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	'''Jagat Singh Mehta''' (17 July 1922 – 6 March 2014) was an Indian politician and diplomat who was [[Foreign Secretary (India)\|Foreign Secretary]] of [[India]] from 1976 to 1979.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Bhushan\|first=Ravi\|title=Reference India: biographical notes on men & women of achievement of today & tomorrow\|year=1992\|publisher=Rifacimento International\|location=India\|page=500}}</ref><ref name=obit/> His daughter, known as Rani Vijay, is married to the Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad, son of [[Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan]], who was notoriously the chief financier of the [[All-India Muslim League\|Muslim League]] which led to the partition of India.		'''Jagat Singh Mehta''' (17 July 1922 – 6 March 2014) was an Indian politician and diplomat who was [[Foreign Secretary (India)\|Foreign Secretary]] of [[India]] from 1976 to 1979.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Bhushan\|first=Ravi\|title=Reference India: biographical notes on men & women of achievement of today & tomorrow\|year=1992\|publisher=Rifacimento International\|location=India\|page=500}}</ref><ref name=obit/> His daughter, known as Rani Vijay, is married to the Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad, son of [[Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan]], who was notoriously the chief financier of the [[All-India Muslim League\|Muslim League]] which led to the partition of India.

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	'''Jagat Singh Mehta''' (17 July 1922 – 6 March 2014) was an Indian politician and diplomat who was [[Foreign Secretary (India)\|Foreign Secretary]] of [[India]] from 1976 to 1979.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Bhushan\|first=Ravi\|title=Reference India: biographical notes on men & women of achievement of today & tomorrow\|year=1992\|publisher=Rifacimento International\|location=India\|page=500}}</ref><ref name=obit/> His daughter, known as Rani Vijay, is married to the Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad, son of [[Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan]], who was notoriously the chief financier of the [[All-India Muslim League\|Muslim League]] which led to the partition of India.		'''Jagat Singh Mehta''' (17 July 1922 – 6 March 2014) was an Indian politician and diplomat who was [[Foreign Secretary (India)\|Foreign Secretary]] of [[India]] from 1976 to 1979.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Bhushan\|first=Ravi\|title=Reference India: biographical notes on men & women of achievement of today & tomorrow\|year=1992\|publisher=Rifacimento International\|location=India\|page=500}}</ref><ref name=obit/> His daughter, known as Rani Vijay, is married to the Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad, son of [[Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan]], who was notoriously the chief financier of the [[All-India Muslim League\|Muslim League]] which led to the partition of India.

	Jagat S. Mehta was born in 1922 to [[Mohan Sinha Mehta\|Mohan Singh Mehta]], and was educated in England at [[Leighton Park School]] and then at [[Allahabad]] and [[Cambridge]] Universities. He served as a teacher in the Allahabad University and as an officer in the Indian Navy before joining the IFS.<ref>http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article4812.html</ref> He had a meteoric rise when he and TAT Lodhi informed the government of British India of imminent mutiny in the Indian Navy which resulted in the trial and execution of naval officers, based on Mehta-Lodhi testimonies. Some officers were later found to be innocent and Mehta-Lodhi testimonies discovered to lack credibility.<ref>http://udaipurtimes.com/news/jagat-mehtas-funeral-hundreds-gather-to-pay-last-respects/c74416-w2859-cid139967-s10698.htm</ref>		Jagat S. Mehta was born in 1922 to [[Mohan Sinha Mehta\|Mohan Singh Mehta]], and was educated in England at [[Leighton Park School]] and then at [[Allahabad]] and [[Cambridge]] Universities. He served as a teacher in the Allahabad University and as an officer in the Indian Navy before joining the IFS.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article4812.html \| title=Jagat Singh Mehta - Mainstream Weekly }}</ref> He had a meteoric rise when he and TAT Lodhi informed the government of British India of imminent mutiny in the Indian Navy which resulted in the trial and execution of naval officers, based on Mehta-Lodhi testimonies. Some officers were later found to be innocent and Mehta-Lodhi testimonies discovered to lack credibility.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://udaipurtimes.com/news/jagat-mehtas-funeral-hundreds-gather-to-pay-last-respects/c74416-w2859-cid139967-s10698.htm \| title=Jagat Mehta's Funeral: Hundreds gather to pay last respects \| date=8 March 2014 }}</ref>

	A career diplomat from 1947 to 1980, he was Chargé d'affaires [[China]] (1963–1966) and High Commissioner to [[Tanzania]] (1970–1974).<ref name=obit>{{cite web \|author=Pti — Udaipur \|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Former-Foreign-Secretary-Mehta-Dead/2014/03/07/article2095817.ece#.Uxls1T9dVT4 \|title=Former Foreign Secretary Mehta Dead \|publisher=The New Indian Express \|date=2014-02-28 \|access-date=2014-03-07 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204195231/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Former-Foreign-Secretary-Mehta-Dead/2014/03/07/article2095817.ece#.Uxls1T9dVT4 \|archive-date=4 February 2016 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>		A career diplomat from 1947 to 1980, he was Chargé d'affaires [[China]] (1963–1966) and High Commissioner to [[Tanzania]] (1970–1974).<ref name=obit>{{cite web \|author=Pti — Udaipur \|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Former-Foreign-Secretary-Mehta-Dead/2014/03/07/article2095817.ece#.Uxls1T9dVT4 \|title=Former Foreign Secretary Mehta Dead \|publisher=The New Indian Express \|date=2014-02-28 \|access-date=2014-03-07 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204195231/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Former-Foreign-Secretary-Mehta-Dead/2014/03/07/article2095817.ece#.Uxls1T9dVT4 \|archive-date=4 February 2016 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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	After Mrs Gandhi removed Mehta from the government, Mehta was rewarded by being made Associate at [[Harvard]] (1969 and 1980) and Fellow at [[Woodrow Wilson Center]], [[Washington, D.C.]], 1981. He was the Tom Slick Professor for World Peace at the [[Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs]], the [[University of Texas at Austin]], from 1983-1985. He later held the post of visiting professor at the university from 1986-1995. His publications include: Militarization in the Third World (1985); The March of Folly in Afghanistan (2002); and Negotiating for India (2006).		After Mrs Gandhi removed Mehta from the government, Mehta was rewarded by being made Associate at [[Harvard]] (1969 and 1980) and Fellow at [[Woodrow Wilson Center]], [[Washington, D.C.]], 1981. He was the Tom Slick Professor for World Peace at the [[Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs]], the [[University of Texas at Austin]], from 1983-1985. He later held the post of visiting professor at the university from 1986-1995. His publications include: Militarization in the Third World (1985); The March of Folly in Afghanistan (2002); and Negotiating for India (2006).

	Mehta received the [[Padma Bhushan]] award in 2002.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=21 July 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~6U68ulwpb?url=~~http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archive-date=15 ~~November 2014~~ }}</ref>		Mehta received the [[Padma Bhushan]] award in 2002.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=21 July 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

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	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061111213432/http://www.manoharbooks.com/aboutauthor.asp?aname=Jagat%20S.%20Mehta&aID=842 Manohar Books - "About the author"]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061111213432/http://www.manoharbooks.com/aboutauthor.asp?aname=Jagat%20S.%20Mehta&aID=842 Manohar Books - "About the author"]
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'''Jagat Singh Mehta''' (17 July 1922 – 6 March 2014) was an Indian politician and diplomat who was [[Foreign Secretary (India)|Foreign Secretary]] of [[India]] from 1976 to 1979.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bhushan|first=Ravi|title=Reference India: biographical notes on men & women of achievement of today & tomorrow|year=1992|publisher=Rifacimento International|location=India|page=500}}</ref><ref name=obit/> His daughter, known as Rani Vijay, is married to the Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad, son of [[Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan]], who was notoriously the chief financier of the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]] which led to the partition of India.

Jagat S. Mehta was born in 1922 to [[Mohan Sinha Mehta|Mohan Singh Mehta]], and was educated in England at [[Leighton Park School]] and then at [[Allahabad]] and [[Cambridge]] Universities. He served as a teacher in the Allahabad University and as an officer in the Indian Navy before joining the IFS.<ref>http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article4812.html</ref> He had a meteoric rise when he and TAT Lodhi informed the government of British India of imminent mutiny in the Indian Navy which resulted in the trial and execution of naval officers, based on Mehta-Lodhi testimonies. Some officers were later found to be innocent and Mehta-Lodhi testimonies discovered to lack credibility.<ref>http://udaipurtimes.com/news/jagat-mehtas-funeral-hundreds-gather-to-pay-last-respects/c74416-w2859-cid139967-s10698.htm</ref>

A career diplomat from 1947 to 1980, he was Chargé d'affaires [[China]] (1963–1966) and High Commissioner to [[Tanzania]] (1970–1974).<ref name=obit>{{cite web |author=Pti — Udaipur |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Former-Foreign-Secretary-Mehta-Dead/2014/03/07/article2095817.ece#.Uxls1T9dVT4 |title=Former Foreign Secretary Mehta Dead |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=2014-02-28 |access-date=2014-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204195231/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Former-Foreign-Secretary-Mehta-Dead/2014/03/07/article2095817.ece#.Uxls1T9dVT4 |archive-date=4 February 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

After Mrs Gandhi removed Mehta from the government, Mehta was rewarded by being made Associate at [[Harvard]] (1969 and 1980) and Fellow at [[Woodrow Wilson Center]], [[Washington, D.C.]], 1981. He was the Tom Slick Professor for World Peace at the [[Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs]], the [[University of Texas at Austin]], from 1983-1985. He later held the post of visiting professor at the university from 1986-1995. His publications include: Militarization in the Third World (1985); The March of Folly in Afghanistan (2002); and Negotiating for India (2006).

Mehta received the [[Padma Bhushan]] award in 2002.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061111213432/http://www.manoharbooks.com/aboutauthor.asp?aname=Jagat%20S.%20Mehta&aID=842 Manohar Books - "About the author"]
*[https://www.amazon.com/Tryst-Betrayed-Reflections-Diplomacy-Development-ebook/dp/B06XYQB9LP Amazon - The Tryst Betrayed: Reflections on Diplomacy and Development (Kindle Edition) - About the Author

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