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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . Victoria Town Hall Committee; Member of the District Board of Hoogly; Member of the Emambara Hospital. Publications: Biography of Haji Mahammad Mohsin of Hoogly; Commentary on the Specific Relief Act. Address: Hoogly, Bengal Presidency, India. Club: India Club, Calcutta.  Mittra, Rajeswara, B.A., A.M.I.C.E., K.I.H., (1902); Superintending Engineer, 2nd Circle, Jubbulpore; b. at Benares, 18901860? [sic]; educ: at Benares and Patna Colleges and the Thomson Engineering College, Roorki; passed B.A., 1880; passed the Engineering Examination with high distinction and won the Thomson Prize; joined service in the P.W.D. as Assistant Engineer, 1883; employed on Military Works and Roads in Rajputana till 1890; transferred to the Eastern Division of the Central Provinces; appointed Executive Engineer, 1895; served in the Hoshangabad Uniaria Colliery and the Jubbulpore Division; special duty in the Secretariat in connection with famine, 1897; Under Secretary to Chief Commissioner, 1900; served in the Nagpur and Narsingpur Division; Officiating Superintending Engineer, 1906; confirmed, 1908; thanked by Government for getting out designs for the Rajpur Rajkumar College; thanked by Sir Charles Lyall for the rapid and the economical carrying out of the reconnaissance for the Nagpur-Jubbulpore Railway; his excellent and efficient organisation of famine relief works in the Hoshangabad district received the high appreciation of the Viceroy (Lord Curzon); specially thanked by Sir Andrew Frazer for his work in connection with the famine in C.P.; invited to the Durbar of 1903, and was granted the Durbar Medal. Address: Jubbulpore, C.P., India.  Mittra, Barada Charan, M.A., B.L. (Calcutta); b. Panisehola, Hoogly, 1818; educ: Colootola Branch School (the present Hare School), and the Presidency College, Calcutta; obtained the Premchand Roy Chand Scholarship, 1871; passed B. L., 1873; m. Srimathi Krishna Mohini, d. of late Sreenath Ghose, and g.d. of Raja Sir Radhakanta Deb Bahadur, K.C.I.E.; three sons; Officiating Judge. High Court, Calcutta, 1902; confirmed, 1901; retired, 1909. Publications: Tagore Law Lectures on the Land Law of Bengal. Recreations; gardening, and agriculture. Address: 85, Gray Street, Calcutta; Panisehola, Hoogly, Bengal.  Mittra, S. M., M.R.A.S., Journalist; b. 1856; belongs to the same family as that of the late Raja Digambar Mittra of Calcutta; has been a journalist for over 1O years; is a writer in Bengali, Urdu, and English; was Proprietor and Editor of the Deccan Post; was selected by Sahitya Parishad, Calcutta, to revive the transliteration of Arabic, and Persian words and phrases in vogue in Bengali language; opposed anti-partition and boycott movements; has been a frequent contributor to the “Nineteenth Century”, the “Fortnightly”, the “Asiatic Quarterly Review”, and the Pall Mall Gazette; corresponded with the Right Hon’ble Mr. J. Chamberlain on the subject of “India and the 281