INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Madhava Rao.
Military Police; posted to Kyankse Battalion; took part in many of the operations against dacoits; appointed Subadar, 1887; Subadar-Major the following year; owns 436 acres of land in Ghazipur; awarded sword of honour, 1905. Address: Suhawal, Tarighat, Ghazipur; U.P., India.
Mahadeva Aiyer (Sastry) Alladi, B.A., Curator, Government Oriental Library, Mysore; b. 1861: educ: Presidency College, Madras; passed B.A., 1881; joined Education Department as First Assistant, Venkatagiri Raja’s High School, Nellore, 1885-90; resigned and joined Mysore service as Curator, Oriental Library, 1831; Ex-Officio Secretary of the Managing Committee of H.H. the Maharaja’s College, Mysore, 1893; Ex-officio officer in charge of Mysore Art Ware, 1837; Examiner in Sanskrit, Madras University, 1897-1902. Publications: Several old Sanskrit works, including those of Sri Sankaracharya. Address: Mysore, India.
Mahadeva Ayyar, R., Dewan Peishkar, Trivandrum, Travancore State, S. India.
Mahdi Hasan Saiyid, M.A., Barister-at-Law, I.S.O. (1911), Deputy Commissioner; b. 1859; educ: Haithkani Sabha High School, Jubbulpur College, Muir Central College, Allahabad, and Downing College, Cambridge, called to Bar (Inner Temple), 1892; passed the Law examination of the Allahabad High Court; entered service as Extra Assistant Commissioner, 1883; proceeded to England to qualify himself to the Bar, 1889; gazetted Extra Assistant and Deputy Commissioner at Drug, 1910; rendered good service during the famines of 1896-1897, 1898-1899, and also during the time of plague epidemic at Hoshagebad; 1903; Trustee, Aligarh College; Member, Anjuman-i-Islamah, Jubbalpur; attended Delhi Durbars of 1903 and 1911; possesses enormous property in Cawnpore. Address: Drug, C.P., India.
Mahapatra, Srikrishna, Rai Saheb (1911), Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bengal; belongs to a very old family of Orissa whose members rendered great assistance to the British in the early periods; the site of the British factory built at Hariharpur in 1633 is still possessed by this family; entered Bengal Police, 1893; became Deputy Superintendent, 1908; devoted part of his income to works of public utility. Address: Calcutta, India.
Maharaj Dhiraj Madan Singh Bahadur, G.C.S.I., Maharaja of Kishangarh. (See Kishangarh).
Maharao, Major Sir Umed Singh Bahadur, G.C.S.I., (See Kotah, Maharao of)
Maharbhanj, Rajar of; Sriram Chandra Bhanj Dec; b. 1872; succeeded to the gaddi as a minor, 1882; area of the State, 4,243 sq. miles; population, 400,000; the eldest son and heir-apparent of the family, is entitled to the courtesy title of “Tikit Babu”; the family cognisance is the peacock with its tail spread; the Raja maintains a force of 512 Infantry and 11 guns. Address: Maharbhanj, Orissa, Bengal Presidency, India.
