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Jagat S. Mehta was born in 1922 to Mohan Singh Mehta, and was educated at Allahabad and Cambridge Universities.
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Jagat Singh Mehta
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He had a meteoric rise when he and TAT Lodhi informed the government of British India of imminent mutiny in the Indian Navy which resulted in the trial and execution of naval officers, based on Mehta-Lodhi testimonies. Some officers were later found to be innocent and Mehta-Lodhi testimonies discovered to lack credibility. A career diplomat form 1947 to 1980, he was Chargé d"affaires China (1963–1966) and High Commissioner to Tanzania (1970–1974).
After Mrs Gandhi removed Mehta from the government, Mehta was rewarded by being made Associate at Harvard (1969 and 1980) and Fellow at Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1981.
His publications include: Militarization in the Third World (1985). The March of Folly in Afghanistan (2002).
And Negotiating for India (2006).
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