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SUPPLEMENT '95 exertions. The services of Major Dhanpat Rai may be divided into war services : — (i) In the Afghan War, 1878-79. (2) Soudan Campaign, 1885. (3) Burmese War, 1887. (4) Black Mountain Expedition, 1888. (5) Chitral Campaign, 1895. (6) Tirah Campaigns 1897 ^"^ 'S98 and special services: — (i) Persia, 1888, mule purchasing duty. (2) Jaipur Famine Relief, 1899-00. (3) Delhi Coronation Darbar and Manoeuvres, 1902-03. (4) Agra Darbar, 1906. (5) Delhi Coronation Darbar, 191 r. The services rendered in each and every case were duly rewarded and acknowledged by the bestowal on him of honors, distinctions, etc. Major Dhanpat Rai has, in his possession, 13 medals and 10 clasps. He has the credit of making a number of ambulances of his own design which are working so successfully in connection with the scheme of the St. John Ambulance Association in India. The iron folding cart used in the Jaipur Transport Corps is one of the inventions of Major Dhanpat Rai and has much impressed all the military officers and visitors. Major Dhanpat Rai has been to Eng- land three times as representative of the Jaipur Darbar to take part in the celebration in connection with the Jubilee, in 1897, of Her late Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, in 1903 on the occasion of the Coronation of King Edward VII and in 19 10 again in connection with the Coronation of the pre- sent King. Address: Jaipur. Abhaya Charan Sanyal, Rai Bahadur, Babu — Professor, Queen's College, Benares, was born on 6th August, 1857, and was educated successively in the Patna Collegiate School, Bengalitola High School, Benares, Queen's College, Benares, and the Muir Central College, Allahabad. The family to