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-'''Diwan Chaman Lall''' (30 October 1892 – ''ca''.1973) was an Indian politician and diplomat who served as a Member of the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. Rajya Sabha, Volume 86, Issues 1-7</ref>
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+'''Diwan Chaman Lall''' (30 October 1892 – 12 November 1973) was an Indian politician and diplomat who served as a Member of the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. Rajya Sabha, Volume 86, Issues 1-7</ref>
 Chaman Lall was born on 30 October 1892 to Dewan Bahadur Daulat Rai. He received an [[honors degree]] in jurisprudence from [[Jesus College, Oxford]], later called to the bar at [[Middle Temple]] in [[London]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stewart|first1=John|title=Standing for Justice: A Biography of Andrew MacLaren MP|date=2001}}</ref> He worked a journalist, first for the art and literature quarterly magazine ''Coterie'', in London, then as editor and Chief Leader Writer for the newspaper ''[[The Bombay Chronicle]]''.<ref name="Reed">{{cite book|last1=Reed|first1=Stanley|authorlink1=Stanley Reed (British politician)|title=The Indian And Pakistan Year Book And Who's Who 1950|date=1950|publisher=[[The Times Group|Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd.]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.15206/page/n740 706]|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.15206|access-date=20 February 2018}}</ref>
 Lall was a founder and first general secretary of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]] in 1920, later becoming its President in 1927.<ref name="Reed"/> He established himself as a leader of workers' unions, serving as president of the Federation of Posts and Telegraphs Union, All India telegraph Workmen's Union, All India Postal and R.M.S. Union, All India Press Workers' Union, NWFP Railway Workmen's Union and the EP Railway Union. Lall was a member of the Royal Commission on Labour in India during 1929–30. He recommended that the working hours of industrial workers be reduced and that [[Legal working age|minimum age for employment]] at factories be raised to 13 years. He also suggested that the government take steps towards it in conformity with the 1921 Convention that dealt with the same.<ref>{{cite book|title=Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India|date=1931|pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.1111/page/n73 51]–52|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.1111|access-date=20 February 2018}}</ref> He represented workers' interests at the [[Round Table Conferences (India)#First Round Table Conference (November 1930 – January 1931)|first Round Table Conference]] in 1930–31.<ref name="Reed"/> Lall served as delegate at the [[International Labour Organization]] conference in [[Geneva]] and led India's delegation at the 1946 Montreal Conference.
-As politician, Lall served as a member of the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] first from 1924 to 1931, and then between 1944 and 1946. From 1937 to 1945, he served as member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. In 1946, Lall became a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] before he resigned in two years later. He later served as India's Ambassador to Turkey from 1949 to 1950, and then as member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] in the 1950s and 1960s. He married Dr. Helen Khan and had three children with her; sons Prakash, Navin Prakash and Rahul.<ref name="Reed"/>
+As politician, Lall served as a member of the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] first from 1924 to 1931, and then between 1944 and 1946. From [[1937 Punjab Provincial Assembly election|1937 to 1945]], he served as member of the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] from Eastern Punjab constituency reserved for Trade and Labour Unions. In 1946, Lall became a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] before he resigned in two years later.
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'''Diwan Chaman Lall''' (30 October 1892 – ''ca''.1973) was an Indian politician and diplomat who served as a Member of the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. Rajya Sabha, Volume 86, Issues 1-7</ref>

== Biography ==
Chaman Lall was born on 30 October 1892 to Dewan Bahadur Daulat Rai. He received an [[honors degree]] in jurisprudence from [[Jesus College, Oxford]], later called to the bar at [[Middle Temple]] in [[London]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stewart|first1=John|title=Standing for Justice: A Biography of Andrew MacLaren MP|date=2001}}</ref> He worked a journalist, first for the art and literature quarterly magazine ''Coterie'', in London, then as editor and Chief Leader Writer for the newspaper ''[[The Bombay Chronicle]]''.<ref name="Reed">{{cite book|last1=Reed|first1=Stanley|authorlink1=Stanley Reed (British politician)|title=The Indian And Pakistan Year Book And Who's Who 1950|date=1950|publisher=[[The Times Group|Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd.]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.15206/page/n740 706]|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.15206|access-date=20 February 2018}}</ref>

Lall was a founder and first general secretary of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]] in 1920, later becoming its President in 1927.<ref name="Reed"/> He established himself as a leader of workers' unions, serving as president of the Federation of Posts and Telegraphs Union, All India telegraph Workmen's Union, All India Postal and R.M.S. Union, All India Press Workers' Union, NWFP Railway Workmen's Union and the EP Railway Union. Lall was a member of the Royal Commission on Labour in India during 1929–30. He recommended that the working hours of industrial workers be reduced and that [[Legal working age|minimum age for employment]] at factories be raised to 13 years. He also suggested that the government take steps towards it in conformity with the 1921 Convention that dealt with the same.<ref>{{cite book|title=Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India|date=1931|pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.1111/page/n73 51]–52|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.1111|access-date=20 February 2018}}</ref> He represented workers' interests at the [[Round Table Conferences (India)#First Round Table Conference (November 1930 – January 1931)|first Round Table Conference]] in 1930–31.<ref name="Reed"/> Lall served as delegate at the [[International Labour Organization]] conference in [[Geneva]] and led India's delegation at the 1946 Montreal Conference.

As politician, Lall served as a member of the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] first from 1924 to 1931, and then between 1944 and 1946. From 1937 to 1945, he served as member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. In 1946, Lall became a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] before he resigned in two years later. He later served as India's Ambassador to Turkey from 1949 to 1950, and then as member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] in the 1950s and 1960s. He married Dr. Helen Khan and had three children with her; sons Prakash, Navin Prakash and Rahul.<ref name="Reed"/>

== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book|last1=Lall|first1=D. Chaman|title=Coolie: The Story of Labour and Capital in India|date=1932|publisher=Oriental Publishing House|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ON6iZwEACAAJ}}

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[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Turkey]]
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