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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. .  of India (Financial Department), 1895; Under Secretary (Home Department), 1897; Deputy Secretary, 1904; Secretary, University Commission, 1904; Private Secretary to the Viceroy, 1904-05; Commissioner of Dig, 1907; Chief Secretary to Government of East Bengal and Assam, 1910. Publications: ‘Official History of Plague in India’, ‘Progress of Education in India’, and articles for the Imperial Gazetteer of India. Address: Dacca, India. Club: East India United Service.  Nathi Mal, Hon’ble Rai Bahadur, (1896), C.I.E., (1909), belongs to a respectable family of Agarwala Banias; b. 1852; has opened a large number of Pathasalas, dharmasalas and temples and has made liberal contributions to other charitable institutions; Government Treasurer, Bulandshahr district; Chairman, Khurja Municipality; intr duced cotton presses and owns many factories and banks; Honorary Magistrate and Mem ber, Legislative Council, U.P. Address: Khurja, Bulandshah, U.P., India.  Nathmolji Gobelha, Rai Sree Seth, Banker and Treasurer, Gvvalior State; b. 1851: educ: privately; belongs to a noble Marwar family; Fellow, Deccan Education Society, Poona; Member. Gwalior Chamber of Commerce; President of the 7th Jain Conference; subscribed 21/2 lakhs to charitable institutions. Address; Sarfa House, Gwalior, Central India.  Naya Gopal Sarkar, B.A., Rai Bahadur (1894), Extra Assistant Commissioner, Chanda; b. 1854; educ: Hindu School, Presidency College, and General Assembly’s Institute, Calcutta; joined service in the Foreign Branch, Government of India, 1883; accompanied the Durand Mission to Kabul, 1893; appointed Extra Assistant Commissioner and posted to the C.P. 1900. Address: Chanda, C.P., India.  Nawanagar, Maharaja of; H.H. Maharaja Kumar Singh Ranjitsinghji; s. of Jivansinghji, but adopted by his uncle Jam Shri Sir Vibhaji Ranmulji, Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, b. 1872; educ: Rajkot Rajkumar College, and Trinity College, Cambridge; belongs to the same family as the Rao of Cutch: a well-known cricketeer and champion batsman; has a squadron of Imperial Service Lancers numbering 145, and a sub-ordinate force of 211 men, of whom 26 are mounted, and a Police force of 876; area of the State, 3,701 square miles; population, 400,000; revenue, Rs. 25 lakhs; entitled to a salute of 11 guns. Address: Nawanagar, Kathiawar, Bombay Presidency, India.  Nawab Syed Ghulam-a-Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Banganapalli, (See ).  Nawab Syed Ali Chaudhri, Hon’ble, Khan Bahadur; elected Member, Legislative Council, Bengal. Address: Calcutta, India.  Nawabganj, Nawab of; Nawab Fateh Ali Khan Kizilbash, C.I.E.; b. 1862; succeeded his uncle, 1896; claims descent from an<section end="Nawabganj, Nawab of; Nawab Fateh Ali Khan Kizilbash"/> 303