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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Brereton.

ferred to Bihar and Orissa, 1912 and there retired; Lecturer in Bengali, University College, London, 1913; Address: c/o India Office, London.

Cathcart, Hon. Mr. W. T., C.I.E. elected non-official Member, Assam Legislative Council, since 1912. Address: Gauhati, Assam.

Caulfeild, Major Algernon Montgomerie, D.S.O., 1886; 2nd Border Regiment (retired); b. 1858; 4th s. of late Lieut. Colonel Montgomerie Caulfeild, Weston Park, Lucan, Co. Dublin; Joined 66th Berkshire Regiment, 1878; served in Afghanistan; present at engagement at Giriskh, with the Walli’s mutinous troops, battle of Maiwand (wounded) and subsequent defence of Kandahar; served in Burma, 1886-88, as Brigade Transport Officer to Maj Gen. Sir Robert Low, K.C.B.; with mounted infantry in the Chin Lushai Country, 1889; Recreations hunting and shooting. Address 8, Hebert Place, Dublin. Club: Naval and Military.

Cave, Henry William, M.A., F.R.G.S., M.R.A.S.; b. Brackley, Northamptonshire, 1854; educ.: Magdalen College School, and Queen’s College, Oxford; Founded the commercial house of Cave and Co., Colombo, 1877; retired, 1887; has made seventeen voyages to Ceylon and India; explored the remains of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, 1896. Publications: Colombo and the Kelani Valley, 1893; Kandy and Peradeniva, 1894; Nuwara Eliya and Adam’s Peak, 1895; The Ruined Cities of Ceylon, 1897; Golden Tips, a description of Ceylon and its great tea industry, 1900; The Book of Ceylon, 1908; The Ceylon Government Railway, 1909. Recreations: landscape photography, golf, music. Address: 5, Sussex Square, Brighton. Clubs: Authors’; New Brighton.

Chadwick, D. I., I.C.S., Director of Agriculture, Madras since 1912; educ. in Sydney Sussex College; joined I.C.S., as Assistant Collector and Magistrate; Special Settlement Officer, 1908; Obtained diploma of Agriculture at Cambridge, 1911. Address: Madras, India.

Chajuram Tiwari, M.R.A.S., Diwan Bahadur, Diwan of Dhar State; b. 1858; educ, at Mhow; engaged in famine work at Barwani, 1897; Organized the State Forest Department; Superintendent, State forests, 1904; made Minister, 1909: attended Durbars of 1877, 1903 and 1911. Address: Dhar, Central India.

Chakravarti, Hon’ble B.; B.A., LL.B., Bar-at-Law; called to the Bar 1890; some time acting Advocate-General, Bengal; elected Member, Bengal Legislative Council; Address: Alipur Road, Calcutta, India.

Chakravarti, J. S., M.A., F.R.A.S., Bangalore; b. 1875; Ex-Officio Financial Secretary to the Government of Mysore; Member, Mysore Legislative Council. Address: Bangalore, Mysore, India.

Chakravarti, Taranath M.A., B.L., Rai Bahadur; Retired Government Pleader, Faridpur; b, 1846; educ, at Faridpur Government School, Dacca College, Cathedra; Mission College, Calcutta, and the Calcutta Presidency College; Government pleader, 1870; retired 1909; has always enjoyed an extensive private practice; has served on the District and Municipal Boards of Faridpur; owin

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