22 WHO'S WHO IN INDIA Hyderabad Deccan. He was born at Ajmere on the 19th September, 1850, and is now 64 years of age. He belongs to the Loonia family of Marwadis and is a Jain by religion. He traces his descent as far back as 72 generations, his first ancestor, Hathisa, being the Diwan of the Nawab of Multan about 1154-55 A. D. Chandmulji, the father of Seth Thanmulji rendered very valuable services to the British Government, during the Mutiny of 1857-58 when, at great personal risks, he used to import treasure from Ahmedabad for disbursing the salaries of the British troops at Ajmere. He had a great inclination towards religion and liberality and his son has inherited these virtues from him. Seth Thanmulji remained at Ajmere till 187 1 when he went to the Kotah State and worked there under the Regent, Nawab FaizuUa Khan, as the officer-in-charge of 36 depart- ments {karkhanas). In 1875, he went to Hyderabad Deccan and started business as a jeweller. As fortune favoured him he added the business of a banker to his work and has steadily prospered as a result of his perseverance and honesty and also as a result of the fact that he is one of the very few jewellers in Hyderabad who can accurately make out and value jewellery. Continued prosperity has made Rai Bahadur Seth Thanmulji the owner of not only a spacious house in the Hyderabad Residency Bazars, but he has also acquired large tracts of arable land in His Hignness the Nizam's Dominions, the largest of such estates being at Masaipet, a station on the Metre Gauge Section of the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railways. The total acreage of his estate comes to about 1 5,000. The public spirit of Rai Bahadur Seth Thanmulji found scope to exhibit itself when he was appointed a member of the Local Fund Committee of the Hyderabad Residency Bazars by the Hon'ble the Resident at Hyderabad about 18 years ago and ever since then his work on this Committee has been much appreciated by the authorities so much so that on the I st January, 19 13, the Government of India were pleased to confer upon hinj the distinction of Rai Bahadur. Rai
