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In Memoriam: Dr. Pannalal / By Shri Ramesh Chandra De, General Secretary All India Kashiraj Trust / 307

The Board of Trustees of the All-India Kashiraj Trust places on record its deep sorrow at the demise on 29th May, 1967 of Dr. Panna Lal, Retd. I. C. S., C. S. I., C. I. E., M. A., B. Sc., LL. B., D. Litt., Ph. D., Bar-at Law. He was one of the First Trustees of the Trust nominated by the Government of India on 24th April, 1956 when the Trust was founded under the aegies of the Government. After a brilliant career at Allahabad University where he took a triple first in Arts, Science and Law, he was called to the bar at Gray's Inn London and stood first in the Indian Civil Service Examination. He had a distinguished record of successful administration and was greatly respected in the Government and he retired in 1944 while serving as Advisor to the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. In early 1930 Lord Lothian, Chairman of the Franchise Committee commented about the memorandum on the Franchise problem prepared by Dr. Panna Lal as "ablest of its kind produced in the country." Inspite of his strenuous duties in service he could keep up his scholarly persuits and was a scholar of Sanskrit and an authority on ancient Indian history and numismatics. Hindu philosophy and theology were his favourite subjects. He was posted as Commissioner of Benares once in 1931 and again in 1935 and in this capacity he held the office of the Political Agent of the Benares State and was closely connected with the Darbar. He was a great devotee of Mata Anandmayee and in his later days he mostly spent his time in deep meditation and passed away at the ripe old age of 84, We all pray that God may grant him eternal peace. RAMESH CHANDRA DE