Donald Falshaw was a British-Indian civil servant and judge. He was an

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officer.

Life

He was born in

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, but lived the major part of his life in British India. He was born in 1905. He died in 1984.

Education

He graduated with a law degree and began his legal practice in India, eventually becoming a judge of the High Court.

Career

He belonged to the

batch of 1928 and became the first Chief Justice of the Punjab High Court in 1966. On 15 May 1966, he became the last British judge to have served in India as the same day he sailed for the

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. This momentous occasion was reported on by the

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References

External links

Punjab and Haryana High Court

My memories of Punjab and Haryana High Court
{{DEFAULTSORT:Falshaw, Donald 1905 births 1984 deaths 20th-century Indian judges Chief justices of India 20th-century Indian lawyers British emigrants to India