Donald Falshaw
Born
NationalityEnglish
OccupationJudge

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

Life

He was born in Morecambe, Lancashire, but lived the major part of his life in British India.[1]

He was born in 1905.[1]

He died in 1984.[1]

Education

He graduated with a law degree and began his legal practice in India, eventually becoming a judge of the High Court.[1]

Career

He belonged to the Indian Civil Service batch of 1928 and became the first Chief Justice of the Punjab High Court in 1966.[2][3]

On 15 May 1966, he became the last British judge to have served in India as the same day he sailed for the United Kingdom. This momentous occasion was reported on by the New York Times.[4][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "FamilySearch.org". Ancestors.familysearch.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. "Not only IAS, the Indian judiciary desperately needs lateral entry too". Theprint.in. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. 1 2 "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Opinions". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  4. J. Anthony Lukas (16 May 1966). "Last British Judge in India Retires From Service". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
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