Rao Bahadur Ganpat Rao Ghatate is a prominent banker and landowner of Nagpur, his estate consisting of about 150 villages. These have all been acquired by himself and his father, Gopal Rao, who began a  very poor man. Ganpat Rao remitted large sums to his debtors during the conciliation proceedings. Shankar Rao Pandit is great-grandson by adoption of Narayan Rao pandit, who came from Benares at the request of the Bhonslas about a century ago and acted as their representative with British Government. He received grants of property both from the Bhonlas and the British, including five villages in Jubbulpore free of revenue in perpetuity. Shankar Rao is a boy of about ten years of age and his estate consists of 12 villages, yielding about Rs. 15,000, a year