Harilal Jekisundas Kania
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Harilal Jekisundas Kania was an Indian jurist who became the first Chief Justice of independent India’s Supreme Court.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harilal Jekisundas Kania canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6420029 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harilal Jekisundas Kania Context triple: [H. J. Kania, fullName, Harilal Jekisundas Kania]
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A.
Raja Hutheesing
Raja Hutheesing was an Indian businessman and member of the prominent Nehru–Gandhi family through his marriage to writer Krishna Hutheesing.
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B.
Yadnya Kasada
Yadnya Kasada is a traditional Tenggerese Hindu ritual in which offerings are cast into the crater of Mount Bromo in East Java, Indonesia, to honor ancestral spirits and deities.
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C.
Albertus Soegijapranata
Albertus Soegijapranata was an influential Indonesian Jesuit priest and the first native Indonesian Catholic bishop, noted for his role in the country’s struggle for independence and the indigenization of the Catholic Church.
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D.
Guntur Sukarnoputra
Guntur Sukarnoputra is an Indonesian public figure best known as one of the sons of Indonesia’s first president, Sukarno.
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E.
Kusno Sosrodihardjo
Kusno Sosrodihardjo is the birth name of Sukarno, the first President of Indonesia and a leading figure in the country’s independence movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harilal Jekisundas Kania Target entity description: Harilal Jekisundas Kania was an Indian jurist who became the first Chief Justice of independent India’s Supreme Court.
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A.
Raja Hutheesing
Raja Hutheesing was an Indian businessman and member of the prominent Nehru–Gandhi family through his marriage to writer Krishna Hutheesing.
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B.
Yadnya Kasada
Yadnya Kasada is a traditional Tenggerese Hindu ritual in which offerings are cast into the crater of Mount Bromo in East Java, Indonesia, to honor ancestral spirits and deities.
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C.
Albertus Soegijapranata
Albertus Soegijapranata was an influential Indonesian Jesuit priest and the first native Indonesian Catholic bishop, noted for his role in the country’s struggle for independence and the indigenization of the Catholic Church.
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D.
Guntur Sukarnoputra
Guntur Sukarnoputra is an Indonesian public figure best known as one of the sons of Indonesia’s first president, Sukarno.
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E.
Kusno Sosrodihardjo
Kusno Sosrodihardjo is the birth name of Sukarno, the first President of Indonesia and a leading figure in the country’s independence movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chief Justice
ⓘ
Indian jurist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Rajendra Prasad ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1890-11-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1951-11-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Government Law College, Bombay
ⓘ
linked to:
Government Law College Mumbai
Samaldas College, Bhavnagar ⓘ University of Bombay ⓘ |
| endTimeOfPosition | Chief Justice of India:1951-11-06 ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century Indian judiciary ⓘ |
| familyName | Kania ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil law
ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ |
| fullName | Harilal Jekisundas Kania ⓘ |
| givenName | Harilal ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Madhukar Hiralal Kania ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ |
| legalTraining |
Government Law College, Bombay
ⓘ
linked to:
Government Law College Mumbai
|
| memberOf | Bombay Bar ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first Chief Justice of independent India’s Supreme Court
ⓘ
heading the Supreme Court of India at its inception ⓘ |
| notableWork | early Supreme Court of India constitutional decisions ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bombay Presidency
ⓘ
British India ⓘ Surat ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Calcutta
ⓘ
India ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Justice of India
ⓘ
Chief Justice of the Federal Court of India ⓘ Judge of the Bombay High Court ⓘ Judge of the Federal Court of India ⓘ |
| precededBy | Patrick Spens as head of the Federal Court of India ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| spouse | Jivibai Kania ⓘ |
| startTimeOfPosition | Chief Justice of India:1950-01-26 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | M. Patanjali Sastri ⓘ |
| swornInOn | 1950-01-26 ⓘ |
| workedAt |
Bombay High Court
ⓘ
Federal Court of India ⓘ Supreme Court of India ⓘ |
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