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 the Pathans of Utraula and the Chauhan Rajas of Tulsipur, also with the Oudh revenue officials: driven out of Balrampur by Raja Darshan Singh, who pursued him into Nipal territory: restored to his Raj: distinguished himself in the mutiny as one of the five loyal talukdars: received the fugitives from Sikraura and Gonda, 19 persons, and several children: sheltered and escorted them to Gorakhpur: remained faithful, and was proscribed by the rebels: joined the advancing British forces and remained in the field till the restoration of order: rewarded with the title of Maharaja Bahadur and vast landed estates confiscated from rebels, with a reduced land revenue assessed in perpetuity: in 1866, K.C.S.I.: salute of 9 guns, in 1877: Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council: a great patron of education, instituting schools on his estates before their general introduction elsewhere: founded one of the first hospitals in Oudh outside Lucknow, and a medical school: a noted sportsman: a fall from an elephant hastened his death, which occurred on May 27, 1882.

BANAJI, FRAMJI COWASJI (1767–1851)

Born in Bombay April 3, 1767: son of Cowasji Byramji (1744–1834) merchant, and of a family which settled in Bombay from near Surat,1690, and traded with England, China and Burma. He was a scientific agriculturist, and improved agriculture in W. India: took a leading part in establishing the Agri-Horticultural Society of Bombay, 1830: was a Vice-President: the Bombay Government gave him, 1829, some villages in Salsette, where he settled cultivators, and successfully managed the Pawai estate: instituted many charities for the native community: some for the Parsis: made wells and tombs: a large Tower of Silence, 1832: a Fire Temple, 1845: a school for Parsi children, for instruction in the Avesta: was a leading member of the Parsi panchayat, 1817–51, and an original Trustee of their communal funds from 1823: was a prominent member of the Native Education Society from 1827, of the Elphinstone College committee from 1835: Director of the Board of Education from 1841: was nominated, 1834, one of the first 12 native J.P.s: a Government Director of the Savings' Bank: helped to establish the old Bombay Bank, 1840: Director of the G.I. P. Railway, 1844: suffered pecuniary losses in his business, which curtailed his means, but not his zeal, for philanthropic charity: died Feb. 12, 1851: after a public meeting of all classes, the Framji Institute was erected in his memory, where public meetings are generally held, and an extensive Library is located.

BANDULA, MENGYEE MAHA (? –1825)

Burmese Statesman and General: in Oct., 1819, he led a successful expedition against the chief of Manipur: in 1821 he attacked Assam: in 1823, the Burmese invaded British possessions near Chittagong, occupying the island of Shapuri on Sep. 24, 1823: in March, 1824, Bandula marched to Arakan, attacked an English force at Ramu, near Chittagong, and defeated it: Lord Amherst declared war against the Burmese. On May 11, 1824, the British. Army took Rangoon, but were unable to advance. Bandula was recalled from Arakan and ordered to proceed against the English forces. As C. in C., he approached Rangoon and stockaded his 60,000 men: but was attacked and defeated, Dec, 1824. He retired to Donabew, a strongly defended position, which the British Army under General Campbell reached on April 1, 1825. The siege of the place by the English had just begun when Bandula was killed by a shell from the British' Artillery, and the Burmese army fled.

BANERJEA, DURGAGATI, RAI BAHADUR (1838–1903)

Born Jan. 19, 1838: member of the Subordinate, and Provincial Executive Service, Bengal: Deputy Magistrate, 1856: Personal Assistant to the Commissioner of Patna for 15 years: Member of the Salaries Commission, 1885: Member of the Bengal Legislative Council, 1895: and of the Calcutta Corporation: Deputy Collector of Calcutta, Superintendent of Excise Revenue and Collector of Stamp Revenue, 1889–1901: retired, 1901: C.I.E., 1895: died March 26, 1903.

BANERJEA, REV. KRISHNA MOHAN (1813–1885)

Born 1813: son of Jiban Krishna Banerjea, a member of a high caste