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 [ *J« 3 Congress men as a most wise counsellor and earnest worker. He acted as the President of the deception Committee in one of the Calcutta sessions of the Congress. He was also Vice-President of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. Sir Rom esh Chandra was a reformer in his own way. He tent his son and son-in-law to England for education against the threats a and angry protests of his relatives and caslemen, and refused to per- form an expiation ceremony when this was urged on the young- men's return home, declaring that as they had done nothing wrong by their sojourn in England, tbey were in no need of expiation. It is courage and straightforwardness like this that is breaking the poisoned fangs of bigotry and persecution and widening and liberalis- ing Hindu society. Another excellence that adorned the character of Sir Romeshchandra and endeared him so much to all who knew him, was his entire absence of pride. Though placed so high, and privileged to do so much, he was always modest and respectful to all who came in contact with birm His charities were very wide, and many a helpless widow, many a needy student and many A blind, lame or otherwise disabled people depended upon bis alms. For his native village, Vishnupur near Dum Dum, he founded a charitable dispensary, ahigh school for. boys, and a girls' school, and maintained them at his own expense. He died in 1899.