Nickname |
Badr |
Profession |
Indian Civil Service Officer |
Known for |
Designing the final form of the National Flag of India, the tricolour with Ashoka’s Dharmachakra in the centre |
Physical Stats |
Eye Colour |
Black |
Hair Colour |
Semi-bald |
Career |
Major Designation(s) |
1956-1958: Ambassador of India to Iran 1958–1960: Ambassador of India to Germany |
Personal Life |
Date of Birth |
12 November 1907 (Tuesday) |
Birthplace |
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India |
Date of Death |
Year, 1995 |
Place of Death |
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Age (at the time of death) |
88 Years |
Death Cause |
Age related illness |
Zodiac sign |
Scorpio |
Nationality |
Indian |
Hometown |
Bombay Presidency, British India |
Religion |
Islam |
Relationships & More |
Marital Status (at the time of death) |
Widower |
Marriage Date |
22 December 1939
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Family |
Wife/Spouse |
Surayya Tyabji
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Children |
Sons– 3 • Adil Tyabji (Senior Editor, Oxford University Press) • Khalid Tyabji (actor) • Hindal Haider Tyabji (former Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir) Daughter– 1 Laila Tyabji (craft designe, social activist)
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Parents |
Father– Faiz Tyabji (judge of Bombay High Court) |
Siblings |
Brother– Saif Faiz Badruddin Tyabji (solicitor, mathematician, educationist) (1904-1957) Sister– 1 Kamila Tyabji (lawyer, philanthropist) (1918-2004)
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Other Relatives |
Grandfather– Badruddin Tyabji (Indian National Congress leader)
Nephew– Mario Miranda (cartoonist and painter)
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