INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Chandavarkar.
President, Bombay branch of the Countess of Dufferin’s Fund; President of the Depressed Classes Mission in Bombay. Address: Bombay, India.
Chandra Chur Singh, Raja, of Atra Chandapura; b. 1878; succeeded to title, 1904: Is the head of the younger branch of the Kanpuria family of Tiloi, and is descended from Madan Singh, of Simranta. Jagat Singh, sixth in descent from Madan Singh, is said to have received a Khilat from the then ruler of Delhi, for services rendered by him against the Bhars. His grandson, Mandhata Singh, obtained possession of Simranta, the name by which the estate of Atra Chandapur was then known. The Raja is an Honorary Magistrate of the 3rd class within the Maharajgani Police Circle and is also an Honorary Munsiff of the Simranta pargana. The estate comprises of 33 Mahals and 13 pattis in Rae Bareli. The title of Raja was confirmed by Government in 1864. Address: Chandapur, Rae Bareli, U.P. India.
Chandra, Hari Mohan, Rai Bahadur (1908); holds the gold K.I.H. Medal; b. 1846; educ. at Dinajpur Zilla School and Decca College; entered Service in Bengal and was for 22 years Personal Assistant to the Commissioner of the Rajsbahi Division; rendered valuable service in the famine of 1874 in the Dinajpur district; helped materially in the founding of Low’s Jubilee Sanitarium at Darjeeling, 1887; retired, 1902; owns four tea gardens; Publications; Chaukidari and Pauchayat Guide. Address: Darjeeling, Bengal.
Chandrasekhara Iyer, K. Sankariah, Judge, Chief Court, Mysore; s. of Dewan Peishcar Sankariah of Cochin; b. 1869; B.A., (Madras) 1889; B.L., 1892; M.C.S., 1892; won Carmichael and Queen’s Prizes for 1892 (Madras University); Served in the Madras Board of Revenue; Prob. Assistant Commissioner, Mysore, 1892-1896; Assistant Secretary, to Government, General and Rev. Depts, 1876; Dy-Secretary, 1900-3; Offg. District and Sessions Judge, Bangalore 1904-5; Secretary to Government, General and Revenue Departments, 1906; Offg. Judge, Chief Court, Mysore, 1907; Secretary to Government, General and Revenue Departments, 1909; Offg. Judge, Chief Court, 1910; confirmed 1912. Address: Chamarajpet, Bangalore City.
Chandrasekar Prasad Singh Deo, Raja of Udaipur. At the time of the transfer of this State to the British, in accordance with the agreement entered into with Madhoji Bhonsle in 1818, Kalyan Singh, the then Chief, paid tribute through the state of Sarguja. In 1852, Udaipur escheated to Government; but in 1860, it was conferred on a brother of the chief of Sarguja who had helped the British in the Mutiny of 1857. Area, 1052 Square miles; population, about 50,000. Address: Udaipur, C.P., India.
Chandy, Ven. Jacob, Pastor of Palhun, and Archdeacon of Mavelikara since 1906; b. 1852; s. of Rev. Jacob Chandy, senior pastor in Travancore C.M.S.; educ: C.M.S. College, Kottayam, Travancore; teacher, B.M.S. Theological Seminary at Tellichery, 1871-73; ordained Deacon, 1875; Theological tutor, Divinity School, Kottayam, 1874-78; Pastor of Trichur, 1879-84, Pastor of Pallan Pallam, 1885; Hon. Chaplain to the Bishop of Travancore and Cochin, 1892--
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