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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . Service as Assistant Private Secretary to H.H. The Maharaja, 1890; Huzur Secretary with the Status of Secretary, 1902; accompanied H.H. the Yuvaraj on his tour to Europe, June 1913; visited Great Britain and Ireland, France, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland and returned, October 1913. Address: Baswangady, Bangalore City, Mysore Province, India.  Raghbir Singh, Sardar, b. 1871; descendant of Sirdar Jai Singh who obtained possessions in Ludhiana, Ladhran, Khazrar and Umballa in 1759; his grandfather was on the side of the British in the Mutiny of 1857; served the State of Nabha as judicial Minister; owns 1/12th of the whole Jaghir held by the Ladhran Sirdars both in the Ludhiana and Amritsar districts; holds the office of Adalat-i-Sadr in the Nabha State which brings him a monthly income; has a seat in the Provincial Durbar. Address: Ladhran, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.  Raghunath Rao, Dinkar, Rao Raja, Mashir-i-Khan Bahadur, Madur-ul-Muham, Political Secretary, Gwalior State; s. of Raja Sir Dinkar Rao, K.C.S.I., of the Rajawede family; b. 1858; educ: at home; joined the State service as Private Secretary to the late Maharaja; sometime Additional Accountant-General; Famine Commissioner, 1896; Member of Council; Member, Board of Revenue, Gwalior, 1901; 1st class Sardar in Bombay; owns estates in Gird, Tawargar, Amyhora, and Mandsar in Gwalior State, and in the districts of Agra, Benares, Poona, Ahmednagar, Satara and Ratnagiri; his eldest son, Lt.-Col. Ganpat Rao Rajwade, is Adjutant-General of the Gwalior Army, Recreations: Music and Photography. Address: Gwalior, India. Club: Elgin, Gwalior.  Raghunath Shivram, Tipnis, B.A., LL.B. Statutory Civil Service, Bombay; joined service in Bombay; served in the various lower grades, and became Subordinate Judge, 1878; Assistant Collector, Bombay, 1887; services lent to the State of Junagad, 1893-94; be came 1st Assistant, 1897; Sessions Judge, December 1897. Address: Bombay, India.  Raghunath Singh, Maharaj, C.I. (1911), Dhasuk, Kishangarh State; b. 1872; succeeded as head of the family, 1883; enjoys an annual income of Rs. 20,000. Address: Dhasuk, Kishnagarh State, Rajputana, India.  Raghuraj Singh, Raja; b. 1873; succeeded to title and estate, 1890; belongs to a junior branch of the Bisen house of Gonda; the estate comprises 152 whole villages and portions of 24 others yielding an annual revenue of Rs. 37,362; the title of Raja remained in abeyance for some time, but was conferred on Raghuraj Singh as a personal distinction. Address: Markapur, Gonda, U.P., India.  Raghoprasad Narayan Singh, Rai Bahadur (1909), Rais and Honorary Magistrate, Karchanna; Provincial Durbarri and owner of the Baraon sugar factory; constructed a number of wells and other minor works of public utility; Member, Board of Agriculture and Trustee of the Brindabau Temple Estates; Member, the Bharat Dharma Mahamaudal; 337