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90 WHO'S WHO IX INDIA Sri Jyoti Prasad Singh Deo, Raja — is the present proprietor of the ancient estate known as the Zamindari Raj of Panchkot or Chakla Panchkot, a territory of 2,779 square miles, situated on the Western Frontiers of Bengal. It is said that the Raj was founded about the year 81 A.D. by the Maharaja Dheraj Sri Damodar Sekhur Deo, a scion of the Rajput family of Maharaja Dhiraj Oodayjee Singh Deo who reigned in Dhona- garh, North-West Provinces. Bir Narain, the Raja of Panchkot, was a commander of 300 horses under Shahjehan and died in the year 1632. The Rajas of Panchkot had their residence on the top of the Panchkot hills. The great grand- father of the present Raja removed to Kashipur in the District of Manbhum where the family at present reside. Sri Jyoti Prasad Singh Deo, who is 67th in descent from the founder of the Raj, was born in 1881 and succeeded to the Raj in 1 90 1. He married the sister of the present Maharaja of Mayurbhanj, a tributary state in the Province of Beharand Orissa. The personal title of Raja was conferred on Jyoti Prasad Singh Deo in June, 1912. Address: Kashipur, Manbhum District. HORMUSJE Byramsha Vakil, Khan Saheb, Mr.— Post Master, Baroda. Title conferred in January, 191 3.. Address : Baroda. MiRZA Muhammad Beg, Khan Saheb — Sub-Assistant Surgeon, now stationed at Birjand. Title conferred in January, 1913. M. R. Ry. Madireddi Venkataratnam Nayudu- GARU, Rao Saheb; Chairman, Municipal Council, Rajahmundry, Godavari District, in the Madras Presidency. The title of Rao Saheb was conferred as a personal distinction in January, 1913. Address: Rajahmundry, Godavari District (Madras). M. R. Ry. Kannambra Raman Unni Valiya Nayar AVERGAL, Rao Saheb, Landlord, Malabar District in the Madras Presidency. Title conferred in January, 1913.