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'''Gwala Krishna Deb''' was an accepted [[chela]] of [[Koot Hoomi|Mahatma K.H.]], whose mystical name was [[Dharbagiri Nath]]. He was a brother chela of [[Chandra Cusha]]. In 1882 he was 30 years of age.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 227.</ref> In 1886 [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] wrote to [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|Mr. Sinnett]] that he had been "with Master KH for the last 13 or 14 years".<ref>A. Trevor Barker, ''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett'' Letter No. LXX, (Pasadena, CA: Theosophical University Press, 1973), 170.</ref>

He was mentioned in [[Mahatma Letter No. 65]] as a person who could convey papers from [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|Sinnett]] and [[Allan Octavian Hume|Hume]] to the [[Mahatmas]]. In [[Mahatma Letter No. 53]], Madame Blavatsky describes him in this way:
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I have now with me Deb; Deb "Shortridg" as we call him, who looks a boy of 12, though is past 30 and more. An ideal little face with small cut delicate features, pearly teeth, long hair, almond cut eyes and a Chinese-tartar purple cap on the top of his head. He is my "heir of Salvation" and I have work to do with him. I cannot leave him and have no right to, now. I have to make over my work to him. He is my right hand (and [[Koot Hoomi|K. H.]]'s left one) — at imposture and <u>false pretence</u>.<ref>See [https://theosophy.wiki/en/Mahatma_Letter_No._53#Page_4_-_right_side this page].</ref>
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In late 1882, Deb, who lived in Darjeeling, was to travel to Simla to deliver a letter from Master K.H. to Mr. Sinnett. However, since Deb was at the time in Tibet undergoing certain occult training, he was unable to go in his physical body. [[Babaji]] (a probationary [[chela]]) allowed him to use his own body for the occasion. This, later lead the latter to [[Babaji#Dharbagiri Nath|impersonate Deb]] on occasions, which produced considerable confusion among members.

See also [[Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom (book)|''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom'']], I: 132; [[The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett'']], pp. 166-173, 338, 342.

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