Bakshi Tek Chand
Member of Constituent Assembly of India
In office
9 December 1946 – 25 January 1950
ConstituencyPunjab
Member of 3rd Punjab Legislative Council
In office
3 January 1927 – 23 October 1930
Chairmen of Patents Enquiry Committee
Appointed byGovernment of India
Personal details
BornAugust 26, 1883
Kangra district

Bakshi Tek Chand was an Indian lawyer and jurist from Punjab. He served as a judge in the Punjab High Court during the British Raj, and as a member of the Constituent Assembly of India after independence.

Personal life

He was born in August 26, 1883 in the Kangra district in the then province of Punjab in British India.[1][2]

Career

He served as a judge in the Punjab High Court in British India.[3]

After his retirement, he was elected to the Constituent Assembly of India in 1946 from the province of Punjab.[4] After the Partition of India, he opted to move to independent India.

In October 1947, the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, having released the popular leader Sheikh Abdullah from prison with the expectation of his participation in the government of the state, appointed Bakshi Tek Chand to frame a constitution for the state.[3] The appointment was on 21 October 1947, one day before the Pakistani tribal invasion of Kashmir was launched, which put a hold on the effort. With the state's accession to India in the wake of the invasion, Bakshi continued to be involved in the negotiations for arranging the state's governance.[5]

Offices

References

  1. ^ "Founding fathers". The Tribune India. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  2. ^ "Bakshi Tek Chand". Constitution of India. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  3. ^ a b Epilogue, Vol 4, Issue 11. Epilogue -Jammu Kashmir.
  4. ^ Hans Raj Khanna (2008). Making of India's Constitution. Eastern Book Company. pp. 6–. ISBN 9788170121084.
  5. ^ Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, Second Series, Volume 4. p. 312 – via archive.org.
  6. ^ a b "Who's who Parliament of India" (PDF). Digital Parliamentary Library.
  7. ^ "Constituent Assembly Members". Lok Sabha.
  8. ^ Parliament of India Who's who. Government of India Press. 1950.
  9. ^ "Punjab Assembly Members". pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  10. ^ a b "REPORT on the revision of the patents law" (PDF). Intellectual Property India.
  11. ^ a b "For a people's drug policy". Deccan Herald. 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
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