| Name(s) |
M.C. CHAGLA
(Mahommedali Currim Chagla) |
| Date of
Birth |
September 30, 1900 |
| Date of
Death |
February 09, 1981 |
|
Identity |
Indian jurist,
educationist and Cabinet Minister. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1927: He was appointed as
Professor of law to Government Law College, Bombay in 1927,
where he worked with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
- 1941: He was appointed as a
judge to Bombay High Court
- 1948: He became Chief
Justice in the Bombay High Court.
- 1958: He relinquished his
office of the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.
- 1946: He was part of the
first Indian delegation to the UN.
- October 04, 1956: He took
over as the Acting Governor of the then state of Bombay,
later bifurcated into the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra.
- December 10, 1956: He
retired as the Acting Governor of the then state of Bombay,
later bifurcated into the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra.
- September 1957: He took
over as ad hoc judge to the International Court of Justice
at The Hague.
- 1958 to 1961: He served as
Indian ambassador to the USA.
- September 1959: He retired
as ad hoc judge to the International Court of Justice at The
Hague.
- April, 1962 to September, 1963:
He served as Indian High Commissioner in the UK.
- 1963 to 1966: He served as
Education Minister of India.
- November 1966 to September 1967:
He served as the Minister for External Affairs of India.
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Other |
- Initially, he idolized Jinnah and held membership in the
Muslim League, but severed all ties to Jinnah after he began
to work for the cause of a separate Muslim state.
- He then founded the Muslim Nationalist Party in Bombay,
a party which was ignored and pushed aside in the
independence struggle.
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