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a Nawalgadh family of Rajputana, and his father settled in Monghyr as a zemindar and banker. The Rai Bahadur possesses considerable zemlndari property, and has an income of about a lakh. He received his title on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar, in recognition of his public ser- vices. Address : Monghyr, Bengal.


CHAUDHURi, RADHE GOBIND, M. A., B. L., Rai Bahadur, Governmemt Pleader, Member of the District Board, Dispensary Committee and Charitable Society; Secretary of the Union of Co-operative Societies, Ranchi, and Director of the Chota Nagpur Banking Association, was born on 8th Novem- ber, 1864, and educated at Purulia Zilla School and the Metropolitan Institution and Presidency College, Calcutta. After a distinguished University career, Babu Radha Gobind Chaudhuri commenced practice as a pleader in Ranchi in 1888, and rapidly rose to the front rank of the local Bar. He was appointed Government Pleader in 191 1. He has long been connected with every public movement in Chota Nagpur : he was for twelve years a Member of Ranchi Municipality, being its Vice-Chairman for three years. He revived the local library, and placed it on a firm basis ; he was Secretary of the local Famine Committee in 1908. He is the founder and Secretary of the Ranchi Union of Co-operative Credit Societies, and it was v mainly for his services in this direction that he received his title and a Certificate of Honour at the recent Coronation Durbar. Address: Ranchi, Chota Nagpur.


Brahmachari, Upendra Nath, m. a., m. d., ph. d., Rai Bahadur, Fellow of Calcutta University, Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, Member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Lecturer in Medicine at the Campbell Medical School, Calcutta, was born on 7th June, 1875, and educated at the Presidency and Medical Colleges, Calcutta. His father, an Honorary Magistrate at Jamalpur, was Law Lecturer at Hooghly College. Dr. Brahmachari took his B. A. with