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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

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Sen, Mathuranath, B.A., B.L., Rai Bahadur (1911), Pleader; s. of Babu Chendra Mohan Sen; b. 1861; educ: at the Hindu High School, Calcutta; owns 10,000 acres of land in the district of Bakerganj. Address: Barisal, Bengal Presidency.

Sen, Nayayan Kishan, I.S.O., (1911), Treasurer, Collector’s Office, Calcutta; s. of Babu Pran Kishan Sen; g.s. of Babu Madan Mohan Sen, formerly Treasurer of the Bank of Bengal; educ: at the Hindu High School and the General Assemblies Institution, Calcutta; joined Government Service, 1882; was Treasurer, Post Office, Calcutta; transferred in the same capacity to the Collector’s Office, Calcutta; was also Store-keeper of Stamps; Chairman of the United Reading Room, Calcutta; owns property in the 24 Parganas. Address: 9, Gopi Kishan Pal Lane, Calcutta, India.

Sen, Satyendra Nath, B.A., Attorney-at-Law, Calcutta, and Editor, the Indian Mirror, Calcutta; s. of late Rai Bahadur Norendra Nath Sen; b. at Kanchrapara, Nadia. 1867; educ: at the Presidency College, Calcutta, and the Albert Collegiate School, Calcutta; passed B.A., 1890; became articled to his father to qualify himself as Solicitor; enrolled as Attorney; 1898; taken as partner in the firm of Norendra Nath Sen & Co., Solicitors, Calcutta; joined the Staff of the “Indian Mirror”, Calcutta, as Sub-Editor, 1886; became Chief Editor, 1911; entered into an agreement with the Government of Bengal for conducting a vernacular weekly ‘Sulab Samachar’ and carried it on for some time; married the o.d. of late Deno Nath Sen, L.C.E.; 3 s. and 5 d.; Honorary Presidency Magistrate, Calcutta; Registrar of Marriages under Act 3. of 1873 for the town of Calcutta and the 24 Parganas; Secretary, Hindu Marriage Reform League, Calcutta; President, Board of Directors, King’s College Hospital, Calcutta; Vice-President, Central Bengal Union; awarded a Certificate of Honour and was granted a medal on the occasion at the Delhi Durbar of 1911. Address: 52, “Indian Mirror” Street, Calcutta.

Sesha Aiyer, K.G , B A., B.L., Vakil and Member, Travancore Legislative Council, Trivandram, S. India.

Seshagiri Aiyer, Hon’ble Mr. Justice T. V., B.A., B.L., Judge, High Court, Madras; s. of late Vaidyanatha Aiyer; passed B.A., 1882; B.L., 1895; enrolled as Vakil of the Madras High Court, 1886; commenced practice in Madras; Law Lecturer, Madras Law College, for some years; actively connected with all public movements and public bodies; President of the 19th Provincial Conference held at Kumbakonam; raised to the Bench of the Madras High Court, 1913; Fellow, Madras University, 1904; represented that body in the Legislative Council, Madras, from 1910-13; introduced in conjunction with Hon’ble L. A. Govindaraghava Aiyer the Religious Endowments Bill in the Madras Legislative Council. Address: Bedford House, Gangathareswarar Covil Street, Pursawalkani, Madras.

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