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Settlement duty in 1897; on Census and Gazetteer work from 1901 to 1908; employed in the reorganization of the Civil Office establishments in Baluchistan during 1909-10. In 1910-11 he was Assistant to the Superintendent of Census Operations in Baluchistan. He has assisted materially in the compilation of nine of the District Gazetteers of Baluchistan, and is known amongst the officials of the province as a living encyclopaedia of Baluchistan. He was one of the founders of the Sandeman Library at Quetta, of which he is President; he is also President of the Indian Gymkhana, Quetta. He was created a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar. Publications: "Quetta Municipal Manual"; "Hand-book to the Brahui language". Address: Sibi, Baluchistan.


Chotal, or Tsedag Namgyal Maharaj Kumar Sidkeong Tulku, C. I. E., Heir-Apparent of Sikkim, was invested with the insignia of Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire by His Majesty the King-Emperor, on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar. A notice of Sikkim State appears in Part I, page 104, of this work.


Mohammad Salamullah, Khan Bahadur, C. I. E., whose biography appears in Part VI, page 13, of this work, was invested with the insignia of Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire by His Majesty the King-Emperor on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar.


Raghunath Singh, Maharaj, C. I. E., of Dhasuk, Kishangarh State, was born in 1872. He is descended from Maharaj Rup Singh, who fought under the Emperor Shahjahan. Another ancestor was famous as a soldier under Bahadur Shah. Maharaj Sri Kalparanji entered into agreements with the British in 1809, and the family have been conspicuous for their loyalty to the Throne. Maharaj Sri Prithwi Singh, the head of the family, rendered great service during the Mutiny, sending troops to Ajmere and Nasirabad: Maharaj