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CHAPTER VITT.
He was awarded a Sanad in 1918 by the command of H. E. the
Governor-General in Council, and a silver watch for his efforts in
recruiting.
War Services.—As above.
Pearey Lal Chaturvedi, Rais and Honorary Magistrate of
Kaimganj, District Farrukhabad, comes of a family that has had many
members who held high positions in Government service including
the I.C.S., and his uncle, Dewan Bahadur Pandit Parmanand
Chaturvedi, Rai Bahadur, B.A., was the Prime Minister of Jhalawar
State in Rajputana from 1895 to 1914, when he died. P. L.
Chaturvedi is an Honorary Bench Magistrate. That he takes an
active interest in civic affairs is evidenced by the fact that he is the
President of the George School at Kaimganj and a Member of the
Zemindars’ Association for the Province of Agra. He has been
employed as a Manager of the local Famine Relief Committee and
other institutions. The family possesses landed property paying a
sum of Rs. 2,700 annually to Government.
War Services.—War Loans, Rs. 5,915. Other War Funds, Rs. 1,500.
P. L. Chaturvedi took a prominent part in recruiting and supplied 27
recruits, 12 combatants and 15 non-combatants, of whom 23 were
accepted. He also sent 30 more men, but they were rejected. Worked
as a Member of the Red Cross Association, etc., etc.
Baba Pearay Dass of Kaimganj, Farrukhabad District, is a
scholar in Sanskrit and knows Hindi.
The family estate (landed) was founded by Guru Devi Baba
Mathura Dass, who was a staunch supporter of the Government and
a saint of much repute in the district. The subject of this sketch
mainly spends his time in meditation and pilgrimages to holy places
and has recently made a tour of nearly all the sacred places in
Hindustan, thus proving himself a worthy successor of Guru Devi
Baba. His estate pays Rs. 2,500 a year as Government revenue and
he expends about Rs. 8,000 annually on irrigation with the object
CHAPTER VITT.
He was awarded a Sanad in 1918 by the command of H. E. the
Governor-General in Council, and a silver watch for his efforts in
recruiting.
War Services.—As above.
Pearey Lal Chaturvedi, Rais and Honorary Magistrate of
Kaimganj, District Farrukhabad, comes of a family that has had many
members who held high positions in Government service including
the I.C.S., and his uncle, Dewan Bahadur Pandit Parmanand
Chaturvedi, Rai Bahadur, B.A., was the Prime Minister of Jhalawar
State in Rajputana from 1895 to 1914, when he died. P. L.
Chaturvedi is an Honorary Bench Magistrate. That he takes an
active interest in civic affairs is evidenced by the fact that he is the
President of the George School at Kaimganj and a Member of the
Zemindars’ Association for the Province of Agra. He has been
employed as a Manager of the local Famine Relief Committee and
other institutions. The family possesses landed property paying a
sum of Rs. 2,700 annually to Government.
War Services.—War Loans, Rs. 5,915. Other War Funds, Rs. 1,500.
P. L. Chaturvedi took a prominent part in recruiting and supplied 27
recruits, 12 combatants and 15 non-combatants, of whom 23 were
accepted. He also sent 30 more men, but they were rejected. Worked
as a Member of the Red Cross Association, etc., etc.
Baba Pearay Dass of Kaimganj, Farrukhabad District, is a
scholar in Sanskrit and knows Hindi.
The family estate (landed) was founded by Guru Devi Baba
Mathura Dass, who was a staunch supporter of the Government and
a saint of much repute in the district. The subject of this sketch
mainly spends his time in meditation and pilgrimages to holy places
and has recently made a tour of nearly all the sacred places in
Hindustan, thus proving himself a worthy successor of Guru Devi
Baba. His estate pays Rs. 2,500 a year as Government revenue and
he expends about Rs. 8,000 annually on irrigation with the object