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Date transcribed2011-08-00
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CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Mandlik    
First Name(s)  Visvanath Narayan Rao Rao Sahib    
Birth Year  1833    
Death Year  1889    
Entry  Born March 8, 1833, in the Ratnagiri District in the Konkan : educated at the Elphinstone High School : distinguished himself there : began life as Personal Assistant to Colonel Jacob in Sind, and afterwards held several Government appointments : resigned them in 1862, and joined the Bombay bar, soon obtaining lucrative practice as Pleader : appointed Government Pleader in 1884 : as Justice of the Peace, Municipal Commissioner, Fellow of the Bombay University, Member of the Legislative Council, Journalist, and Author, he won universal respect : in 1874 was made a Member of the Bombay Legislative Council (retaining the position for 8 years), and in 1884 a Member of the Legislative Council of the Governor-General. He translated into Gujarati Elphinstone's History of India, and published A Manual of Hindu Law, etc. : C.S.I. , 1877 : he advocated political and educational advancement, but opposed any State intervention in social reforms : died May 9, 1889.     
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