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 HIS DEPUTATION TO AJODHYA. 159 Here we mention a circumstance showing how the Government has recognized Ram fall's services. In 1884-85 a circular was issued by the Surgeon- General to the Government of India requiring Assis- tant Surgeons to pass their Septennial Examination, without an exception, failing which they would make them selves liable to stoppage of promotion. But such were Ram Lall's good services that the Government of India was pleased to exempt him from further profes- sional examinations on the recommendation of the. Inspector General of N. W. P. and Oudh. In view of the' distinguished and meritorious services, the Government has of late conferred upon Ram LaU the title of u Rai Bahadur" as a personal distinction. "His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-Ge- neral is pleased to confer upon Assistant-Surgeon Ram LaU Chakravatti, attached to the Bulrampur Hospital, Lucknow, the title of "Rai Bahadur" as a personal distinction. H. M. DlJRAND, Secy, to the Govt, of India. That the Government has- conferred the title on a deserving mari is beyond doubt. It pleased his friends and admirers, and a grand evening party was held at the premises of Mr. Nabi Ullah, Barrister-at- Law in which his European, Mahomadan and Hindu friends assembled together to. congratulate the doctor on the title conferred on him. RAM LALL'S MARRIAGE AND CHARACTER. Ram Lall was twice married. He married a lady in the year 1 860— -who died within 2 years