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 io8' WKO^S WHO IN INDIA several adverse vicissitudes during the unsettled times about the end of the Moghul rule was reduced to utter poverty till Babu Patitchandra Sawoo, the father of Rai Woopendranatb, proceeded to Calcutta^vhere he settled as a dealer in country sugar, linseed and jute and after some years of patient indus- try, made a position for himself. His father died when VVoopendranath Sawoo was only 19, but the young man not only maintained the business of his father but improved it a great deal. Rai Woopendranath owns zemindari in the Districts of Burdwan, 24-Perganas, Jessore and Khulna, in addition to considerable house property in Calcutta and the suburbs. His services to the Government and the public have been numerous and some of them of high order also. In his own village of Dhankuria he maintains a free High English School, and a nicely equipped charitable dispensary besides helping the people in a hundred other ways. Address : Merchant and Banker, Calcutta. Ramkisan Hanmantdas Singi, Rao Saheb — of Sholapur in the Bombay Presidency. The title of Rao Saheb was conferred on him in January, 1913, in recognition of his public service. Address: Sholapur. ManishankaR ManCHHARAM Joshi, Hao Saheb — marn- latdar of Viramgaon in the Bombay Presidency. Title con- ferred in January, 1913. GoviNDA PiLLAi, Rao Saheb, P. — Senior Grade, Sub- Assistant Surgeon in Burma. Title conferred in January, 1913. SiTARAM RuPCHAND Patil, Rao Saheb — of Pimpalgaon Kali, Buldana District, in Berar. The title of Rao Saheb was conferred on him in January, 1913. Address: Pimpal- gaon Kali, Buldana District (Berar). Dajiba Govind Dongre, Rao Saheb, Pandit — Malguzar of Palsud, Nimar District, Central Provinces. Title con- ferred in January, 1913.