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 i 5 o WHO'S WHO IN INDIA KUNDAN Lal, Rai Saheb, Officiating Supervisor in the Survey Department, received his title on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar, in recognition of his public ser- vices. Address: Dacca, Bengal. Sen, Lalit Mohan, Rai Saheb, Sub-Deputy Collector and Superintendent of Excise, was born on October 16th, 1873, and educated at St. Xavier's and the Presidency Colleges, Calcutta. His grandfather was Sheristadar of the District and Sessions Judge of Tippera ; his father served as Munsiff in Noakali district for a time, and is now practising as a Pleader in Backerganj district. Babu Lalit Mohan Sen entered the Excise Department in Bengal in 1895. and in the following year joined the executive branch, where he made his mark as an expert detective of illicit distillation and smuggling. He was highly commended by his superiors for his work in connection with the suppression of illicit stills in Nadia, and afterwards for detecting a system of opium smuggling from the United Provinces to Burma. In 1908 he was transferred to Eastern Bengal and Assam, and appointed Superintendent of Excise at Chittagong, where he is still serving. In 1909 he was instrumental in securing the arrest of a large gang of opium smugglers, and though the head of the gang spent over half a lakh of rupees in the defence the whole of the smugglers were convicted. For his good work in this, and many other difficult cases, Lalit Mohan Sen received his title on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar. Address: Chittagong. DAT TA, MAHKNDRA Chandra, Rai Saheb, formerly Head Assistant in the office of the Private Secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of Eastern Bengal and Assam, received his title on the occasion of the recent Coronation Durbar, in recognition of his excellent service.