Famous Indian Lawers at the British Period


Notable lawyers like Motilal NehruDadabhai Naoroji, and Surendranath Banerjee, initially focused on constitutionalism and expressed loyalty to the British, using platforms like the Indian National Congress to debate and pass resolutions on issues like civil rights .Use this space to write about your company, employee profiles and organizational culture; share your story and connect with customers.

Motilal Nehru

1861-1931

Motilal Nehru was an Indian lawyer, activist, and politician affiliated with the Indian National Congress. He served as the Congress President twice, from 1919 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1929. He was a patriarch of the Nehru-Gandhi family and the father of Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister.

Dadabhai Naoroji

1825-1917

Naoroji is particularly known for formulating the “drain theory”, which argued that economic exploitation under British rule led to the transfer of wealth from India to Britain. He detailed these views in his 1901 publication Poverty and Un-British Rule in India,.

Mahatma Gandhi

1869-1948

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[c] (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948)[2] was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India’s independence 

Dr.BR.Ambedkar

1891-1956

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Bhīmrāo Rāmjī Āmbēḍkar; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and statesman who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India.[6]

GnanendraMohan Tagore

1844-1896

Gnanendramohan Tagore was the son of Prasanna Coomar Tagore and grandson of Gopi Mohan Tagore one of the founders of Hindu College, of the Pathuriaghata branch of the Tagore family. He had won a scholarship of Rs. 40 per month and joined Calcutta Medical College in 1842, but did not complete his medical education.

Manmohan Ghose

1869-1924

The first Indian to practice as a barrister was Manmohun Ghose, who became a barrister in 1866. He was called to the English Bar at the Inner Temple in LondonWhile Gnanendramohan Tagore was called to the Bar before Ghose (in 1862), he did not return to India to practice as a barrister. Badruddin Tyabji was the first Indian to practice as a barrister in Bombay,

Cornelia Sorabji

1866-1954

Cornelia Sorabji was an Indian lawyer, Cornelia Sorabji (15 November 1866 – 6 July 1954) was an Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer. She was the first female graduate from Bombay University .social reformer and writer. She was the first female graduate from Bombay University, and the first woman to study law at Oxford University.

Umesh Chandra Benarji

1844-1906

Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee (or Umesh Chandra Banerjee; 29 December 1844 – 21 July 1906) was an Indian independence activist and barrister who practiced in England. He was a secretary of the London Indian Society founded by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1865. He was one of the founders and the first president of Indian National Congress in 1885 at Bombay, serving again as president in 1892 at Allahabad.[6]

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