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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . Peshwar, India. Club: United Service.  Mumtaz-ud-Dowlah Muhammad Fahiyaz Ali Khan, Nawab of Pahasu (See Pahasu, Nawab of.)  Munagala, Zemindar of; Sri Zubdatul Aqran Nayani Venkata Ranga Rao Garu; belongs to one of the oldest and most renowned Reddi families in the Northern Circars; e.s. of Venkata Ramayya; b. 1879; educ: Noble College, Masulipatam; assumed charge of the estate, 1900; takes great personal interest in the indigenous industries, especially hand-loom weaving; opened a fly shuttle loom factory; sent a student to Japan to learn weaving and dyeing at Kioto; maintains a free primary school at Nadigudem for the benefit of his ryots; helps poor students; aided in the publication of a History of Japan in Telugu; has taken deep interest in the dissemination of Telugu literature; started an experimental farm for sugarcane and other crops. Address: Nadigudem, Munagala. Kistna District, Madras Presidency, India.  Munuswamy Iyer, Canvanua Venkatrama, Rao Bahadur. (1913), Reporter, ‘Madras Mail’, Madras; s. of late Mr. C. Venkatrama Iyer; b. 1868; educ: Church of Scotland Mission College (now amalgamated with the Madras Christian College), Madras; joined Government service as Shorthand Writer in the office of the Private Secretary to H.E. The Governor of Madras, 1890; resigned and joined the staff of the ‘Madras Mail’ as junior Reporter, November 1892; has been Reporter to the Indian National Congress for many years; received a certificate of honor on the occasion of the Coronation Durbar, 1912; presented with an address of congratulation by the Members of the ‘Madras Mail’ on the occasion of his having been made Rao Bahadur, 1913. Address: Mambalam Saidapet, near Madras, India.  Munro, James Hume, retired Judge Madras High Court; joined service as Assistant Collector and Magistrate, 1877; attached to Revenue Survey Party No. 2,, same year; acted in various lower grades including that of Sub-judge 1903; District and Sessions Judge, 1903; Judge, High Court, Madras, 1907; retired, 1912. Address; C/o India Office, London.  Murarman, Raja of; Bhagawathi Bakshh Singh; head of the Rais clan of Rajputs and claims descent from the great Salivahana; succeeded to title, 1911; educ: in the Colwin Talukdar’s school, Lucknow; the estate comprises 100 villages in Rae Bareilly, and 14 villages in Unao; title of Raja made hereditary by British Government, 1877. Address: Murarman, Rae Bareilly, U.P., India.  Murray, G. P. I.C.S., Registrar, High Court, U.P., Allahabad; educ: at Cheltenham and University College, Oxford; joined service as Assistant Collector, 1903; rose to present position, 1912. Address: Allahabad, U.P., India.  Murray, Major-General RobartRobert [sic] Hunter, C.B. (1896), C.M.G. (1898); Indian Army (retired); y.s. of late John Murray of<section end="Murray, Major-General Robert Hunter"/> 292