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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . ; Major-General, 1896; maintains a force of about 8,000 Infantry and Cavalry and 288 guns; is entitled to a salute of 21 guns within his own territories and 19 guns outside; is an orthox Hindu and is greatly intorested in the cause of education among the Rajputs; area of the State, 88,000 square miles; population, over 2,000,000. Recreations: Cricket, swimming, wrestling, horsemanship, and religious discussion. Address: Kashmir, Punjab, India.  Jamkhandi, Chief of; Parashram Rao Ramachandra Rao, better known as Khan Sahib Meherban; belongs to a respectable brahmin family; is a 1st class Sardar in the Southern Mahratta Country; has power to try his subjects for capital offences; area of the estate, 524 square miles; population, about 105,375; revenue, about 5½ lakhs. Address: Jamkhandi, Bombay Presidency, India.  Jeejeebhai, Sir Carsetji, Bart, Bombay; b. 1852; educ; Elphinstone College, Bombay; joined service as Assistant Collector, Salt Revenue Department, 1879; resigned after succeeding to Baronetcy, 1898; became Member of Bombay Corporation; appointed Sheriff of Bombay; represented Bombay at the Coronation of late Emperor Edward VII; founded the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhai’s Institution in Bombay with branches in other parts of India for free education of child ren; Honorary Presidency Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, and Fellow of the Bombay University; again appointed Sheriff of Bombay for the year 1915. Address: Bombay, India.  Janakiramayya Pantulu, Yellapeddi, Djwan Bahadur, retired District Judge; b. 1854; joined service as District Munsiff, 1883; became Sub Judge; DisrtrictDistrict [sic] Judge, 1906; retired, 1908. Address. Bezwada, Madras Presy. India.  Janaki Prasad, M.A., LL.B., Rai Bahadur, Secretary to H.H. the Maharaja of Rewa; Rai Bahadur, 1911 Address: Rewa, Central India,  Janjira, Nawab of; H.H. Sir Sidi Ahmad Khan Sidi Ibrahim Khan G.C.I.E.; b. 1862; succeeded to gaddi, 1879; belongs to an Abyssinian family of Sunni Muhammadans and claims descent from Sidi Sarul Khan; regarding the foundation of the State, it is said that an Abyssinian in the service of one of the kings of Ahmednagar, obtained permission to land some 300 boxes of merchandise, while in reality, each box contained a warrior within. After the boxes were duly landed, the Captain, discovered the fraud, but it was too late. The Abyssinian possessed himself of Janjira and it became part of the Bijapur Kingdom. One very note worthy feature in the early history of this State after its subjugation by the Abyssinians, was its succesful resistance offered to the repeated attacks of the Mahrattas under Sambhaji. The British refrained from interfering in the internal administration of this State. Area of the State, 324 Square miles; Population, 89,000; Revenue, 6 lakhs; Address: Janjira, Kathiawar, Bombay Presidency, India.  Jardine, Sir John, K.C.I.E. (1897). Hon. LL.D. (Aber), M.P.(L) Rh