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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . Subramania Ayyar, Sundrappiar Arambore, Rai Sahib,(1886), B.A., B.C.E., A.C.E., P.W.D., Madras (Retd.); s. of late Mr. Sundrappiar; b. 1865; passed, B.A., 1883; B.C.E., 1885; joined service in the Madras P.W.D. as Assistant Engineer, 1885; Executive Engineer, 1905; retired, 1906. Address: Tanjore, Madras Presidency.  Sudarshan Singh, Seth; Rai Bahadur, B.A., 1910; b. 1858; educ: Muir Central College, Allahabad; entered service as Probationary Postal Superintendent, 1882; became Superintendent; successfully managed Camp Post Offices at Bhopal for their Excellencies Lord Elgin, Lord Curzon and Lord Minto, 1895, 1899, and 1909, respectively, and for the party of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (now King Emperor George V), 1906; also at Surangpur Shooting Camp for H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, 1903; and for H.M. the Amir of Afghanistan, 1907. Address: Hoshangabad, C.P., India.  Suhrawardy, The Hon’ble Iftikharul MillatIftikhar-ul-Millat [sic], M.A., LL.D. Ph.D., Bar-at-Law; Advocate, Calcutta High Court; Commander of the Imperial Order of the Medjidie (Turkey), 1907. Iftikharul MillatIftikhar-ul-Millat [sic] (Glory of the People,) Persia, 1912; called to the Bar, 1906; Founder of Pan-Islamic Society and London Mosque Fund, 1903; Tagore Law Professor. 1910; Organized Indian Red Crescent Movement and Medical Mission to Turkey during Balkan War, 1911-13. Publications: The Sayings of Muhammad; Muslim Jurisprudence; Muslim Law of Marriage. Address: The Bar Library, Calcutta.  Sukhbir Sinha, Hon’ble Lala; Honorary Secretary, Zamindar’s Association,Muzafarnagar, U.P., b. 1868; s. of Hon’ble Rai Nihalchand Bahadur; educ: privately and at Agra College; elected Member, U.P. Legislative Council, 1909; presided over the Vaisya Conference held at Allahabad, 1910; President, Anglo-Sanskrit School, Muzafarnagar; Honorary Magistrate, Muzafarnagar; Trustee, Meerut College, and the Central Hindu College, Benares; owns lands in Muzafarnagar and Sahranpur. Recreations: Gardening, Tennis and Riding. Address: Muzafarnagar, U.P.  Sukhdeo Pershad Pandit, C.I.E., (1902), Rao Bahadur (1895); B.A., F.S.A., Minister, Jodhpur State; s. of late Pandit Sheo Narayan of Jodhpur; b. 1862; educ: Agra College, and at Calcutta; B.A., 1884; joined service as Assistant to Revenue Commissioner, Jodhpur, 1886; Member, State Council, 1887; Judicial Secretary to Minister, 1888; deputed to Revenue Settlement work, 1893; worked in the Secretariat office, 1898; Famine Secretary, Jodhpur State, 1899; Member, Board of Administration, 1901; Minister of the State, 1903; holds K-I-H gold medal. Address: Jodhpur, Rajputana.  Suket, Raja of; H.H. Raja Bhim Sain; b. 1885; succeeded to Gaddi, 1908; invested with full administrative powers, 1908; area of the State, 420 sq. miles; population, 55,000; revenue, over 1½ lakhs; entitled to a salute of 11 guns. Address: Suket, Punjab. 422