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SUPPLEMENT 159 JUGAI. KlSHORE, ChauuhuH!, Rai Saheb, Honorary Sec- retary of the Itarsi Notified Area Committee, was born in 1876, and educated at Itarsi and the High School at Hoshang- abad. His father, Chaudhuri Debidin, was a member of the local School and Town Fund committees, and at his death was succeeded in these offices by his son. The Rai Saheb commenced his public life when Itarsi was a mere village, but he exerted himself to the utmost and urged the improvement of the place, and when, in 1905, Government raised it to the status of a town, Chaudhuri Jugal Kishore was appointed Secretary of the local Committee. In this office he has continu- ed to work with zeal and integrity. He was granted certi- ficates by the Government for his work during a severe out- break of cholera at Itarsi, and for his labours during the last Census. His great services to the public and Government were further recognized on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar, when he received his title. Address : Itarsi, Central Provinces. GANESH Das, Seth, Rai Saheb, Merchant, received his title on the occasion of the- recent Coronation Durbar, in recognition of his services to the public. Address : Amraoti. Berar. PlYAKE LAL, Rai Saheb, Native Assistant to the Resident at Gwalior, received his title on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar, in recognition of his excellent service. Address : Guna, Central India. RAJ KlSHAN, Rai Saheb, Diwan of Sailana State, belongs to a Kashmiri Brahmin family; his grandfather, Pundit Bholanath, was employed in Jaora and other States in Central India as Superintendent. His father, Pundit Jwalanath, entered the service of Jaora State when quite a youth and obtained the responsible post of Sheristadar to the Minister, which post he retained till his death. During the