Who's Who in India Supplement 1 (1912)/Bisheshar Nath
Bisheshar Nath, Diwan Bahadur, K.-l.-H., Diwan of Rajgarh State, was born on 1st October, 1847, and educated at the Government College, Delhi. He entered Government service as an Inspector in the Commissariat Department and proceeded to Abyssinia with the expedition of 1867-68. He served also as Assistant Examiner of Accounts in the Public Works Department. In 1891 his services were lent to the Indore Durbar, and he served in that State successively as Accountant-General, Residency Vakil, and Member of Council. He retired on good service pension from Government
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employ in 1899. In the following year he was appointed Superintendent of Dewas (Senior branch) State; in recognition of his services during the famine of 1899- 1900 he was granted the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal, second class, on May 24th, 1900. He was appointed to Rajgarh State in September, 1902, where he has been serving with great credit ever since. He was granted the Delhi Durbar Medals in 1903 and 1911; and recieved the title of Rai Bahadur in June, 1907. His title of Diwan Bahadur was conferred on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar, in recognition of his many public services. Address: Rajgarh, Bhopal Agency, Central India.