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 156 WHO^S WHO IN INDIA PlCHU AlYAR NaRAYANA Aiyar, B.A., B.L., Rao Bahadur — Vakil, High Court, Madura, born 1849, was made a Rao Bahadur in Januiry, 1898, and awarded a Kaisar-i-Hind medal of the second class in January, 1913, in recognition of his public services. Address: Madura, Madras Presidency. YaDU Nath Mozumdar, Rai Bahadur — B.A.,B.L., Govern- ment Pleader, Jessore, Bengal, was awarded a Kaisar-i-Hind medal of the second class in recognition of his public services in January, 1913. Address : Jessore, Bengal. Beni Mad ho Prasad, Rai Saheb— Honorary Magistrate and President of the Nawada Independent Bench, Gaya, member of the Nawada Local Board, of the Gaya District Board, Chairman of the Nawada Central Co-operative Bank, Gaya, was born in the year, 1875, and educated in the Presi- sidency College, Calcutta, and the Patna College, Bankipur. His ancestors were Kanungos in the time of the Mahom- madan reign. Rai Beni Madho Prasad has been instrumental in spreading the co-operative credit movement in the Nawada Sub-Division so much so that in four years' time there are about 120 Co-operative Societies in as many villages with a Central Co-operative Bank at Nawada. It was mainly through his efforts, again, that the George Coronation School was established at Nawada. His services in these causes were recognised by the Government by conferring upon him the title of Rai Saheb in January, 19 13. He is a leading zemindar of the Gaya District having a zemindari in about 12 villages of the Nawada Sub-Division where there is a Permanent Settlement and is a member of the Nawada Town Club. Address : Dariapur, Nawada, District Gaya. Abdul Wali, Khan Saheb, Maulvi — born about 1864 in the village Sarupa, 60 miles south of Calcutta, belongs to a family which traces its decent from Kaliph Abu Bakr Siddiq, the first Companion of the Arabian Prophet. His ancestors