- Belongs to the Gunewardene family,
vince. Is a J.P. Residence: Ku-
which is said to have migrated to Galle
in early times from the Sabaragamuwa
runegala.
district of the Kandyan Province.
GUNAWARDANA, Christopher Walter, Residence: Kurunegalle.
Interpreter Mudaliydr ; b. April 17,
1864. Is Interpreter Mudaliydr of the HALPE Chandrasekera, E-Lanka Me-
District Court of Badulla. Residence : Lanka De-Lanka Sri-Lanka. One of
the oldest families in the Kurunegala
Badulla.
District. The present head of the
GUNAWARDANA, Don Adrian Amera- house is addressed as Disava. Resi-
sekara, Mudaliydr. Created May 23, dence: Pidume.
1882. Residence: Mahamodera, Galle.
HENERAT-BANDA Hanga Singha
GUNAWARDANA, John David Perera Kalnknmara Rajakaruna Hurulle,
Abeysekara, Mudaliydr the President; b. May 6, 1859. The titles
of
Governor's Gate. Created 1892. of Ilanga Singha Kalukumara Rajaka-
Residence: Ranala, Hanwella. runa were conferred on an ancestor by
a King of Kandy. Is President of
GUNERATNA, George Ernest de Silva, Nuwaragampalata, in the North-
Mudaliydr; b. June 26, 1857. Is Pre- Central Province. Residence: Mora-
sident of the Gansabawa, Morawak kawa,* Hurulupalata, North Central
Korale. Residence: Morowaka. Province.
HULUGALLE Semasinha Nawaratna Mudaliydr; b. September 29, 1827.
Wanninayaka, Rdtemahdtmaya ; b. Received the rank of Mudaliyar ou
April 11, 1849.Belongs to the Hulu- May 24, 1890. Belongs to the Galboda
galle family, whose ancestors are Liyanage family of Nagoda in Ganga-
stated to have held the title of boda Pattu. Residence : Nagoda, Ma-
"Wanninayaka, or Chiefs of the "Wanni palagama.
district,from time immemorial under
the Singhalese Kings. Is Rdtemahdt- JAYASURIYA, Daniel Fernando Wi-
maya of the Wanni Hat Pattu. Resid- kramaratne, Mudaliydr; b. Septem-
ber 28, 1848. Is Mudaliyar of Rayi-
ence : Hulugalla, Nikaweratiya.
gam Korale. Residence: Bandaragama.
IDROOS LEBBE MARIKAR, Usuph
Lebbe Marikar, Kachcheri Mudaliydr ; JAYAWARDANA, Don Arthur Karu-
b. May 15, 1838. Belongs to the nanayake, Mudaliydr; b. January
Tangalle Marikar family. The family
1844. Belongs to the Jayawardana
property is situated in Hambantota Adikaraja family of Galle district.
district. Residence : Galwala Wa- Held many important posts under
the Government of Ceylon. Residence :
lawwa, Hambantota.
Mount Hilary, Galle.
ILANKAINAYAKER, Perinpanayaka,
Mudaliydr. Created May 24, 1889. JAYAWARDANA, Don Harry Obeye-
Residence: Jaffna. sekera Karunayaka, Mudaliydr; b.
July 14, 1870. Son of Mudaliyar Don
ILLANGAKOON, Don John Henry Jaye- Arthur Karuuanayake Jayawardana.
tilleke Abeyesiriwardene, Mudali-
Is Mudaliydr of Magam Pattu district.
ydr ; b. Represents the great
.
Residence : Hambantota.
house of Illangakoon, one of the most
important families in the Maritime JAYETILEKE, James Edmund, Muda-
Provinces for the last three centuries. liydr; b. March 30, 1839. Is descended
Members of the family were Maha from the Ranimuke Jayetileke family ;
Mudaliyars as far back as the seven- and his father was a Mudaliyar of the
teenth century. Residence: Maha Governor's Gate. The paternal grand-
Walawwe, Matara. father of the latter was appointed a
Mohandiram of the Guard by the
IRUKANATHA, Arumukam Ilantalai-
Dutch Governor van Eck on January
vasinka, Mudaliydr of the Governor's Is President of Village Tri-
11, 1765.
Gate; b. January 3, 1833. Belongs to
the Sinkamappa family in the Jaffna bunals, Gangeboda Pattu (Galle dis-
district. Is Maniakar of Valikama trict) ; appointed Mudaliyar on May
24, 1887. Residence: Baddegama.
West in Jaffna and has held, and still
;
holds, many offices under the Govern- JAYETILLEKE, Dr. Richard George,
ment. Received the rank of Mudaliydr b. June 5, 1871. Is a Medical Graduate
in 1871 and on May 24, 1889, was
; of Edinburgh ; and son of the late
promoted to be Mudaliyar of the Frederick Jayetilleke, District Judge
Governor's Gate. Residence : Batti- of Kalutara, and grandson of Muda-
cotta West, Jaffna.
liydr Cornelius Jayetilleke, Mudaliyar
of the Governor's Gate. Is District
JACOLYN, Emmanuel Benjamin, Inter-
Medical Officer of Pusselawa. Resi-
preter Mudaliydr ; b. July 13, 1856.
Residence: Avisawella. dence : Pusselawa.
JAYASEKARA, Jayalat Tantirige Don JAYEWARDENE, Gabriel Wijeye-

Bastian Wikremesinghe, Mudaliyar ; singhe, Mudaliydr ; b. April 14, 1856.
b. May 6, 1833. Descended from an Is a descendant of Mudaliydr Don
ancient family of the Southern Pro- Adrien Wijeyesinghe Jayewardene,
vince, Gamawasam under the Kandyan Mudaliydr of the Guides, who, for his
and Portuguese Governments, Kariya- services to the British during the
wasam (with the title of Jayalat Tan- Kandyan wars, was in 1804 granted
extensive lands in the Chilaw district.
tiri) under the Dutch and British
Governments. Was appointed Muda- IsRevenue Officer, etc., of Tamanka-
liyar in 1869. Residence duwa. Residence : Dambool.
:
Kandy,
JAYASINGHA, Galboda Liyanage JAYEWARDENE, John Vincent Gomis
Don Ellas de Silva Amarasirri, Abeyesinghe, Interpreter Mudaliydr ;
b. April 6, 1861. Belongs to the Abeye- KIRTHISINGHE, Kurukula Suriya Jo-

singhe Jayewardene family. His great- seph Kaitan Fernando, Mudaliydr;
great-grandfather was invested, on b. January 22, 1835. Is descended
April 22, 1812, with the rank of Dada- from the Kirthisinghe family, said
yakkare Muhandiram, which continued to have come from Kanjupuram.
in the family for four generations. Residence: Puttalam.
His father held the rank of Padikare Mudali-
KUMARAIYA, Kumaravelu,
Muhandiram, and was connected with ydr. Created June 21, 1897. Resi-
the Maldivian Embassy till his death in dence : Jaffna.
1893. Is an Interpreter of the Supreme
Court of Ceylon. Residence : Colombo. KUMARAKULASINGHA, Kanakanaya-
kam Charles Barr, Mudaliydr of the
KAILASA PILLAI, Chittambalam, Governor's Gate; b. February 2,1862.
Interpreter Mudaliydr ; b. May 16, Belongs to the Kumarakulasingha
1857. Belongs to the Kailasa family family of Jaffna. One of his ancestors
of Jaffna. Residence: Colombo. received the title " Irumarapuntuyya
KANAKASAPAI, Venkedachalam Ched- Kumarakulasingha Mudaliydr" from
the Dutch Government in 1756, in
diar,Mudaliydr of the Governor's Gate.
Created May 23, 1882. Residence: recognition of his position as a direct
Trincomalee. descendant of the ancient kings of
Jaffna. Residence: Dehiwala.
KANAKASUNTARA, Santiagupillai
Tampimuttu Rasakasiya, Mudaliydr. LOOS, Frederick C. b. ; .A
Proctor
CreatedMay 24, 1889. Residence : of the Supreme Court. Has acted as
a Member of the Legislative Council.
KARUNARATNA, Henry Silva P., Mu- Residence : Colombo.
daliydr. Created May 24, 1895.
Residence : MADUWANWELA. This is an old
and distinguished family, the members
KARUNARATNA, James de Silva Wi- of which have been chiefs in the Saba-
kramanayaka, Mudaliydr. Created ragamuwa province for a considerable
June 4, 1870. Residence : Galle.
period. The present Chief is one of
KATUGAHA, Bandaranayaka Herat the largest and most influential landed
Mudiyanselage Tikiri Banda, Rdte- proprietors in the Island. He is
mahdtmaya; b. May 29, 1856. Belongs Ratemahatmaya of Rakwana. Resi-
to the Katugaha family of Udukinda. dence: Rakwana.
His father was Korala of Mahapalata
in Udukinda his grandfather was
MAHAGEDARA, Holiyabandaralage
Jayasenewi Herat Wasala Mudiyan-
;
Yatikinda Ratemahatmaya and his ;

selage Loku Banda, Mudaliydr; b.
great-grandfather was Udukinda Di-
sawa. Appointed Ratemahatmaya of January 1865. Belongs to the Holi-
yabandara Jayasenewi Herat "Wasala
Wiyaluwa in 1884. Residence : Wiya- Mudiyanselage family. Is Mudali-
luwa, Badulla.
ydr of Puttalam Pattu. Residence:
KEPPITIPOLA, Monaravila Rajapaksa Puttalam.
Wikramasekere Abhayaratna Banda- Wikkramasinha
MAHAWELATENNA,
ranayake, Ratemahatmaya ; b. October Chandrasekara Seneviratna Dasana-
1841. Belongs to a distinguished yaka Mudiyanseralahami Samuel Da-
family which came from Keppitipola vid Banda, Ratemahatmaya ; b. 18 .
in the Four Korales, and settled at
Is Ratemahatmaya of Kadawatu and
Monaravila in Matale North. Members Meda Korales in the Province of
of the family held some of the highest
offices under the Singhalese Kings.
Sabaragamuwa. Residence : Balangoda.
Tradition says that this family is MAPITIGAMA, Kulatunga Wijekoon
descended from Brahmagupta, a Sakya Mudiyanse, Edwin Francis Banda,
Prince, who was sent (with others) to Ratemahatmaya ; b. December 25, 1841.
King Devanampiya Jissa (b.c. 307 Descended from the Mapitigama Ku-
to 267), by King Dharmasoka of latunga Wijekoon Mudiyanselage
India, with the branch of the great family of Kegalla district. Is Rate-
Bo Tree. Is Ratemahatmaya of Ma- mahatmaya of Galboda and Kinigoda
tale South. Residence: Hulangamua Korales in Kegalla district. Residence :
Maha Walawwe, Matale. Gondiwela, Mawanella.
MARAMBE, Wirasinha Mudiyanselage M0LLIG0DE, Wijesinghe Danasekara
Kande Walawwe Punchi Bandara Wijesundara Mudianselage James
Andrew James, Rdtamahdtmaya ; b. Robert Banda; b. December 23, 1864.
1858. Is descended from "Wirasinha, Belongs to the Wijesinghe Danasekara
a Minister of the King of Kandy, who Wijesundara Mudianselage family of
translated the Jatdka into Singhalese. Molligoda in the district of Kegalla.
Residence : Kandy. His father was Molligode Ratemahat-
MENDIS, Gunasekara maya, who was the son of Wijaya
Wijayasiri- Wikrama Raju Nilame, an officer of
vardana, Tirimadurage Abraham, In- the Household of the last King of
terpreter Mudaliydr ; b. June 13, 1860,
at Balapitiya, Galle district. Kandy. Is Crown Proctor, and
Belongs
Justice of the Peace for the district
to an ancient family in the Galle
of Kegalla. Residence : Kegalla.
district, whose ancestors have frequent-
ly been Headmen his father is Muda-
; MOLLIGODE, Wijesinghe Danasekere
liyar Bastian Mendis Gunasekara Wija- Wijesundare Mudianselage Henry
yasirivardana Is author of Compre- Augustus Banda; b. April 24,
hensive Grammar of the Singhalese Lan- 1844. His father was Molligode
guage; editor of the Kusdjdtaka Kdvya, Wijesinghe Danasekere Wijesundare
a Singhalese classical poem; and also Mudianse, Ratemahatmaya whose ;
editor of the Jwinadarsaya, a monthly father was an officer of the Household

Magazine in Singhalese, founded to of the King of Kandy. Was formerly
commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of a Proctor of the District Court of
Her Majesty. Residence : Colombo. Kegalla. Residence : Kegalla.
MENDIS, Karunaratne Abaya Siri- MOONAMALLE, Nathagone Samaradi-
wardhana Rajapakse, Nicholas, wakara Wijayasundara Herat Mudi-
Mudaliydr of the Governor's Gate ; b. yanselage Richard Bernard Banda,
April 13, 1843. Is a descendant of the Ratemahatmaya ; b. September 1854.
Kosgoda Deweni family ;
and was Descended from the Samaradiwakara
formerly Chief Interpreter of the Wijayasundara Herat Mudiyanse
Supreme Court of Ceylon. Residence : family of the Walgam Pattu Korale
Moratuwa. in Kurunegalle district. Is Ratema-
MOHAMED USTJPH MARIKAR, Idroos hatmaya of Demala Hat Pattu. Resi-

dence : Anamaduwa.
Lebbe, Marikar ; b. January 18, 1870.
Belongs to the Tangalle Marikar MOONEMALLE, Theodore Barcroft
family. Has acted as Muhandiram. Lewis; b. July 19, 1868. Belongs
Residence : Hambantota. to the Senianughe Chandrasekere
Navarake Wanninayaka Basnayake
MOLAMURE, Abeyakun Rajapaksha
Mudiyanselage family, whose members
Dassanayake Wehelleke Mudiyanse
James formerly held office under the Kandy an
Ralahamillage Christopher
Kings. Is a Proctor of the Supreme
Banda, Mudaliydr; b. May 7, 1851. Court. Residence: Kurunegala.
Belongs to the Molamure Makandura
family, who have been Ratema- MORGAN, Richard H., M.A. b. ;
hatmayas in Atakalan Korale of the Son of Sir Richard Morgan, Knight,

Ratnapura district. Is Itinerating who was Queen's Advocate and after-
Police Magistrate. Residence : Mola- wards Chief Justice of Ceylon. Is
mure "Walawwa, Ratnapura. Registrar of the Diocese of Colombo,
and a Justice of the Peace. Was called
MOLAMURE, Abeyakun Rajapaksha to the English Bar in 1868. Residence :
Dissanayaka Wehelleka Mudiyanse- Colombo.
lage Alexander Francis Banda, Rdte-
mahdtmaya ; b. May 15, 1858. Belongs MUHAMMADU, Ossen Saheb, Inter-
to the Molamure Makandura family of preter Mudaliydr; b. September 29,
Sabaragamuwa. Is Ratemahatmaya of 1859. Belongs to a family settled in
Atakalam Korale. Holds various Matara for many generations. Is
offices under the Government, and is Interpreter Mudaliyar, Hatton. Resi-
also Basnayaka Nilama of Kataragam deuce : Hatton.
Temple, Ammuduwa, Atakalam Kor- MUNASINGHA, Cornelius de Silva,
ale. Residence: Makandura Walawwa, Mudaliydr. Created May 24, 1878.
Rakwana. Residence : Matale.
MUNASINHA Lissanayake, Charles de wala in Harispattu. Residence

Silva Velikele; b. January 3, 1864. Tumpane, Galagedere.
Belongs to the Munasinha family of NUGAWALA, Rajakaruna Chandrase-
Polonnaruwa a lineal descendant, on
;
kara Wasala Mudiyanseralahamil-
the maternal side, of Velikele Rate- 1
age Loku Banda, Rdtemahdtmaya; b.
mahatmaya, said to be descended from October 20, 1867. Belongs to the
the Prince Kalinga who brought the
Nugawala Rajakaruna Chandrasekara
Tooth relic to Ceylon. Residence : Wasala Mudiyanselage family of
Chilaw.
Harispattu in Kandy district. Is
MUNASINHA Dissanayake, Francis de Ratemahatmaya of Beligal Korale,
Silva Velikele ;
b. November 24, Kegalla district. Residence : Kegalla.
1866. Belongs to the Munasinha family
of Polonnaruwa; is a lineal descendant,
OBEYESEKERE, Don Solomon Christ-
offel ;
b. February 12, 1859. Has been
on the maternal side, of Velikele member of the Legislative Council of
Ratemahatmaya, said to be descended Ceylon, representing the Low-Country
from the Prince Kalinga who brought
Singhalese. Is the son of Don Bastian
the Tooth relic to Ceylon. Residence : Ferdinand Obeyesekere, Mudaliydr of
Nattandiye Wallawa, Marawila. Talpepattu, Galle district, and Donna
Savarana- Cornelia Susannah Dias Bandarana-
MURUKESAR, Hallock
muttu, Mudaliydr. Created May 24, yake, eldest daughter of Mudaliydr
1889. Residence: Jaffna.
Don Solomon Dias Bandaranayake,
Mudaliydr of the Governor's Gate,
MUTTIAH, Chinka Vahu Teva Muta- and J. P. for Ceylon. His paternal
liyar John Talbot Tampi Raja, Inter- ancestors, the Obeyesekere family,
preter Mudaliydr; b. September 9, have been Chiefs in the Southern
1868. Is descended from a family that Province from the beginning of the
came originally from Karaikal in India, present century ; and his maternal
and settled in the Jaffna district six ancestors, the Bandaranayake family,
generations ago. Residence : Colombo. have been Chiefs in the Western
Province from an earlier date. Resi-
MUTTUKISTNA. A leading family,
dence : Hill Castle, Colombo.
whose members have held high office
for generations. ONDAATJIE. This important family
is descended from a famous physician
NAVARATNAM, Visuwanatar Kantap-
attached to the Court of Tanj ore
par>pillai, Mudaliydr. Created June
Residence: Puttalam. (Arcot), whose son, also a Court phy-
19, 1891.
sician, emigrated to Ceylon about the
NUGAPITIYE, Ekanayaka Marasinha middle of the 17th century. It is
Wasala Mudiyanselage Meddama distinguished in Ceylon on account of
Banda, Mudaliydr ; b. May 19, 1860. its members, who have held the rank
Belongs to the Ekanayaka Marasinha of Mudaliyar, or have been clergymen

Wasala Mudiyanselage family of Ma- and doctors and scholars of note. It
tale. Residence : Nugapitiya, Matale. can, moreover, claim the rare dis-
tinction amongst Ceylonese families of
NUGAWALA, Rajakaruna Chandrase- having given a prominent figure to
kere Wasala Mudiyanselage Loku European history. Peter Philip Jurgen
Banda, Rdtemahdtmaya ; b. December Quint Ondaatjie, who was born in
1, 1841, at Nugawala in Harispattu,
Ceylon in 1758, took an active part
Central Province. Is descended from in Dutch politics. He has been de-
a Disa Adikaram family who were scribed as " the Hampden of Holland,
Chiefs in the time of the Singhalese who defended her liberties with his
Kings. Is Ratemahatmaya of Hari- tongue, pen, and sword." At the time
spattu. Residence : Nugawala, We- of his death in 1818 he was a Member
rellagama. of the High Court of Justice in
NUGAWALA, Rajakaruna Chandrase- Netherlands India. His grandson, a
kara Wasala Mudiyanselage Major in the Dutch service, was made
Meddunia Banda, Rdtemahdtmaya ; b. a Knight of the Military Order of
May 12, 1842. Belongs to the Nuga- William Prince of Orange in 1840 in
wala Rajakaruna Chandrasekara Wa- recognition of his services in Sumatra
sale Mudiyanselage family of Nuga- and Surabaya.
ORE, C. Proctor. Belongs to a well-
PERERA, Henry D., Mudaliydr. Created
known family. Residence : Kalutara.
May 24, 1890. Residence : Colombo.
PALIPANA, Rajakaruna Anande Pan- PERERA, John Louis Haramanis, Mu-
dita Wasala Nisi Mudiyanselage daliydr. Created May 24, 1886.
Bartholomew Banda, Rate- Residence : Messenger Street, Colombo.
Philip
mahdtmaya ; b. February 2, 1850. His PERERA, Samarasinha Gunasekara
father was Palipana Walawwe Loku
Siriwardana, Don Joseph Martinus,
Banda, the son of Palipana Disawe of Mudaliydr ; b. November 23, 1829. Is
Uda Palate, grandson of Palipana descended from Don Lewis Perera
Disawa of Seven Korales, who was the Samarasinha Gunasekara Siriwardana,
son of the Palipana Disawa of Uva. who was appointed Mudaliyar of
This distinguished Kandyan family Hewagam Korale on October 30, 1773.
has long held high office. Residence :
Residence: Kegalla.
Kurunegala.
PERERA, Senanayake Wijeratne Jaya-
PANABOKKE, Samastawikrama Karu- tilleke, Wahalatantrige Don Edward
natilaka Abeyawardhana Bhuvena- Francis ;
b. January 15, 1848. Claims
sekara Jayasundara Mudiyanselage descent from the Wahala Tantrienhe
Tikiri Banda. Formerly a Rdtama- (or Chief of the household) of Don
hdtmaya ; b. 1848. The house of Juan Dharmapala, King of Ceylon,
Panabokke has long held a distin- about the year 1550 a.d. One of his
guished position in the Central Pro- ancestors, Don Jeronimus Perera, was
vince. The Bandaramahatmaya who appointed Mudaliydr of Pasdum
is the subject of this notice was Korale in 1757 a.d. his son, Don
;
Kandyan Member of the Legislative Carolus Perera, was appointed Muda-

Council of Ceylon for five years. He liyar of Salpiti Korale by the Dutch
is now in the Civil Service. Residence : Government in 1795, and re-appointed
Elpitiye "Walawwe, Gampola. by the British Government under Sir
Frederick North in 1799. Residence :
PANDITARATNA, Charles Philip Colombo.
Rodrigo; b. September 24, 1872.
Belongs to the Rodrigo family of PERERA, Wijayagunawardana Sene-
Matara and Tangalle. Residence : viratna, Henry Aloysius, Muda-
Giruwaye Walawwe, Matara. liydr ; July 17, 1855. Descended
b.
from a family of Kandyan origin,
PANDITASEKERA, Philip de Silva, whose ancestors were Mace-bearers
Mudaliydr ; b. Is Mudaliydr
.
(Palkiyawadana) to the Kings of
of Salpiti Korale. Residence: Kes- Kandy. Is Mudaliydr of Colombo,
bewa. of the northern division of Salpiti
Korale, and of Ambatelempahala.
PANDITATILAKA, D. E. W. Abeyratna Residence : Colombo.
Siriwardhana, Mudaliydr. Resi-
dence : PERERA, Wijayagunawardana Senevi-
ratna,Philip, Mudaliydr ; b. May 27,
PARARAJASINGA, Arumukam Appa- 1851. Descended from a family of
vupillai, Mudaliydr; b. May 8, 1848. Kandyan origin, whose ancestors were
Claims to be descended from Paraniru- Mace-bearers to the Kings of Kandy.
pasinga, the only son of the last King Is Mudaliydr of Sdlpiti Korale.
of Jaffna by his second Queen. His Residence : The Walawwa, Kesbewa.
great-grandfather, Pararajasinga, was
Mudaliydr of Nellore. Residence: PERERA, Wijewikrama Senewiratna,
Chandilippay, Jaffna. Joseph David Conrad, Mudaliydr;
b. January, 23, 1849. The family of
PEIRIS, James Henry, Mudaliydr. Perera Wijewikrama Senewiratna have
Created May 24, 1889. Residence: been Mudaliydrs through many gener-
Colombo. ations. Is Mudaliydr of Wellaboda
Pattu. Residence : Hikkaduwa.
PEIRIS, Lokukankanange James
Lewis, Interpreter Muhandiram ; b. PERERA, Wijiawikrama Senewiratne,
April 19, 1857. Is Interpreter Mu- William Robert Henry, Mudaliydr;
handiram of the Police Court, Kalu- b. March 1, 1851. Is a
descendant of
tara. Residence: Kalutara. Senewiratne Mudianse. Is Mudaliydr
of Gangaboda Pattu, Four Batgams PONNAIYA PILLAI, Nalatambiya

and Angamgams in Matara district, Pillai, Maniakar; b. May 1844. Is
Southern Province. Residence : Gan- Chief Headman of the Division of
gaboda Pattu, Matara. Punakari. Residence : Punakari,
Jaffna.
PERUMAL, Xavier Rodrigo Muniarem,
Mudaliydr. Created June 21, 1897. PRINS, Francis A. Belongs to the dis-
Residence :
tinguished Prins family Is a Proctor
Chinnacheddiku- of the Supreme Court and a Justice of

PHILIPPUPLLLAI, the Peace. Residence : Matale.
lam Udayar, Mudaliydr; b. August
25, 1852. Is District Mudaliyar. Solomon Swartz,
PULLENAYAGAM,
Residence : Sinnaichcheddikulam, Va- b. . Son of Mudaliyar S. Pulle-
vuniya. nayagam. Belongs to the well-known
PIEEIS, Romanis, Mudaliydr. Created Pullenayagam family of Colombo,
February 7, 1878. Residence : Pana- Chilaw and Puttalam. Residence:
dure. Puttalam.
PIERIS, Samarasingha Sriwardhana, PUVIMANASINGHA, John Joseph,

Paul Edward b. February 16, 1874.
; Interpreter Mudaliydr; b. September
Is a member of the Ceylon Civil 3, 1867, at Jaffna. The Puvimana-
Service, a B.A. of Trinity College, singha family is descended from Don
Cambridge, and Barrister-at-Law of Diego Vas Puvirajesingha, Mudaliydr,
the Inner Temple. Belongs to the who came to Ceylon from Southern
Sriwardhana family, originally of India in the Portuguese Army. Resi-
Diraniyagala in the Three Korales. dence : Jaffna.
Residence: Colombo.
PUVIRAYESINGHE, Michael Joseph,
POHATH, Kehelpannala Angammana Interpreter' Mudaliydr ; b. January 23,
Divakara Lankadhikara Senanayaka 1853. Is the son of Mudaliyar Manuel
Ginikanda Ilangakkon Senewiratne Tamby St. John Puvirayesinghe, Mu-
Pohath Wasala Mudianselage James, daliydr of the Governor's Gate ;
and
Interpreter Mudaliydr; b. March 5, belongs to the Puvirayesinghe family
1836. Keceived the honorary rank of of Jaffna. Residence : Jaffna.
Muhandiram in 1868, and ex-officio
Mudaliyar in 1892. Claims to be de- PUWARASINGHA, Arumukam, Ap-
scended on the paternal side from the Created May
pawupillai, Mudaliydr.
Angammana Ilangakkon family, whose 24, 1887. Residence : Batticaloa.
great ancestor, Upatissa, was Prime 1846.
Minister of King Wijayo, and Regent RAJAKARUNA, K., President ; b.
in 505 b.c. and on the maternal side Is President of Village Tribunals in

Palate. Residence : Mara-
;
from Divakara Brahmin, of whom the Kalagam

tradition is that he came to Ceylon dankadawela, North Central Province.
from India after the war of Rama and RAJAPAKSA, Aydrick de Souza, Mu-
Ravana, and settled at Kehelpannala handiram; b. December 16, 1841. Is <
in Paranakuru Korale. Residence : descended from the Rajapaksa family,
Kehelpannala, Gampola. whose ancestor, Medibe Clementi
de Souza Rajapaksa, was a Mudaliyar
POHATH, Angamana Diwakara Ilan-
in 1614 in the Galle district. Resi-
gakkon Ginikanda Lankadhikara dence Kalutara.
Senanayaka Senewiratna, Wasala
:
Mudiyanselage James Ebenezer, RAJAPAKSA, Don Johanes Bartholo-

Interpreter Mudaliydr; b. May 13, mews, Mudaliydr; b. May 14, 1829.
1864. Claims to be descended from His grandfather was a Maha Vidhan
the Angamana Ilangakkon family, an Muhandiram. "Was created Maha
ancestor of whom settled at Ke- Vidhan Muhandiram in 1859, and
helpannala some centuries ago. The in 1870. Residence : Matara,
Mudaliyar
title of Ilangakkon is said to have Southern Province.
been conferred on a member of the
Angamana family by King Parakrama RAJAPAKSA, John de Silva, Mudaliydr.
Bahu V. of Kandy. Residence: Anura- Created June 27, 1878. Residence:
dhapura. Negombo.
EAJAPAKSE, Tudor Dederick Natha- RANASINHA, William P. ; h
niel de Abrew Wijeyagoonaratne, Oriental scholar: Editor of a Singha-
Mudaliyar of the Gate ; b. ,
1868. lese newspaper. Is a Proctor of the
Is the only son ofMudaliyar Sampson Supreme Court. Residence : Colombo.
de Abrew Wijeyagoonaratne Raja-
pakse, Mudaliyar of the Gate, J. P. RASANAYAGAM, Chellappa, Inter-
preter Mudaliyar ; b. October 22, 1870.
for Ceylon, a distinguished philan-
and represents the aucient Descended from the last King of
thropist ;
Jaffna, the family title being "Iruma-

family of de Mirando Seneviratne as
well as the house of Rajapakse, both of ruvuntuyya." Residence: Matale.
which were of importance so far back
as the 17th century. Residence : Carlo
RATNAWIBHUSANA, Don Johannis,
Mudaliyar; b, June 25, 1830. Re-
Walawwa, Colombo; and Rajapakse ceived the rank of Muhandiram on
Walawwa, "Welitotta.
May 29, 1869 ; and that of Mudaliyar
RALAPANAWE, Kadugat Bandara Di- on June 5, 1872. Belongs to the
sanayaka Tikiri Banda, RdtemaMt- Ratnawibhusana family of Minuwan-
maya ; b. December 29, 1865. Belongs gode in the Galle district. Residence :
to the Ralapanawe family of Anura- Dodandeniye, Matale.
dhapura district, descended from Maha
Eriyawe Kadugat Bandara Mudiyanse
RATWATTA, Abeyekoon Wasala Mudi-
of Maha Eriyawa in the North-West- yanselage Dingiri Banda, Ratema-
ern Province. Is
hatmaya; b. January 15, 1854. De-
Ratemahatmaya scended from the Ratwatta family, an
of Yavuniya, and holds other offices
ancient family of note in the district
under the Government. Residence :
of Matale. Residence: Kalagampalate.
Yavuniya, Northern Province.
RAMANATHAN, Ponambalam, Com- RAT WATTE Wijayawardana Senawi-
ratne Pandita Abayakon Bandara-
panion of the Order of St. Michael
and St. George; b. April 16, 1851. nayaka Wahala Mudalivarumlage
Son of Mudaliyar Arunachalam Pona- Abeyaratna Ratwatte, Basnayake
mbalam, Mudaliyar of the Governor's Nilame; b. May 13, 1844. Is great-
Gate. Belongs to a distinguished family grandson of the famous Megastenna
which, since the establishment of the Adigar, Prime Minister of the King
of Kandy, who was sent as an ambas-
Legislative Council of Ceylon in 1831,
has almost without exception furnished sador to Madras in the year 1796 ;
all the representatives of the Tamils grandson of Ratwatte Adigar, and son
of Paranagama Ratemahatmaya, of
in that Council. Was a Member of
the Legislative Council from 1879 to Matale. This Chief was elected by
a Council of Kandyan Chiefs to be
1892, when he was appointed Solicitor-
General of Ceylon. Residence: Co- Basnayake Nilame of the Maha Dewala
lombo. of Kandy. Residence : Kandy.
RAMBUKPOTA, Senewiratna Mudi- RATWATTE, Wijayawardana Senawi-

yanselage Kuda Banda, Ratemahat- ratne Pandita Abayakon Bandarana-
maya; b. March 18, 1859. Descended yaka Mudiyanse Senawiratne, Rate-
from the Rambukpota family in Ba- mahatmaya; b. May 1846. Belongs to
dulla, whose records at Rambukpota the Ratwatte family, descended from
are said to include grants from the Megastenna Adigar and Ratwatte
ancient Singhalese Kiugs extending Adigar*(see above). Was elected, by a
over a period of 500 years. Is Ratema- Committee of Kandyan Chiefs, Diya-
hatmaya of Uda Hewaheta. Residence : wadana Nilame of the Dalada Mali-
Uda Hewaheta, Maturata. gawa (lay Chief of the famous Temple
of the Sacred Tooth, Kandy) and is
RAMBUKWELLE, Herat Ekanayaka also Ratemahatmaya of Pata Dum-
;
Wijeratna Wasala Mudiyanserala-

bura. Residence : Kandy.
hamillage Loku Banda, President;
b. April 1848.
Belongs to the Ram- R0CKW00D, W. G., The Hon.; b. March
bukwelle family, one of whose ances- 13, 1843. M.D. Madras, M.R.C.S.
tors was Disawa of Wellassa. Is England, M.R.C.P. London. Has been
President of Yillage Tribunals in Tamil Member of the Legislative
Harispat tu Pata Dumbara. Residence : Council since March 1898. Residence ;
Rambukwella, Wattegama. Colombo.
SABAPATHY, Mappanar, Interpreter SENEVIRATNA, Alexander de Alwis,

Mudaliydr; b. 1857, at Puloli in Point The Hon. Has been Low-country
Pedro district. Residence: Nallur, Singhalese Member of the Legislative
Jaffna. Council since 1888. Is an advocate
of the Ceylon Bar, Member of the
SAMARAKKODY, Wijewikreme Tille-
karatna, Louis Charles de Fonseka, Municipal Council of Colombo, Chair-
Mudaliydr of the Governor's Gate ; b.
man of the Ceylon National Associa-
March 3, 1840. Is a lineal descendant tion. Belongs to a family of good
of Samarakody Adigar, Prime Minister standing. Residence: Colombo.
of Kirtisri Raja Singha, King of
SENEVIRATNE, Frederic William de
Kandy. The rank of Mudaliydr of
Silva, Mudaliydr; b. June 24, 1861.
the Governor's Gate was conferred on Is descended from De Silva Sene-
him when he received the titles of viratne Epa, (Adipada) of Colombo.
Wijewikreme Tillekaratna. Is Presi- Residence: Kitulampitiya, Galle.
dent of Alutkuru Korale South.
Residence ; Heneratgoda. SENEVIRATNE, Hidellikoralage
SAMARAKONE, Bastian Philipsz, Mu- Abram J. de Alwis, President ;
b. April
Is 14, 1852. President of Village

Is
daliydr; b.
September 16, 1838.
Mudaliyar of Pitigal Korale North ;
Tribunals, Giruwa Pattu West. Resi-
and holds various other responsible dence : Kahawatta, Taugalle.
offices under the Government of
Residence: Chilaw.
SENEVIRATNE, Mudiyanselage Mad-
Ceylon. duma Banda, Rdtemahdtmaya ; b.
SAMARASINGHA, Martin JohnPerera, July 20, 1853. Is descended from
Mudaliydr. Created June 21, 1897. Seneviratne Mudiyanse Adigar. Is
Residence: Kandy. Ratemahatmaya of Yatikinda. Resi-
Muda- dence : Rambukpota Walawwa, Ba-
SANDIRASEKARA, Silamper,
dulla.
liydr ; b. September 14, 1838. Counts
several Mudaliyars amongst his ances-
tors. Is District Mudaliyar of Pan- SENEVIRATNE, Solomon, Mudaliydr
ankamam. Residence : Panankamam. of the Governor's Gate ; b.
Is Mudaliyar of the Atapattu and
SANTHIRASAGARER, Murugar, Mu- Kachcheri Mudaliyar of Colombo.
daliydr; b. January 29, 1847. Belongs Residence : Colombo.
to the Santhirasagarer family of Mal-
pattu Vavonia. Residence : Nedun- SENEWIRATNA, Don James Caulfield
kerny, Malpattu Vavonia. Herat, Shroff Mudaliydr ; b.
Belongs to one of the oldest families
SARAVANAMTJJTTJ, S., Mudaliydr. in the Chilaw district, whose members
Residence : Jaffna.
were for several generations in suc-
SARAVANAMTJJTTJ, Dr. V. R., M.D. cession Mudaliyars of Madampe under
Residence : Mutwal, Colombo. the Singhalese Monarchs and under
SARAVANAMTJTTU MUDALIYAR, the Dutch. Descended from Tanivella
Santra Sakara, Maniyakar ; b. January Bahu Raja, Sub-King of Madampe.
8, 1847. Is Maniyakar of Tenmoradchi.
The family held all the lands at Ma-
Residence : Tenmoradchi. dampe, but they were confiscated by
SEENY MOHAMMED, Ahamed Lebbe the British Government in 1804, when
Marikar Seeny, Mudaliydr ; b. May 4, the then Mudaliyar and his retainers
1819. Claims descent from the Khalifa were outlawed because they had sided
Abu Bakr. Was Interpreter Mudali- against the British in the war with
yar of the District Court of Galle. Kandy. The order of outlawry was
Residence: Galle. subsequently recalled, and the Muda-
liyar's son, Don Barend Herat Senewi-
SENAVIRATNA, James Perera, Muda- ratna, was appointed Mudaliyar of Ma-
liydr. Created May 24, 1889. Resi-
dampe. Residence : Kegalla.
dence : Colombo.
SENEVIRATNA, Abraham Robert, Mu- SIDEMPARANATHAN, Mailvakanam,
daliydr; b. November 27, 1840. Is President; b. August 14, 1840. Be-
descended from the Budha Korale longs to the Navaratna family of
Mahatmaya family, said to be of Navally Jaffna. Residence: Tellipillai,
Kandyan origin. Residence : Galle. Jaffna.
SINASIDAMPARAM, Vaitialinga Mu- TALDENA, Samarakon Jayasundera
daliyar, Maniyakar ; b. April 13, Guneratne Mudiyanselage Charles
1858. Is son of M. Suppiramaniar, Banda ;
b. July 11, 1866. Is son of
and grandson of S. Vaitialinga, Taldena Samarakon Jayasundera
both of whom were Maniyakars of Guneratne Mudiyanselage Benjamin
Vadamiratchy West, Jaffna. Is now Banda, under whose name will be
the Maniyakar of that Division. Resi- found some account of the ancient
dence : Vadamiratchy West, Jaffna. family of Taldena of Uva. Residence :
Badulla.
SINNAPPAH, Visuvanather, Mani-
yakar; b. November 4, 1834. Is TALDENA, Samarakon Jayasundera
Maniyakar of Valihamam North. Guneratne Mudiyanselage Freder-
Residence : Tellipillai, Jaffna. ick Banda; b. February 27, 1868.
Murukeser June Belongs to the Taldena Samarakon
SINNAYAH, C. b.
Jayasundera Guneratne Mudiyanse-
;
1, Belongs to the Nakarattu

1854.
lage family of Taldena in Uva, which
family of Indian descent (Madura) claims an ancient and distinguished
settled at Uyarapulam in Jaffna,
where they have long held office. ancestry. Is Proctor of the District
Court of Badulla. Residence: Badulla.
Residence : Uyarapulam, Jaffna.
SIRIWARDANA, Don Joseph Wijey- TAMPAIYA, Kumara Udaiyar, Muda-

singhe Wickramagunaratna, Muda- liydr; b. November 12, 1862. De-
Created scended from Kumarasekara Mudaliyar,
liydr. May
26, 1876. Resi-
District Mudaliyar of Maritime Pat-
dence : Kandy.
tus under the old Dutch Government.
SIRIWARDENE, Julius Ernest Pieris
His son was also a District Muda-
Wikkramasinha, Mudaliydr of the
Governor's Gate. Created 1880. Resi- liyar; as is his great-grandson, the
dence : Ranala, Hanwella. subject of this notice, at the present
time. Residence: Mallaitivu.
SIRIWARDHANA, Dionysius Theodore
TAMPOO, T. Magan, J.P. Is Government
Amarasingha, Mudaliydr. Created
Proctor of Jaffna. Residence: Jaffna.
May 24, 1897. Residence : Colombo.
SOMANADA, Ezekiel, Mudaliydr of the

TENNEK00N, Kandegedere Wijesun-
dere Gunaratne Herat Mudiyanselage
Governor's Gate, Chief Mudaliydr of
the Eastern Province ; b. April 11,
Samuel Thomas Banda, President ; b.
June 30, 1843. Belongs to the Tenne-
1832. Is the head of the Somanada
koon family. Is President of Village
Mudaliyar family of Batticaloa, and Tribunals. Residence :
the recognized Chief of the Native Kandulowa,
Kurunegala.
Community of the Eastern Province.
Residence : Batticaloa. THURAISWAMI, Sapapathi, Maniya-
kar; b. March 2,1863. Belongs to the
TALDENA, Samarakon Jayasundera Chantirasekara Mappana family of
Guneratne Mudiyanselage Benjamin
Udupiddi, Jaffna. Is Maniyakar of
Banda; b. December 26,1836. Belongs
to the Taldena family of Uva, said Valligamam East. Residence : Copay,
Jaffna.
to be descended from Prince Chan-
dragupta, one of those who brought TILLAIYAMPALAM, Arumukam, Mu-
the branch of the sacred Bo Tree from daliydr. Created June 21, 1897.
India to Ceylon. A
Prince of this Residence : Colombo.
family married the Princess Swarna- TILLEKERATNE Dissanaike, Francis
mati, a sister of Raja Sinha I., King William, Mudaliydr ; b. January 14,
of Kandy ; his son was Taldena Banda, 1860. Is a son of Dionysius William
and his grandson Taldena was Adigar Tillekeratne Dissanaike, Mudaliyar of
and Disawa of Uva. The records of Gangaboda Pattu (brother of Andreas
this distinguished family are singularly Petrus Tillekeratne Dissanaike), de-
complete, and bring the descent down, scended from the Tillekeratne family
through a long line of high office- of Matara. Members of this family
holders, to Taldena Banda, Ratema- have always held high office, since the
hatmaya of Viyaluwa, father of the time of their ancestor Wikeliya Ponse
subject of the present notice. Was Appuhami, who was Sub-Disava of
Ratemahatmaya of Yatikinda for Meda Korale in 1664. Is Mudaliydr of
twenty years. Residence : Badulla. Hinidun Pattu. Residence: Hiniduma.
TILLEKERATNE Dissanaike, Richard] Holiness, Pope Leo XIII. The Che-

Balthazar, Mudaliydr ; b. April 29, valier's widow resides in Colombo.
1855. Is a son of Andreas Petrus VENASITAMBY Vannia Singa, Kan-
Tillekeratne Dissanaike, Mudaliyar of
theppy, Mudaliydr; b. August 29,
Wellaboda Pattu, descended from the 1842. Received the title of Vannia
Tillekeratne family of Mdtara. Mem-
Singa when he was appointed District
bers of this family have always held
Mudaliyar of Mulliavally. Residence :
high office, since the time of their Mulliavally.
ancestor Wikeliya Ponse Appuhami,
who was Sub-Disava of Meda Korale VETTIVELU, Kumaravelu, Atikaram;
in 1664. Is Muduliydr of Talpe Pattu.
b. July 10, 1845. Belongs to the
Kumaravelu family, settled in the
Residence: Unawatuna, Talpe Pattu,
Jaffna district. Is Atikaram of
Galle.
Mantai. Residence : Chettakulain,
TILLEKERATNE, William David Con- Mantai.
stantino Samaradiwakara Abaya- VRASPLLLAI, Visentipillai, Atikaram;
gunasekara, Interpreter Mudaliydr; b. 24, 1850.
May Belongs to a family
b. December 20, 1850. Belongs to a settled in the Jaffna district. Is
Tillekeratne family, whose ancestors Atikaram of Musali. Residence : Mu-
have held important offices of State sali.
under the Dutch Government, and
subsequently under the British WEERAK00N, Weerakoon Adikarange
Government. Residence : Tillekeratne George Edward Senanayaka Sene-
viratne, President;b. January 14,
Walawwa, Ratnapura. 1852. Descended from Weerakoon
TIRUVALLNGAM, Hallock; b. Adikarama. Is President of Village
Belongs to the Hallock Saravanamuttu Tribunals in Weligama Korale, Ma-
family. Editor of several Law Digests. tara. Residence : Weligama, Matara.
Is a Proctor of the Supreme Court.
Residence : Soma Villa, Colombo. WEERESEKERE Abeyeratna, Don
Peter Albert, Mudaliydr; b. January
TOTJSSAINT, P. J. G.;b. . Descended 31, 1856. Descended from the Weere-
from a French family which emigrated sekere (or Wirasekara) family of the
from France on the revocation of the Kandyan districts. Residence: Kela-
Edict of Nantes, and became of note niya, Colombo.
under the Dutch Government. Is
Crown Proctor of Batticaloa. Resi-
WEERESINGHE Jayewardene Sene-
dence: Batticaloa.
weratne, Don Johannes Allohender,
Mudaliydr; b. February 2, 1819. Re-
VALLIPURAM, Comaravelo, Atikaram ; ceived the title of Jayewardene Sene-
b. November 19, 1847. Belongs to a weratne from Governor Sir Hercules
family settled in Mannar and Jaffna. Robinson. Residence: Colombo.
Is Atikaram of Mannar Island.
Residence : Mannar, Ceylon.
WELAGEDARA Daiyanwela Nava-
ratne Yapamudiyanselage Punchi
VAN DER STRAATEN, Dr. J. L., Banda, Rdtemahdtmaya ; b. May 12,
M.D. Belongs to awell-known family. 1849. Belongs to the Welagedara
Is Principal of Ceylon Medical College family whose ancestors held office
and a Colonial Surgeon. Residence : under the Kings of Kandy. Is Rdte-
Colombo. mahdtmaya of Kotmale. Residence:
VAN DORT, Dr. W.

M.D.C.M. Be-
G.,
Maswela, Ramboda.
longs to a Dutch family, which was WENDT, Henry Lorenz. The Hon. ; b.
ennobled in recognition of services . Descended from a family
rendered in the struggle of the United in Prussian Pomerania. Has been
Provinces to throw off the Spanish Burgher Member of the Legislative
yoke. Residence: Colombo. Council since 1895. Is an Advocate
of the Ceylon Bar. Has acted as
VAN LANGENBERG, James, The Hon.
Solicitor-General of Resid-
Chevalier (the late). Was Burgher Ceylon.
Member of the Legislative Council for ence: Colombo.
ten years, and a leader of the Ceylon WICKRAMARATNA, J. A., Mudaliydr.
Bar. Was created a Knight of the Created May 24, 1879. Residence:
Order of St. Gregory the Great by His Mdtara.
WICKRAMASEKERA, Richard de WIKKRAMATILAKA, James Arthur
Alwis, Mudaliydr. Created May 24, de Silva Wijayasinha, Mudaliydr of
1890. Residence :
Ratnapufa. the Governor's Gate; b. October 12,
1851. Descended from the Wikkra-
WICKREMASINGHE, Nanayakarawa- matilaka family of Matara district ;
sam Bamunuwatte Appukamilage
also, on the mother's side, from the
Don Martinu de Zilva; b.
"Wijayasinha family. Is President of
Belongs to a family in Galle who have
owned their lands and have held office Siyane Korale West, Western Pro-
vince. Residence : Dalugama, Kela-
for many generations. Has been
Assistant Librarian of the Colombo niya.
Museum and Assistant to the Archaeo- WIKRAMARATNA, Charles Alexander
de Zilva Rajakaruna, Mudaliydr;
logical Commissioner of Ceylon. Is
b. May 1860. Is Mudaliyar of
well known as an Oriental scholar, 25,
and holds the post of Epigraphist to Gangaboda Pattu. Residence : Badde-
the Ceylon Government. Residence: gama.
London. WIMALASURENDRA, Don Juan Deva-
pura, Maha Vidana Mudaliydr; b.
WIJENARAYANA, Don Solomon de
November Descended from
Created 17, 1842.
Silva, Mudaliydr. May 23,
the Wimalasurendra family, who were
1883. Residence: Galle.
Jewellers to the Kings of Kandy. Re-
WIJENAYAKE, Don Henry, Mudaliydr; sidence : Colombo.
b. June 27, 1845. Received the hon-
orary rank of Muhandiram on May
WIRASEKARA, Sandrick, Muhandiram;
b. February 27, 1852, at Galvehera in
25, 1885 and on June 19, 1891, was His
Kosgode, Southern Province.
;
created a Mudaliydr. Is descended

from the Mahanagage Wijenayake great-grandfather was Dines Wirase-
kara, Arachchi. Residence : Ambalan-
family. Residence: Kandy.
goda, Ceylon.
WIJESINHA, Louis Corneille, Muda- WIRESINGHA, James Alfred, Muhan-
Is an Oriental scholar.
liydr ;b. .
diram; b. April 5, 1859. Holds an
Translator and Editor of the Maha-
appointment under the Government
vansa, one of the principal histories of of Ceylon in Kalutara. Rgsidenct :
Ceylon. Residence: Dehiwela. Kalutara.
WIJETUNGE, Henry Edward De YATAWARA. This family is an old

Cabral b. May 12, 1858. Descended
; one, members of which held high
from the de Cabral family of Colombo. under the Singhalese Kings. Two
office
Is a Proctor of the Supreme Court. representatives of the family are now
Residence : Negombo. Rdtemahatmayas.
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