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 .  the news of the murder, the Governor-General described his loss as "a public loss to the State he had served so well". He also sanctioned the continuance of the monthly allowance of Rs. 300 to the male heirs of Colonel Jivan Singh in perpetuity and granted payments of cash pensions to certain members of the family. Address: Kalaswar, Kangra.  Ayling, Honorable Mr. Justice W. B.; I.C.S., Judge, High Court, Madras, joined service, October, 1888, arrived in India, January, 1889; Assistant Collector and Magistrate Coimbatore; District and Sessions Judge, Ganjam, 1904; appointed acting Puisne Judge, High Court of Judicature, Madras, 1911; confirmed 19th June, 1912. Address: Bishops Gardens, Adyar, Madras.  Aylmer, Col. Featon John, R.E., born April 5, 1862; son of Captain F. J. Aylmer, 97th Regt.; educated privately and at R.M.A., Woolwich; entered the Royal Engineers, 1880; served in India since 1883; in the Burma War, 1886-87; the Hazara expedition, 1891; in the Hunza expedition, 1891-2; Isazai expedition, 1892; Chitral expedition, 1895; at the storming of the Nilt Fort in 1891-2; for conduct at which obtained V.C. and Brevet Majority; C.B., 1907. Recreation: shooting. Address: Quetta, N.W. Frontier Province.  Azam, Khwaja Mahommeh, Khan Sahib; born in 1878; educated at the Dacca College: Honorary Magistrate of Dacca; Superintendent of Mofiul-Islam Panchayats; Member of the Land-holders Association, Eastern BangalBengal [sic] and Assam; Member of the All-India Muslim League; and Member of the Dacca Municipal Board. Khan Sahib, 1909. Publications: "Islami Panchayets, Dacca" (Urdu) and "Panchayet Sysemt of Dacca" (English). Address: Dilkusha Gardens, Dacca.  Azim Shah, Muhammad, Raja: Born, 1884; educated at the Raipur Rajkumar College as well as the M.A.O. College, Aligarh; adopted by Raja Suleman Shah, his maternal grandfather, in 1884, who died soon after the adoption. Succeeded to estate, 1906; exempt from personal attendance in Civil Courts; also from the provisions of the Arms Act; owns 49 villages: title of Raja hereditary. Recreation: Polo, riding and shooting. Address: Sansthanib Kila, Nagpur, C.P.  Azmad Ali Khan, Nawab Bahadur: born, 1835; according to Sir Denezil Ibbetson, the family of this Nawab is of Jat origin, though the British records say that the family is of Pathan Mahommedan descent; Muhandadi Khan, the grandfather of the present Nawab, was in Mahratta service and had been given lands in Muzaffarnagar, etc; during the wars with the Mahratas, he helped the British and as a reward for his services received lands in the Doab in the pargana of Kadnal. His family also helped the British during the Mutiny of 1857 for which it was liberally rewarded; granted title in 1891; has Jagirs both in the Punjab and the United Provinces, besides lands and house property yielding an annual income of Rs. 80,000. Address: Karnal, Punjab.  Aziz-ud-Din, Ahmad Khan, M.R.A.S. Qazi Khan Bahadur, Member: State Council, Bhartpur; born April 1861; entered Government service Deputy Collector, United Provinces, 1888; selected to serve 16