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i44 WHO'S WHO IN INDIA Educational Service in 1902. He is now officiating as Ins- pector of Schools in the Patna and Tirhut Divisions, being the First Behari appointed to officiate in the Indian Educational Service. He was appointed Fellow of his University in 1904, and has twice been re-appointed after serving the allotted term in that office. He has been an Examiner in Calcutta University for several years, and has officiated as Professor of Philosophy at Patna College. He was the first to suggest the peripatetic system of teaching for purda nashin girls, and materially helped the foundation of a first grade Training School for Vernacular Teachers in the Tirhut Division. One of his wife's ancestors obtained a jagir for services rendered in the Mutiny. Rai Saheb Bhagwati Sahay is joint-editor of the "Scientific Glossary " published by the Benares Nagri Parichurmi Sabha, and editor of the Bengal Education Department Senior and Junior " Teachers Manuals ". His title was granted on the occasion of the Coronation Durbar of 191 1. Address: Bankipur, Behar. Gupta, Chandra Narayan, Rai Saheb, retired Deputy Collector, Vice-Chairman of Dumka Municipality, received his title on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar, in recognition of his public services. Address : Dumka, Sonthal Parganas, Bengal. MAHAPATRA, SRIKRISHNA, Rai Saheb, Deputy Superin- tendent of Police, Bengal, belongs to a very old Zemindar family of Orissa who rendered great assistance to the British on their advent to Orissa early in the seventeenth century. The site on which the British built a factory at Hariharpur i n r 633 — the first factory in Orissa — is still possessed by the family. The Rai Saheb entered the Bengal Police Service in 1893, and from 1908 has been a second-grade Deputy Superintendent. He devotes part of his income to works of public utility, and is associated with several literary, religious and charitable institutions. He IS an expert in the organiza-