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148 WHO'S WHO IN INDIA in Bengal. Lala Atar Chanel's great-grandfather, Lala Sobha Ram. was Revenue Officer at Bhairowal in the Sikh regime; his father was Lambardar of a qanango patti, to which office the Rai Saheb's elder brother succeeded. Prior to admission into Government service in 1889, Lala Atar Chand served in the Native States of Suket and Jodhpur for about eight years. He was afterwards on special service with the Indian Jail Commission in 1888-89, and with the Leprosy Commission in 1890-91. He was subsequently employed in important branches of the office of the Director-General of the Indian Medical Service, and when the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India established a separate department Atar Chand was selected as Tour Clerk in the new office. He received his title on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar in recognition of his excellent service. Address: Imperial Secretariat, Calcutta and Simla. MAZUMDAR, BiDHU BHUSHAN, b. a., Rai JSaheb, Inspec- tor of Students' Residences, was born in September, 1866, and educated at Jagannath School, Dacca, and Calcutta Presidency College. He belongs to a well-known Kayastha family of Dacca district ; his father was Sheristadar in the Collector's Office at Chittagong, and rendered great ser- vice to Government in that capacity for fifty years. The Rai Saheb has been for nineteen years in the Provincial Education Department and has, amongst other services, as- sisted in reorganizing the Eden High School for Girls at Dacca, and formulated a scheme for the improvement of the residences for College students in that city. He is the author of a work on the " System of Physical Exercises in Schools." The title of Rai Saheb was conferred on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar. Address : Dacca. BlSHEN Singh, Sardar, Rai Saheb, Supervisor in the Public Works Department, received his title on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar, in recognition of his public services. Address: Lushai Hills, Assam.