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 t 88 J He waa remarkable for his many-sided qualifications. His death, which occurred in 1893, has left a gap in Mahomedan society which is still unfilled. He waa "the moat progressive and enlight- ened among the Mahometans of Bengal. He believed that un- less the rising generation among his co-reUgionists exerted them- selves intellectually with more effect, they would be utterly out- stripped by their Hindu fellow-subjects in the race of life." Nawab Abdul Latif was very popular among his friends, Hindus and Mahomedans, official and non-officiaL He used to treat all his friends equally with the same courtesy and affability without any distinction of caste or creed. He used to take part in the festivals of his Hindu friends. As a Magistrate he was much loved and respected by all for his ability, impartiality and strong common sense. Many respectable families were saved from ruin by the intervention of Nawab Abdul Latif, who was always eager to have the disputes among his friends settled by some means. An unostentatious, single- minded and truly benevolent person like the late Nawab Bahadur is very rarely to be met with in our days.