Mirza Hameedullah Beg

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Mirza Hameedullah Beg, Chief Justice of India
Born 22 February 1913
Hyderabad, India

As of Feb 2, 2007
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Mirza Hameedullah Beg (born on 22 February 1913 in Lucknow) (M J Beg) was Chief Justice of India from January 1977 to February 1978.

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He was born into a prominent Muslim family in Hyderabad. His father Mirza Samiullah Beg was the Chief Justice of Hyderabad State.

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He was educated at St. George's Summer School, Hyderabad (Deccan) where he obtained a gold medal for securing first position in Senior Cambridge H.S.L.C. Examination. He joined Trinity College and Cambridge University in 1931, and obtained Honours in Archaeological and Anthropological and Historical Triposes. He studied law, economics and politics at the London School of Economics. He joined the bar through the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn. He was called to the Bar in England in 1941.

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