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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . Expedition, 1882; present at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir; served in Burma War,1886-87; in Command of 18th Infantry, Bengal Cantonment Magistrate, N.W.P., 1876-81; Deputy Secretary, Government of India (Military Department), 1887-93; Superintendent of Army Clothing, Bengal, 1892-97; passed Higher Examination in Oriental Languages; Translator of Professional Text-books for use in Native Armies in India. Publications: Translations of several Military Text-books into the Urdu, Hindi, and Gurmukhi languages. Address: 77, Waldeck Avenue, Bedford.  Tomkins, General William PerevalPercival [sic], C.I.E., (1890); s. of late Samuel Tomkins; b. 1841; entered Army 1860; served in Zhob Valley Expedition. 1884; Director General, Military Works, India, 1893-96; General, 1895; m. Annie, d. of late Robert Thurburn, 1864. Address; 120, Lexham Gardens, S.W. Club: East India United Service.  Tonk, Nawab of; H.H. Amin-ud-doulla, Wazirul-Mulk Sir Hefiz Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan Bahadur Saulat Jang, G.C.S.I., (1913); G.C.I.E., (1890); b. 1858; succeeded, 1857; area of the State, 2,553 sq. miles; population, over 270,000. Address: Tonk, Rajputana, India.  Townshend, Hon’ble Lieut.-Colonel Edward Copleston, I.A., Burma; b. 1864; joined service in the Army, 1883; transferred to Indian Army, 1886; Lieut.-Colonel, 1899; transferred to Civil Department. 1887; acted in various lower grades; Commissioner, Pegu Division, 1913. Address: Pegu, Burma.  Travancore, Maharaja of; H.H. Sri Padmanabha Dasa, Vanchi Pala Sir Rama Varma Kulasekara Kirtipathi, Manney Sultan, Maharaja Raja, Ramaraja Bahadur, Samsher Jang, G.C.S.I., (1903); G.C.I.E., (1904); M.R.A.S., F.R.G.S., F.M.U.; b. 1857; ascended the masnad, 1885; educ: under the care of Messrs. Annaji Rao, Raghunatha Rao,, etc.; m. in his 23rd year (wife died after the birth of a son, 1882); introduced the system of making laws through the aid of a Legislative Council in the State, 1888; received H.R.H. Prince Albert Victor of Wales, 1889; under took a pilgrimage to Benares, 1890; adopted two princesses, Sethu Lakshimi Bai and Sethu Parvathi Bai; same year His Highness received Lord and Lady Curzon; attended the Delhi Durbar, 1903; Inaugurated the Sri Mulam Popular Assembly, 1911; undertook an extensive tour in Southern India, 1911; Officer de l'Instruction Publique Address: Trivandrum,Travancore State, South India.  Travers, Morris William, D.Sc. (London), 1898; F.R.S., 1904; late Director, Indian Research Institute, Bangalore; Fellow of University College, London; Fellow of the Asiatic Society of Bengal; s. of late Wm. Travers, M.D., F.R.C.S., London; b. 24th January 1872; m. 1909, Dorothy, d. of Robert J. Gray of London; educ: Blundell’s School, Tiverton; University College, London, 1889; Graduated, 1893; Student at University of Nancy, 1894; Assistantship at University College, London, 1894; Assistant Prof., 1898; Prof. of Chemistry at University College, Bristol, 438