Benagal Narsing Rao

Benagal Narsing Rao was an Indian civil servant, jurist, diplomat born on 26th February 1888 in Mangalore. His father Benagal Raghavendra Rao was an eminent doctor and he belongs to Chitrapur Saraswat Brahman Community. Narsing Rao was known for his key role in drafting the Constitution of India. He was the Constitutional Advisor to Constituent Assembly. He also served as the President of the United Nations Security Council for the period 1950-52.

Career
Narsing Rao passed the Indian Civil Service Examination in 1909 and returned to India. He served as a Judge in East Bengal and also worked for India in London. He also worked with Sir John Kerr to prepare note on how provincial legislature in India might be designed to work better. Rao worked with the reforms office of the Government of India, on drafting the Govrnment Of India Act, 1935. He served thereafter as a Judge on the Calcutta High Court. After retirement in 1944, Rao was appointed as the Prime Minister of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. Rao also assisted in drafting the early constitution of Burma. Rao served India as a representing deligate in the United Nations. He was appointed as a Judge of the International Court in Hague. In 1988, on the occasion of his birth centenary the Government of India issued a Postage stamp in honor of B.N. Rao