I. I. Chundrigar

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Ibrahim Ismail ChundrigarTemplate:Efn (15 September 1897 – 26 September 1960) was a Pakistani politician who served as the sixth prime minister of Pakistan, appointed in this capacity on 17 October 1957. He resigned due to a vote of no confidence on 11 December 1957, against him.<ref name="Biographical Research Institute, Pakistan., 1961"/>

He was trained in constitutional law at the University of Bombay and was one of the Founding Fathers of the Dominion of Pakistan. Having served for just 55 days, Chundrigar's tenure is the third shortest served in the parliamentary history of Pakistan, after those of Shujaat Hussain and Nurul Amin, who served as prime minister for 54 and 13 days, respectively.<ref name="Rowman & Littlefield, Burki, 2015">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Deep & Deep, Grover & Arora, 1995">Template:Cite book</ref>

Biography

Early life and law practice

Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar, a Muhajir, was born in Godhra, Gujarat, in India on 15 September 1897.<ref name="Biographical Research Institute, Pakistan., 1961" /><ref name="Contemporary Targett, Goradia, 2003">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Disputed inline He was an only child.<ref name="st25Nov2012">Template:Cite news</ref>

Chundrigar moved to Bombay for his higher studies. He attended the University of Bombay where he earned a BA degree, and later the LLB degree in 1920.<ref name="Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust, et.al., 2003 (Biography)">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Institute of Pakistan Historical Research">Template:Cite book</ref> From 1929 till 1932, Chundrigar was a lawyer for the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.<ref name="Pan-Asia Newspaper Alliance.1957">Template:Cite book</ref>

From 1932 until 1937, Chundrigar practiced civil law, and moved to practice and read law at the Bombay High Court in 1937, where he established his reputation.<ref name="Institute of Pakistan Historical Research"/> During this time, he became acquainted with Muhammad Ali Jinnah, sharing similar ideology and political views.<ref name="st25Nov2012" />

In 1935, Chundrigar was chosen by the Muslim League to give a response to the Government of India Act 1935 introduced by the British government in India. Notably, concerning the role of the Governor-General as head of state, Chundrigar denied that the Governor-General enjoyed the powers supposedly granted by the Act.<ref name="Cambridge University Press, Newberg, 1935">Template:Cite book</ref>

From 1937 till 1946, Chundrigar practiced in the Bombay High Court.<ref name="Pan-Asia Newspaper Alliance.1957" />

Legislative career in India and Pakistan Movement

Chundrigar stood for the Bombay Legislative Assembly as a Muslim League candidate in the 1937 provincial elections, and was elected from the Ahmedabad district rural constituency. From 1940 to 1945, he was president of the Bombay provincial Muslim League.<ref name="Biographical Research Institute, Pakistan., 1961" /><ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>

In 1946, he was elected to the assembly from a Muslim urban constituency in Ahmedabad.<ref name="Manohar, Sho, 1998">Template:Cite book</ref> He was appointed Commerce Minister under the presidential administrations of the Viceroys of India, Archibald Wavell (1946) and Louis Mountbatten (1946-47).<ref name="Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust, et.al., 2003 (Biography)" /> Peter Lyon, a reader emeritus in international relations, described Chundrigar as a "close supporter" of Mohammad Ali Jinnah in the Pakistan Movement.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Public service in Pakistan

Diplomacy and governorships

After the partition of India by the act of the British Empire that established Pakistan, Chundrigar endorsed Liaquat Ali Khan's bid for the premiershipTemplate:Citation needed and was retained as the commerce minister in the administration of Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan on 15 August 1947.<ref name="Routledge, Lentz, 2014">Template:Cite book</ref>

In May 1948, Chundrigar left the Commerce Ministry and was appointed Pakistan's Ambassador to Afghanistan.<ref name="Sang-e-Meel Publications, Pāshā, 1991">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Quaid-i-Azam University Press">Template:Cite book</ref> Although his appointment was favorably received in Afghanistan, Chundrigar was at odds with the Afghan government (supported by India as early as 1949) over the issue of Pakistan's north-west border with Afghanistan.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Chundrigar's tenure as ambassador was short. He was recalled to Pakistan by the Foreign Office, which viewed his inability to understand the Pashtun culture as a possible factor in fracturing Afghan-Pakistan relations.<ref name="Pakistan, Ministry of Foreign Affai">Template:Cite journal</ref> In 1950, Chundrigar was appointed governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, a position he held until 1951.<ref name="Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust, et.al., 2003 (Biography)" /> A Cabinet reshuffle in 1951 allowed him to be appointed the governor of Punjab but he resigned in 1953 due to differences with Governor-General M.G. Muhammad when he enforced martial law at the request of Prime Minister K. Nazimuddin to control violent religious riots that occurred in Lahore, Pakistan.<ref name="Rowman & Littlefield, Burki, 2015" />

Law ministry in coalition administration

In 1955, Chundrigar was invited to join the central government of a three-party coalition: the Awami League, the Muslim League, and the Republican Party.<ref name="Rowman & Littlefield, Burki, 2015" /> He was appointed minister of law and justice.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> During this time, he also acted as a leader of the opposition.<ref name="Mittal Publications, Akbar, 1997">Template:Cite book</ref>

At the National Assembly, he established his reputation as more of a constitutional lawyer than a politician, and gained a lot of prominence in public for his arguments in favour of parliamentarianism when he pleaded the case of "Maulvi Tamizuddin vs. Federation of Pakistan".<ref name="Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust, et.al., 2003 (Biography)" />

Prime Minister of Pakistan (1957)

Third shortest tenure

Template:See also After the resignation of Prime Minister Suhrawardy in 1957, Chundrigar was nominated as the Prime Minister and was supported by the Awami League, the Krishak Sramik Party, the Nizem-i-Islam Party, and the Republican Party.<ref name="Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust, et.al, 2003 (II Becomes PM)">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, this coalition of mixed parties weakened Chundrigar's authority to run the central government, and divisions within the coalition would soon hamper his efforts to amend the Electoral College.<ref name="Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust, et.al., 2003 (Biography)" /> On 18 October 1957, Chundrigar became the Prime Minister of Pakistan, receiving his oath of office from Chief Justice M. Munir.<ref name="Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust, et.al, 2003 (II Becomes PM)"/>

At the first session of the National Assembly, Chundrigar presented his plan to reform the Electoral College which was met with great parliamentary opposition by even his Cabinet ministers from the Republican Party and the Awami League.<ref name="New Publishers, Zakaria, 1958">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust, et.al, 2003 (II Becomes PM)"/> With the Republican Party leadersTemplate:Emdashparty president Feroz Khan and President of Pakistan Iskander MirzaTemplate:Emdashexploiting and manipulating the opponents of the Muslim League, a successful vote of no-confidence in the National Assembly led by the Republicans and the Awami Party effectively ended Chundrigar's term. He resigned on 11 December 1957.<ref name="New Publishers, Zakaria, 1958"/><ref name="Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust, et.al, 2003 (II Becomes PM)"/>

Chundrigar served the third-shortest term of any Prime Minister in Pakistan: 17 October 1957Template:Snd11 December 1957, 55 days into his term.<ref name="Deep & Deep, Grover & Arora, 1995"/><ref name="Rowman & Littlefield, Burki, 2015"/>

Death and reputation

In 1958, Chundrigar was appointed president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, a position he held until his death.<ref name="Dawn Newspapers, 1960" /> In 1960, Chundrigar traveled to Hamburg where he addressed the International Law Conference and suffered a hemorrhage while visiting in London.<ref name="Dawn Newspapers, 1960" /> For treatment, he was taken to the Royal Northern Hospital and suddenly died.<ref name="Dawn Newspapers, 1960" /> His body was brought back to Karachi in Pakistan, where he was buried in a local cemetery.<ref name="Dawn Newspapers, 1960" />

In his honour, the government of Pakistan renamed McLeod Road in Karachi after him.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

External links

• Chronicles of Pakistan

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