INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Sydenham of Combe.
National Insurance of War Risks, 1906; Governor of Bombay, 1907-13; raised to the Peerage and took the title of Lord Sydenham, 1913; Honorary Colonel, 6th Australian Infantry; left India after the completion of his term of Governor of Bombay, 1914. Publications: Practical Geometry and Engineering Drawing; The Principles of Graphic Statics; Plevna; Perspective Explained and Illustrated; Fortifications, Past, Present and Future; The Last Great Naval War; the Navy and the Nation; Imperial Defence; Russia’s Sea Power; Kinglake’s Crimean War abridged Edn.; Contributions to Edinburgh, Quarterly. XIX Century, North American Review, etc. Recreations: Music and Painting. Address: 101, Onslow Square, S.W. Clubs: Athenaeum; United Service.
Syed Ameer Hassan Sahib, M.L.C., Mysore, since 1913; Senior Assistant Commissioner (Retd). Address: Hassan, Mysore State.
Syed Hassan Imam, Bar-at-Law; Judge, High Court, Calcutta, since 1912. Address: Calcutta.
Syed Hussain Hyder, Hon’ble Khan Bahadur (1910); Honorary Magistrate, Comilla; Member of the Committee for the Supervision of Mahommedan Registers, and Member of the Legislative Council of Eastern Bengal and Assam, representing the Moslem community of Chittagong. Address: Comilla, Tipperah, Bengal.
Syed Muhammud Sahib Bahadur, Hon’ble Nawab; elected Member, Imperial Legislative Council, since 1913; y.s. of late Shahzadi Shahrukh Begum, d. of Sultan Yasin, 4th s. of Tippu Sultan of Mysore; Sheriff of Madras, 1896, being the 1st Mahomedan gentleman to be appointed to that position; Member, Madras Legislative Council, 1900; re-appointed, 190i; invited to Delhi Durbar, 1903; elected to the Imperial Legislative Council, 1903; took a leading part in the debates on the Universities, the Co-operative Credit Societies, the Official Secrets and other important bills; has ever been active in promoting better feelings between his co-religionists and other communities; Chairman, Congress Reception Committee, 1903; President, Indian National Congress, 1913. Address: Humayoon Manzil, Peter’s Road, Royapettah, Madras.
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Tabard. Rev. Fr. A. M.; S.J.; M.A. M.R.A.S.; Chaplain, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Bangalore; for some time Professor, St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore; President, Mythic Society, Bangalore. Address: Residency Road, Bangalore.
Tagore, Abanindra Nath, C.I.E.; Vice-Principal, Government School of Art, Calcutta, since 1905; Zemindar of Shahzadpur, Bengal; b. 1871; s. of Goonendranath Tagore; g.g.s. of Dwarka Nath Tagore of Jorasank; educ: At home and at the Sanskrit College, Calcutta; distinguished painter; has taken much interest in reviving Indian artist; has trained many students in his
