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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . , 1863; apprenticed to Printing and Journalism, 1883; proceeded to Ceylon as Chief Reporter; Manager, “Ceylon Observer” Colombo; Sub-Editor, “Ceylon Independent”, 1886; came over to India and joined Messrs Addison & Co., as partner, 1891; joined Messrs Higginbotham, 1899; elected to the Committee of the Madras Trades Association, 1900; elected a Member of the Madras Corporation, 1904; Sheriff of Madras, 1905. Address: Harrington Road, Chetput, Madras.

Hill, Claude Hamilton Archer, C.S.I. (1910), C.I.E. (1903), I.C.S., Member of Council, Bombay; s. of Capt Edward N. Hill; b., 1867; educ: at St. Mark’s School, Windsor and at Emmanuel’s College, Cambridge; entered Service, 1889 as Assistant Collector, Bombay; Under Secretary to Government, Political Department, 1892-1895; Under Secretary to Government of India, Home Department, 1897-99; First Assistant to the Resident of Hyderabad, 1900-03; Private Secretary to Governor of Bombay, 1904; Political Secretary, Government of Bombay, 1906; Political Agent, Udaipur, 1908; Agent to Government of Bombay in Kathiawar. Address: Rajkot, Kathiawar.

Hill Tippera, Raja of; H.H. Raja Birendra Kishore Deb Barman Manikya; b, 1883; S. his father late Raja Radha Kishore, 1909; claims descent from the family of Chandra, once the sole rulers of Hill Tippera. The chronicle of the family, Rajmala, says that one Raja Dharma Manikya, 14th in descent from Chandra, occupied the gaddi in 1407; in the 17th century, the family is said to have ruled over an extent of territory extending from the Hooghly on the West to Burma on the East and to Kamrup on the North; during the reign of Jehangir. Hill Tippera was invaded and captured and the then King Raja Jasa Manikya, taken to Delhi; but Jehangir was soon forced to evacuate the country and leave it under the control of the old Rajas; in the MutingMutiny [sic] of 1857, Raja Ishan Chandra Manikya was on the side of the British; area of the State, 4086 square miles; population, about 180,000; revenue, nearly 9 lakhs; owns the estates of Chakla Roshnabad, covering 570 square miles; entitled to a salute of 13 guns. Address: Hill Tippera, Bengal.

Himayat-ud-Din-Ahmad, Hon’ble Khan Bahadur, B.A., B.L.; Member of Dt. and Municipal Boards, Barisal; b, at Kushla, 1860; educ: Barisal Zillah School and Dacca Medrassah and College; organized an Association for female education among Mohammadans and took a leading part in founding the Dufferin Hostel at Dacca; first served as a teacher and then as a lawyer at Barisal; represented his community in the Legislative Council, Bengal; Member, Brojomohan College, and the Text book Committee. Address: Barisal, Bengal, India.

Hira Lal, B.A., M.R.A.S., Rai Bahadur, Extra Assistant Commissioner; b. 1867; educ: at Jubbulpur College where he commenced his service; appointed Deputy Inspector of Schools; rose to the position of Extra Assistant Commissioner; an authority on Ethnography, languages, ArchælogyArchæology [sic] and epigraphy of the Central Provinces; contributes largely to the 184