146 WHO'S WHO IN INDIA Wali Muhammad, Khan Saheb, Extra-Assistant Com- missioner, Seoni, Central Provinces. Title conferred in January, 1913. Address: Seoni (Central Provinces). Muhammad Abdul Alim, Khan Saheb, Munshi — Chief Surveyor of the Jaora State. Central India. Title conferred in January, 19 13. Address : Jaora State, Central India. Seth Puransao, Rai Bahadur, Honorary Magistrate and Municipal Commissioner, Seoni, Central Provinces, was born in the year, 1861. The members of the family to which Seth Puransao belongs have been in the line of traders and the present Seth is also a well-to-do merchant. He has shown his loyalty to the British Government by contributing handsome donations to the Queen Victoria and the King Edward VII memorials. He also subscribed handsomely towards Famine Funds whenever famines took place. He was made a Rai Bahadur, in recognition of all his services, in 1913. Address : Seoni, District Chappra. KUNWAR Ram Singh, Rao Bahadur, the eldest son of Maharao Raja Bahadur of Kasanta Bara, Allahabad, was born on 28th February, 1850, and educated in the Queen's College, Benares. He distinguished himself in serving the Government, the Rewa State and the public in various ways. In the famines of 1877 and 1890 he helped his father in the arrangements of the Poor Houses at Shankergarh. In the Census operations of 1 88 1 and 1891 he helped the Government Officials in his State, Bara. In 1892, he, as a member of the Committee appoint* ed to devise measures for the prevention of out-break of cholera at Hardwar helped the Government considerably. In 1894, he went to the Rewa State and in 1895 was appointed Boundary Settlement Officer there. In 191 1, he was in charge of Judicial Commissioner's duty and in the same year he was confirmed in that appointment. In 1912, the title of Rao Bahadur was conferred on him in recognition of his various services. Address : Judicial Commissioner, Rewa State.
