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 known as the “Kshatriya Upkarni Mahasabha” for which he has made an endowment of Rs. 35,000; founded the “Bhinga Raj Kshatri ya Scholarship”, and the Edward Scholarships; has given Rs. 11,000 for sending a Kshatriya graduate to Oxford or Cambridge University; has endowed Rs. 10 lakhs for the Hewett Kshatriya High School at Benares. The title of “Rajarshi” was conferred on him by the Mahasabha, which has been recognised by Government as a mode of address; retired from public life and is leading the life of a recluse at Benares since 1895. Publication: “A history of the Bhinga Raj Family” (1883); “Democracy not suited to India” (1888), “The decay of the landed, Aristocracy in India” (1892); “Memorandum on the education of the sons of Landlords” (1882); “Minute on the Law of Sedition in India” (1892); “The Russul Question” (1893) and “Views and Observations” (1907). Address: Bhinga Estate, Bahraich, Oudh; also, Durgakund, Benares City.

Bhopal, Begum of; H.H. Nawab Sultan Sir Jehan Begum, G.C.S.I. 1910; G.C.I.E,, 1904; b. 1858; S. mother (H.H. Nawab Shah Jehan Begum, G.C.S.I, C.I.), 1910; Eighth in lineal descent from the famous Dost Mahomed Khan, founder of the dynasty: Area of the State, 6,874 square miles; Population, 900,000; Her Highness receives a salute of 21 guns within, and 19 guns outside the limits of her dominions. Address: Bhopal, Central India.

Bhore, Joseph William, B.A., (Bombay), I.C.S. Dewan of Cochin State since 1913; Ed. in Bombay and at University College, London; joined service as Assistant Collector and Magistrate, Kistna, 1902; Acted as Head Assistant Collector and Magistrate in various places and on different occasions till he became Assistant Secretary and then acting Under Secretary to Government in the Rev. Dept. 1910; Sub-Collector, 3rd Grade, 1911; Dewan of the State of Cochin, 1913; Address: Enakulam, Cochin State, South India.

Bhownagree, Sir Mancherjee Merwanjee, K.C.I.E.; 1897; Bart. 1858; b. 1851; belongs to a family which originally came from Persia; m. 1872; one s. one d. Educ.: Elphinstone College. Began life as a journalist; appointed as Agent, at Bombay, for the State of Bhavangar, 1873, of which he became Judicial Councillor, 1887; M.P.(L.) Bethnal Green, North-East, 1895-1906; founded the Ave Bhownagree Nurses’ Home at Bombay, and erected the Bhownagree Corridor at Imperial Institute, London, in memory of his only sister. Took part in the agitation against the treatment of Indians in South Africa and other colonies, 1914. Publications: History of the Constitution of the East India Company, 1871: Gujerati translation of H.M.’s Life in the Highlands, etc. Recreations: gymnastics, riding. Address: 177, Cromwell Road, S.W. Carlton, and Constitutional Clubs.

Bhunesh Partab Singh, Raja; Born, 1884, succeeded to title 1904; head of the younger branch of the Sarnet clan of Rajputs founded by Chandar Sen; Rundhir Singh, the youngest son of Chandra Sen, was the first to receive the estate of Unaula for his share. Of the history of the descendants of Randhir Singh, very little is known, except that they provided heirs for the Bansiline on two different occasions; Raja Harihar Surparaz Singh was in  45