| Education & Degree |
Educated at St. Xavier's College, Bombay.
M.A., LL.B., K.B.E., Cr, 1935, HON, LL.D., D. Litt., GRAND COMMANDER, ORDER OF GEORGE I OF GREECE, F.R.S.A.
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| Career Highlights |
- Member of the Indian Legislative Assembly from 1929-1943.
- Constituent Assembly Member from 1948-1949.
- Attended the First Round Table Conference in 1929.
- Went to Geneva in 1937 as Employer's Delegate to the International Labour Conference.
- Member for Supply in the Viceroy's Executive Council (1941-43).
- Appointed Governor of Bombay in September 1947.
- Governor of Uttar Pradesh from 1949 to 1952.
- Past President or Chairman of several organizations including Bombay Municipal Corporation, Associated Cement Companies Limited, Tata Group of Hydro-Electric Companies, Indian Merchant Chamber, Indian Banks Association, and Indian Institute of Art-in Industry.
- Chairman of the Central Bank of India Limited until March 1968.
- Life President of the Indo-American Society Limited and of the Indian Council of World Affairs, Bombay Branch.
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