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Chatterji, Sir Protul Chandra, Kt, (1909), C.I.E., (1903) Rai Bahadur retired Judge, Chief Court, Punjab; b. in Calcutta, 1848; s. of Nabo Chunder Chatterji; educ; in the School of the General Assembly, Scotland; in Calcutta; M.A., 1869; B.L., 1870; Enrolled as a Vakil at Calcutta, 1870; Municipal Commissioner, Lahore, 1887-1895; Judge of the Punjab Chief Court, 1894-1908. Fellow of the Punjab University: President of the Punjab Public Library and of the V.D.J. Hindu Technical Institute; elected Dean of the Law Faculty, 1898; worked with Sir William Ratigan, the Vice Chancellor, in framing the rules and regulations of the old University for which he was made a Rai Bahadur; Vice-Chancellor of the Punjab University; 1904 and 1907-1909; LL.D., (Punjab) 1909; a Social Reformer and a Freemason and holds the rank of Past Deputy District Grandmaster. Address: Lahore, India.