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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . 1852; appointed as Professor of Guzerati, University College, London, 1853; returned to Bombay and was presented with an Address and a purse of rupees 30,000, 1869; obtained admission of Indians to Civil Service, 1870; Prime Minister of Baroda, 1874-1885; Member, Corporation of Bombay, 1875-6, and 1881-85; Member, Bombay Legislative Council, 1885; President, 2nd Indian National Congress, 1886; proceeded to England and unsuccessfully contested a seat in the House of Commons for Holborn; returned as Member for Central Finsbury, 1832-95; President, Indian National Congress, 1896; President, the London Indian Society; moved for an enquiry into Indian affairs in the British House of Commons, 1894; defeated Government on the question of Simultaneous Examination; Member, Inter Parliamentary Conference at the Hague, 1891; Member of Royal Commission on Indian Expenditure, 1895; Member, British Committee of the Indian National Congress from 1889; President, Indian National Congress; 1906; proceeded to England, but returned to India under medical advice, 1907. Publications; “Poverty and Un-British Rule in India”, and a large number of speeches and writings contributed to Indian and Continental Papers. Address: Vesava, Bombay, India.  Naoroji, Rev. Dhanjibhai; b. near Broach in Gujarat, 1822; educ: at the Rev. Dr. J. William’s School; received baptism, 1839; was the subject of a writ of Habeas Corpus issued to Dr. Wilson; accompanied Dr. Wilson to England, 1813; visited Eygpt, Syria, and the Continent; studied Theology at Edinburgh for 3 years; ordained by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh, 1846; returned to India, 1817; Missionary at Surat till 1856; at Bombay, 1856; at Poona, 1873-7; laboured in the Native Churches, Schools and the Press till after 1899. Address: Bombay, India.  Naoroji, Hormusji, B.C.E., A.M.I.C.E., Deputy Sanitary Engineer, Madras; b. 1860; joined service as Assitant to the Sanitary Engineer to Government of Madras, April 1890; in charge of the Office of Sanitary Engineer, Madras, on three different occasions; services lent to the Corporation of Madras as Engineer, June to September 1903; on special duty for revising plans and estimates in connection with the Water Supply Scheme of the Madras Corporation, 1905-08; reverted, February 1909; Deputy Sanitary Engineer, 1912. Address: Madras, India.  Naoroji, Pestonji, Vakil, C.I.E., Khan Bahadur, (See ).  Napier, Charles F., B.A, Bar-at-Law, Judge, High Court, Madras; 2nd s. of late Hon’ble William Napier, 2nd son of 9th Baron Napier, the 10th Baron having been Governor of Madras, 1866-72, and acting Viceroy of India, 1872 and subsequently created Baron Ettrick (Peerage of U.K.); b. 1862. educ: at Oxford University; passed B.A., 1883; called to Bar (Middle Temple); came out to India and commenced practice in the Madras High Court; appointed Government Pleader, 1909; acting Advocate 299