GUPTA, SIR KRISHNA GOVINDA In dian statesman, was a native of eastern Bengal, and was educated at Calcutta university. He then came to England, passed for the Indian Civil Service, and was called to the bar. He had a dis tinguished career in the civil service, and in 1907 was appointed one of the two Indian members on the India Council. He retired in 1915, and devoted his leisure partly to promoting the education of Indian women. Gupta received the K.C.S.I. in 1911. He died on March 3o, 1926.