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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . Russo-Turkish War; Afghan War, 1878-80; Egyptian War, 1882; Honorary Surgeon to the Viceroy of India; retired, 1892; contributor on medical and surgical subjects to various periodicals. Address: 19, LandsdownLandsdowne [sic] Road, Lee, BlacksheathBlackheath [sic], S.E.  McRae, Colonel Henry Napier, C.B. (1831); b. 1851; s. of Surgeon-Major James McRae; entered the Army, 1897, and the Indian Staff Corps, 1874; served in Afghanistan, 1878-80; Bazar VallyValley [sic] Expedition, etc., in the Zhob VallyValley [sic] 1884; Hazra Expedition, 1888; N.W. Frontier, 1897-98; present at the relief of Malakand, Buner; Waziristan Expedition, 1901-02; officiated in Command of the Assam District; A.D.C to H.M. the King, 1901; Colonel on the Staff in India, 1903; Commandant of Assam Brigade, 1901-05; retired, 1909. Address: Corunna, Shorncliffe Road, Folk StoneFolkestone [sic].  Mehta, Sir Phirozsha Maherwanji, M.A., C.I.E., (1894), K.C.S.I., (1904), Bar-at-Law, Bombay; b. at Bombay, 1845; passed B.A., 1864; M.A., 1865; proceeded to England and was there called to the Bar, 1868; returned to India and set up practice in the Bombay High Court; distinguished himself as a lawyer of great ability, in the Tower of Silence Riot case, 1871; read a paper before the East India Association on “the Educa tional System of India”, and another on ‘Municipal Reform’, 1872; entered the Bombay Corporation as Commissioner, 1884; was thrice elected as Chairman of that body; worked for the starting of the Bombay Presidency Association, 18S6; Chairman of the Reception Committee of the Indian National Congress, 1890; elected to the Bombay Legislative Council, 1892; has had the rare privilege of signing in the autograph book of the Princess of Wales, 1906; was elected a Member of Imperial Legislative Council, 1900-02; is a Fellow of the University of Bombay;gave evidence before the Royal Public Services Commission, during the sitting of that body in Bombay, 19:2; enjoyed the rare honor of welcoming Their Imperial Majesties the King Emperor and Queen-Empress, on behalf of the citizens of Bombay, 1911; appointed as Vice-Chancellor, Bombay University, 1915. Address; Bombay, India.  Mehta, Roostumjea Dhunjeebhoy, J.P., C.I.E. (1897), merchant; belongs to the Imperial class of the Parsi Community; b. in Bombay, 1849; o.s. of Dhunjeebhoy Byramjee Mehta; m. Sherene, d. of late Nussarwanjee Shapurjee Bhedwar, 1868; six s. and one d. educ: privately; was a Port Commissioner, Calcutta; 1889-91; Sheriff of Calcutta, 1893; Consul for Persia at Calcutta, 1899-1904; Presidency Magistrate since 1888; Chairman of Alipore Local Board, since its foundation in 1886; Chairman, Maniktolla Municipality, 1900-07. Publication: The Exchange Imbrogilio; many articles in the Press on Railway rates, Address: 55, Canning Street, Calcutta. Club: National Liberal. 276