New Delhi, Dec 4 (PTI) Former Mizoram governor and senior advocate Swaraj Kaushal who died on Thursday had successfully defended former defence minister George Fernandes in the famous Baroda dynamite case during the Emergency.

Kaushal, who died at the age of 73, was a brilliant lawyer and was designated as a senior advocate from the Supreme Court at the age of 34.

He was the first advocate general of Mizoram in 1987 at the age of 34 and dealt with the insurgency problems of North-East India very closely.

He is also credited with negotiating the historic Mizoram Peace Accord of 1986, when former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was at the helm after he secured the release of Mizo leader Laldenga from jail in a conspiracy case from the court. The Accord ended 20 years of insurgency in the Nort

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