62 WHO'S WHO IN INDIA TeJ Bahadur Sapru, The Hon'ble Doctor — Advocate, High Court of the North-Western Provinces ; born, December, 1875 ; is an M.A. and LL. D. of the University of Allahabad ; had a brilliant academic career and is one of the most suc- cessful members of the legal profession being acknowledged as a leader of the High Court Bar ; v^as nominated a fellow of the University in 19 10 and a member of the United Pro- vinces Legislative Council in 19 13; was one of the Secretaries of the first United Provinces Political Conference and of the 25th Indian National Congress held at Allahabad in 1907 and 1910, respectively; was Secretary, with Munshi IshwarSaran, of the United Provinces Congress Committee and with Pandit Gokaran Nath Misra, of the United Provinces Hindu Sabha ; was a member of the Board of Directors of " Newspapers Limited," which owns the Leader newspaper, from 1909 to 191 1, was President of the 7th United Provinces Social Conference held at Fyzabad in 19 13 and of the 8th United Provinces Political Conference held at Meerut the following year; joined the Indian National Congress at Lucknow in 1899 at the age of 24 and has since been an ardent Congress- man ; was a member of the School Fee Committee appointed by the Local Government in 191 1 ; is a member of the All- India Congress Committee, the Committees of the Hindu University Society and of the Macdonald Hindu University Boarding House at Allahabad ; is a first class English and Urdu scholar, debator and speaker. Dr. Sapru is a Kashmiri Pandit, the only son of Pandit Ambika Parshad Sapru. He is a Zemindar owning property in Delhi andBijnor and has three sons and two daughters. His only recreation is study and reading. Address: 19 Albert Road, Allahabad. GanGA Prasad Varma, The Hon'ble Rai Bahadur, Munshi — Editor, T/ie Advocate, Lucknow, memberof the United Provinces Legislative Council, Fellow of the Allahabad Uni- versity, Senior Vice-President of the Lucknow Municipal Board, was born on August iSth, 1863. His career has been
