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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . owns and manages a metre gauge railway; also owns a ginning factory. Address: Morvi, Kathiawar, Bombay Presidency, India.  Moses, Sylas M., Managing Proprietor, Messrs. David Sassoon & Co., Bombay; b. 1845; educ: at the Elphinstone College,Bombay; proceeded on a tour to Europe, 1880; m. Rachel, d. of Mr. E. S. Abraham of Bombay; was a Member, Finance Committee, Bombay Port Trust; President, Bank of Bombay, 1899-1900, and again in 190i; and again in 1905-06; Director, Oriental Life Insurance Com pany; Fellow, Bombay University, 1899; elected Member, Bombay Legislative Council, 1900; has a son, Mayer Moses, M.A. Address: Bombay, India.  Moss, Charles William, M.A., Headmaster, Madrassa-i-Azam, Madras; b. 1866; appointed to the service, 1889; joined Educational department, 1902; appointed to present post, August 1903. Address: Madras, India.  Motilal, Rai Bahadur,(1911); Revenue and Finance Member, Tonk State. Address: Tonk, Rajputana, India.  Mudaliar, Cuppuswami Vijianagaram, Sardar, K.I.H. (1909), Poona; s. of late Rao Bahadur Sardar Vijianagaram Mudaliar who had distinguished himself on the side of the British in the Mutiny of 1857; Chairman, Poona Municipality for many years; represented the Agri-Horticulturai Society of Western India in the Agricultural Conferences of Poona and Ahmedabad, 1904; gave evidence before the Indian Irrigation Commission; Member, Agri-Horticultural Society of Western India; President, Camp education Society; title of Saradar conferedconferred [sic], 1897. Address: Poona, Bombay, India.  Modholkar, Ranganath Narasingh Rao, B.A., LL.B., Rao Bahadur, (1889), Amraoti, U.P.; b. 1857; s. of late Narsingh Rao Krishna; educ: at the Elphinstone College, Bombay; passed B.A., 1877; LL.B., 1880; enrolled as a Vakil, 1881; commenced practice at Akola the same year, but soon removed to Amraoti; Secretary, Berar Servajanick Sabha, 1888-98; joined the I.N.C., 1898; General Secretary, Indian Industrial Conference, Amraoti, from its very start; has taken great interest in the question of the “Berar Amraoti”; President, 4th Indian Industrial Conference, Madras, 1908; gave evidence before the Royal Public Services Commission, India, 1912. Address; Amraoti; also Nagpur, Central Provinces, India.  Mudugula, Zamindarini of; Sri Rajendramani Davi; Claims descent from the rulers of ‘Matsyadesa’ who wear fish shaped-ornaments on their ears; g.d. of Krishna Bupathi Devu, the last male holder; recognised as the joint Zamindarini, 1901; manages one half of the Estate. Address: Mudugula, Vizagapatani District, Madras Presidency, India.  Muhammad Abdul Ali, Khan Bahadur, (1875); b. 1856: claims descent from Nawab Mahammad Ali of the Carnatic; is a political<section end="Muhammad Abdul Ali"/> 285