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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . White Mountain; or Travels in Manchuria, retired, 1900. Address: Cambridge Park, Clubs. Carlson.  James, Henry William, Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of Burma; Trained at Thompson College and appointed apprentice Engr, 1881; Asst. to Chief Engineer and Under Secretary to Governnment of Burma, 1889; Chief Engineer and Secretary, 1913. Address: Rangoon, Burma.  James, LionalLionel [sic], F.R.G.S., War Correspondent of the ‘Times’ of London: s. of late Lt. Col L. H. S. James; b. 1871; educ; at Cranleigh; joined the staff of Reuter as special War Correspandent, Chitral Campaign, 1894-95; Mohmund Tirah, and Soudan Campaigns, 1897-99; joined the staff of the ‘Times’, London, 1899; was the Special Correspondent of that paper in S. Africa, America, Macedonia and Manchuria till 1901; Times Special CorespondentCorrespondent [sic] in India, 1907-08; Persia and Turkey, 1908; Balkans. 1909; in Morocco with the Spanish Army, 1909; in Albania with the Turkish Army, 1910; with the French on the March to Fez, 1911; with the Italians in Tripoli, 1911. {{SIC|Publictions|Publications}} Chitral Relief Force; Indian Frontier War; A study of the Russo-Japanese War, etc. Address: London. Clubs: Cavalry, Junior Naval and Military, United Service, Simla.  James, William Henry, B.Sc. A M.I.C.E. Principal, College of Engineering, Madras; b. 1872; Joined service as Professor, 1901; became Principal, 1910, Address: Chepauk, Madras, India.  Jamiyat Khan Manwar Khan Babi, Nawab, s. of Nawab; Munawar Khanji; b. 1891; succeeded, 1899; educ: at Rajkot Raj Kumar College; Claims descent from one Sher Khan Babi, a distinguished Officer in the service of the Moghuls; area of Estate, 189 sq. miles; population, 33,000; revenue, 11 lakhs; pays tribute also to the Gaekwar of Baroda; is entitled to a salute of 9 guns, Address Balasinor, Rewa Kantha Agency, Bombay Presidency, India.  JammJammu [sic] and Kashmir, Maharaja of; H.H. Maharaja Major-General Sir Pratap Singh Bahadur, Indra Mahruda Bahadur Sipar-i-Saltanat, G.C.S.I. (1892) G.C.I.E. (1911); e.s. of Maharaja Ranvir Singh, and g.s. of late Maharaja Ghulab Singh, founder of the dynasty; b, 1850; succeeded to gaddi, 1885; educ: privately in Sanskrit; has acquired knowledge of law, science, and medicine; received practical training in the administration by working in the Revenue, Judicial and Military departments of the State; relinquished his share in the administration, 1887; became President of the State Council, 1901; invested with full powers 1905; introduced reforms in all branches of the administration; carried out railway extensions and works of public utility such as, waterworks in the towns of Jammu and Srinagar, provision of electrical installation for lighting Srinagar, construction of canals, opening of roads, etc.; maintains a first grade College, a High, Primary and Middle Schools; sent troops to help the British Government for the Black MaintainMountain [sic] and the Tirah  206