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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Mandi.

College, Lahore; installed on the gaddi, 1903; area of the State, 1,300 square miles; population, 174,045; revenue, Rs. 1,00,000; entitled to a salute of 11 guns. Address: Mandi, Punjab, India.

Mangesha Rao, Savur, B.A., Rao Bahadur (1909), Madras; b. 1853; passed B.A., 1884; joined service as Assistant, Mangalore College, and was in charge of it for a few months, 1883; became 1st Junior Assistant Professor, Presidency College, Madras, 1885; 1st Assistant, Mangalore College, 1887; also Canarese Translator to Government till 1889; 3rd Senior Assistant Professor, Presidency College, Madras, 1889; listed in the Upper Subordinate Educational Service, 1891; Provincial Educational Service, 1897; acting Vice-Principal, Teachers’ College, Saidapet, 1900: permanent First Assistant, Teachers’ College; and acting Professor of Logic and Moral Philosophy, Presidency College, Madras. 1904; acting Vice-Principal, Teachers’ College, Saidapet, 1905: again acting Professor of Logic, etc., Presidency College, Madras, 1905; confirmed, 1906; retired, 1906. Publication: “Lectures in Logic”. Address: 3/42, Poonamallee Road, Egmore, Madras.

Mansa, Rawal of; Rawal Shri Takbtsinhji; b. 1877; educ: at the Rajkot Rajkumar College; succeeded to the gaddi, 1889; formally installed with full powers, 1897; area of the State, 27 square miles; population, 15,000; revenue, Rs. 75,000; is 5th in descent from Sursinhji, the original founder of the family; empowered to deal with Criminal cases not involving sums greater than Rs. 20 000 and to take cognizance of and deal with criminal cases where the punishment does not exceed 7 years imprisonment, or a fine of over Rs. 10,000. Address: Mansa town, Mahi Kantha Agency, Bombay Presy., India.

Marathi, Kasinath Balakrishna, M.A., LL.B., Sub-judge, Rajpur, 1875; retired, 1901; became Honorary Professor of Sanskrit, Deccan College, Poona; Secretary, Widow Marriage Association, Poona. Address: Poona, Bombay, India.

Marlappa Mudallar, Chuvam, B.A., Rao Sahib (1907), District Registrar (retired), Madras; b. 1850; educ: Pachaiyappa’s College,and the Christian College, Madras; B A., 1875; joined service in the Registration Dept., 1875; became District Registrar, 1905; retired, 1908; owns land and house property in Madras and Chingleput. Address: Vepery, Madras, India.

Markham, Sir Clements Robert, K.C.B., (1896), F.R.S., F.S.A.; b. 1830; s. Rev. David F Markham; educ: at Cheam and Westminster; entered the Navy, 1844; served in the Arctic Expedition, 1850-51; retired, 1852; travelled in Peru, 1852-4; introduced cinchona trees from Peru into India, 1859-62; Geographer to the Abyssinian Expedition; Secretary, Royal Geographical Society, 1863-68; Secretary, Hakluyt Society, 1858-87: Assistant Secretary, India Office, 1867-77; President, Royal Geographical Society and of the Hakluyt Society, 1894-1900. Publication: Memories of the

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