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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Abdul Latif    
First Name(s)  Nawab Bahadur    
Year of Birth  1828    
Year of Death  1893    
Entry  Son of a leading pleader in the Sadr Diwani Court at Calcutta : born, March, 1828 : educated at the Calcutta Madrasa : entered Government service in 1846 : appointed a Deputy Magistrate in 1849 : acted sometimes as Presidency Magistrate : Member of the Bengal Legislative Council for several years, and of the Calcutta Corporation : J. P. : on the Central Board of Examiners ; Fellow of the Calcutta University : on the Income Tax Commission for Calcutta, 1861-5 - founder and secretary, from 1863, of the Muhammadan Literary and Scientific Society, and several other public bodies : Nawab, 1880 : C. I. E. 1883 : Nawab Bahadur, 1887 : often consulted by Government, as the most progressive and enlightened among the Muhammadans of Bengal, whose interests and aspirations he never ceased to urge : died 1893.     
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