Mehr Chand Mahajan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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3rd Chief Justice of India
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Place of Birth: Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, India
About Mehr Chand Mahajan
- Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan (23 December 1889 in Nagrota, Kangra district – 1967) was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India.
- Prior to that he was the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir during the reign of Maharaja Hari Singh and played a key role in the accession of J&K to India.
- He was the Indian National Congress nominee on the Radcliffe Commission that defined the boundaries of India and Pakistan. Justice Mahajan made his name as an accomplished lawyer, a respected judge, and an influential politician.
- As a judge he was incisive and forthright and had many leading judgments to his credit.
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