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SUPPLEMENT 17 Abdur Rauf, Khan Sahib, Maulvi Kazi — Secretary, Anjuman- r-lslamia, Municipal Commissioner, President of the George English High School, Brahman Baria, was born in theyear 1862 and belongs to a family which derives its origin from Hazrat Timar, the Great Kazi and the 2nd Caliph of Islam. His cousin, Nawab Sirajul Islam, Khan Bahadur, is a very well known person in Bengal. After acquiring a fair knowledge of the English language, Maulvi Abdur Rauf passed the Criminal Law Examination and joined the Criminal Bar at Brahman Baria, his native place, in the Tepperah District in which line he has since made for himself a great reputation. During the agitation following the Partition of Bengal he rendered conspicuous services to his community and the Government by exercising his great influence in the interest of public peace and order. He has thrown himself, heart and soul, in the work of spreading modern education among the people. Through his exertions dozens of primary and secondary schools have sprung up in various parts of the sub-division, the most important being a High School at Brahman Baria itself. He made a free gift of land, worth Rs. 2,000, (in his native village) for a Middle Eng- lish School. He has organised a number of Co-operative Credit Societies in mofussil villages for the benefit of agricul- turists and other persons of limited income. In addition to these he has taken conspicuous part in numerous other public movements. Residence, village Ratanpura, Post Office Satmura, Railway Station Kasba, on Assam-Bengal Railway. Address : Brahman Baria, Tepperah. TULSI Dass Pradhan, Rai Sahib, of Rhenok in Sikkim. Title conferred in January, 19 13. SriSH Chandra Labiri, Rai Sahib, Babu—Superinten- dent in the Secretariat of the Government of India, Railway Department (Railway Board). Title conferred in January,