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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . W. Muir (q.v.); educ: at Rugby and Sandhurst; entered the Army, 1869; became Lieutenant-Colonel, 1895; A.D.C. to the Viceroy for some years; served in the Afghan War, 1880; Soudan, 18S5; Burma War, 1885-87; Private Secretary to A.D.C, to Lieutenant-Governor of N.W.P. 1873-73. Address: Lawbrook, CoxgrumCox Green [sic], near Maidenhead.  Muirhead, Hon’ble Mr. Alexander; Agent, South Indian Railway, Trichinopoly; nominated Member, Madras Legislative Council; Fellow of the Madras University; represented the South Indian Railway at the opening of the Pamban Talamannar Railway Extension. Address: Trichinopoly, Madras Presidency, India.  Mukunda Deb, Raja; a wealthy Zemindar of Khurdah, and the present representative of the ancient Gangavasa Dynasty of Kings in Orissa; personal title of Raja granted, 1884. Address: Puri, Orissa. India.  Mukunda Ram Sastri Mahamahopadhyaya, Archaeological Department, Jammu State; title granted for Archaeological Research work. Address: Srinagar, Kashmir, India.  Mukharji, Amritha Lal, M.A., B.L., Rai Bahadur, Presidency Magistrate, Calcutta; joined service, 1889; Municipal Magistrate, 1906; with the Deputation of the Tribeni Arbitration Case, 1911; Presidency Magistrate, Calcutta, since 1912. Address: Calcutta, India.  Mukharji, Sir Ashutosh Saraswati, Kt. (1911), Sastravachaspati, M.A., D.L., D.Sc, C.S.I. (1909); Judge, High Court, Calcutta; s. of Dr. Gangaprasad Mukharji, Calcutta; b. 1864; educ: at South Subarban School, Presidency College, and the City College, Calcutta; M.A., 1885; D.L., 1894; D.Sc. (Honorary), 1908; enrolled as Vakil of the High Court, 1888; Lecturer in Mathematics, 1886; Examiner in Mathematics at the Calcutta University; Tagore Law Lecturer, 1898; Member, Bengal Legislative Council, 1889-1904; Member of the University Commission, 1902; Member, Supreme Legislative Council, 1903; strongly opposed to the Official Secrets Bill and supported the passing of the Universities Bill; Judge, High Court, Calcutta, 1904; President, Asiatic Society, Bengal, 1907; deputed in connection with the re-organisation of the University, 1908; President, Board of Sanskrit Examinations, 1908; President, Committee of the Indian Museum 1909; President-Founder of the Mathematical Society, Calcutta; an ardent Social reformer. Publications: Law of Perpetuities, ‘Comic‘Conic [sic] Sections’, and a large number of Contributions on Mathematics and kindred subjects. Address: Bhawanipur, Calcutta, India.  Mukharji, Nilambara, M.A., B.L., C.I.E., (1909), Calcutta; b. in a village near Calcutta, 1842; educ: Sanskrit College, and the Presidency College, Calcutta; M.A., 1865; B.L., 1866; enrolled as Vakil of the High Court, and practiced in Calcutta for some time; removed to Lahore; entered service of the Kashmir State, 1869; was Chief Judge, Kashmir State;  290