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SUPPLEMENT 35 Sibsagar Local Board for nearly 30 years, as first Indian Vice- Chairman of the same Board for nearly 20 years and as a Vice- Chairman of the Municipality for nearly 7 years. He served the Government as a member of a Travelling Committee appointed for enquiring into and reporting on certain question relative to consumption of opium and ganja. He owns above 2,000 acres of land and two tea gardens. He was granted an honour certificate and medals on the occasions of the Delhi Durbars of 1903 and 191 1 and was made a Rai Bahadur in 1913. Address : Sibsagar (Assam). S. Sesha Sastri, B.A., B.L., M. R. Ry., Rao Bahadur, Public Prosecutor and Government Pleader, Kurnool, was born on 28th June, 1868, at Satyamangalam, Coimbatore District, of an ancient and respectable family. He graduated in Arts from the St. Joseph's College, Trichinopoly, and in Law from the Law College, Madras (1893). At first be commenced his practice as a pleader at Penukonda in the District of Anantpur where he soon made his mark and became the leader of the bar. In 1900, he came to and settled in the town of Kurnool where there is a District Court. Here, again, he achieved great success and was soon a distinguished pleader. He was appointed Public Prosecutor and Government Pleader of the Kurnool District in 1907 which position he has been occupying ever since. One of the District Magistrates wrote of him : "He is a sound lawyer, clever advocate, a successful practitioner and a perfect gentleman. His character is very good." In private life, he is of a religious turn of mind, a keen lover of sports and takes great delight in the game of Lawn Tennis. He is one of the very few Indians that have been admitted to membership of the European Club, Kurnool. In one capacity or other he is connected with almost all the Public Institutions of the District. For the last nearly 8 years he has been occupying a seat in the Municipal Council and the District Board, Kurnool. The title of liai Bahadur was conferred on him in 1913. Address : Kurnool.