Keshava Parasaran | |
|---|---|
| MP of Rajya Sabha (Nominated) | |
| In office 29 June 2012 – 28 June 2018 | |
| Attorney General for India | |
| In office 9 August 1983 – 8 December 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi |
| Preceded by | L.N. Sinha |
| Succeeded by | Soli Sorabjee |
| Solicitor General of India | |
| In office 6 March 1980 – 8 August 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Soli Sorabjee |
| Succeeded by | Milon K. Banerji |
| Advocate General of Tamil Nadu | |
| In office 1976–1977 | |
| Preceded by | Govind Swaminadhan |
| Succeeded by | V. P. Raman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 October 1927 Srirangam, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Spouse |
Shrimati Saroja Parasaran
(after 1949) |
| Children | 5, including Mohan Parasaran |
| Parent | R. Kesava Aiyangar (father) |
| Education | B.A. (Economics), Presidency College, Chennai B.L., Law College, Madras |
| Occupation | |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan(2003), Padma Vibhushan(2011) |
Keshava Parasaran (born 9 October 1927) is a lawyer from India. He was Advocate General of Tamil Nadu during the president's rule in 1976, Solicitor General of India under the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and Attorney General of India under Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi between 1983 and 1989 until the end of Rajiv's tenure. Parasaran was awarded the Padma Bhushan in the year 2003 and Padma Vibhushan in the year 2011. In June 2012, he received a presidential nomination to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's parliament, for a period of six years.[1][2] He is a member of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra. In 2019 the Central Government appointed him to lead the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra. However later, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das was appointed to lead the trust. The trust oversaw the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.[3]
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