Excerpt from A General Biography of Bengal Celebrities, Both Living and Dead, Vol. 1 It will occur to the reader that there are some importai omissions in the list of eminent living celebrities. But it necessary to point out that this is only the first part of ti work, and as soon as the necessary materials will be fortl coming, the omissions will be supplied. With these remark the writer throws himself 011 the indulgence of the reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.