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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . Paintepur and Bilahara; (See ).  Pal, Babu Bepin Chendra, Journalist, Calcutta; s. of late Babu Ramachendra Pal; b. Sylhet, 185S; came under the influence of late Keshub Chendra Sen, as a result of which he became a Brahmo; entered life as Headmaster of a High School in Cuttack; Headmaster, Arcot Narayanaswami Mudaliar’s High School, Bangalore; Librarian, City Library, Calcutta; m. the widowed niece of Babu Surendra Nath Banerjee of Calcutta; proceeded to Europe and visited England. France and America; toured in Southern India as a Missionary; took an active part in the Swadeshi movement and distinguished himself as a speaker of great force; was connected with the now defunct newspaper “The Bandematharam” of Calcutta; prosecuted for “Contempt of Court” and awarded 6 months’ simple imprisonment; again visited Southern India delivering political lectures; once more proceeded to England and stayed in London for a few years; returned to India and was arrested and prosecuted on a charge of sedition, found guilty and was awarded a month’s simple imprisonment in Bombay. Address: Calcutta, India.  Palanpur, Diwan of; H.H. Nawab Sir Sher Muhammad Khan Zorawur Khan, G.C.I.E. (1898); b. 1852; succeeded to gaddi, 1877; claims descent from the Lohanis, better known as the Jhaloris; the British connection with the State began in 1809; the administration of the State remained under the control of a Political Superintendent till 1874; area, 1766 sq. miles; population, 200,000; revenue, 7 lakhs; interested in agricultural development, and education; brought a vast area of arable land under cultivation and by way of encouraging cultivators, made them advances at low rates of interest; dug a large number of wells; has two sons and the heir apparent, Taley Muhammad Khan, was born in 1885; A.D.C., to the Governor of Bombay; maintains a force of 161 horse, and 440 foot; entitled to a salute of 13 guns; pays a tribute of Rs. 38,460 to Gaekwar of Baroda. Address: Palanpur, Bombay Presidency, India.  Palin, Colonel Gilbert Walter, C.I.E., (1911); C.B., (1914); Assistant Director of Supply and Transport, Poona; 2nd s. of late Lieutenant-General C. T. Palin of the Bombay Staff Corps; b. 1862; educ: Clifton College; m. Florence, e.d. of Colonel C. Swinhoe, 1889; 3 s. and one d.; joined the Army as 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Denbigh and MarionethMerioneth [sic] Rifles, 1880; joined the Indian Army, 1885; Commissariat Department, Bombay, 1886; Director, Army Clothing Department, 1906-10; rose to the rank of Colonel, 1911; Zhob Valley Expedition, 1884; Isazai Field Force, 1892; Saukim Force, Indian Brigade. 1896; won Queen’s Sudan medal, Khedive’s medal; Tirah Expedition, 1879-98; despatches, Indian medal; Director of Supply and Transport, Rawalpindi; Consultation and Manoeuvres for H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 1905; Director of Supply and Transport at the Coronation Durbar, 1911. Recreations: 315