1 88 WHO'S WHO IN INDIA SHAMS SHAH, Mir, i. S. O., Extra-Assistant Commissioner in Baluchistan, was invested with the insignia of a Companion of the Imperial Service Order by his Majesty the King- Emperor, on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar Tharyan t , ParambilTharyan, b. a., i. s. o., Registrar in the Local and Municipal, Educational, and Legislative Departments, Madras, was born on 8th May, 1857, and edu- cated at Travancore and the Madras Christian College. He belongs to an old Syrian Christian family of Travancore ; his father was cousin to two Syrian Bishops, and was a priest in the Anglican Church for over thirty years. The family has given many officials to the Travancore State. After graduat- ing in 1875, Mr. Tharyan joined the staff of the Madras Christian College for a time. He entered Government service in 1882, and has worked as clerk in the Fort St. George Secretariats, Manager of the Resident's office at Trivandrum, also in charge of the Residency Treasury, and is now Regis- trar in the Local and Municipal, etc. Departments at Fort St. George. He is a member of the Indian Christian Associa- tion, the Madras Native Church Council of the Church Mis- sionary Society, and the National Missionary Society. His landed possessions are in Travancore. He was appointed a Companion of the Imperial Service Order by His Majesty the King-Emperor on the occasion of the recent Coronation Dur- bar, in recognition of his meritorious service. Address: Fort St. George, Madras. Krishnaswami Aiyangar, Annaji Aiyar, b. a., Dewan Bahadur, |i S. O., Acting Deputy Commissioner in the Salt, Abkari and separate Revenue Department, Madras Presi- dency, a notice of whom also appears in Part II, page 40, of this work, was appointed a Companion of the Imperial Ser- vice Order by His Majesty the King-Emperor, on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar. Address: Trichinopoly, Madras Presidency.
