the coalition would soon hamper his efforts to amend the Electoral College. On 18 October 1957, Chundrigar became the Prime Minister of Pakistan, receiving his oath of office from Chief Justice M. Munir. At the first session of the National Assembly, Chundrigar presented his plan to reform the Electoral College which was met with great parliamentary opposition by even his Cabinet ministers from the Republican Party and the Awami League. With the Republican Party leadersparty president Feroz Khan and President of Pakistan Iskander Mirzaexploiting and manipulating the opponents of the Muslim League, a successful vote of no-confidence in the National Assembly led by the Republicans and the Awami Party effectively ended Chundrigar's term. He resigned on 11 December 1957. Chundrigar served the third-shortest term of any Prime Minister in Pakistan: 17 October 195711 December 1957, 55 days into his term. Death and reputation In 1958, Chundrigar was appointed as president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, a position he held until his death. In 1960, Chundrigar traveled to Hamburg where he addressed the International Law Conference and suffered a hemorrhage while visiting in London. For treatment, he was taken to the Royal Northern Hospital and suddenly passed away. His body was brought back to Karachi in Pakistan, where he was buried in a local cemetery. In his honour, the Government of Pakistan renamed McLeod Road in Karachi after him. See also Constitutionalism in Pakistan Parliamentary history of Pakistan References External links I. I. Chundrigar Chronicles Of Pakistan |- |- 1897 births 1960 deaths People from Panchmahal district Politicians from Ahmedabad University of Mumbai alumni 20th-century Indian philosophers 20th-century Indian lawyers All India Muslim League members Leaders of the Pakistan Movement Pakistani people of Gujarati descent Pakistani people of Arab descent People from Karachi First Pakistani Cabinet Ambassadors of Pakistan to Afghanistan Governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistani lawyers Governors of Punjab, Pakistan Ambassadors of Pakistan to Turkey Pakistan Muslim League politicians Pakistani legal scholars Lawyers from Karachi Law Ministers of Pakistan Pakistani philosophers Prime Ministers of Pakistan University of Karachi people Members of the Pakistan Philosophical Congress Deaths from bleeding Scholars from Ahmedabad Members of the Council of the Governor General of India