INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Bhandarkar, Ramakrishna Gopal.
Member, French Institute, 1695: Member International Congress of Orientalists, London, 1874: of Vienna, 1886 which he attended: C.I.E., 1889: retired from service, 1893: Hon. LL.D., Edinbrugh Unversity; Hon. Phil. Dr. Gottingen and Calcutta Universities; has contributed largely to the journals on philological and antiquarian subjects: also to the Indian Antiquary: first lecturer on the Wilson Lectureship, Bombay University; reported on his searches for Sanskrit Mss. in the Bombay Presidency; edited the text of the Sanskrit Malati-Madhava: and has written Sanskrit educational works; is a leader of the religious movement of the Prarthana Samaj in W. India; as a social reformer has practically supported the re-marriage of widows; in politics he is a moderate progressivist. Address: Poona, India.
Bhatawadekar, Sir Bhalchandra Krishna, Kt. (1900), L.M,; J.-P.; Medical Practitioner, Bombay; Member Muncipal Corporation and Standing Committee; b. 1852; s. of Krishna Shastri Bhatawadekar; m. Savitribai; three s. two d. Educ: Elphinstone High School and Grant Medical Coll. Bombay; Won 1st cl. L.M. Gold Medal; Assistant Surgeon at Baudra, Palanpur, and Bassim, 1874-76; Principal, Vernacular Coll. of Science, and Chief Medical Officer, Baroda State, 1876-85; returned to Bombay and set up private practice; Fellow and some time Syndic and Dean in Medicine, Bombay Univ.; Pres. of the Municipal Corporation; Pres. Medical Union; Pres. Grant College Medical Society; additional Member of Legislative Council, 1897-99; Member of the Improvement Trust; President of the Indian Temperance Association and of the Temperance Council; President of the 14th Bombay Provincial Conference, 1907; President of the Committee for alteration in orthography of Marathi language; President of Hindu Calender Reform Committee. Decorated for work as Pres. Bombay Corporation and for work in connection with Plague measures. Publications: Public Health; Manual of Botany, and Diseases of Women (in Mararathi): Inoculation Explained; Leprosy; an Address on Temperance; Evidence before the Indian Universities Commission; and other papers in English. Address: Girgaum, Bombay. Hindu Union, and Orient Clubs, Bombay.
Bhavanagar, His Highness the Thakur Sahib of; Sir Bhavsinghji Takhtsinghji, K.C.S.I.; son of late Maharaja Sir Takhtsinghji, G.C.S.I; born, 1875, succeeded to gaddi, 1896; was for sometime educated at the Rajkot Rajkumar College and was then placed under the guardianship of Mr. Stuart M. Frazer, C.I.E., I.C.S., Claims descent from the great Salivahana, of the Shaka Dynasty. During the time of the father of the present Ruler, the administration of the state was improved in all directions and the State Railway, the organisation of the State Council, the raising of the State Lancers and the opening up of communications, etc. received good attention. The State is a first class one in Kathiawar; it has an area of 2,860 squire miles, a population of 500,000 and a revenue of over 45 lakhs including the income from the State Railway, owned and managed by the Durbar. The Maharaja has toured extensively in India and Ceylon, and has undergone a course of military training in Poona. Was Commandant of the State
