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 Municipality he did good and useful work. He died Dec. lo, 1893. He was a particularly outspoken man, and never scrupled to point out his countrymen's defects.

MUDALIAR, RAMASAWMY (1852–1892)

Son of a landowner in the Salem district (Madras) : educated at the Madras High School and Pachaiyappa's, afterwards at the newly formed Presidency College : B.A. in 1871, M.A. in 1873, and B.L. in 1875 : became a Vakil of the High Court in 1876, and practised at Salem : became a District Munsif, but resigned in 1882, and practised in the High Court : editor of the Law Journal, which he established : Examiner for the B.L. and M.L. degrees, and a Fellow of the Madras University : visited England as delegate for the redress of the people's grievances in 1885 : a prominent member of the National Congress and a member of the Public Service Commission in 1886.

MUHAMMAD AKBAR SHAH II. (1760–1837)

King of Delhi : son of Shah Alam (q.v.) : born April 23, 1760 : succeeded his father as King, Nov. 19, 1806 : received an increase to his allowance from the British : only a titular King without power : died Sep. 28, 1837.

MUHAMMAD ASLAM KHAN ( ? - )

Served in the Indian mutiny : appointed to command the Jezailchis, 1881 : assisted in forming the Khyber Rifles and appointed to command them, 1897 : Political Officer in the Tirah expedition, 1897–8 : retired on pension with title of Nawab and Sirdar Bahadur after 41 years' service, 1898 : C.I.E., 1887 : guest of the nation at the Coronation, 1902 : A.D.C. to H.M. the King, 1902.

MUHAMMAD AZIMULLA KHAN ( ? - ? )

He was found with his mother during the famine of 1837–38, and sustained by charity : educated in the Cawnpur Free School, receiving a subsistence allowance, and there, after ten years' study, became a teacher : two years later he was made a clerk to Brig-General Scott and afterwards to Brig-General Ashburnham : subsequently he attached himself to Nana Sahib (q.v.) and was sent in 1853 to England to plead the cause of his master before the Court of Directors. He resided in England for two years, made many acquaintances and gathered information on European affairs : went to the Crimea and visited the camp before Sebastopol. In the mutiny, in June, 1857, Azimulia advised the Nana, then marching on Delhi, to return to Cawnpur : he arranged the capitulation of the defenders of Cawnpur : instigated, and was present at the massacre of June 27, at the Ghat : fled with Nana Sahib to Nipal on the approach of the English troops, and was not seen again.

MUHAMMAD BAHADUR SHAH ( ? –1862)

King of Delhi : Abu Zaffar : son of the Emperor Akbar Shah : assumed the title of Bahadur Shah, on succeeding as Emperor at Delhi, on Sep. 28, 1837, at the age of about 60 : Lord Dalhousie proposed to remove him from the Palace at Delhi and received permission of the Home Government to do so, but deferred action. At the beginning of the mutiny he was old and helpless : surrendered to Captain Hodson (q.v.) on Sep. 21, 1857, after the capture of Delhi by the English : was brought to trial, Jan. 29 to March 9, 1858, on four main charges, including mutiny, rebellion, abetment of murder, and sentenced to transportation for life : was sent to Rangoon, and died there, 1862.

MUHAMMAD HAYAT KHAN, NAWAB ( ? –1901)

Joined the Panjab Commission, 1862 : accompanied Sir Frederick Roberts in the Afghan war, 1879–80, as Political Officer : Member of Council in Kashmir : and of the Panjab Legislative Council : Divisional Judge at Multan : retired 2 or 3 years before his death in June, 1901 : C.S.I. : wrote a History of Afghanistan, 1867.

MUHAMMAD MAHMUD, SYAD (1850–1903)

Born at Delhi, 1850 : son of Sir Syad Ahmad (q.v.) : educated at Delhi, Queen's College, Benares, and Christ's College, Cambridge : studied a number of languages, Oriental, European, classical : called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1872 : practised in the High Court, Allahabad : made a District Judge at Rai Bareli in<section end="Muhammad Mahmud, Syad" />