Fazl Ali

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Fazl Ali was an Indian jurist and statesman best known for chairing the States Reorganisation Commission that reshaped India’s internal boundaries along linguistic lines in the 1950s.

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instanceOf human
jurist
statesman
appointedBy Government of India NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship India
educatedAt university in India
ethnicGroup Indian Muslims NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork constitutional law
law
public administration
genre legal writing
influenced reorganisation of Indian states on linguistic basis
knownFor advocacy of linguistic reorganisation of Indian states
chairing the States Reorganisation Commission of India
languageSpoken English
Hindi
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
memberOf States Reorganisation Commission NERFINISHED
notableWork States Reorganisation Commission Report NERFINISHED
occupation judge
jurist
politician
partOf Indian independence–era judiciary
positionHeld Chairman of the States Reorganisation Commission
Chief Justice of the Patna High Court
Governor of Assam
Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
Governor of Orissa
Judge of the Federal Court of India
religion Islam
residence India NERFINISHED
workLocation Assam NERFINISHED
Jammu and Kashmir NERFINISHED
New Delhi NERFINISHED
Orissa NERFINISHED
Patna NERFINISHED

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