Narayan Jagannath Vaidya was the first deputy inspector of
Sindh
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
(currently in
Pakistan
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). At the time, it was part of the
Bombay Presidency
The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay. The first mainl ...
. He was the brother of
Lakshman Jagannath Vaidya
Lakshman Jagannath Vaidya was the Dewan Bahadur of Baroda. He was the brother of Narayan Jagannath Vaidya. He belonged to the CKP community of Maharashtra. He also started a scholarship for the CKP
Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (CKP) is a cas ...
. He belonged to the
CKP
Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (CKP) is a caste group mainly found in Maharashtra. Historically, they made equally good warriors, statesmen as well as writers. They held the posts such as Deshpandes and Gadkaris and according to the histor ...
community of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
.The
Narayan Jagannath High School
The Narayan Jagannath Vaidya Government Higher Secondary School at Karachi is the first government school established in Sindh. It was opened in October 1855 with 68 boys. The original buildings were replaced by the present ones in 1876. It was nam ...
in
Pakistan
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is named after him.
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People from Sindh
Marathi people