Karam Chand Jain

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Rai Sahib Karam Chand Jain
Born	(1898-01-05)January 5, 1898 Rewari
Died	October 12, 1967(1967-10-12) (aged 69)
Nationality	Indian
Education	Law Honours from Lahore University
Alma mater	Lahore University
Occupation	Public Prosecutor
Known for	First Legal advisor of Special Police Establishment (later turned into Central Bureau of Investigation)
Awards	Title of Rai Sahib, nominated for title of Rai Bahadur

(Before India-Pakistan partition) and a distinguished criminal lawyer in his later years of private practice.

Biography

Jain was born in 1898 at Rewari (at the time a tehsil of Gurgaon in undivided Punjab). His father Shri Prabhu Dayal Jain (postgraduate) was the younger brother of Rai Bahadur Umrao Singh Jain, who was the first postgraduate in Punjab University and was the Inspector General of undivided Punjab for a long period.^{[citation needed]}

Jain had a college education both in

.

He was the first legal advisor of the War & Supply Department based out of Lahore and was the first legal advisor of Special Police Establishment, which was transferred to the Home Department in 1946 under the leadership of

Sardar Patel

. He continued in his capacity as the Chief Legal Advisor till February 1951.

For his good performance, the British Government conferred him the title of

Rai Bahadur

in 1947, but due to communal riots across the country, the list of nominees was never made public.

After quitting his position of Legal Advisor at Special Police Establishment, he set up his private practice as a criminal lawyer. He made a good name in this profession and was rated as one of the best criminal lawyers of his period. He was also the Group Legal advisor to the Dalmia Enterprises for more than a decade and half.[1] He died on October 12, 1967.^[where?]

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