INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Baden-Powell. Lt-Gen.
Reconnaissance and Scouting, 1890: vedette, 1890; Cavalry Instruction, 1895: The Downfall of Prempeh, 1896: The Matabele Campaign, 1896; Aids to Scouting, 1899; Sport in War, 1900; Sketches in Mafeking and East Africa, 1907; Scouting for Boys, 1908; Exhibited Sculpture in Royal Academy, 1907. Recreations: pig-striking (winner of Kadir Cup), golf, polo, big game shooting. Address: 32 Princes Gate, S.W. Clubs: Naval and Military, Cavalry, Beefsteak.
Badock, Walter, Accountant-General, India Office. 1907, also Director of Funds and Official Agent to Administrators-General in India, 1901; b. 1854: e.s. of late Williams F. Badock of the Manor House, Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucester-Shire; m. Elian May. d. of Charles Britten; one s. three d; Educ., Allesley Park Coll.; Entered H.M. Office of Works, 1873, and India Office, 1879, by open competition: Senior Clerk, 1893; Deputy Accountant-General and Assessor of Income Tax, 1905; Clerk to Commissioner of Income Tax, 1907. Address: India Office, Westminster. S.W.
Badr-ud-Din Ghulam Husain, H.M. Malak, Khan Bahadur: born, 1855; educated, Elphinstone High School, Bombay; malguzar of Umrer: served in Aden in the Treasury Department of Government; resigned and returned to Bombay; commenced business as merchant; and later removed to Nagpur; built rest house and the library in Nagpur City; Member, Nagpur Municipal Council; elected Vice-President of the Anjuman-i-Islamia; an acknowledged representative of his community in the province: has a seat in the Chief Commissioner’s Durbar. Address: Nagpur, C.P.
Badshah Nawab Rajwi, also known as Syed Mohammad Mahdi Husain Khan, Nawab. Banker and Zemindar; born: 1858; claims descent from General Syed Husain who came to India with the army of Nadir Shah; son of late Nawab Syed Latiff Khan, C.I.E.; educated at the Government College, Patna; has founded a Burial Society for Moslems; has given landed property yielding an annual income of Rs. 8,000 for female education in Bihar; Member of the Municipality and of the District Board of Patna; received Coronation Medal, 1903 and the title of Nawab (personal), 1909. Address: Patna, Bengal.
Baghal, Raja of; Bikram Singh; born, 1893; succeeded to gadi as a minor, 1904; married the two sisters of the Rana of Jubbal; claims descent from a Rajput family who came from Ujjain and conquered Baghal at an unknown date. During the time of the Mutiny of 1857, this State then under Kishen Singh, grand-uncle of the present Raja, remained loyal to the British, for which he was rewarded with the title of Raja; the present Raja is yet a minor and the administration is therefore carried on by a Manager. The area of the State is 124 square miles with a population of 25,720 and a revenue of Rs. 80,000. Address: Baghal, Punjab.
Bahawalpur, Nawab of, His Highness Rukn-ud Daula Nawab Jang Hafiz-ul-Mulk Mukhlis-ud Daula Nawab Sir Ladik Mahummad Khan Bahadur V, G.C.S.I.: born, 1904: succeeded to
