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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Damaralal.

Damaralal Bhargva, Rao Bahadur (1909) Chief Member of the State Council, Kasauli; b., 1858: Educ; Government High School, Aligar, and the College at Delhi, Lahore, Agra; Passed the Law Examination of the Allahabad High Court; practised as a Lawyer at Aligarh; Joined service as Naib Tahsildar in the Rohetah District 1884; Services placed at the disposal of the Chief Commissioner, Ajmeer-Merwara, 1889; Deputy Collector, 1891; rendered excellent services during famine of 1891-95; Extra Assistant Commissioner and Treasury officer, Ajmere, 1892; twice acted as District Magistrate, Merwera, Rao Sahib, 1901; service lent to Bharetpur Darbar as member of State Council, Chief Member of Council Kasauli, 1900; relieved the state from an indebtedness of Rs. 420,000. Address: Kasauli, Rajaputana, India.

Damodaran Nair, M.S., Editor, West Coast Spectator, Calicut; b. 1882; educ: at the Zamorin’s College, Calicut; began career as a Journalist with the paper he now edits; is a friend and supporter of British rule in Indih. Address: Calicut, Malabar, S. India.

Dampier, Henry Lucius, C.I.E. (1882), I.C.S. (Retd). Member, Board of Rev., b. 1828; s. of late W. Dampier, B.C.S.; m. 1851, Charlote Isabella Lindsay (d. 1907), d. of Francis Gouldsbury, B.C.S.; Educ: Eton; and at H.E.I.C.’s College, Hailesbury; Entered I.C.S. 1849; Sec. to Government of Bengal, 1867: Member of Orissa Famine Commission, 1866; Secretary, Government of India, Home Department, 1872; Member of Bengal Legislative Council, 187479; Board of Revenue, 1877; President of Rent Law Commission, 1881; retired, 1884. Address: Gairholme, Parkstone, Dorset.

Dane, Sir Louis William, K.C.I.E., (1905); C.S.I. (1904); Lieutenant-Governor, Punjab (Retd.) b. 1856; 5th s. of late Richard Martin Dane, M.D., C.B.,Inspector-General of Hospitals, of Clarendon Lodge, Millbrook; m. 1882, Edith, 3rd d. of late Lieutenant-General Sir F. B. No-man, K.C.B.; Educ: Kingstown School, Ireland; entered Indian Civil Service in the Punjab, 1876; Private Secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor, 1879-82; on special duty for the revision of the land revenue settlement of the District of Gurdaspur, 1887-92, Dy. Commissioner and Settlement Officer 1892-96; Chief Secretary to the Punjab Government, 1896 1900; served as Resident Magistrate at Tralee, County Kerry, 1900-1; recalled to India as Resident in Kashmir, 1901; was in charge of the British mission to Kabul, 1904-5; concluded the treaty with Amir Habibullah Khan, 1905; Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, 1902-8; Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab, 1908 Retired. Publications: Gazetteers of Gurdaspur and Peshawur Address: c/o India Office, London.

Dane, Sir Richard Morris, K.C.I.E., (1909); C.I.E., (1896); I.C.S., retd; b. 1854; s. of late R. M. Dane, M.D., C.B. Inspector genral of Hospitals; Educ: Kingstown, Dublin. Entered service, 1872; Assistant Commissioner, Punjab, 1874-78; served under Foreign Depart. Govt. of India, 1878-79; Secretary to Financial Commissioner, Punjab; Assistant Commissioner and officiating, Under Sec. to Government, Punjab

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