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Lakshman Jagannath Vaidya (born 1835), also spelt Laxuman Jagannath Vaidya was

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and the Dewan of

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from 1886 to 1890. He was the brother of Narayan Jagannath Vaidya. He belonged to the CKP community of

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and started a scholarship for the CKP students in 1887.

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