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 Notes on the Revolt of the N.W.P. of India, 1858; The Englishman in India, 1867.

RAINES, SIR JULIUS AUGUSTUS ROBERT (1827–)

Born March 9, 1827 : son of Col. Joseph Robert Raines : educated at Brunswick Ecole Militaire and Sandhurst : joined the Army, 1842 : served for thirty years continuously in the 95th regt. : in the Crimea, 1854–6 : in the Indian mutiny, 1857–8 : twice wounded : held several Staff appointments, including a Bombay command : General, 1892 : K.C.B., 1893 : author of The 95th Regiment in Central India

RAINIER, PETER (1742–1808)

Born 1742 : son of Peter Rainier : of a French refugee family, originally Regnier : entered the Navy, 1756 : went to India : in the naval actions of 1758–9 against the French : at the siege of Pondicherry, 1760 : and of Manilla : commanded a ship from 1779 in the actions in the E. Indies, 1779–83, under Sir E. Hughes, and between him and Admiral Suffrein : friend of the explorer Vancouver, who, in 1792, called a mountain in the U.S. after him : was Naval C. in C. in the E. Indies, 1794–05 : at the taking of Trincomalee, Amboyna and Banda-Neira, 1795–6 : captured many prizes from the French and Dutch : detained the French squadron at Pondicherry : made £250,000 in prize money, and left much of it for the reduction of the National debt : Admiral, 1805 : M.P. for Sandwich : died April 7, 1808.

RAJANAIKAN ( ?–1772)

An inferior officer, a Surweicare of the Raja of Tanjore's Army : his parents belonging to the Roman Catholic Church, he was baptized as an infant, but did not learn to read until he was twenty-two : left the Army, and devoted himself to religion : joined the Protestant Church, and appointed to the charge of the Tanjore congregations : much persecuted for his change of faith, but he remained firm and converted others : after fourty-four years of labour and suffering for his faith, he died in 1772.

RALEIGH, SIR THOMAS (1850–)

Born Dec. 2, 1850 : son of Samuel Raleigh : educated at Edinburgh and Tubingen and Balliol College, Oxford D.C.L : Fellow of All Souls' College : called to the bar, 1877 : Reader in English Law, Oxford : Registrar of the Privy Council, 1896–9 : Legal Member of the Supreme Council in India, 1899–1904 : author of Elementary Politics, Outline of the Law of Property : C.S.I., 1902 : K.C.S.I., 1904.

RAMIYENGAR, VEMBAUKUM (1826–1887)

Youngest son of the Record Keeper of the Revenue Board Office in Fort St. George during the last years of Sir Thomas Munro : was one of the first students to enter the High School in Madras established by Lord Elphinstone in 1841 : there acquired a taste for physical science, and astronomy in particular : his first appointment in the Government service was that of Mahratta Translator in the Board of Revenue : afterwards he served in the Nellore and Tanjore Districts, and in 1859 was appointed an Assistant to the Inam Commissioner. He was highly regarded by Sir Charles Trevelyan, then Governor of Madras. After again serving in Tanjore, Salem, and Trichinopoly, he was, in 1867, appointed Superintendent of Stamps in Madras : C.S.I., 1871 : in 1875, became Inspr-General of Registration, and was a member of various Commissions on public matters: retired, 1880, from the Government service, and became Diwan to his old friend the Maharaja of Travancore : remained there for seven years, introducing many useful reforms : retired, 1887, from Travancore, intending to settle down in Madras, but died almost immediately afterwards.

RAM NARAIN, RAJA ( ? –1763)

A native of Bihar : Aliverdi Khan, Nawab of Bengal, appointed him Deputy-Governor of Bihar : he retained his appointment in the time of Suraj-ud-daula, Aliverdi's successor : after the battle of Plassy and the deposition of Suraj-ud-daula, Clive sent Major Coote to wrest the government of Bihar from Ram-Narain in 1757 : Ram Narain satisfied Clive that he was not treasonable and was allowed to remain as Deputy Governor. Mir Jafir desired to remove Ram Narain from the Deputy Governorship of Bihar, but an accommodation was effected. In Dec. 1759, the Shahzada Ali Gohar (afterwards