Dictionary of Indian Biography/Abdul Latif, Nawab Bahadur
ABDUL LATIF, NAWAB BAHADUR (1828–1893)
Son of a leading pleader in the Sadr Diwani Court at Calcutta: born, March, 1828: educated at the Calcutta Madrasa: entered Government service in 1846: appointed a Deputy Magistrate in 1849: acted sometimes as Presidency Magistrate: Member of the Bengal Legislative Council for several years, and of the Calcutta Corporation: J.P.: on the Central Board of Examiners; Fellow of the Calcutta University: on the Income Tax Commission for Calcutta, 1861–5: founder and secretary, from 1863, of the Muhammadan Literary and Scientific Society, and several other public bodies: Nawab, 1880: C.I.E. 1883: Nawab Bahadur, 1887: often consulted by Government, as the most progressive and enlightened among the Muhammadans of Bengal, whose interests and aspirations he never ceased to urge: died 1893.