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54 WHO'S WHO IN INDIA BholA Nath, Rai Saheb, Lala— Tehsildar, Beluchistan. Title conferred in January, 19 13. GOSAIN Makand Lal, Rai Saheb, of Dera Ismail Khan, in the North-Western Frontier Province. Title conferred in January, 191 3. Krishnaswamy Naidu, Rai Bahadur, B. N.—Retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, was born on 12th Feb- ruary, 1857, and educated at Madras. He entered the Police Department, as a clerk, in 1880 and by hard and straight- forward work rose to the position of Police Inspector. As an Inspector he was in charge of many important divisions for several years and did good work in preventing and detecting crime. He successfully worked out the Sedition and Riot cases of Tinnevelly and brought the offenders to book. In recognition of his services he was promoted to the post of Deputy Superintendent and was made a Rai Bahadur in 19 13. Address : Retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bargur, Salem District. Desai, Dr. U.L., m.d., l.r.c. p. & S., etc., was born on 13th January, 1869, and is a zemindar of Valod. He went to England and appeared for the Civil Service Examination for Ceylon. Later on he obtained the diploma of an associate of the College of Preceptors of London standing first in Political Economy. In 1894, he passed the L.R.C. P., L.R.C. S., L.M., (Edinburgh) and L.F. P. & S. (Glasgow) Examinations. In 1895 he obtained the M.B. and B.S. degrees of the Victoria Uni- versity of Manchester. This University conferred on him the degrees of M.D. and M.S. also shortly afterwards. He practis- ed medicine in England and America for over 1 1 years and obtained the degree of M.D. from the Washington (U. S. A.) University. Dr. Desai served the British Government during the late Transvaal War as a Military Surgeon with the tem- porary rank of Captain during service. He is the recipient of the Transvaal War Medal with one clasp. He served in