Barrister Badruddin Tyabji (10 October 1844 – 19 August 1906)

Badruddin Tyabji was the first Indian to practice as a barrister of the High Court of Bombay. He was born on 10 October 1844 in city of Bombay which was the part of Bombay Presidency. His father name was Mullah Tyab Ali Bhai Mian belonged to Sulaimani Bohra community.

Education

• Initially education he took in Elphinstone Institution in Bombay. In 1860 at the age of sixteen, he joined Newbury High Park College in London.
• In 1860, he enrolled at the University of London and Middle Temple.
• Suffering from deteriorating eyesight he returned to Bombay in late 1864 but resumed his studies at the Middle Temple in late 1865 and was called to the Bar in April 1867.

His Work in India

• On his return to Bombay in December 1867, Tyabji became the first Indian barrister in the High Court of Bombay.
• He was nominated to the Bombay Municipal Corporation in 1873.
• He was a member of the University of Bombay senate between 1875–1905 and appointed to the Bombay Legislative Council in 1882, resigning in 1886 owing to ill health.
• Along with Pherozeshah Mehta and Kashinath Trimbak Telang, he was largely responsible for forming the Bombay Presidency Association in 1885, a body which championed Indian interests and hosted the first meeting of the Indian National Congress in Bombay at the end of 1885.

Highest Achievement

• In June 1895 Tyabji was made a judge of the Bombay High Court, the first Muslim and the third Indian to be so elevated. In 1902, he became the first Indian to hold the post of Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
• He was one of the founding member and first Muslim president of Indian National Congress.
• He founded the Anjuman-i-Islam College in Bombay in 1874.

Involvement With Indian National Congress
Badruddin Tyabji and his brother Camruddin strongly believed in functioning of Congress party. They had deep involvement with the party and tried convince people that this party didn’t believed in religion and treated all equally. He became third President of the Indian National Congress between 1887–88, he focused on uniting the Muslim community. He gain huge support from all religions specially Hindu and Muslims

Death: On 26 August 1906, while on a furlough in London, England Badruddin Tyabji died suddenly of a heart attack.

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