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 Indian College to the end of Haileybury. His character is fully described in the Gentleman's Magazine of June, 1835, where it is said that "his appearance, no less than his conduct, was that of a perfect gentleman" : died Dec. 29, 1834. He wrote other works on subjects connected with his Professorship.

MANDLIK, VISVANATH NARAYAN RAO SAHIB (1833–1889)

Born March 8, 1833, in the Ratnagiri District in the Konkan : educated at the Elphinstone High School : distinguished himself there : began life as Personal Assistant to Colonel Jacob in Sind, and afterwards held several Government appointments : resigned them in 1862, and joined the Bombay bar, soon obtaining lucrative practice as Pleader : appointed Government Pleader in 1884 : as Justice of the Peace, Municipal Commissioner, Fellow of the Bombay University, Member of the Legislative Council, Journalist, and Author, he won universal respect : in 1874 was made a Member of the Bombay Legislative Council (retaining the position for 8 years), and in 1884 a Member of the Legislative Council of the Governor-General. He translated into Gujarati Elphinstone's History of India, and published A Manual of Hindu Law, etc. : C.S.I., 1877 : he advocated political and educational advancement, but opposed any State intervention in social reforms : died May 9, 1889.

MANGLES, ROSS DONNELLY (1801–1877)

I.C.S. : son of James Mangles : born 1801 : educated at Eton and Haileybury : went to India in 1820 : after some minor appointments, he became, in the Burmese war of 1825, Secretary to the Commissioner of Pegu and Ava, and, in 1826, Deputy Secretary in the Judicial and Territorial Departments : in 1832, Deputy Secretary in the General Department : held charge of several districts : Secretary to the Government of Bengal in the Judicial and Revenue Departments, 1835–9 : in 1838, also temporary Member of the Board of Revenue : retired in 1839 : was M.P. for Guildford, 1841–58 : Director of the E. I. Co. : Chairman in 1857 : one of the original members of the new Council of India in Sep. 1858 till 1866 : died Aug. 16, 1877 : wrote articles on India in the Edinburgh Review.

MANGLES, ROSS LOWIS (1833–1905)

I.C.S. : born April, 14, 1833 : son of Ross D. Mangles, M.P. (q.v.) : educated at Bath Grammar School and Haileybury : joined the Bengal Civil Service in 1853. In the mutiny he served as a volunteer in the expedition for the relief of the Arrah garrison : the force fell into an ambush, and had to retreat : he, at great personal risk, carried and supported, for five miles, a wounded soldier, who otherwise must have been left to die. Mangles received the V.C. He was Judicial Commissioner of Mysore : Secretary to the Bengal Government : Member of the Board of Revenue in Bengal : retired,, 1883 : died Feb 28, 1905.

MANX BEGAM ( ? –1802)

Wife of Mir Jafar, Nawab Nazim of Bengal : born at Balkunda near Sikandra : a dancing girl at Delhi, went to Murshidabad and there met Mir Jafar: became mother of Nawab Nazim Najm-ud-daula and his brother Saif-ud-daula : after their deaths her stepson Mubarak-ud-daula became Nawab Nazim, and she was appointed in 1772 by Warren Hastings and his Council as his Guardian : it was alleged by Nuncomar in 1775 that Hastings had been bribed to make this appointment : the charge, based on a letter which the Begam admitted to be forged, was not proved. She was removed from her Guardianship by the Council, and allowed a lakh of rupees as pension : died in 1802, and was buried at the Jafarganj cemetery at Murshidabad.

MANNING, ELIZABETH ADELAIDE (1828–1905)

Daughter of James Manning, Serjeant-at-Law, Recorder of Oxford : on the death, in 1877, of Miss Mary Carpenter (q.v.), who had formed the National Indian Association at Bristol in 1870, its centre was transferred to London : Miss Manning became its Honorary Secretary, and began then to edit the Indian Magazine and Review, carrying on these works until her death : she twice visited India in connexion with the Branches of the Association, and to inquire into education, especially of women and girls : she often lectured and wrote papers on India