Page:Who's Who in India Supplement 1 (1912).djvu/283

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SUPPLEMENT 187 Lala Kishan Das, was Tahsildar of Eusafzai, Peshawar, and his maternal grandfather, Lala Salamat Rai, was a Diwan during the Sikh rule. Many members of the family have distinguished themselves in Government service. Lala Gajju Mai entered Government service in 1879 as Record Keeper in the Peshawar Commissioner's Office. He joined the Khyber Agency as head clerk in 1880, and accompanied the Khyber force in the second Afghan Campaign. He again saw active service during the Tirah Expedition of i897-98,and was present in the Khyber during the disturbances of 1908. For the Tirah Campaign he received a khilat, a medal with two clasps, and an allowance of Rs. 50 per mensem. He also possesses a medal and clasp for his services during 1908. He received the title of Rai Saheb in January 1910, and was made Compan- ion of the Imperial Service Order by His Majesty the King- Emperor on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar. He owns property in Peshawar City. Address: Peshawar. Nand Lal KAUL, Rai Bahadur, I. S. O., Extra Assistant to the Agent to the Governor General in Central India, was born in November, 1857, and educated at the Amritsar Col- legiate School. He is the son of Janardhan Kaul, a Kashmiri Pundit of Lahore. Pundit Nand Lal served first in the Finan- cial Commissioner's Office in Lahore ; he was then transferred to Baluchistan, where he served as confidential clerk to the late Sir Robert Sandeman, then as head clerk in the Quetta and Pishin District Offices. He was appointed Subordinate Judge of Quetta in 1885. Subsequently he became Personal Native Assistant to the Agent to the Governal-General in Baluchistan. He took a lively interest in educational movements in that province and was Secretary to the Sandeman High School from its foundation till the date of his transfer to Central India in 1902. He was created Rai Saheb in 1889, and Rai Bahadur in 1910; and on the occasion of the late Coronation Durbar was invested by his Majesty the King-Emperor with the badge of the Imperial Service Order. Address : Indore.