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SUPPLEMENT 67 MOHENDRA Lal BasU, Rai Saheb, Babu — Honorary Magistrate, Booghly, Bengal. Title conferred in January, 1914. Address: Hooghly, Bengal. Abdul Haie, Shams-ul-ulama, Maulvi — Honorary Magis- trate, Jehanabad, Gaya ; born in December, 1854, claims his descent from Syed Ibrahim Malik Baya of Behar. After receiving his education which he did at Benares, Mirzapur, Lucknow and Delhi, he entered the Government service and served in the capacities of Head Maulvi and Senior Professor of Persian and Arabic, Patna College, for about 2^ years. Maulvi Abdul Haie is a deep scholar of Arabic and Persian and takes special interest in the study of sujilsm. Address : Erku, Gaya. Khwaja TaSadduq Husain, B.A., Khan Bahadur, Special Magistrate, Karnal, was born on ist November, 1866, and educated at the St. Stephen's College, Delhi. He belongs to a branch of the Ansar family of Panipat which is said to have descended from Hazrat Aiyub Ansar and Shaikh Abdulla Pir-i- fiirat. Shams-ul-ulma Maulana Altaf Husain Halee, an Urdu Poet of Indian fame, was an uncle of Khwaja Tasadduq Husain. He is one of the most capable Judicial Officers in the Punjab and his work has all along been approved by the Government and in recognition of the same he was made a Khan Bahadur .in 1 91 2. Address: Special Magistrate, Karnal. Gyan Chand, Rai Saheb Lala— of Sialkot, born on ist April, 1864, is the younger son of Rai Diwan Chand. One of his ancestors, Gajjanmal, was distinguished in the time of Emperor Akbar as the founder of Ghartal in Sialkot and obtained the title of Malik. His grandsons Ramjimall and Shamjimall obtained the title of Diwan in the time of Emperor Aurangzeb'. Rai Diwan Chand was, for sometime, Tehsildar of Roras in Wazirabad, but subsequently he took up to the profession of journalism. He started a Press of his own in 1853 which i.s