Niren De | |
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Attorney General of India[1] | |
In office 1 November 1968 – 31 March 1977 | |
Preceded by | C. K. Daphtary |
Succeeded by | S. V. Gupte |
Solicitor General of India | |
In office 30 September 1967 – 30 October 1968 | |
Preceded by | S. V. Gupte |
Succeeded by | Jagadish Swarup |
Personal details | |
Born | (1908-08-17)17 August 1908[2] Calcutta, British India |
Awards | Padma Vibhushan (1974) |
Niren De was an Indian Lawyer and was the Attorney General of India from November 1968 to March 1977 and it covered Indian Emergency.[3] He was earlier the Solicitor General of India.[4][5][6] He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1974. He was also the Chairman of the Bar council of India.[7]