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| name = C. K. Daphtary<br />
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| constituency = [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|Nominated]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/since1952.aspx | title=List Of Nominated Members Since 1952 | publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] | access-date=17 January 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101172706/http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/since1952.aspx | archive-date=1 January 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| term = 1972-1978<br />
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| office1 = [[Attorney General of India]]<ref name="GHOSH2017">{{cite book|author=PEU GHOSH|title=INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5sqiDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA445|year=2017|publisher=PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-203-5318-3|page=445}}</ref><br />
| term1 = 2 March 1963 – 30 October 1968<br />
| predecessor1 = [[M. C. Setalvad]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Niren De]]<br />
| office2 = [[Solicitor General of India]]<br />
| term2 = 28 January 1950 – 1 March 1963<br />
| predecessor2 = <br />
| successor2 = H.N. Sanyal<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1893|4|1}} <ref>{{cite web | url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/d.pdf | title=RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003 | publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] | access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1983|2|18|1893|4|1}}<br />
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| spouse = Sushila Daphtary<br />
| children = 1 Son and 2 daughters<br />
|awards = [[Padma Vibhushan]] (1967)<br />
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'''Chander Kishan Daphtary''' ( 1 April 1893 &ndash; 18 February 1983) was an Indian lawyer and was the first [[Solicitor General of India]] from 1950 to 1963. He was the [[Attorney General for India]] from 1963 to 1968.<ref>[http://www.vakilno1.com/luminaries/AttorneyGen.html Attorney General of Independent India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625191613/http://www.vakilno1.com/luminaries/AttorneyGen.html |date=2012-06-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/list-of-attorney-generals-of-india-1513775299-1 | title=List of Attorney Generals of India | publisher=Jagran Josh | date=20 December 2017 | access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref> He was the President of the Bar Association of India.<ref name="Nayar2012">{{cite book|author=Kuldip Nayar|title=Beyond the Lines: An Autobiography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p85bBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT384|year=2012|publisher=Roli Books Private Limited|isbn=978-81-7436-821-8|page=384}}</ref> He was nominated to the [[Rajya Sabha]] the Upper House of Indian Parliament from 1972 to 1978. He was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 1967<ref name="Tope1963">{{cite book|author=Trimbak Krishna Tope|title=The Constitution of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w1YGAAAAMAAJ|year=1963|publisher=Popular Prakashan|page=252}}</ref><ref name="Nariman2010">{{cite book|author=Fali S. Nariman|title=Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQo9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT43|year=2010|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-00-5|page=43}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sh6qWN4dcp4C|year=1972|publisher=Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press|page=11}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1893 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in public affairs]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian lawyers]]<br />
[[Category:Attorneys General of India|India]]<br />
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