Government, as an eminent advocate can ? "
This was the wise counsel of an uncommonly
far-seeing man and would have been faithfully
carried out, but fate was against it. How true it
is that there is a providence in everything I It
intervened on this occasion to change
Mr. Nizamuddin Ahmed's plan of life. Orders
were issued for his appointment in March, 1897,
and he went to Parbhani at a week's notice.
When he returned to Hyderabad during the
summer vacation in May, his father was ill, under-
going an operation, and died in July. Through the
good offices of his uncle, Nawab Emad Jung, he
got an officiating appointment at Hyderabad
where his presence was necessary to attend to
domestic affairs. And thus the idea of practice
Imdjto^be^giyen^^up. Towards the end ol 1897, he
acted for a few months as Second Assistant Home
Secretary in such a way as to earn high praise from
Moulvi Aziz Mirza, the acting Home Secretary.
After that he was Registrar of the High Court
for a year till he was appointed Chief^City Magis-
Jrat£. In 1898 occurred an event which was for
him a test of character and moral courage. A
criminal case had been brought against the^Chief
Engineer (Mr. Buchanan) and the Magistrate
proceeded to try .it in spite of a hint from the
higher authorities that it had better be dropped.
" I was not influenced by the wishes of the
Prime Minister (Sir Viqar-ul-Umara) who had ap-
pointed me. His Government wanted me to stop
the case, but I went on with it as I was bound to