| Name
/ Title |
Sir TEJ BAHADUR
SAPRU |
| Date of
Birth |
December 08, 1875 |
| Date of
Death |
January 20, 1949 |
| Identity |
Indian lawyer and politician |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1913 to 1916: He served in
the Legislative Council of the United Provinces.
- 1916 to 1920: The Imperial
Legislative Council.
- 1920 to 1923: A member for
law affairs in the Viceroy's Council.
- 1923: He was knighted as a
Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) in
the King's Birthday Honours list.
- February 26, 1934: He was
appointed a member of the Privy Council.
|
| General |
- He was a prominent leader of the pro-British Raj Liberal
party in British-ruled India.
- A constitutionalist, he advocated for greater political
rights and freedoms for Indians to be achieved through
dialogue with British authorities and did not support Indian
independence from the British Empire.
- His last prominent role was as one of the main lawyers
engaged to defend captured soldiers of the rebel Indian
National Army, raised by nationalist leader Subhas Chandra
Bose with the aid of Imperial Japan during the war.
- He opposed the Non-cooperation movement (1920–22), the
Salt Satyagraha (1930–31) and the Quit India Movement
(1942–46).
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