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for the International Telegraph Conferences, London, 1905 and Lisbon, 1908. Recreations: shooting and fishing. Address: The Old Farm, Hotspur Park, Maiden, Surrey. Club: Oriental.
Kirpa Ram Misra, Rai Sahib, Diwan of Raigarh: b. 1868; educ: High School, Sambalpur; Owns five villages: has been Diwan of Raigarh since 1901: has effected considerable improvement in the administration; Rai Sahib, 1911. Address: Raigarh, C.P. India.
Kirtikar, Lt Colonel K. R., I.M.S.; b. at Bombay, 1849; educ: at Grant Medical College; Bombay; Proceeded to England, 1874; Passed as a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Royal College of Physicians; London, 1876; returned to India, 1877 and was posted to Sholapur for medical charge of the 19th Native Infantry; in active service in the Afghan War, 1878-1880; Fellow of the Bombay University, 1897; same year he was Health Officer of the Bombay Corporation. Retired, 1904. Chairman of Pathee Prabhu Relief Fund; Tusntee of the Aryan Education Institute. Director of the Deccan Education Society. Publications: “Indirakavya”, “Bhakti Sudha”, ›Vilaplahiri”, Address: Bombay, India.
Kisch, Hermann M., Bar-at-law, C.S.I. (1905), I.C.S. (retired); s. of late Joseph Kisch; b. 1850; educ: City of London Scliool, and Trinity College, Cambridge; Joined I.C.S. in Bengal, 1873; was for sometime Under Secretary to Bengal Government; was Deputy Secretary to Government of India; in charge of Famine Relief works in Bengal and Madras, 1874 and 1877 respectively; Postmaster General, Bengal, 1884; organised posts for Sikkim Campaign for which he was awarded medal and clasp, 1888; represented India at the International Postal Congress at Vienna and Washington, and at the Imperial Penny Postage Conference, London, in the years 1891, 1897, and 1898 respectively; also represented India at the International Postal Congresses held at Borne and Rome in the years 1900 and 1906 respectively; was Director General of Post Offices, India; Member of Council, Bengal; Financial Secretary, Bengal, 1901-02: Divisional Commissioner, 1902; retired, 1904. Address: 56, Lexham Gardens, Kensington, W. Club: East India United Service.
Kishen Pershad, Sir Maharaja Bahadur, Raja-i-Rajayan, Raja, K.C.I.E. (1903), G.C.I.E. (1910), Prime Minister (retired), Hyderabad (D); b. 1864; educ: first privately, and then at the Madrassa-i-Alia (school for Nobles), Hyderabad; is fond of poetry and constanly composed verses even when he was a boy. In token of appreciation of his proficiency in composing, he was granted the title of “Shagird-i-Khas Asaf” Jah (special pupil of His Highness) a title rarely bestowed on a subject, received his hereditary post of Peishkar, 1892; was made Military Minister; appointed Officiating Prime Minister, 1901; confirmed, 1902; claims descent from Raja Todar Mal. the great Finance Minister of Emperor .Akbar, has become the owner of all the Jagirs of his maternal grandfather; enjoys full civil and criminal powers within his Jaghir. Address: Hvderabad (u), India.
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