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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . became Sub-Judge, 1890; Judge, Court of Small Causes, Madras, 1893; District and Sessions Judge, 1894; services lent to the State of Travancore as Chief Justice, 1898; retired, 1904; engaged himself in the study of Vedanta Philosophy; saved many a rich family from ruinous litigation by offering timely and sound advice and by undertaking to arbitrate gratis. Address: New Town, Cuddalore, South Arcot District, Madras Presy.  Venugopal Vachendra Bahadur, Raja, Member of the Venkatagiri family, Madras; 4th s. of late Sri Raja Kumara Yachama Naidu Bahadur Garu, the 27th in the line of succession of the Rajas of Venkatagiri; b. 1873; educ: privately; got his share of the moveable property after the death of his father; receives a monthly allowance of Rs. 1,000 from the family estate of Venkatagiri; proceeded to England in company with his brother, the Maharaja of Bobbili, 1893; had an interview with the late Emperor Edward VII; again visited Europe and travelled all over the British Isles, and visited Germany, Turkey, Egypt and Persia, 1900; bears the whole expenditure in connection with the annual festival of Sivarathri at the Temple of Kalahasti; presented a hospital for animals in Madras, 1899; holds K.I.H. Gold medal; sole proprietor of the Madras Stable Company. Recreations: Polo and Racing. Address: “Osbourne House”, White’s Road, Royapetta, Madras.  Venugopal Chetty, Vengal, B.A., I.C.S., Madras; educ: Christian College, Madras; passed B.A., 1886; proceeded to England and joined Christ’s Collge, Cambridge; joined the I.C.S. as Assistant Collector, 1890; became Collector and District Magistrate, 1897; Sessions Judge, 1901. Publications: Inscriptions in Nellore (with Mr. Butterworth, I.C.S.). Address: Chingelput, Madras Presidency.  Verriers, Albert Claude, C.I.E. (1909), Under Secretary to Government, U.P., India; s. of late L. Verriers; b. 1871; educ: at St. Peter’s Collge, Agra, and Thomason Civil Engineering College, Rurki; joined service in the P.W.D., as Assistant Engineer (Irrigation Branch), 1893; Engineer in charge of Buildings and Roads, Muttra, 1899-00; in Bareilly, 1900-02: Executive Engineer, 1902; acted in that capacity in several places until 1910; Personal Assistant to Chief Engineer and Under Secretary to Government, U.P. 1911; m. Mabel Blanche, d. of late Francis More; 1899. Address: Naini Tal, U.P., India.  Vidya Sagar Pandya, Secretary, Indian Bank, Ltd., Madras; s. of Pandit Basant Ram, who was the first to open a firm of auditors under the name of “Basant Ram and Sons” in the Punjab; b. at Multan, 1876; belongs to a family of hereditary Accountants, Dealers and Bankers financing Governments and the aristocracy; educ: at the Hindu College, Vizagapatam; Christian College, Lahore, and the Government College, Lahore; joined the firm of Basant Ram and Sons, as partner, 1898; joined the Peoples’ Bank of India, Karachi, as Manager, 1903; Manager of the Bank’s Head,Office at Lahore, 1905; 450