A GREAT CAREER
Lord Sinha has just died at tlie age of 64, and his public record is well worth reviewing. He came of an ancient Bengali family, was educated in England, and called to the Bar. Ho returned to his own country, rose to be Advocate-General of Bengal, and held the portfolio of Law and Justice in the Government of India—the first native to be so honoured. He was President of the Indian National Congress in 1915 but this did not prevent him from participating in the meetings of the Imperial War Cabinet, and later iu the Peace Conference at Versailles. He was then knighted and made a K.C.—again record rank for an Indian—and m 1919 lie was raised to tlie Peerage and appointed Under-Se-cretarv of State for India. He was made Governor of liehar and Orissa in 1920—the first Anglo-Indian to rule a province—and before ho died he received the freedom, of the City of London and the Order of K.C.S.T. It- is indeed a remarkable record, and it impels one to ask—is there any other Power in the world under whose government an Oriental could have risen to such exalted rank and station?
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 March 1928, Page 1
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