13 Facts About Ardeshir Dalal

Sir Ardeshir Dalal, KCIE was an Indian Parsi civil servant, and later, a businessman associated with the Tata Group.

Ardeshir Dalal was knighted in 1946, and was a vocal opponent of the partition of India.

Ardeshir Dalal received the scholarship, and studied at St John's College Cambridge.

Ardeshir Dalal was initially appointed as a district collector, and served in several districts, eventually serving as deputy secretary to the government of the State of Bombay, and serving as a member of the Provincial Legislative Council in 1923.

Ardeshir Dalal joined Tata Group as a Director of Tata Steel in 1931 and served Tata group till 1941 and again from 1945 his death in 1949.

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Ardeshir Dalal was one of the signatories to the Bombay Plan formulated in 1944.

Ardeshir Dalal was knighted again as a KCIE in 1946 died on 8 October 1949.

Ardeshir Dalal suggested that India should adopt a federal constitution with a parliamentary democracy.

Ardeshir Dalal suggested that the citizens be guaranteed civil, personal, and religious freedom by the incorporation of a fundamental rights charter in India's constitution.

Ardeshir Dalal suggested that the Indian constitution should be under the guardianship of India's federal court and 2 out of its 5 judges should be Muslims.

Ardeshir Dalal was of the view that the creation of Pakistan "in attempting to solve one problem, will create many more".

Ardeshir Dalal viewed India as not only a geographical but a cultural and a spiritual entity.

Ardeshir Dalal believed that the creation of Pakistan would impede this unity and it should be "considered only if no other alternative is possible".