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122 WHO'S WHO IN INDIA Ram Partap Singh, Raja Bahadur — of Manda. Born in i860. For full particulars see Who's Who in India, Principal volume, Part IV, page 49. The hereditary title of Raja Baha- dur was conferred on him in January, 1913. Address: Manda^ Allahabad. Shasikanta Acharya, Bahadur, Raja — of Muktagacha, Mymensingh. The title of Raja Bahadur was conferred on him, as a personal distinction, in January, 191 3. Address: Mymensingh. SOHRABji Shapurji, Khan Bahadur — Extra-Assistant Commissioner and Sub-Divisional Officer, Akola (Berar) was born in 1871. He is the great-grandson of the well known Pestonji Mehrji who held Berar in farm from the Nizam before the province was assigned to the British. He entered Government service in 1896, received a Coronation Darbar Medal in 1912 and the title of Khan Bahadur in June, 1913, for his good services. He is a member of the Lodge "Berar. Address : Akola (Berar). COOVERJI CURSETJEE Mehta, Khan Saheb — Proprietor of the firm of C. Cursetjee and Company, Wine and General Merchants,- Government Auctioneers, etc., of Jullundhur, was born in the year, i860. After finishing his school education and serving as an Assistant in a Spinning and Weaving Mill at Bombay for about 2 years he went to the Punjab in 1879 and served as an Assistant in a Parsi Firm for sometime. In 1893, he started a General Merchant's business of his own and has conducted it successfully ever since. He is one of the most prominent citizens of the Jullundhur Cantonment and is a member of the Cantonment Committee from 1903. His services as a member of different committees in connection with plague, small-pox and other measures were recognised by the Government by the grant of the title of Khan Saheb in 1913. He is an old and prominent Freemason. Address: Jullundhur. ^