Corporation as a member of the Joint Schools Committee. Sir Ibrahim is an ardent supporter of primary education. In order to improve the attendance at schools of Mohammadan boys and girls he approached the Government on the subject of introducing the reading of the Koran in schools. The reply of Government was sympathetic, but Sir Ibrahim had to face strong opposition in the Corporation; his object was, however, secured by a narrow majority. Sir Ibrahim is a member of the Managing Committee of the Anjuman-i-Islam, and President of the M. J. Khoja Reading-Room and Library. His work on the Improvement Trust of Bombay is well known. Sir Ibrahim was one of the first to bring to the notice of the Health Officer the circumstance that plague had broken out in Bombay, and as Chairman of the Voluntary Plague Committee of Umerkhadi Section he proved the success of the experiment of enlisting public help in grappling with this disease. Sir Ibrahim was nominated Member of the Legislative Council in 1899, and appointed Sheriff of Bombay in 1904. In 1907 he was created Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire, and in the same year was appointed as a representative on the Museum Conference held at Calcutta under the chairmanship of Sir Thomas Holland. On the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar he received at the hands of His Majesty the honour of Knighthood. Sir Ibrahim Rahimtoola is President of the Islam Gymkhana, and is a Member of the Orient Club, Bombay. Address: Bombay.
Ray, Maharaja, Kshaunish Chandra, of Krishnagar, Nuddea, belongs to the Nuddea Raj family, and is the only son of the late Maharaja Bahadur Kshitish Chandra Ray. He was born at Krishnagar on 29th October, 1890, and educated at home. The family trace their descent from Bhuttanarayan, a Kanauj chief, who founded a principality near Vikrampur, in Eastern Bengal. The first descendant of importance of this chief was Bhabanundo Majumdar, who is said to have founded the Nuddea Raj. He
