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Date transcribed2011-03-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Darbhanga    
First Name(s)  Rameswar Singh    
Titles  Maharaja Bahadur Sir    
Year of Birth  1860    
Entry  Born Jan. 16, i860 : younger son of Maharaja Maheswar Singh : educated at the Queen's College, Benares, and at home by Chester Macnaghten {q.v.) : in 1878 was appointed by Lord Lytton to the Statutory Civil Service : served as Assistant Magistrate of Darbhanga, Chapra and Bhagalpur : resigned in 1885 : was created Raja Bahadur, of Bachaur : in 1888 was appointed a Member of the Bengal Legislative Council, as representative of the landowners of Bengal and Bihar : succeeded to the Darbhanga Raj on the death of his elder brother, Maharaja Sir Lachmeswar Singh, on Dec. 17, 1898 : made Maharaja Bahadur : in 1899 and 1904 was elected by the non-official members of the Bengal Legislative Council as their representative in the Governor- General's Legislative Council : President of several Landowners' Associations : Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal, 1900 : in 1902 made K.C.I.E., and appointed a member of the Police Commission.     
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