INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Arthur.
Arthur, S. R.: I.C.S., Senior Collector, Bombay; educated at Charterhouse and New College Oxford; joined service, 1888; Forest Settlement Officer, 1898; Political Agent and Collector, 1905; Senior Collector, Bombay, 1909; on special duty, 1911-12. Address: Bombay.
Arundel, Sir Arundel Tagg, K.C.S.I., I.C.S., son of the late Mr. Tagg of New Barnet; born, 1843; educated at University School and College, London; B.A. 1863; entered I.C.S.. 1865; assumed his surname of Arundel, 1870: appointed Private Secretary to Governor of Madras, 1875; President, Madras Municipal Commission, 1881; District and Sessions Judge, 1884; Collector and Magistrate, 1887; Member, Madras Board of Revenue, 1892; Secretary to Madras Government, Revenue Department, 1896; Chief-Secretary, 1897; Member of the Madras Executive Council, 1898; Member of the Viceroy’s Council, 1901; retired, 1906. J.P. for Surrey; C.S.I 1899; K.C.S.I., 1904. Address: Uplands, Maybury Hill, Woking. Club: East India United Service Club.
Arunachelam, P.. Retired Member of Council, Ceylon.
Arur Singh (of Nan Shahria) Sardar; born, 1864; educated at the Government High School, Amritsar; belongs to Shergil Jat family. The Jagir lies chiefly in Gutdaspur 33 square miles of land on the Chenab Canal and about 800 Ghumaos in Amritsar; Honorary Magistrate and Provincial Durbari; Manager of the Golden Temple. Address: Amritsar.
Asad Ali Khan, Khan Bahadur; Merchant; born, August 1879, educated at the Nizam’s College, Hyderabad; second son of the late Nawab Saiyed Fateh Ali Khan Bahadur of Banganapalli; entered Government service; gave it up soon and betook himself to trade and founded the firm of M. A. Ali and Brothers at Banganapalli; purchased the firm of Framjee Pestonjee Bhumgara, the well known jewellers and Curio Merchants in Madras; connected with the All-India and the Madras Muslim League; Member of the Mohammedan Educational Association of Southern India; Honorary Treasurer of the Anjuman and Member of the Madras Trades Association. Recreation: Shooting and Tennis. Address: Vepery, Madras. Club: Cosmopolitan.
Asad-ul-Lah Khan, Nawab, Khan Bahadur; descended from Hazrat Zubbar, one of the earliest followers of the Prophet; son of Ahmad-ul-Law Khan, who served in the Customs Department, and rendered meritorious service in the Mutiny, Vice-Chairman, District and Municipal Boards, Meerut; Khan Bahadur, 1888; Nawab, 1895. Address: Jannat Nishan, Meerut.
Ashraf-ud-Din Ahmad, Syed, Nawabzada, Khan Bahadur, Muttwalli of the Hooghly Imamhara; son of the late Nawab Amir Ali, C.I.E., Khan Bahadur; born in 1855; educated at the Calcutta Madrassa and the Doveton College, Calcutta; Fellow of the Calcutta University; Trustee of the Aligarh College and Secretary of the Hooghly Mahommedan Association; Khan Bahadur, 1893; Certificate of Honor, 1903: Publications: several works in Persian. Address: Hooghly.
Ashutosh Chowdhri, Judge, High Court, Calcutta. Address: Calcutta.
