Ranganath Misra (1926 to 2012) was the twenty-first Chief Justice of India, serving from September 1990 to November 1991. He began practicing law at the Orissa High Court in 1950, became a judge there in 1969 and its Chief Justice in 1981, and was appointed to the Supreme Court of India in 1983. After retiring he became the first chairman of India's National Human Rights Commission in 1993 and later sat in the Rajya Sabha as a member of the Indian National Congress. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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What was the Misra Commission that Ranganath Misra headed?
A commission of inquiry set up in May 1985 into the 1984 anti-Sikh violence.
Ranganath Misra was appointed to head a commission of inquiry set up in May 1985 after the anti-Sikh violence of 1984. The commission later recommended that three committees be set up, and one of them, the Jain-Banerjee Committee, investigated omissions in the registration of cases. This inquiry came while he was serving as a judge of the Supreme Court of India, years before he became Chief Justice of India in 1990.
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Ranganath Misra (25 November 1926 - 13 September 2012) was an Indian jurist, who served as the 21st Chief Justice of India, from 25 September 1990 to 24 November 1991. He was also the first chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of India. He also served as Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from the Congress Party between 1998 and 2004.
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Ranganath Misra (25 November 1926 - 13 September 2012) was an Indian jurist, who served as the 21st Chief Justice of India, from 25 September 1990 to 24 November 1991.
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was an Indian jurist
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13 September 2012) was an Indian jurist, who served as the 21st Chief Justice of India, from 25 September 1990 to 24 November 1991. He was also
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Wikidata Q12448533, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1926
Wikidata Q12448533, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1926-11-25
Wikidata Q12448533, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 2012
Wikidata Q12448533, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 2012-09-13
Wikidata Q12448533, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Banapur
Wikidata Q12448533, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Bhubaneswar
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