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dan competitors failed to secure a pass in the examinations
admitting them to these grades-was a mystery to him as to
every one else. The mystery could not mean any apathy on the
part of the Hindus to avail themselves of the opportunities
given them of educating themselves to a higher standard.
Mr. Sadagopa Chari, M. A., in supporting the proposition
said that the Government should be asked to throw the scholar-
ships open to the Hindus as well as to the Mahomedans.
Then Mr. P. Veeraraghavalu Naidu, a non-member, being
permitted by the Chairman to speak on the occasion, said: There
was no necessity for asking the Government in the memorial
to throw the scholarships open to the Hindus. The Government,
notification published in the Jareeda a few months previously
threw them open to all bona fide Hyderabadees, irrespective of
caste or creed. And it was the thought that Hindu lads might
compete for the scholarships as well as other religionists
which led those in power to bring into existence a com-
mittee to decide whether, from a religious point of view, Hindus
could cross the seas-ostensibly to provide against the impression
that the Government was doing anything arbitrarily without
consulting the people concerned. So then, our object, in memoria-
lizing the Government, should be to prevent them from being
solely guided by the opinions of the orthodox men on the
committee.
Then the proposition being put to the vote, was carried nem- eon. And a committee was formed of Messrs Krishna Iyengar Ramachendra Pillai, Krishnamachari and Ramachandra Laksh- mun, to draw up a memorial to the Government making mention of the points dwelt upon by the different speakers.
