Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar
(1883-1953)
Political Party: Indian National Congress
Biography: Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer was born on 14 May, 1883, in the village of Pudur, District Nellore, currently part of Andhra Pradesh. He studied at Christian College and Law College, Madras, and was admitted as an advocate to the High Court of Judicature, Madras, in 1907.
A legal luminary, he served as the Advocate-General of Madras from 1929 to 1944, and on the Expert Committee responsible for drafting the Indian Sale of Goods Act, 1930, and the Indian Partnership Act, 1932. His contributions extended to academia, where he was a Fellow of Madras University and a member of its Syndicate.
As a member of the Constituent Assembly, he was part of nine committees, including the Drafting Committee, the Advisory Committee, the Union Constitution Committee and the Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee. He made key interventions in debates on citizenship, fundamental rights, and the proclamation of emergency.
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