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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . Bombay University on five occasions; services lent to the State of Nawanagar, 1908; Khan Bahadur, 1903. Address: Nawanagar State, Punjab, India.  Kamakhya Nath, Pandit, Mahamahopadhyaya; b, in an old and respected family of Pandits, 1847; joined the Pandit Shiam Padmiyar Bhushan Patashala while he was only 15 years old and completed his education at Nadia at about the age of twenty-four; started a Patashala at Sham Bazar, Calcutta, for free education of students; entered service as Assistant Professor of Hindu Philosophy in the Calcutta Sanskrit College where he subsequently became Professor; President of the Sahat Sabha; Mahamahopadhyaya, 1900. Address: Calcutta, India.  Kamal-ud-Din Ahmad, M.A. (Cal), Shams-ul-Ulema; s. of late Shans-ul-Ulamat, a well-known Persian and Arabic scholar of his time; educ: at the Chittagong School, and the Presidency College, Calcutta; Teacher, Rangoon Islamia School, and afterwards Sub Deputy Collector; appointed as Superintendent of the Chittagong Madrassa, 1905; invited by the Government of India to the Conference of Orientalists at Simla, 1911; Fellow of the Calcutta University; Member, Roya1l Asiatic Society; is a scholar and a linquist; title conferred, 1910; Address: Chittagong, Bengal, India.  Kamar Qadar Mirza Mahammad Abid Ali, Prince; e. surv s. of His late Majesty Wajid Ali Shah, King of Oudh; b. 1852; his mother Nawab Fakhr-i-Mahal Sahaba, at the risk of her own life saved two English women from the hands of the mutineers in 1857; after the suppression of the Mutiny the British Government in recognition of this courageous act of the Royal Lady, treated the Prince with special favor; after the death of the ex-king of Oudh, Lord Dufferin the then Viceroy of India, recognised the Prince as head of the Oudh family and sanctioned him a pension of Rs. 3000 (afterwards raised to Rs. 4000.) a month; at the Viceregal Durbar of Lucknow held some years ago, he was given honors due to a Royal Prince; he received a salute of twenty one guns and was given a seat of honour in the Durbar; the Prince is a man of gentle and generous disposition; his interest over the followers of his father is so great that he takes particular care to give no room to complaints of neglect on his part; owns extensive house and land property in Calcutta; married his cousin and has two sons and two daughters. Address: Lhusro Manzil, Calcutta, India.  Kaker, Chief of; Maharaja Dhiraj Kamal Deo; belongs to an old Rajput family whose ancestors, it is said, were enthroned by a vote of the people; under the Mahratta supremacy, the State had to provide a military contingent when called on to do so; in 1818 the British Government restored the Chief who had been deprived of his possession, on payment of an annual tribute of Rs. 500. But the British Government having resumed certain manorial dues, excused the Chief from payment of the tribute since 1823; area of the State, 1429 Square miles: papulationpopulation [sic], about 100,000. The ralationsrelations [sic] of the State with the British Government isare [sic] looked after by a Political Agent under the supervision of the Commissioner Rh