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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . family whose members were collecting Chowth and Sirdeshmukhi on behalf of the Peshwas: Member of the Provincial Civil Service and has acted as Diwan of Nandgaon and Superintendent of Bastar; retired, 1900; became Manager of the Senior Bhonsle Estate; invited to the Durbar of 1911. Address: Nagpur, C.P., India.  Rampal, Raja, C.I.E. (1904); head of an ancient family of Rajputs who ruled, it is said, for over 200 generations; exercises Civil, Criminal, and Judicial powers; received sanads in the Durbars of 1877 and 1903; title of Raja recognised as hereditary, 1908; his estate is exempt from attachment by Civil Courts. Address: Kutlehr, Kangra, Punjab, India.  Rampur, Nawab of; Colonel H.H. Alijah, Farzand-i-Dilpizier-Danlat-i-Inglishia-Muklisud-Doula, Nazir-ul-Mulk, Amir-ul-Umara, Nawab Sir Muhammud Hamid All Khan Bahadur, Mustaid Jang, G.C.I.E. (1908), G.C.V.A. (1911); b. 1875; succeeded, 1889; A.D.C. to King Emperor; area of the State, 892 sq. miles; population, 531,000; salute, 13 Guns. Address: Rampur, U.P., India.  Ramsaran Das, M.A., M.R.A.S., Rai Bahadur: b. 1858; educ: Canning College, Lucknow; passed B.A., 1877; M.A., 1879; besides the ancestral estate, he owns the village of Ramsaran Dospur as revenue Free; was a Member, Faculty of Law, Allahabad University for 11 years; is an Honorary Magistrate, and Vice-Chairman, District Board; Trustee, Kayasta Fatasala, Allahabad; Member, Advisory Committee for the Indian Students proceeding to England; Member, Museum Committee. Address: Fyzabad, U.P., India.  Ram Shankar Misra, Pandit, M.A., Collector and Magistrate, U.P.; joined service as Professor of Mathematics, Benares College, 1877; Professor, Agra College, 1879; Assistant Magistrate and Collector under Native Civil Service rules, 1887; Joint Magistrate, 1892; Assistant Settlement Officer, 1893; Assistant Commissioner, 1896; Deputy Commissioner, 1899; Magistrate and Collector, 1900. Publication: Treatise on Mensuration in Hindi, and a manual of Rent and Revenue Law. Address: Benares, India.  Ramabai, Pandita, Bombay; y.d. of late Anant Shastri; belongs to an ancient Konkanasth Brahmin family that had long ago settled in Mysore; b. 1858; educ: privately under the care of her father; lost her parents at an early age; reached Calcutta with her brother; became attracted by her scholarship and her advanced views on religion, and was conferred the title of “Saraswati” by the Pandits of Calcutta; m. Bepin Behari Madhavi, M.A., B.L., .1880; lost her husband, 1882; visited Bombay, 1882; visited England and took her lodgings in St. Mary’s Home, Wantage, 1883; embraced Christianity together with her daughter, Manorama, 1883; appointed Professor of Sanskrit, Ladies College, Cheltenham, 1884; studied Mathematics, Natural Science and English Literature; proceeded to America with her daughter, 1886; succeeded in securing the practical svmpathies of the American public for bettering the condition of 343