Mahommedali Currim Chagla (1900 to 1981) was an Indian jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court from 1947 to 1958. He later served as India ambassador to the United States and as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, and held cabinet posts as Minister of Education and Minister for External Affairs.
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RoleJurist, diplomat, and Cabinet Minister 2 Nationality / Jurisdiction Classification
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Mahommedali Currim Chagla (30 September 1900-9 February 1981) was an Indian jurist, diplomat, and Cabinet Minister who served as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court from 1947 to 1958.
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Born on 30 September 1900 in Bombay to a well-off Gujarati, Ismaili Khoja family, Chagla suffered a lonely childhood owing to his mother's death in 1905.
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Mahommedali Currim Chagla (1900 to 1981) was an Indian jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court from 1947 to 1958.
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He was appointed a judge to Bombay High Court in 1941, becoming Chief Justice in 1948 and serving in that capacity to 1958. All through, he continued to write and speak strongly for the Indian freedom cause and against the communal two nation ideology. In 1946, Chagla was part of the first Indian delegation to the UN.
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was an Indian jurist
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Chagla served as ad hoc judge to the International Court of Justice
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Wikidata Q3634250, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1900
Wikidata Q3634250, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1900-09-30
Wikidata Q3634250, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1981
Wikidata Q3634250, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1981-02-09
Wikidata Q3634250, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Mumbai
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