INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
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1880-1882; Boundary Settlement Officer, Central India, and Assistant Commissioner, Ajmere, 1883-85; Settlement Officer, Gurdaspur, and Deputy-Commissioner, Punjab, 1885-90, Officiating Commissioner of Excise, and Inspector-General of Registration, 1890-91; on duty with the Royal Opium Commission, 1893-95; Deputy-Secretary to Government of India in the Finance Department, 1895-98; Commissioner, North India Salt Revenue, 1898-1907; Inspector General of Excise and Salt, 1907-9; retired, 1909; Address: Co India Office, London. Club: East India United Service.
Darbhanga, Maharaja Bahadur; His Highness Sir Rameswar Singh, K.C.I.E. (1902), Member, Executive Council of Bihar and and Orissa; one of the Ruling Chiefs of India, and 17th in succession from the founder of the Raj; y.s. of the late Highness Maharaja Maheswar Singh; b. 1860; Educ. Queen’s College, Benares, and afterwards privately under Mr. Chester Macnaughten; appointed to the Bengal Statutory Civil Service, 1878; served as Assistant Magistrate at Darbhanga, and other places; resigned, 1885; created Raja Bahadur, 1886; exempted from attendance in civil courts; represented the landowners of Bengal and Bihar in the Bengal Legislative Council, 1885; succeeded to the Raj on the death of his elder brother, Maharaja Sir Lachmeswar Singh, 1898; created Maharaja Bahadur, the same year; title of Maharaja Bahadur made hereditary, 1907; Member, Imperial Legislative Council, 1899 and 1904; President of several Landowners’ Associations; President, British Indian Association, Bihar; President, Bharat Dharma Mahamandal: K.I.H. Gold Medal, 1900; Member, Police Commission, 1902-03; Member, Executive Council, Bihar and Orissa, 1912; m. 1st, 1887, and 2nd, 1901; has restored and constucted a large number of Hindu temples in Assam, Sylhet and other places; constructed at a cost of £60,000, the famous Rajnagar Palace, one of the finest specimens of Oriental architecture in his province; Member, Indian Famine Trust; President, Prince of Wales Reception Committee for Bengal, 1906. Address: Bankipur, Bihar; Darbhanga, Tirhoot, India.
Darlington, Edwin, C.I.E. (1897); b. 1839; s. of late James Darlington of St. Austell; m. 1881, Mary, d. of late David Ring of Templemore; Assistant, and Junior Sec. to Chief Commissioner, 1868-72 and 1875-77; Collector of Customs, Rangoon, 1877-80; Chief Collector, Burma, 1880-96; Vice-Chairman, Rangoon Port Commissioners, 1881-96; retired, 1896. Address: 153, St. James’s Court, Buckingham Gate, S.W. Club: East India United Service.
Darawala, Sorabji Edulji, Chief Translator and Interpreter High Court, Bombay (retired); b. 1857; Educ. Elphinstone Institution, Bombay; joined service, and became Chief Translator and Interpretor, High Court, Bombay, 1909; retired, 1910. Address: Bombay, India.
Das, Hon’ble Madhu Sudan M.A., B.L., M.R.A.S., F.N.B.A., C.I.E. (1904), Cuttack; b. 1848; Educ: Calcutta; is the founder of the Utkal Union Conference; Proprietor of Orissa Art Bare and Utkal Tannery; President, Indian Christian Association, Cuttack Fellow, Calcutta University; represented
