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i6o WHO'S WHO IN INDIA Ever since the close of his educational career at the Bankura Government School, Rai Umes Chandra Chowdhri has been doing Government and public service in different capacities such as an Honorary Magistrate, a Municipal Commissioner, a member of the District Board, Bankura, and in recognition 6f his good services he was granted certifiates of honor on the occasions of Her lateMajestyQueen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and King Edward's and King George's Coronations. The title of Rai Saheb was conferred on him as a personal distinction in 1912. Address : Pleader and Honorary Magistrate, Vishnupur. Shiva Shankar Sahai, c. i. e., the Hon'ble Rai Baha- dur — Pleader and Manager of the Banaili Estate in the Bhagalpur District and a member of the Behar and Orissa Legislative Council, w^as born on the 25th 'February, 1863, at Bhagalpur. After obtaining a training in Persian and Urdu he was sent to the Bhagalpur Zilla Schcol whence after matriculating, he went to the Patna College. After passing the First Arts and Pleadership Examinations he joined the Bhagalpur Bar in 1886. Two years later the great litiga- tion between Raja Padmananda Singh and Rani Sitabuti as mother and guardian of Kumar (now Raja) Kalananda Singh and Kumar Krityananda Singh, which eventually ended in a compromise dividing the Banaili Raj into nine annas and and seven annas, was launched. Babu Shiva Shankar Sahai was the Junior Vakil with Rai Suraj Narain on the Rani's side. His training under Rai Suraj Narain was of a special help to him in his future life. He latterly became exclusively the Pleader and Legal Adviser of the nine-anna proprietors of the Banaili Raj and has been looking to their interests from their very infancy. Since 1904, he has been working as manager of nine-annas proprietors who are also the lessees of the seven annas share. His successful administration has been recog- nised appreciatively by the Government. He was made a Rai Bahadur in 191 o and a C. I. E. in June, 19 13. .-1