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Who among the following was the first Attorney General of India?

M.C. Setalvad was the first Attorney General of India, the office created by Article 76 of the Constitution, and he held it from 1950 to 1963, longer than anyone since. He…

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M.C. Setalvad was the first Attorney General of India, the office created by Article 76 of the Constitution, and he held it from 1950 to 1963, longer than anyone since. He also chaired the first Law Commission of independent India. N.A. Palkhivala, H.M. Seervai and F.S. Nariman were eminent constitutional lawyers, but none of them was Attorney General.

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