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Lancers, and Extra Member of the State Executive Council, 1894; opened famine relief works employing 16,000 persons and personally visited the affected areas in the State, 1897; at the last Boer War, he furnished 100 trained horses and equipment and 50 men for "Lumsden's Horse;" improved the Port of Bhavanagar, where now vessels are able to discharge, a Dock and a wharf having been constructed; has carried out Railway extentionsextensions [sic] in the State; has founded scholarships for the study of agricultural science; is entitled to a salute of 11 guns. Address: "Nilambag Palace", Bhavanagar.

Bhavanrav, also known as Bala Sahib Pant Maherban, Pratinidhi; Is a Brahmin and a descendant of Trimbak Krishna Parasuram Pant; the son of Trimbak was raised to the rank of Sardar by Rajaram Sivaji in 1690 and the higher title of Pratinidhi in 1698. This title afterwards became hereditary. Area of the State is 447 square miles and its population is about 70,000. The Chief is a first class Sardar. Address: Aundh, Satara Agency, Bombay.

Bhavanandam Pillai, Saravana; Rao Sahib. (1910), Assistant Commissioner, Madras City Police: Born, 1866, Inspector of Police. Madras; Officiating Assistant Commissioner of Police, 1908, Deputy Superintendent of Police, 1913; Officiating Assistant, Commissioner of Police Madras, 15th March 1913; Examiner in Tamil, Madras University. Publications: Harischandra in Tamil and various other dramatic prices. Address: Pursawakum, Madras.

Bhedwar, Shapur N.; Indian artist and photographer, Bombay; b.; 1858; Visited Europe. 1891; Holds over forty Medals and diplomas: also a gold Medal of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain and Champion gold medal of the International Photographic Exhibition, Liverpool. Is a photographer to the Royal family. Has published several Guzrathi works. Address: Camballa Hall, Bombay.

Bhimasena Rao, H. B. A., son of Mr B. Hanumantha Rao. B.A., retired Professor, College of Engineering, Madras: Dy. Accountant General, Madras; B.A. 1896; Joined services as Assistant Accountant General, Madras, 1899; Comptroller, Postal Accounts of Central Provinces, 1902; Assistant Accountant General and Examiner of Local Fund Accounts, Madras, 1908; Assistant Accountant General. Calcutta, 1961; Dy Accountant General, Rangoon, 1912; Dy Accountant General, Madras, 1914. Address: Kamlalaya, Rayapeta, Madras.

Bhinga, Raja of; Rajarshi Udai Pratap Singh, C.S.I.. b. 1850; succeeded his father, the late Raja Krishna Datta Singh, 1862; took charge of the estate, 1869; educated at the Court of Wards Institute, Lucknow; married the Younger daughter of the late Raja Raghunath Shah Dewa, of Aghori Barhar in the district of Mirzapur. Is a Kshatriya of the Bishen clan and traces his descent from Mayur Bhatta, a devotee. The last of the Gonda line of Chiefs was Raja Devi Bakhsh Singh. In 1887, the Government of India presented the present Raja with a cannon; exempted him from the operation of the Arms Act and from personal attendance in Civil Courts. He has established what is now 44