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| name = Govind Swaminadhan<br />
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| office = [[Advocate General]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| term_start = 1969<br />
| term_end = 1976<br />
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| predecessor = [[Mohan Kumaramangalam]]<br />
| successor = [[K. Parasaran]]<br />
| birth_date = 9 October 1909<br />
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'''Govind Swaminadhan''' (9 October 1909 – 30 September 2003) was an Indian lawyer who served as the Advocate-General of Tamil Nadu from 1969 to 1976. He also served as president of the Madras Bar Association.<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Govind was born on 9 October 1909 to lawyer [[Subbarama Swaminathan]], and his wife [[Ammu Swaminathan]]. He was the oldest of four siblings, the others being [[Lakshmi Sehgal]] (1914-2012, [[Mrinalini Sarabhai]] (1918-2016) and Subbaram Swaminadhan . He had his education at Madras and [[Oxford University|Oxford]] and qualified as a barrister from the Inner Temple in 1935.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Govind practised at the [[Madras High Court]] serving as Crown Prosecutor and later as Standing Counsel for the Government of India. One of his important trials as Crown Prosecutor was the [[Lakshmikanthan Murder Case]].<br />
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In 1969, Govind was appointed Advocate-General of Tamil Nadu during the tenure of the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] government and served till 1976. Govind actively practised as a lawyer till 1997 when he was about 87 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=George |first=Diya Maria |date=2024-04-22 |title=A reverence to the pursuit of justice |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2024/Apr/22/a-reverence-to-the-pursuit-of-justice |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{cite news|title=Govind Swaminadhan passes away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2003/10/01/stories/2003100105741100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040113024015/http://www.thehindu.com/2003/10/01/stories/2003100105741100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 January 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=1 October 2003}}<br />
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