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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland) |
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Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C
Date transcribed | 2011-01-01 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| Surname | Ajudhia Nath Pandit | | Year of Birth | 1840 | | Year of Death | 1892 | | Entry | A Kashmiri Brahman : born April 8, 1840 : his father, Kedar Nath, was a merchant at Agra and for some time Diwan to the Nawab of Jaffhar : educated at the Agra College : in 1862 joined the bar. When the seat of Government was moved from Agra to Allahabad, he migrated there : in 1869 Professor of Law at Agra : very successful as a pleader, and amassed a fortune : continued his studies in Persian and Arabic : became a member of the N.W.P. Legislative Council ; Fellow of the Calcutta and Allahabad Universities ; a prominent member of the National Congress in 1888, and afterwards became Joint General Secretary : a man of strong individuality : died Jan. 11, 1892. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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