Diwan Chaman Lall

Diwan Chaman Lall (1892 - c.1973) was an Indian politician and diplomat who served as a Member of the Rajya Sabha.[1]

He was educated at Rawalpindi, Paris, Seaford College and Balliol College, Oxford, and was called to the bar at Middle Temple.[2] He was a founder of the All India Trade Union Congress in 1920, and served as MLA (Central) from 1924 to 1931 and 1945 to 1948; MLA Punjab 1937 to 1945; Member of the Constituent Assembly of India 1945 to 1948, and Indian Ambassador to Turkey from 1949 to 1950. He later served as a Member of the Rajya Sabha in the 1950s and 60s.

References

  1. ↑ Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. Rajya Sabha, Volume 86, Issues 1-7
  2. ↑ Stewart, John (2001). Standing for Justice: A Biography of Andrew MacLaren MP.


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