Reminiscences of Sir Muhammad Zufrulla Khan, 1963

Biographical Note

Jurist, diplomat

Scope and Contents

Education and legal training; government service in India before independence; Round Tables; Muslim League; Indian independence and partition; service in Pakistani Cabinet, High Court; service in United Nations as delegate and President of the General Assembly, 1947-1954, 1961-1964; International Court of Justice; discussion of life in India and Pakistan: religion, social customs, economics, education. Impressions of figures such as Mohandas Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sir Fazle Husain, Winston Churchill, Lord Willingdon, and Lord Templewood

Subjects

• Diplomats--Interviews.
• Embree, Ainslie Thomas, interviewer.
• India--History--1947-
• Interviews.
• Jurisdiction (International law)
• Khan, Muhammad Zafrulla, 1893-1985--Interviews.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Pakistan--History.
• Permanent Court of International Justice.
• United Nations. General Assembly.
• Wilcox, Wayne, interviewer.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972