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 The Hon'ble Mr. BEHARILAL GUPTA. I. C. 5.. is a Hindu by birth. at the Vaidya caste. and was born in Calcutta on the 20th October 1849. His maternal grand lather, Balioo llari Multan Sen, was a well-known resident at that city and became afterwards Prime Minister to the Maham'a oi Joy- pur. He is thus close y connect- ed With Babu Keahub Chttnder Sea, the distinguished Bmhrno Somaj leader.

He was educated in Calcutta at the Presidency College till the age at eighteen, when he went to England to study tor the I.C.S. examination. in corn any with Mr. Rona-sh Chunder utt. alter- wnrds also oi the I.C.S. and

C .l.E. and at present aCouncillor to H. H. tthat-lzwarot Baroda. They were the pioneers who opener! the path for natives ol India in the Covenanted Civil Service 0! India by open competitive examina- tion in England. Mr. Gupta panned the examination in 1869. and was also called to the Bar from the Middle Temple in :8 t. tln his war out to India, he with his two coni- Ennions, Mr. R. C. butt and Mr. . urvndrn Nath Rant-rice. Were mistaken tor communism in Paris. and wore detained in prison. but ha ‘ly tor one night only. aving served as Assistant Magistrate and Collector in diﬂer- ent districts. and on special relief

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duty in ﬂanbhum and Hughh tn
 * 87... Mr. Gupta was posted to

Calcutta as a Presidency )l ‘ tratc and Coroner, which posts :- held train 188: to 1886.

Darin that time he attracted a good cal at public attention as being the reputed ori ’nator ot the once tamous Illxert ill. The actual part which he took in bringing about that measure is. hum-vet more correctly described in a recent issue at the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Mr. Gupta proposed a very small measure. narnely. that Indian mem- bers ot the Covenanted Civil Set. vice should have jurisdiction to trv Enron-ans. a jurisdiction trom which they were tor the first time rleharred hy the Criminal Pro' (‘tEtltlﬂ' Code at 1872, the Indian Legislative Council being almost 0 unlly divided on the question. Tie ple had the ap iroval and support «I Sir Ashley aim. the then LieutenanHiovomor at Ben- gal, who torwarded it tor adoption to the Government at India. The Bill subsequently introduced in Council was ot a diﬁerent nature and much wider scope.

Dining the earlier part at his ofﬁcial career. Mr- Gupta surrey)» fully passed the service ‘ze exam- ittations, and obtained grits o Honour in Sanskrit and Persian.

Having sen-ed with distinction as District and Sessions Judge in various districts. he was promot- ed to the oﬂice of S rintcndcnt and Remembrance! ot Affairs to the Government at Bengal. and also appointed a member of the Bengal Legislative Council. These posts arestillheld by him. In 1808. and again tn toot. hr nﬂiciated £15 a Judge of the High Court. Sincc joining the service Mr. Gupta has taken furlough and \‘l'tllcd England on three occasions. and also travelled in Norway. Sweden. Germany and other countries at Eurott.

The Hon'hlx- Mr- KRISHNA GOVINDA GI'PTA, Mcmht'r ol the Board at Revenue. 1.. P. (Ban-at- Law). was born at Bhatpara in the Dncca district of East Bengal m l35t. He was educated ﬁrst at Myrnensinfh and alﬂ'mtds at the bacon Co loge. He proceeded to England in i869 fora European

education. and in an he passed tor the Indian Civil Service. He joined the Civil Service in um. after having been called to the Bar, returned to India in that yearand

was posted to Bach: as Astisunt Magistrate and (carter. In “£11311!” 3874 he served :3 Famine etc! a 'in Bogra,a

was there talluotcytober, wﬂen he returned to kcrgunge. e ren- dered excellent Service alter the destructive cyclone and storm wave that devastated the sea-board ol the district in October :876. Ht: acted as Assistant Ma istratc and Collector and joint ' rate in sci-en] districts, ofﬁciating at times as Magistrate and Collector. In
 * 88: he officiated in Calcutta as

junior Secular} tu tin-Board ul Revenue, in which post he was conﬁrmed in 1890. The next year he acted as Commissioner of Excise. Bengal, and he was substantivel} appointed to the post in :893. In I90! he was appointed Commis- sioner of the (hiss; Division and Superintendent, Tributary Mchals. In 1904 he oﬂiciated in Calcutta as a Member at the Board at RC2an being the ﬁrst Indian to hold that h' h othee. and in qut' at that year c was appointed a Month" of the Bengal Council. It. Gupta hada most distin- gnnhed niacin] career and is a splendid type 0! the cultured Indian. ﬂetsa mincnt member at the Brahma- aj community