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ment in connection with it. As representative of the Mohammadans of Dacca Division on the Legislative Council of his province the Khan Bahadur justified his election. He is further a Member of the Brojomohan College Council and the Provincial Text Book Committee. He possesses a family talnk which carries with it the title of Chaudhuri. He was made a Khan Bahadur on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar. Address: Barisal, Bengal.


Muhi-ud-din Ahmad, b. l., Khan Bahadur, Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector, Bengal, was born on 27th February, 1864. He entered Government service in 1892 and was gazetted as Deputy Collector in the same year, rising to the third grade in 1908. His title was conferred on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar, in recognition of his meritorious service.


Abu Nasr Mohammad Yahia, Khan Bahadur, Honorary Magistrate, received his title on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar, in recognition of his public services. Address: Sylhet, Assam.


Mohammad Bakar Khan, Khan Bahadur, Haji, Deputy Collector, first grade, was born on 25th November, 1860, and educated at the Rae Bareli High School, Canning College, Lucknow, Muir Central College, Allahabad, and the M. A. O. College, Aligarh. His father, Munshi Mahommad Namdar Khan, was a prominent pleader in Rae Bareli and Chairman of the Municipal Board of that town. Munshi Mohammad Bakar Khan was appointed a Deputy Collector in 1885, and has served in Sitapur, Hardoi, Sultanpur, Gorakhpur, Bahraich and Partabgarh, having frequently officiated as Deputy Commissioner since 1901. He especially distinguished himself in connection with the appropriation of land for the Rae Bareli-Benares Railway, and in the Famine of 1896-7, and received a Certificate of Honour from Govern-