CONTENTS

Preface

1. My Ancestors

2. My Parents

3. I Go to School

4. Morris College Nagpur (1922-1926)

5. London (1926-1927)

6. Trinity College Cambridge (1927-1930)

7. Cultural Advancement

8. Holidays

9. I Join the Bar

10. The Judicial Commissioner's Court

11. The Bar at Nagpur

12. Law Lecturership (1934-1942)

13. I Gain More Experience

14. Government Pleader

15. Advocate General (1943-1946)

16. Difficult Times Ahead

17. High Court Judge Nagpur (1946-1954)

18. Chief Justice Nagpur High Court (1954-56)

19. Reorganisation of Madhya Pradesh (1956)

20. To Jabalpur (1st November 1956)

21. Work Ahead (1957)

22. Promotion Ahead (1958)

23. To The Supreme Court (Nov. 1958)

24. The Supreme Court (December 1958)

25. Years of Worry and Sorrow (1959, 1960)

26. Judge, Supreme Court (1958-1968)

27. Chief Justice of India (25 Feb. 1968)

28. A Great Man Dies (3 May 1968)

29. I Become Acting President of India

30. Thirty Five Days (20 July 1969/24 Aug. 1969)

31. Nixon Arrives

32. Chief Justice of India (1968-1970)

33. After Retirement

34. The Sending

Appendices

Index

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This book grips interest from the beginning to the end. It is a model of writing, moderate but courageous, wide but pithy, instructive but never dull and above all fully human and natural.