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  of the E. I. Co. : Maj-General : had command of the Turkish contingent of 20,000 men in the Crimea : K.C.B., 1857 : was chosen by the Crown to be a Member of the new Council of India, Sep. 1858–75 : Lt-General, 1862 : General, 1870 : G.C.B., 1871 : died May 3, 1887.

VIZIANAGRAM, MAHARAJA SIR MIRZA GAJAPATI VIZIARAM RAJ BAHADUR OF ( ? –1878)

The leading Maharaja in the Madras Presidency : Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council : introduced into Council the Bill on the subject of Majority, which was passed : was granted a salute, 1876 : died, 1878.

VIZIANAGRAM, MAHARAJA SIR PASUPATI ANANDA GAJA PATI RAJ OF (1850–1897) Chief of the Maharajas of the Madras Presidency : of high lineage : a generous philanthropist, and a wealthy landowner : succeeded his father, 1878 : K.C.I.E., 1887 : G.C.I.E., 1892 : Maharaja, 1881 : for many years a member of the Legislative Council, in Madras : and rendered good service as intermediary between Government and the people : died May 23, 1897.

VOUSDEN, WILLIAM JOHN (1845–1902)

Born 1845 : son of Captain Vousden : educated at King's School, Canterbury, and R.M.C., Sandhurst : joined 35th regt., 1864 : joined the Indian Staff Corps transferred to the 5th Panjab Cavalry in the Jowaki-Afridi expedition, 1877–8 and the Afghan war, 1879–80 : in the operations roimd Kabul : gained the V.C. for gallantry, Dec. 14, 1879, on the Koh Asmai heights, near Kabul : charged with a small party several times through and through the retreating Kohistanis : in two Miranzai expeditions, 1891 : Colonel, 1894 : in the Tirah expedition, 1897, as base Commandant : C.B., 1900 : Maj-General,acting as Inspr-General of Cavalry : died Nov. 12, 1902.

WAGE, RICHARD (1842–)

Son of Rev. R. H. Wace : educated at Marlborough : joined the Royal Artillery, 1864 : served in the Afghan war, 1878–80 : Brevet-Major : Director-General of Ordnance in India, 1897–1902 : Ordnance Consulting Officer for India, 1902–4 : C.B., 1897 : Maj-General : retired 1904.

WACHA, DINSHAW EDULJI (1844–)

Born Aug. 2, 1844 : educated at Elphinstone College, Bombay : joint Hony. General Secretary of Indian National Congress : President of the 17th National Congress meeting, held at Calcutta, Dec. 1901 : President of the Bombay Municipal Corporation, 1901–2 : Editor of English columns of the Kaisar-i-Hind : constant writer in Indian newspapers and journals.

WADDELL, LAWRENCE AUSTINE (1854–)

Born May 29, 1854 : Lt-Colonel : son of Rev. J. C. Waddell, D.D. : educated at Glasgow University : entered Indian Medical Service, 1880 : Professor of Chemistry and Pathology, Medical College, Calcutta, for six years : served in Burma campaign, 1886–7 : Chitral Relief Force, 1895 : China expedition, 1900 : C.I.E. : Mahsud-Waziri expedition, 1901–2 : in the Tibet Mission, 1903–4 : author of The Buddhism of Tibet, Among the Himalayas, The Birds of Sikhim, Discovery of the Birthplace of Buddha, Tribes of the Brahmaputra Valley, Palibothra, Lhasa, 1905 : and papers on archaeology and anthropology, etc.

WADDINGTON, CHARLES (1796– ?)

Born Oct. 22, 1796 : entered the Army, 1813 : in the Bombay Engineers : commanded the Engineer Corps, 1830 : Commanding Engineer in Sind, 1840, and Beluchistan : at Imamghar against the Amirs of Sind, Jan. 1843 : showed great bravery in lighting the mines at the destruction of the fort : at Miani on Feb. 17, 1843 : Lt-Colonel and C.B. : Commanding Engineer at Aden, 1848 : Chief Engineer at Bombay, 1851 : retired, 1853.<section end="Waddington, Charles" />

<section begin="Wade, Sir Claude Martin" />WADE, SIR CLAUDE MARTIN (1794–1861)

Son of Lt-Colonel Joseph Wade: born in Bengal, April 3. 1794 : called after Claude Martin (q.v.) to Bengal in the E. I. Co.'s military service, 1809 : served in Bundelkund, 1812 : in the operations against Sindia and Holkar, 1815 : in the<section end="Wade, Sir Claude Martin" />