bhimrao ramji ambedkar was the first chairman of indian national human rights commission.
who was the first chairman of indian national human rights commission?
bhimrao ramji ambedkar
in 1990, ranganath misra became the 21st chief justice of india. in 1990, the assembly polls were won by the janata dal and a government was formed under the leader of biju patnaik. in 1992, four new districts were created, gajapati, malkangiri, rayagada and nabarangpur. in 1993, 10 more districts were created, khurda, nayagarh, sonepur, bargarh, kendrapara, jagatsinghpur, jajpur, nuapada, angul and bhadrak. in 1994, three more were carved out, jharsuguda, deogarh and boudh. this brought the number of districts in odisha to 30. in 1993, ranganath misra became the first chairman of the national human rights commission of india. the 1995 assembly polls were won by the indian national congress and janaki ballabh patnaik became the chief minister. on 22 january 1999, australian missionary graham staines and his two sons were murdered. staineswas an australian christian missionary who, along with his two sons philip (aged 10) and timothy (aged 6), was burnt to death by a gang while sleeping in his station wagon at manoharpur village in keonjhar district in odisha, india on 23 january 1999. in 2003, a bajrang dal activist, dara singh, was convicted of leading the gang that murdered graham staines and his sons, and was sentenced to life in prison. soon afterwards, janaki ballabh patnaik resigned and was replaced by giridhar gamang. in october 1999, a cyclone struck odisha causing economic loss estimated at $2.5 billion (1999 usd) and about 10,000 deaths. in december 1999, gamang also resigned. he was replaced by hemananda biswal on 7 december. in march 2000, naveen patnaik became the chief minister of a bjd-bjp alliance government.
history of odisha
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the national human rights commission of nigeria (“the nhrc”) was established by the national human rights commission (amendment) act, 1995, as amended by the nhrc act, 2010. the commission serves as an extra-judicial mechanism which safeguards the human rights of the nigerian population.. it monitors human rights in nigeria, assists victims of human rights violations, and helps in the formulation of the nigerian government's policies on human rights.





























the commission has been active in investigation and monitoring of numerous human rights situations since its founding.
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