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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Malik.

of those who opposed the Punjab Colonisation Bill; appointed Deputy Herald to His Majesty the late Emperor Edward VII, during the Delhi Durbar of 1903 '. Honorary Lieutenant, 1901; Captain, 1911. Address: Karla, Shahpur District, Punjab, India.

Malim, Herbert, M.A., Principal, Government College, Mangalore; b. 1857; joined service as Principal, Mangalore College, 1904; acted as Professor of Mathematics, Presidency College, Madras, 1907; reverted to Mangalore, 1908; Fellow, Madras University, 1908. Address: Mangalore, Madras Presidency, India.

Mallawan Raja of; Muneshwae Baksh Singh; b. 1850; educ: at Benares and Lucknow; is a Raikwar Rajput claiming descent from Rao Ratan Singh of Bandi; the estate was under the Court of Wards and was released in 1870; it comprises of 51 villages and 4 matals in Kheri, 46 villages and 6 pattis in Sitapur together with 31 villages in Ambapur; title of Raja recognised as hereditary, 1864; the Rajah is an Honorary Magistrate of the 3nd class for the police circles of Tambour, Sitapur, and Isanagar in Kheri. Address: Mallanpur, Sitapur, U.P., India.

Mallik, Satyendra Chandra, M.A., (Calcutta), I.C.S.; b. 1874; educ: at St, Zavier’s and Presidency Colleges, Calcutta, and St. John’s College, Cambridge; lost his father when he was a boy of 12 years and was left helpless; slowly persevered, and won a scholarship of £300 per annum which enabled him to prosecute his studies in England; joined service, 1897; rose to the rank of Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector, 1st grade, and was an officiating District Judge of Nadia, 1910; has the reputation of being a benevolent and popular officer; has established a charitable dispensary in his village. Recreation: Golf. Address; Krishnagar, Nadia, Bengal Presidency, India.

Maloji Rao, also known as Nana Sahib Chorpade Srimant, Raja Sahib; b. 1881; succeeded as a minor, 1900; invested with full powers, 1904; belongs to the Bhonsle family of Mahrattas and claims descent from one of the Ranas of Udaipur; during the time of Venkatarao, the great grandfather of the present Chief, Mudhol became feudatory to the British in accordance with the terms of the treaty entered into between him and the British. The State is in the political agency of Kolhapur and the Chief is a first class Sardar; area of the State, 368 square miles; population, 70,000; revenue, nearly 4 lakhs.

Manickam, Nalcker, Professor of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Madras; scholar in Philosophy, Literature, and the fine arts; the first Indian to occupy the Chair of Civil Engineering in Madras; visited foreign countries; was given a farewell entertainment by the students and the Indian Members of the Staff of the Engineering College, 1914. Address: Engineering College, Chepauk, Madras, India.

Manickshaw, Miss Ghulabbai, Bombay; joined the Grant Medi-

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