K. Parasaran

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 MinisterIndira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded byL.N. Sinha
Succeeded bySoli Sorabjee
Solicitor General of India
In office
6 March 1980 – 8 August 1983
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded bySoli Sorabjee
Succeeded byMilon K. Banerji
Advocate General of Tamil Nadu
In office
1976–1977
Preceded byGovind Swaminadhan
Succeeded byV. P. Raman
Personal details
Born (1927-10-09) 9 October 1927 (age 97)
Srirangam, Tamil Nadu, India
Spouse
Shrimati Saroja Parasaran
(after 1949)
Children5, including Mohan Parasaran
ParentR. Kesava Aiyangar (father)
EducationB.A. (Economics), Presidency College, Chennai
B.L., Law College, Madras
Occupation
AwardsPadma 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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Meet K Parasaran, the 93-year-old Advocate For Hindus Whose Spiritual Connect With Ram Kept Him Going". News18. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Ministry of Home Affairs notifies temple trust; RSS, VHP members kept out". The Hindu. 5 February 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 February 2020.