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| name = Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh | | name = Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh | ||
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| birth_date = 3 July 1879 | | birth_date = 3 July 1879 | ||
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] | | birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] | ||
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'''Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh''' or '''Ghose''' | '''Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh''' or '''Ghose''' (শরৎ কুমার ঘোষ) [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] (3 July 1879 – 8 January 1963) was an Indian civil servant and a [[jurist]].<ref name="burkewwii">{{cite book |title= [[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood]]|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Burke, Sir Bernard |editor-link=Bernard Burke |edition= 97th |year=1939 |page=2783 |ref=Burke }}</ref><ref name="times">{{cite news |title= Obituary: Sir Sarat Ghose |work=[[The Times]] |date= 9 January 1963|page=12 }}</ref> | ||
==Background and education== | ==Background and education== | ||
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
He was the Additional [[Judge]] of [[Chittagong]], [[District Courts of India|District Judge]] of [[Comilla]] and then the District Judge of [[Hooghly District|Hooghly]] in 1929. Later, he appointed as a [[Puisne Judge]] of the [[Calcutta High Court]]. He was conferred a [[knight]]hood in 1938.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34534/pages/4740 London Gazette, 22 July 1938]</ref> He became the [[Chief Justice]] of the Indian Princely State of [[Jaipur]] and then the last Chief Justice of the Indian Princely State of [[Kashmir]] from 29 March 1946 to 29 March 1948. He was one of the last officials of the former regime in Kashmir to have left the state just before the first Indo-Pakistan war broke out in 1948.<ref name=formerchiefjusticesandjudgesofjammu&kashmirhighcourt>[http://www.jkhighcourt.nic.in/ Former Chief Justices and Judges of Jammu & Kashmir High Court]</ref> | He was the Additional [[Judge]] of [[Chittagong]], [[District Courts of India|District Judge]] of [[Comilla]] and then the District Judge of [[Hooghly District|Hooghly]] in 1929. Later, he appointed as a [[Puisne Judge]] of the [[Calcutta High Court]]. He was conferred a [[knight]]hood in 1938.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34534/pages/4740 London Gazette, 22 July 1938]</ref> He became the [[Chief Justice]] of the Indian Princely State of [[Jaipur]] and then the last Chief Justice of the Indian Princely State of [[Kashmir]] from 29 March 1946 to 29 March 1948. He was one of the last officials of the former regime in Kashmir to have left the state just before the first Indo-Pakistan war broke out in 1948.<ref name=formerchiefjusticesandjudgesofjammu&kashmirhighcourt>[http://www.jkhighcourt.nic.in/ Former Chief Justices and Judges of Jammu & Kashmir High Court]</ref> He was also Chairman of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission.<ref name=rajasthanpublicservicecommission>[http://www.rpsc.gov.in/Profile.htm Rajasthan Public Service Commission]</ref> | ||
==Later life== | ==Later life== | ||
After | After retirement, he was appointed as a steward of the Royal Calcutta Turf Club, a position he retained until the end of his life.<ref name=royalcalcuttaturfclub>[http://www.rctconline.com/appendix4.1.htm Royal Calcutta Turf Club] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705083427/http://www.rctconline.com/appendix4.1.htm |date=5 July 2008 }}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||