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Lanka Sundaram (
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: లంక సుందరం) (1 January 1905 – 8 January 1967) was an Indian politician and an expert in
international law International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding between states. It establishes normative guidelines and a common conceptual framework for ...
.


Life

He was born in Chodavaram in Godavari district of
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. He did his primary education in Noble College,
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. During an oration, Maharajah of
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, Syaji Rao
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sponsored his education in
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. He studied at
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in International Law. In 1929, he qualified in the
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examination. But the British Government refused to give him government job. Hence he has concentrated on social service. He was elected to the first
Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...
in 1952 from
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constituency. He was openly criticised during the parliamentary discussions on various issues to the country during the early period after Indian independence. He was a
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. He wrote many books and was the editor of Commerce and Industry. His books are chosen for university syllabi and often used as reference material. ''India in World Politics'' is his main book.


Committee on Public Undertakings

Lanka Sundaram, Independent member of Indian Parliament moved a resolution and initiated the discussion on the need for setting up a Parliamentary Committee on Public Undertakings to focus on the broader policy and operational issues concerning public enterprises. The resolution was adopted in December 1953 and the committee was set up in 1964.


Publications

* * * * ''A secular state for India; thoughts on Indiaʼs political future'' (1944) * India Analysed, Volume I, International (1933) along with
Alfred Zimmern Sir Alfred Eckhard Zimmern (26 January 1879–24 November 1957) was an English classical scholar, historian, and political scientist writing on international relations. A British policymaker during World War I and a prominent liberal thinker, Z ...
; Manning, C.A.W.; Keith, Arthur Berriedale; Jenks, C.W.


References


External links


Biodata of Lanka Sundaram at Lok Sabha website.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sundaram, Lanka 1905 births 1967 deaths 20th-century Indian lawyers India MPs 1952–1957 Alumni of the University of Oxford Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh People from East Godavari district Politicians from Visakhapatnam