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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. Hazara Campaign, 1868; Jowaki Expedition, 1878; Mahsood Wuzeree Expedition, 1881; retired, 1893. Address: Brooks’ Court, Camberley, Surrey.  Chamier, Hon. Mr. E. M., D.S.C. Barrister-at-law, Judge, High Court, Allahabad; Called to Bar, 1887; entered service as Government Advocate, N.W. Provinces, 1896; Addl. Judicial Commissioner, Oudh, 1901; Judicial Commissioner, 1907; Judge, High Court, Allahabad, 1910. Address: Allahabad, U.P., India.  '''Chamier, Major Genl. Francis Edward Archibald', C.B. (1907), C.I.E. (1902); s''. of late Henry Chamier; b, 1833; educ, at Cheltenham; joined the Bengal Infantry, 1850; Adjutant, Calcutta Volunteers, 1857; Persian Interpreter to Sir James Outram in the capture of Lucknow; commanded the Raja of Kapurthala’s troops in the Oudh Campaign, 1858; Major General, 1890; Sometime Hon. Sec, to Strangers’ Home for Asiatics. Address: 55, Warwick Road, S.W. Club: East India United Service.  Chanda Hon; Mr. K. K.; Member, Assam Legislative Council, 1912.  Chandar Shekar, Raja of Sissaindi; b. 1860; succeeded to title, 1873; belongs to a very high family of Brahmins, being a Tiwari Daman of Misrakhera. The founder of the family was Lai Mohan, chakladar of Baiswara, in 1883. His grandson Kashi Prasad acquired Sissaindi by right of inheritance and he became chakladar of Purwa in 1853. He remained loyal to the British in the Mutiny of 1857 and was specially mentioned in Lord Canning’s Proclamation of 1858 as one of the six loyal Taluqdars. He received a khilat of Rs. 2000 and the confiscated estate of Dadaka, in Unao. He was also granted a remission of ten per cent on the revenue. He was succeeded by his adopted son, the present holder. The estate comprises 28 villages and five pattis in Lucknow, 22 villages and 4 pattis in Unao, and one village in Rae Bareli. The title of Raja was recognised as hereditary inm 1877. Address: Sissaindi, Lucknow.  Chandavarkar, Sir Narayan Ganesh. Kt. (1910) B.A., L.L.B.. retired Judge, Bombay; s. of Ganesh Narayani Chandavarkar, a pleader at Sirsi in the District of Kanara; b. 1855; educ, St. Mary’s High School, Bombay, and Elphinstone High School and College, Bombay; (B.A., 1877, History and Political Economy Prizeman, Junior Dakshina Fellow); Pleader, Bombay High Court, 1881; the same year he passed the LL.B. Examination in 1st Class and won the Arnold Scholarship; Editor, “Indu Prakash”, for over ten years; went over to England as an Indian Delegate, 1885; Additional Member, Bombay Legislative Council, 1897 1900; Presdt., Indian National Congress, 1900; Fellow, Bombay University, since 1886; a Syndic, since 1901; Member, Indian University Commission, 1902; Acting Judge, Bombay High Court, 1901; Confirmed, the same year; Vice-Chancellor, Bombay University 1909; President, Bombay Provincial Conference, 1902: retired from British service., 1913; Dewan, Indore State, 1914; resigned, October 1914; President, Theistic Church Bombay; President, Bombay branch of the Royal Asiatic Society; General Secretary, National Social Conference;  83