INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Mittra.
Fiscal Question”; represented India at the International Free Trade Congress, London, 1908. Publications: Imperial preference and India; Hiudupur (an anglo-Indian romance), etc. Recreations: reciting Persian poetry. Address: 47, Warrington Crescent, W.
Mittra, Surendranath, B.A., Rai Bahadur (1897), Under Secretary (Financial Department), Government of India; b. 1848; educ: at the Hare School, and the Presidency College, Calcutta; joined service in the Financial Department; became Under Secretary in the same department; services acknowledged both by the Financial Member and by the Lieutenant Governor, on the occasion of the Budget debate in the Legislative Council of Bengal, 1910; nominated Member, Calcutta Corporation; Member, University Institute, Calcutta; Member, the Sanget Samaj; Member, the Kayastha Sabha; owns landed property in and around Calcutta. Address: 6, Ramanath Mazamdar Street, Calcutta, India.
Moberly, Hon’ble Mr. A. N., nominated Official Member, Bengal Legislative Council. Address: Calcutta, India.
Modi, E. M. D., Proprietor, the Arther Road Chemical Works, Bombay; b. 1860; educ: at the Elphinstone and Grant Medical Colleges, Bombay; devoted his attention to a regular study of Chemistry and engaged himself in experiments with the indigenous products; started the Arther Road Chemical Works; has manufactured and is manufacturing Chemicals for the Societies of London, Berlin, America, etc.; Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh; secured gold medals for his inventions at various exhibitions. Address: Bombay, India.
Modi, Jivanji Jamsedji, B.A. , Shams-ul-ulema; s. of Jamsedji J. Modi, head priest of the Fire Temple at Colaba; a scholar of considerable repute, and a well-known figure in the public life of Bombay. Publications: “Works on the Religious and the Social Customs of the Parsees”, “Memoir of Zarir”, “Early History of the Parsees”, “King Solomon’s Temple”, “Wine among the ancient Persians”, etc. Address: Mithli Lodge, Colaba, Bombay, India.
Molesworth, Sir Grilford Lindsey, K.C.I.E., (1888), Consulting Engineer for Railways, India, (retired); b. 1828; s. of late Rev. J. E. N. Molesworth, D.D., Vicar of Rochdale; educ: King’s School, Canterbury, and the College of Civil Engineering, Putney; was apprentice to Sir William Fairburn and was under the pupilage of Mr. Dockray, Engineer-in-Chief, London, and North-Western Railways; Chief Assistant Engineer on London, Brighton and S.C. Railway; in charge of the Arsenal at Woolwich during the Crimean War; Mechanical Engineer of the same Railway; Chief Resident Engineer of Railways, Ceylon, 1862; Director-General of Railways and Director of Public Works, Ceylon, 1867; Consulting Engineer to Government of India, 1871; President, Institution of Civil Engineers, 1904; served in the Afghan
