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'''S. K. Majumdar''' was one of [[Patna High Court]]'s leading lawyers, who primarily practiced at the [[Supreme Court of India]] and the Patna High Court. Majumdar was a well-known practitioner of income tax laws.<br />
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==Early life ==<br />
The youngest son of Raj Kumar Majumdar, an inspecting director in the Education Department of India, S. K. Majumdar started his educational life as a science student. However, he took up the study of law and became a pleader in Dacca. He decided to go to England and was called to [[Middle Temple]] on 15 May 1924.<ref>{{cite book | title=South Asians at the Inns of Court: Middle Temple, 1863-1944 | editor=H. A. C. Sturgess | work=Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple | date=1949|location= London|publisher=Butterworth & Co. for the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple }}</ref><br />
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==Legal acumen==<br />
His preferred field was income tax laws, and his clients included well-known princes, zamindars and other established landowners in the former state of [[Bihar]].<br />
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Although a [[barrister]] in his own right, he is remembered more for his biographical works on [[Mohandas K. Gandhi]], [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] and [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]. His books include ''Evolution of Netaji, The Warrior Prophet of India''.<br />
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His seminal work ''Jinnah and Gandhi''<ref>{{cite book | title=Jinnah and Gandhi their role in India's quest for freedom | publisher=Firma K.L. Mukhopadhyay |author=Majumdar, S.K. | year=1966 | location=Calcutta | lccn=sa67000282}}</ref> is a suggested reading for M.Phil. and PhD courses in the University of Peshawar for Indo-Pakistan relationships.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pscuop.weebly.com/ma-rules-book.html | title=University of Peshawar's Course Material | accessdate=25 March 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Family==<br />
[[File:Majumdars.jpg|thumb|100px|Family picture - [[Patna]], [[Bihar]]]]<br />
When he died in 1979, he was survived by his wife, Jyotilata Majumdar, a son, [[Air Commodore S K Majumdar]] and two daughters, Gauri Bhattacharyya and Roma Mukherjee.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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*{{cite book | title=Evolution of Netaji, The Warrior Prophet of India | location=Calcutta|publisher= Netaji Research Bureau| date=1969| oclc=417601691 }}<br />
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