INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Kapurthala.
Bahadur, K.C.S.I. (1897); b. 1872; s. of Raja Kharak Singh; S. to gaddi, as a minor, 1887; administration of the State was carried on by an Officer of the Punjab Commission assisted by a Council of State officials; invested with full powers, 1890; invested with powers of life and death over his subjects, 1902; belongs to a Jat Kalal family; has travelled much, visiting England, America, Japan, China, Java, etc.; is the 5th in order of precedence among the ruling Chiefs of the Punjab; was invited to and was present at Lahore at the time of the visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (Emperor George V.) 1905; maintains a force of 600 Imperial service infantry, 394 local infantary and 8 guns; is entitled to a salute of 11 guns: area of the State, 630 square miles; population, over 300,000; revenue, 25 lakhs including 13 lakhs from Oudh Estates. Address: Kapurthala City, Punjab, India.
Karauli, Maharaja of. H.H. Maharaja Dhiraj Sir Bhanwar Pal Deo Bahadur Yadukul Chandra Bhal M.C.I.E. (1894), G.C.I.E. (1897) b, 1864; educ: Mayo College, Ajmere; succeeded to gaddi, 1886: m. Six wives; is the acknowledged head of Jadon Rajputs (Lunar race); claims lineal descent from the divine Krishna; is a patron of learning, particularly of Sanskrit; the State came under British protection by the treaty of 1817 concluded with the Mahrattas, it rendered valuable service to the British Government in the Mutiny of 1857 in return for which the Raja was created a G.C.S.I., and was excused form payment of large debt was granted a dress of honor and his salute was permanently raised to 17. One remarkable feature in connection with the succession of this State is, the last seven chiefs have all succeeded by adoption; area of the State, 1242 square miles; population, about 160,000; Maharaja maintains a military force of 125 Cavalry, 25 field artillery, 1041 infantry, and 56 guns; is entitled to a salute of 17 guns, Recreations: Hunting and shooting. Address: Karauli, Rajaputana, India.
Karkaria, Rustonji Pestonij, B.A., M.R.A.S.; b. Bombay, 1869: educ: St. Xavier’s School and College; Follow and Professor St. Xavier’s College. Bombay, 1891; Principal and Professor of English Language and iterature, Collegiate Institutions, 1898; Examiner in History and Philosophy, Bombay University: Member of various Commissions appointed by the Parsi Community on Religious Education, on Proselystism, on Religious Trusts, etc; membrr of Managing Committee of Parsi Authors’ Society, of the Zeroastrain Association, and societies. Publications: Edited Carlyle’s Pictuves on European Literature, and Parnell’s Poems, and Golden Treasury, Bk. IV.; Forty Years of Progress and Reform; India since the Mutiny; Historical Sketch of the Parsis; edited Macaulay’s Life of Goldsmith; translated Parsi sacred Book, the Pahalavi Dinkard: Purim and Farwardigan - In the Hoshang Memorial Volume, 1909; The French Revolutionary and the Prsi Calenders: a study in Ohrohology - In the Cama Memorial Volume; Death of Shivaji; edited Lord Curzon’s Farewell Speeches in India, with Esssays on his Vice-royalty, 1906; Lord Courzon’s Indian Vice-royalty, 1908; The Scientific Study of Mahratha History, 1907;
