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 deputed to Europe and America to study the systems of Primary Education, 1906; raised the number of Primary schools for boys from 1,143 to 1,776, and for girls from 55 to 214; Secondary schools for boys from 216 to 245, for girls from 17 to 54 : Industrial, Technical and special schools from 1 to 24 : introduced Manual Training and Kindergarten instruction into the schools of the State; introduced religious and moral instruction in schools; increased the minimum pay of Village School Masters to Rs. 10 per mensem. Retired, 1909. Address: Bombay.  Bhachandra Rao Chintamanrao, also known as, AnnaSahibPatvardhan, Maherban; Chief of Kurandvad (Senior). This is a feudal estate granted by the Peishwa to a member of the Patvardhan family on condition of military Service. The Chief is a first class Sardar and has power to try his subjects for capital offences. The area of the estate is 185 sq. miles, with a population of 50,000, and a revenue of nearly two lakhs. He has a sanad of adoption, and succession follows the rule of primogeniture. Address: Kurandavad, Southern Mahratta Country, Bombay Presidency.  Bhadawar, Raja of; Makarudra Man Singh; Born, 1896; Succeeded, 1902; The estate comprises 28 villages in the District of Agra and 2 in Mainpuri, the latter being revenue free. In 1803 the then Raja helped the British against Sindhia for which he received the grant of Ater, revenue free. Address: Nangawan, Agra, U.P.  Bhadrachalam, Zamindar of; Sri Parthasarathi Appa Rao; Hereditary keeper of the famous temple of Sri Rama at Bhadrachalam, the place where the epic hero is said to have crossed the Godavari on his expedition to Ceylon. Born, 1860; Title recognised, 1869; has two sons, elder being Narayya Appa Rao; has established a hospital and an A.V. School at Buragammalapadu, the head-quarters of the Zamin; has encouraged well irrigation and has introduced sugar cane cultivation into his estate. Address: Buragammalapadu, Godavari District, Madras Presidency.  Bhagat Chand, Rana; Born, 1888; succeeded to gaddi, 1910; educated at the Lahore Aitchison College. This state was originally a tributary of Sirmoor, but after the Gurkha War in 1815, it was made independent and a Sanad was granted to Rana Puran Chand by Lord Moira. Puran Chand afterwards abdicated and the state was restored to his son Karam Chand in 1840. The present Rana, prior to his accession to the gaddi, was a Magistrate and Councillor of the State, whose area is 288 square miles; its population is 24,700 and its revenue, Rs 1,90,000. Address: Jubbal, Simla Hill States, Punjab.  Bhagat Singh, Sardar Bahadur: Revenue Member, Dholpur State; Born, 1863; Educated at Lahore: Entered Service as clerk in Sindh, Punjab and Delhi Railway; transferred to Thaggi and Dacoity department, 1902; Services lent to Dholpur State; promoted to the Secretaryship of Ijlas khas. Exercises also Sessions powers in the State. Address: Dholpur. 40