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LACHMI Das Deogan, Rai Bahadur, Deputy Superintend- ent of Police, United Provinces, was born on 1st December! 1866, and entered Government service in June, [889. Il«- reached gazetted rank in July, 1906, and was appointed to the Criminal Investigation Department in November, iqii, and posted to Allahabad. His title was conferred on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar, in recognition of his public services. Address : Allahabad.

Mkwa RAM, Seth, Rai Bahadur, Banker and Merchant, Honorary Magistrate, and Member of the Municipal Board of Khurja, was born on 7th December, 1873, and educated at Khurja. He belongs to a well-known Jain family, his father, Rai Bahadur Seth Amolak Ram, erected a Jain temple at Beawar costing a lakh of rupees, and at his death left a hand- some sum on behalf of an orphanage. In addition, the late Seth Amolak Ram gave large donations towards famine re- lief, dharamsalas, and other objects. Seth Mewa Ram is connected with many important commercial concerns — cotton presses, and spinning, weaving and ginning mills — and is well-known for his generous disposition. He has, among other charitable acts, built an orphanage for children of all castes and creeds, which cost the sum of a lakh and a half, and was opened by His Honour Sir John Hewett. He be- longs to the Digamber Jain Society of Khurja, and is a pro- vincial Durbari, being an important personage in Bulandshahr. His title was conferred, in recognition of his many great services to the public, on the occasiou of the recent Corona- tion Durbar. Address : Khurja, Bulandshahr, U. P.


Ram Garib Lai., Rai Bahadur, received his title on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar, in recognition of his public services. Address : Gorakhpur, U. P.


ASHTBHUJA PRASAD, Rai Bahadur, was born in 1882, and educated at the Kayastha Pathshala, Allahabad. He is an enlightened young zemindar and devotes much of his can