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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Miller.

Mysore State as Chief Judge of the Chief Court, Mysore. Address: Bangalore, Mysore Province, India.

Miller, Rev. William, M.A., L.L.D., D.D., C.I.E. (1884), retired Principal, Christian College, Madras; b. 1838; educ: Bellevue Academy and Marischal College, Aberdeen; New College, Edinborough; came out to India in the early part of the 19th century as a Missionary; was Principal, Madras Christian College till 1908; is an acknowledged authority on Indian educational matters; Moderator, Free Church of Scotland, 1896-97; Member, Legislative Council, Madras, 1893-97; Vice-Chancellor, Madras University, 1901-04: Fellow, Madras University; retired from Principalship, and left India, 1908. Publications: Our Scandinavian Forefathers; The Plan of History; The Greatest of the Judges; The least of all Lands; Criticisms on several Shakespeare’s Plays. Address: Burgo Park, Bridge of Scotland.

Miraj (Senior Branch), Chief of; Sir Gangadhar Rao Ganesh Ba’a Sahib Patwardan, K.C.I.E. (1903); b. 1866; succeeded to gaddi, 1875; belongs to Patwardan brahmin family, one of whose ancestor, Govinda Hari Patwardan, was given the State of Miraj, with the title of Sardar in 1764 by the Peshwa; is a first class Sardar in the Southern Mahratta Country; has power to try his subjects for capital offences; holds a sanad authorising adoption, and follows the rule of primogeniture in matters of succession; area of the State, 339 sq. miles; population, about 90,000; revenue, nearly 4 lakhs. Address: Miraj, Southern Mahratta Country, Bombay Presidency, India.

Mirza Suraya Jah, also known as Kaiwar Shah Haji Hafiz; b. 1853; s. of H.H. the late Nawab Mahamad Ali Khan of Tonk; this family is connected to the Royal House of Delhi; it has rendered important service to the British in the Mutiny of 1857, for which the then head of the family was granted heriditary pension amounting to Rs. 22,830 per annum; further concessions were also made to the family; Mirza Suraya Jah was recognised as the chief representative of the Mughals in 1890; he was exempted from personal appearance in Court. Address: Delhi, Punjab, India.

Misra, Syam Behari, B.A., Rai Sahib, (1911), Revenue Member, Jodhpur State; belongs to an ancient Vaid family of Bareilly; s. of Rai Sahib Krishan Lai Misra, Advocate; b. 1865; joined service as Tahsildar, 1892; became Duputy Collector, 1897; services lent to the State of Ajmir-Mirwara, 1907; joined Jodhpur State service, 1911; Member, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal; Member, Royal Society of Arts (London); Member, Bharat Dharma Mahamandal; Member, Theosophical Society. Address: Jodhpur, Rajputana, India.

Mitchell, Dr. A. C., D.Sc, F.R.S.E. (Edin), retired Director of Public instruction, Trivandram; entered service as Professor of Mathematics Maharaja’s College, Trivandaram; appointed Principal of the College, 1892; during his tenure as Principal,

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