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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . 1870; Assistant Superintendent of Police, Panch Mahals, 1873; served in Burma as Assistant Commissioner; served in the Burma campaign and secured medal and clasp, 1885-87; on special duty with Chin Field Force, 1888; Commissioner. 1892-6; became Lt.-Colonel, 1894; retired, 1901 Address: c/o India Office, London. Club: Naval and Military.  Rai Kiran Chandra, Rai Bahadur (1910), Zamindar of Jessore; belongs to the Narail family who are privileged to have twenty retainers; b. 1869; among his works of public utility are Narail Victoria College, Narail Charitable Dispensary, Bathing Ghats at Cossipur and Mirzapur (United Provinces); a Commissioner of the Cossipur and Chitpur Municipality and Honorary Magistrate of the Sealdah and Barnajone Benches. Address: Narail, Jessore, India.  Rai, Captain Devan Ganpat, I.M.S., District Medical and Sanitary Officer, Nellore; b. 1875; joined service as Medical Officer 8rd Infantry, 4th Lancers and the 4th Battery H.C., 1902; Medical charge of the sick at Bolaram, 1903; Medical Officer, 9th Infantry, 1903; recruiting duty in the Punjab, 1904; doing duty in the Madras Genenral Hospital, 1904; Resident Medical Officer, General Hospital, Madras, 1905; became Captain, 29th January 1905; 3rd Physician, General Hospital, 1905; attended course of instruction in X-Ray at Dehra Dun, 1906; 4th Physician, Madras General Hospital, and Professor of MeteriaMateria [sic] Medica, Madras Medical College, 1907; Resident Medical Officer, Madras General Hospital. 1908; District Medical and Sanitary Officer, Godavari, 1908; transferred in the same capacity to Vellore together with charge of Central Jail, 1910; transferred to Nellore as District Medical and Sanitary Officer, 1912; Address: Nellore, Madras Presidency, India.  Rajagopala Chariar, Nallan Chakravarty, Rao Bahadur (1906), Managing Director, “Madras Times”, Madras; s. of N. C. Anantha Chariar; b. 1869; educ; Pachaiyappa’s and the Christian Colleges, Madras; began career as a shorthand teacher in the Commercial School attached to the Pachaiyappa’s College. Madras; joined the “Madras Times” as Junior Reporter, 1889; became Official Reporter to the Corporation of Madras, in addition to his work in the “Madras Times”; Official Reporter, Madras Legislative Council, 1893; Official Reporter to several sessions of the Indian National Congress; Reporter of the Indian Famine Commission, the Indian Irrigation Commission, and the Royal Indian Public Services Commission, 1898-1902, and 1914 respectively. Address: Gengureddy Road, Egmore, Madras, India.  Rajagopala Chariar, Perungavur, M.A., B.L., Diwan Bahadur (1907), C.S., C.I.E. (1909), Secretary to Government (L.M.&E. departments). Madras; s. of late Mr. P. Varadachariar; b. 1862; B.A., 1880; M.A., 1882; B.L., 1884; joined service as Deputy Collector, 1888; rose to the position of District and Sessions Judge; services lent to H.H. the Raja of Cochin as Dewan, 1896-1902; reverted to 339