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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Murza.

Commandant of H.H. the Nizam’s Regular Forces, since 1897. Address: Hyderabad (D), India.

Murzapur, Muncharjee Cowasjee, Khan Bahadur, (1877); C.I.E., (1891); F.R.I.B.A.M. Inst., retired Executive Engineer, Bombay; b. 1833; a prominent Member of the Parsi community and a well-known Civil Engineer and Architect; President, Corporation of Bombay, 1891; served Government for nearly 18 years in the capacity of Executive Engineer; appointed Executisre Engineer to the Corporation of Bombay, 1893; retired, 1903; is a Justice of the Peace; Fellow of the Bombay University; Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers, London; Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects; Member of the Incorporated Association of Municipal and County Engineers, London. Address: Murgbhan Road, Bombay, India.

Musharaf Hussain, Hon’ble Maulvi, elected Member, Legislative Council, Bengal. Address: Calcutta, India.

Muttannah, Mr. P., Rao Bahadur, (1839); Conservator of Forests (retired), Mysore State; b. 1855; educ: Mercara, Coorg; and Bangalore; joined service in the Forest Department as Probationer, Coorg, 1878; served in the Central Provinces, 1886-98; transferred to Madras Service and posted as Extra Deputy Conservator, 1899; services lent to Mysore where he rose to the position of Conservator of Forests, and Secretary to Mysore Government (Forest Branch), 1901; retired, 1914. Address: Mercara, Coorg, India.

Muttunayagam Pillai, Michael A., B.A., B.L., Judge, High Court, Travancore, since 1913; passed B.A., 1882; B.L., 1885. Address: Trivandrum, Travancore State, S. India.

Mylne, Right Rev. Louis George, D.D.; b. 1813; s. of Major Charles David Mylne; educ: at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh; St. Andrew’s University, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford; Assistant Curate of North Mereton, Berks, 1867-70; Tutor, Keble College, Oxford, 1870-76; Bishop of Bombay, 1876-97; Canon of Woodford and Wilsford in Salisbury Cathedral, 1900-05; Rural Dean of Marlborough, 1897-05; Rector of Alyechurch, Worcestershire, 1905. Publication: English Church Life in India; Corporate Life of the Church in India; Hopes for Reunion, etc. Address: Alvechurch Rectory, Worcestershire.

Mysore, Dowager Maharani of; H.H. Maharani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana, C.I. mother of the present Maharaja; conducted the administration of the State with the help of a Diwan and a Council of three Members during the minority of the Maharaja; is greatly loved and esteemed by all her subjects. Address: The ‘Palace’, Mysore, India.

Mysore, Maharaja of; H.H. Maharaja Sir Krishna Raja Woodiar Bahadur, G.C.S.I., (1907); e.s. of late Maharaja Sir Chamaraja Woodiar Bahadur, G.C.S.I.; b.Mysore, 1884; suc-

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