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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . South Africa, 1839; in Command of a column in South Africa, 1901; (Queen’s medal with three clasps King’s medal with two clasps); A.D.C., to King, Brevet Colonel); A.A.G. South Eastern District, 1902; D.A.G. India, 1903; Commandant of Nasirabad Brigade, 1906; Major-General, and A.D.C. to King, 1907; Commandant, East Lancashire Division since 1910. Address: the Paddock, Paynton, Stockport, Cheshire. Club: Junior United Service.  Parkin, Lt-Col. Henry, C.I.E., (1909); I.S.C, (1889): Inspector General of Police, Burma; s. of late Captain J. B. Parkin; b. 1858; educ: Sandhurst; joined service in the Army, 1878; served in the Zhob Valley Expedition, 1884; in Burma, (despatches, medal two clasps), 1886-89; became Lt.-Col. 1904. Address: Rangoon, Burma. Club: East India United Service.  Parlett, Leonard Montague, I.C.S., Temporary Judge, Chief Court, Lower Burma; educ. Bradfield College, and KableKeble [sic] College, Oxford; joined service as Assistant Commissioner and Settlement Officer, 1891; became Deputv Commissioner, 1905; Divisional Judge, 1908; Judge, Chief Court, Lower Burma, 1911. Address: Rangoon, Burma.  Parmanend Kunwar, Rai Bahadur, (1897); Chief Justice, Indore; s. 1861; s. of Raja Kishen Rao Bahadur, C.I.E., of Muradabad; belongs to a Chauhe Brahmin fnmily; passed Law examination, 1886; enrolled as a Vakil, 1890; Government Pleader and Public Prosecutor, Allahabad, 1891-99; Subordinate Judge, Oudh; held officiating appointments in the Small Causes Courts; was District and Sessions Judge at Rae Barely and Fyzabad; was Regigtrar, Judicial Commissioner’s Court; services lent to Indore State; Owns property in Etah, Mordabad, Shababad, and Rampur State jointly with his brother. Address. Indore, Central India.  Parameswaram Pillai, K., B.A., B.L., Vakil, and Member of the Travancore Legislative Council representing the division of Quilon. Address: Quilon, Malabar, India.  Partabnar, Raja of; Huku Taj Pertab Singh, b. 1893; succeeded, 1897; the remotest ancestor of the family of whom any information could be obtained is Sangat Deo who is said to have had 21 sons; one of these 21 sons, Sunar Singh, is said to have established himself in Etawah, his 8th descendant Paratab Singh is said to have built a fort which became known by the name of Partabnar; the family remained loyal to the British at the time of the Mutiny of 1857, and received as a reward a portion of its territories that had been confiscated before; the estate became heavily involved and it finally passed to the present chief who is a minor; it is now under the management of the Court of Wards. Address: Paratabnar, Etawah, India.  Partabgarh, Raja of; Hon’ble Partab Bahadur Singh, C.I.E.; is a Somibansi Rajput and is closely related to the Nagpur branch of the Partabgarh family; b. 1866; educ: Town School, Partabgarh; succeeded to estate, 1889; has founded two schools 319