Dhirajlal Bhulabhai Desai
Dhirajlal Bhulabhai Desai ( Hindi धीरजलाल भूलाभाई देसाई ; born June 22, 1908 in Bombay ; † March 21, 1951 in Bern ) was an Indian diplomat . He was the first Indian ambassador to Switzerland.
Life
Dhirajlal Bhulabhai Desai was the son of the politician Bhulabhai Jivanji Desai . He attended Elphinstone College , Bharda New High School, and Government Law College in Bombay. Desai was a barrister at the Supreme Court of India and Chairman of the Indian National Congress in the Bombay Presidency . He was a director of Ameer Trading Corporation, the Indian subsidiary of American Cyanamid's Calco Chemical Company .
From December 17, 1948 he was envoy in Bern and also accredited to the Holy See and to the Allied Commission for Austria in Vienna .
Publications
- To The Builders of Tomorrow
- Meet Gandhi
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stanley Reed (Ed.): The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's Who, Volume 36.Bennett , Coleman & Company, 1950, p. 667 limited preview in the Google book search
- ↑ David H. Stam: International Dictionary of Library Histories, Volume 1. Taylor & Francis, 2001, ISBN 978-1-57958-244-9 , p. 729 limited preview in Google book search
- ↑ Nécrologie Dhirajlal Bhulabhai Desai Le 21 mars 1951 est décédé à Berne d'une crise cardiaque Son Excellence M. Dhirajlal Bhulabhai Desai, Ministre de la République de l'Inde en Suisse, Tune des personnalités politiques et diplomatiques marquantes de son pays. Né en 1908, il étudia le droit à Bombay et à Londres et pratiqua comme avocat près la Cour suprême de Bombay, tout en s'occupant activement de Zonen économiques. Champion de l'indépendance nationale, - son père était un intime de Ghandi, - il milita dans le congrès panindia et fit même de la prison à cause de son opposition au régime établi: Après la victoire de ses idées, Desai devint le premier chef de mission accrédité par la République Indienne en Suisse, et plus tard encore en Autriche et au Vatican. ... based on: Le Droit d'auteur volumes 63-65, 1950, p. 46, archived copy ( memento of the original from January 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Dhirajlal Bhulabhai Desai in the Dodis database of diplomatic documents of Switzerland
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| none |
Indian Ambassador in Bern December 17, 1948 to March 21, 1951 |
N. Raghavan |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Desai, Dhirajlal Bhulabhai |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Desai, Dhirajlal B. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bombay |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 1951 |
| Place of death | Bern |