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of the State have, one and all, borne testimoný to his high qualities as a fearless, independent and upright judge.
Lallubhai was easily accessible to the people and he took part in various local activities started for their moral, intellectual and social progress. He performed the opening ceremony of the English School at Umarala in 1912. Subsequently when the school was handed over by its founders to the state authorities for management Mr. Kaushikram V. Mehta, B. A. the Director of State Education, Bhavnagar, referred in very appreciative terms to the help and guidance which the school had received from Lallubhai. Even to this day the school is closed on the anniversary of his sad death in the memory of the departed promoter of the institution. When in 1912 the province was in the throes of a severe famine, Lallubhai personally attended to many of the famine relief measures in his own local area. In short he rendered himself very popular owing to his generous and obliging nature, untiring energy and devotion to duty.
