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 . Ashworth, Mr. Ernest Horatio, I.C.S. Member of Council, U.P.  Aslam Khan Muhammad, Col. Sir; A.D.C. to H.M. The King; Afghan by descent belonging to Sedozai family; son of Nizamud Daula Khan; Minister to Shah Shuja; joined the army as a trooper, 1881; appointed commandent of Khaihers Jerailahis, Political attache to the Afghan Boundry Commission, 1st to cross the 60 miles of desert from Nushki to Khwaja Ali on the Helmand river; retired in 1898 after 41 years service.  Assanand. Rai Sahib; Sub-Engineer (Retired), born 1851, educated in Lahore; entered Government service in the Military Works Department; title 1910. Address: Kamalia, Montgomery.  Asthibhuja Prasad, Rai Bahadur; born in 1882; educated at Kayastha Patasala, Allahabad; an enlightened Zamindar who started the Bansi Vernacular School; liberal subscriber to All-India King Edward VII Memorial: built temples at Ajoodhya and Gorakhpur. Address: Bansi, Basti District, U.P.  Atar Singh, Raja: Provincial Durbarri; born, 1864 and succeeded his uncle Raja Brij Rai Singh in 1892; descendant of the ex-Rajas of Bhadri in Kashmir; remains in British territory on a perpetual cash pension from Government in lieu of his Jagir title hereditary. Address: Tilokpur, Kangra, Punjab.  Atkinson, Sir John Nathaniel, K.C.S.I., I.C.S.; joined service as Assistant Collector and Magistrate, Kistna, 1878; served in various capacities and in various districts till 1894 when he was posted, as Collector and Magistrate of Kistna but was made to officiate as Collector, etc. of Madras in which post he was confirmed in 1897. In 1900, he became acting Third Member, Board of Revenue, Madras; in 1903 he became Secretary to the Government, Revenue Department. He was also an Additional Member of the Madras Legislative Council in 1901-1902 and again from 1903 to 1905; Acting Chief Secretary to the Government of Madras, 1908; Temporary Member of Council, 1909; Ordinary Member of Council Madras, August, 1909; C.S.I., 1908; K.C.S.I., 1912; retired from service, 1914.  Aulad Hassan, Saiyid, Khan Bahadur, Dacca; joined Bengal Registration Department, 1883; Inspector of Registration Offices 1906; Member of the Royal Asiatic Society; Honorary Magistrate, Khan Bahadur, 1907. Address: Dacca.  Aulad Hoosein, Saiyid, Khan Bahadur; Extra Assistant Superintendent, Survey of India; born 16th December, 1868; educated at the Aligarh College, Roorke Engineering College, and Survey of India Training School, Dehradun; joined Survey Department, 1891. Address: Dehra-Dun. <section end="Aulad Hoosein, Saiyid"/> <section begin="Autar Singh"/>Autar Singh, Sardar; Extra-Assistant Commmisioner, Punjab; born 1884 and succeeded to the estate in 1903; his grandfather Colonel Jivan Singh was entirely on the British side in the Second Sikh War; after the annexation of the Punjab, the British Government confirmed him in his position of commandant and also granted him a personal monthly allowance of Rs. 300; shortly afterwads Colonel Jivan Singh was murdered in the streets of Amritsar, while engaged in quelling a disturbance; on <section end="Autar Singh"/> 15