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160 THE LIFE OF DR, RAM LALI CHUCKKRBtTTTY. after marriage. On the death of his first wife he deter- mined not to marry again, but he was persuaded by his father and other relatives to do so in 1 868 when he was about to finish his College career. He accordingly married his present wife Sreemutee Giree Bala Debi, daughter of the late Babu Lall Mohun Ghosal of Rout- gram — a village in the district of Burdwan. By this wife he had six children of whom 2 sons and 2 daugh- ters are now living. The two sons, Hari Das and Sarat Chandra are still very young, one being of 1 1, and the other 9 years of age. Ram Lall's wife is a good and accomplished lady. * Generous to his poor relatives and friends, Ram Lall's private life is extremely simple and pure. His generosity to the helpless and the distressed sometimes degenerates into extravagance and his purse is often times taxed to an extent which his ordinary income is unable to bear. He has restored several fallen families by helping them with money. It is an innate principle of his conduct to help the poor and the distressed. In his private practice as a physician he is not only well-known for his professional ability, but also for his generosity and natural sympathy for the sick and the poor whom he attends gratuitously without accept- ing any remuneration whatever. His high sense of duty, great public spirit, simple and unassuming charac- ter, unimpeachable honesty, and endearing socia habits please all who come in contact with him. In order to shew his self-sacrificing spirit one cir- cumstance requires special mention. When Ram Lall's father was on his death-bed he volunatrily expressed his desire of relinquishing the share of his ancestral property both movable and immovable. His late Ia<* mented father accordingly executed a Will which on his death-bed wholly excluded him from the ancestral property. Is it not an extraordinary proof of Ram, Lall's- nobility of heart and uncommon self-sacrifice which is very rare in these days.