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{{Short description|Indian freedom fighter}} | |||
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Abbas Tyabji was born in [[Baroda State]], where his father was in the service of the [[Gaekwad]] [[Maharaja]]. He was educated in England, where he lived for eleven years. His nephew, the ornithologist [[Salim Ali (ornithologist)|Salim Ali]], says in his autobiography, | Abbas Tyabji was born in [[Baroda State]], where his father was in the service of the [[Gaekwad]] [[Maharaja]]. He was educated in England, where he lived for eleven years. His nephew, the ornithologist [[Salim Ali (ornithologist)|Salim Ali]], says in his autobiography, | ||
<blockquote>[Abbas Tyabji], though a moderate nationalist at heart, would stand no adverse criticism of the British as a people, or of the Raj, and even a mildly disparaging remark about the King-Emperor or the royal family was anathema to him. . . If he had any strong sentiments about [[Swadeshi]], he certainly didn't show it by precept or example. . . This being so, he naturally disagreed vehemently with Gandhiji and his methods of political mass agitation. . . In other respects, his moderate but simmering nationalism and his absolute integrity and fairness as a judge were widely recognized and lauded, even by leftist Congressmen and anti-British extremists.<ref name=ali/></blockquote> | <blockquote>[Abbas Tyabji], though a moderate nationalist at heart, would stand no adverse criticism of the British as a people, or of the Raj, and even a mildly disparaging remark about the King-Emperor or the royal family was anathema to him. . . If he had any strong sentiments about [[Swadeshi]], he certainly didn't show it by precept or example. . . This being so, he naturally disagreed vehemently with Gandhiji and his methods of political mass agitation. . . In other respects, his moderate but simmering nationalism and his absolute integrity and fairness as a judge were widely recognized and lauded, even by leftist Congressmen and anti-British extremists.<ref name=ali/></blockquote> | ||
As an England-educated barrister, Tyabji landed a job as judge in the court of [[Baroda State]] as a matter of course. With a generous salary added to his sizable family inheritance, and the respectability of a high-government appointment, the family was ensconced in the higher echelons of elite, westernized society, as compradors of the [[British Raj]]. For the entirety of his career, Tyabji remained a staunch loyalist of the Raj. He raised his children in a westernized manner, sending his children to England for higher education, and | As an England-educated barrister, Tyabji landed a job as judge in the court of [[Baroda State]] as a matter of course. With a generous salary added to his sizable family inheritance, and the respectability of a high-government appointment, the family was ensconced in the higher echelons of elite, westernized society, as compradors of the [[British Raj]]. For the entirety of his career, Tyabji remained a staunch loyalist of the Raj. He raised his children in a westernized manner, sending his children to England for higher education, and in time, he rose in the judiciary to become Chief Justice of the High Court of [[Baroda State]] and retired. | ||
He was an early proponent of women's rights, supporting women's education and social reform. He broke with the prevailing custom of the times by disregarding [[purdah]] restrictions and sending his daughters to school.<ref>{{cite book | last = Forbes | first = Geraldine Hancock | title = Women in Modern India | publisher = Cambridge University Press | year =1999 | isbn =0-521-65377-0 }} p. 199</ref><ref name=th>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/08/03/stories/2008080350070200.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303102829/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/08/03/stories/2008080350070200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|title=Remember Abbas Tyabji?|last=Nauriya|first=Anil|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date =2 March 2014|date=3 August 2008}}</ref> His daughter, Sohaila, was the mother of the eminent historian [[Irfan Habib]].<ref name=Hindu/> | He was an early proponent of women's rights, supporting women's education and social reform. He broke with the prevailing custom of the times by disregarding [[purdah]] restrictions and sending his daughters to school.<ref>{{cite book | last = Forbes | first = Geraldine Hancock | title = Women in Modern India | publisher = Cambridge University Press | year =1999 | isbn =0-521-65377-0 }} p. 199</ref><ref name=th>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/08/03/stories/2008080350070200.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303102829/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/08/03/stories/2008080350070200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|title=Remember Abbas Tyabji?|last=Nauriya|first=Anil|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date =2 March 2014|date=3 August 2008}}</ref> His daughter, Sohaila, was the mother of the eminent historian [[Irfan Habib]].<ref name=Hindu/> | ||