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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . service to the State during times of plague and famine. Address: Gayagate Station, Baroda City, India.  Sham, Sunder Lalji, B.A., Rao Bahadur, C.I.E. (1911), Gwalior State; b. 1854; educ: at the Hume High School, Etawah, and the Government College, Agra; B.A., 1875; joined service as Professor of Mathematics and Science, Government College, Ajmere; transferred to Revenue department as Extra Assistant Commissioner, 1884; services lent to the State of Jhalawar; Private Secretary to H.H. the Raja till 1886; transferred to Kishenghar as Member of State Council; became Dewan, 1890; managed the State durirg the minority of Raja; rendered excellent service in the famine of 1899-90; awarded K.-I.-H. medal and Coronation medal; joined the Gwalior State, 1906; President, the Vaishya Conference, Benares; is a Member of the Theosophical Society, Address: Gwalior, Central India.  Sharms-ul-Huda, Hon’ble Nawab Syed, M.A., B.L.; Member of Council, Bengal; claims descent from a respectable Syed family in the district of Tippera; b. 1864; educ: Presidency College, Calcutta; passed B.A., 1884; B.L., 1886; M.A., 1888; joined Government service as Professor of Arabic and Persian, Calcutta, Madrassa; resigned and joined the Bar; Fellow, Calcutta University, 1894; Tagore Law Lecturer, 1902; Additional Member, Imperial Legislative Council; Member, Calcutta Corporation; President, All-India Muslim League; Secretary, Bengal Landholders’ Association. Address: Ballyganj, Calcutta, India.  Shankarlal Shastri, Mahamaho-padhyayaUpadhyaya [sic], Marvi; b. at Marvi, Kathiawar, 1844; the first to receive the title of “Mahamaho-Upadhyaya” in all Gujarat; exhibited his powers of composing verses at the early age of 14; at the age of 16 he was introduced to the then Jam Sahib Vibhaji, who bestowed on him the title of ‘The Poet Extempore’; attracted the attention of the great Hindu Jurist, Rao Sahib Viswanath Narayan Mandlik at whose instance he composed thanksgiving verses in Sanskrit on the recovery from illness of His Majesty the late Emperor Edward VII (then Prince of Wales); appointed Head Sastriji of Marvi; retired on pension after a service of 40 years; is equally remarkable for his powers of memory; has composed many Sanskrit dramas and poems, and one of his dramas, ‘Savithri Charitra’ has been successfully staged at Bombay and at Marvi; two of his Sanskrit Dramas were translated into Gujarati by the late Keshavlal Hariram, and two of his stories have been rendered into Gujarati prose by Mr. Viswanath P. Vaidya. Address: Marvi, Kathiawar Agency, Bombay Presidency.  Shapter, Rev. S. W., S.J., Rector and Professor, St. Xavier’s College, Bombay; b. in Exeter. 1847; educ: Westminster School, London; came out to India, 1895; started the St. Xavier’s College Association. Address: Bombay, India. 393