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light by even savants in Europe. In 1865 his other great work "The Aryan Witness" appeared.

He worked as a member of the British Indian Association, of the Calcutta Municipality, of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and of the senate, Calcutta University. In 1870 he received from the Calcutta University the honorary degree of Doctor of Law, and was also made a c.i.e.. He was very frugal in his habits and thus made a pretty large fortune which was always at the disposal of the poor. Both by precept and example he showed that simplicity and goodness should be the characteristics of a follower of Jesus Christ. He died in 1885.