INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Dharampur.
about 100,000. The Raja is entitled to a salute of 9 guns. Address: Dharampur, Bombay Presy, India.
Dhiraj, Raja Sir Nahar Singh, K.C.I.E. (1903); b. 1855: o.s. of late Dhirat Singh Thakur of Dhanop: succeeded to the gaddi 1870. Address: Shahpuia, Rajputana, India.
Dholpur, Rana of; His Highness captain Raisud-Daulah Sipandar-ul-Mulk Saramud Ragha-i-Hind Maharaj Adhiraj Sir Sawai Maharaj Rana Ram Singh Lokindra Bahadur, Diler Jang Jai Deo, K.C.I.E.; is a Jat of the Camranlia Clan; e.s. of late chief Nihel Singh C.B.; b. 1883; succeeded as a minor, 1901; educ; Mayo College, Ajmere; m.d. of H.H. the Maharaja of Nabha; invested with full powers, 1905; area of the State, 1200 square miles: population, about 280,000; revenue, nearly 10 lakhs. Family colour was azure, subsequently changed into a golden yellow flag with the figure of Hanuman in the centre. Address. Dholpur, Rajputana, India.
Dhondy, Dr. Ardeshir Cowasje, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., L.M.R.C.P., Bombay; educ, New High School, and at the Elphinstone College, Grant Medical College, Bombay; passed L.M., 1902; proceeded to England, where he took the degree of L.R.C.P. and L.R.C.S., Edinburgh University, and L.F.P.S., Glasgow University; joined the Rotunda College of the Dublin University for practice in Midwifery and diseases peculiar to women and took the degree of L.M.R.C.P.; returned to India and set up practice at Bombay. Address: Bombay, India.
Dholu, Munchnji Rustomji, Khan Bahadur C.I.E. (1887), Bombay; b. 1845; educ: Bombay; m. Miss Narozbal Darabji, d. of Mr. Edulji Darabji of Bombay; joined service, 1866; served in the Political Department, 1869; was Sub-Registrar of Assurances; Registrar, Resident’s Court, 1st Class Magistrate, Judge, Small Causes Court; was Assistant Political Resident, Aden; retired, 1904; was a trustee of the Port of Aden, 1889-1894; Justice of the Peace, Bombay, 1905. Address; Dhobo Tola, Bombay, India.
Dhrangadra, Raja of; His Highness Shri Ghanshyam Sinhji; s. of Maharana Shri Ajit Sinhji; b. 1889; succeeded to gaddi, 1911; educ; at the Rajkumar College, Rajkot; proceeded to England to complete his study, 1904; returned to India and was appointed General of the State Military Force, 1909; installed to the gaddi, 1911: has proved an able administrator, and has thoroughly reorganised the administration in all its branches, more particularly, the financial branch; has opened an orphanage and founded scholarships for the encouragement of Science and agriculture; has added an operating theatre to the Prince of Wales’ Hospital in his capital in commemoration of the visit of Their Majesties the King-Emperor and Queen-Empress, to India, 1911; is the head of the ghala tribe of Rajputs; area of the State, 1167 sq-miles: population, 100,000; revenue, nearly 5 lakhs; is entitled to a salute of 11 guns. Address: Dhangadra, Bombay Presy, India.
Dhrol, Thakur Saheb of; H.H. Harsingji Jaisingji; b. 1846; succeeded to the gaddi, 1886; one of the Jadeja Rajput Chiefs of Kathiawar; area of the State, 282 square miles; population, 27,007;
