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1884–1974, biographer, autobiographer

Motilal Chimanlal Setalvad was an Indian jurist. Setalvad was the first and longest serving Attorney General for India, serving from 1950 to 1963. He also remained the Chairman of the first Law Commission of India (1955–1958), which has mandated for legal reform in the country by Government of India. He became the first Chairman of the Bar Council of India in 1961.

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