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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{more citations needed|date=June 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Rai Bahadur
| name = Sunder Lal
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1918|02|13|1857|05|21|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Allahabad]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India)
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| occupation = [[Jurist]] Academic Administrator
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[[Rai Bahadur]] '''Sir Sunder Lal''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CIE}} was born in [[Jaspur]], near [[Nainital]], on 21 May 1857.

In 1876, he joined [[Muir Central College]] at [[Allahabad]] then led by Augustus Harrison. While an under-graduate Pandit Sunder Lal passed the Vakil's Examination of the High Court in 1880 and was enrolled as a Vakil on 21 December 1880. He practiced in [[Allahabad High Court]]. In 1896 the High Court raised him to the rank and status of Advocate.

The distinction of '[[Rai Bahadur]]' was conferred on him in 1905. He was appointed a CIE in 1907.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27981|supp=y|page=1|date=1 January 1907}}</ref> In 1909 he accepted a seat on the Bench of the Judicial Commissioner's Court at [[Lucknow]] for a few months and in 1914 for brief periods officiated as a Judge of the Allahabad High Court.

Appointed Member, Council of Law Reporting, Allahabad; Member of the Board of the Allahabad Court to represent Vakils, 1893; enrolled as Advocate, 1893; Fellow Allahabad University, since 1888 Member of the Syndicate, 1895, represented University in U.P. Legislative Council, 1904; and 1906–1909; one of the Secretaries of the MacDonnell Boarding House, Allahabad; Offg. Additional Judicial Commissioner, Oudh, 1909; Vice-Chairman, U.P. Exhibition, 1910–11; acting Judicial Commissioner for 5 months; Judge, High Court, N.W.P.. 1914; owner of the largest private library in the Province; prominently connected with the establishment of the University School of Law and the Hindu University, Benares; nominated as an Additional Member, Imperial Legislative Council, 1915: resigned his seat in the U.P. Legislative Council, 1915. Address: Allahabad.<ref>[[s:The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Sunderlal, Hon’ble Pandit]]</ref>

In 1906, he became the first Indian Vice Chancellor of [[Allahabad University]]. He was reappointed to that office in 1912 and 1916.

In 1916, he was named the founding Vice Chancellor of [[Banaras Hindu University]] (BHU). The [[Sir Sunderlal Hospital]] of the [[Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University|Institute of Medical Sciences]] on the BHU campus is named in his honor.<ref name=bhu-amenities>{{cite web|url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/student/index.html|title=Student Amenities|publisher=Banaras Hindu University|accessdate=2012-06-05}}</ref>

On 21 February 1917, Sunder Lal received a knighthood.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30022|page=3597|date=17 April 1917}}</ref> He died in Allahabad on 13 February 1918 at age 61.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lal, Sir Sunder}}
[[Category:1918 deaths]]
[[Category:1857 births]]
[[Category:Vice Chancellors of Banaras Hindu University]]
[[Category:Indian knights]]
[[Category:Knights Bachelor]]
[[Category:Lawyers awarded knighthoods]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
[[Category:Rai Bahadurs]]
[[Category:19th-century Indian lawyers]]
[[Category:Scholars from Varanasi]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian lawyers]]

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->MB: Adding local short description: "Indian lawyer (1857–1918)", overriding Wikidata description "Indian lawyer" (Shortdesc helper)

>Adavidb: /* top */clean up, typo(s) fixed: 1906-1909 → 1906–1909