Mahommedali Currim Chagla | |
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5th Union Minister of External Affairs | |
In office 14 November 1966 – 5 September 1967 | |
Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
Preceded by | Swaran Singh |
Succeeded by | Indira Gandhi |
4th Union Minister of Education | |
In office 21 November 1963 – 13 November 1966 | |
Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi |
Preceded by | Humayun Kabir |
Succeeded by | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
4th High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom | |
In office April 1962 – September 1963 | |
Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Preceded by | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
Succeeded by | Jivraj Narayan Mehta |
6th Ambassador of India to the United States | |
In office 1958–1961 | |
Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Preceded by | Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta |
Succeeded by | B. K. Nehru |
Chief Justice of Bombay High Court | |
In office 1947 - 1958 | |
Succeeded by | Hashmatrai Khubchand Chainani |
Personal details | |
Born | 30 September 1900 Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India |
Died | 9 February 1981 | (aged 80)
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Alma mater | Lincoln College, Oxford |
Mahommedali Currim Chagla[1] (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.[2]