The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Chandavarkar, Sir Narayan Ganesh
Chandavarkar, Sir Narayan Ganesh. Kt. (1910) B.A., L.L.B.. retired Judge, Bombay; s. of Ganesh Narayani Chandavarkar, a pleader at Sirsi in the District of Kanara; b. 1855; educ, St. Mary’s High School, Bombay, and Elphinstone High School and College, Bombay; (B.A., 1877, History and Political Economy Prizeman, Junior Dakshina Fellow); Pleader, Bombay High Court, 1881; the same year he passed the LL.B. Examination in 1st Class and won the Arnold Scholarship; Editor, “Indu Prakash”, for over ten years; went over to England as an Indian Delegate, 1885; Additional Member, Bombay Legislative Council, 1897 1900; Presdt., Indian National Congress, 1900; Fellow, Bombay University, since 1886; a Syndic, since 1901; Member, Indian University Commission, 1902; Acting Judge, Bombay High Court, 1901; Confirmed, the same year; Vice-Chancellor, Bombay University 1909; President, Bombay Provincial Conference, 1902: retired from British service., 1913; Dewan, Indore State, 1914; resigned, October 1914; President, Theistic Church Bombay; President, Bombay branch of the Royal Asiatic Society; General Secretary, National Social Conference; Vice-President, Bombay branch of the Countess of Dufferin’s Fund; President of the Depressed Classes Mission in Bombay. Address: Bombay, India.