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Who was the first Indian Judge in the International Court of Justice?

Sir Benegal Rau was the first Indian judge of the International Court of Justice, serving in 1952-1953. Nagendra Singh joined in 1973, R. S. Pathak in 1989 and Dalveer…

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Sir Benegal Rau was the first Indian judge of the International Court of Justice, serving in 1952-1953. Nagendra Singh joined in 1973, R. S. Pathak in 1989 and Dalveer Bhandari in 2012. Their later service distinguishes them from Rau in a question about the first Indian member.

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