About A. D. Gorwala
Born 1900. A. D. Gorwala was an Indian diplomat.
Astad Dinshaw (A.D.) Gorwala CIE, ICS (1900–1989) was an officer of the Indian Civil Service, and then publisher of Opinion, a newsletter through which he doggedly opposed the Indian Emergency, which lasted from 25 June 1975 to 21 March 1977.
A Parsi born in 1900, Gorwala entered the Indian Civil Service in 1924, sitting the exams in India. He was posted to several places during his service, including Sindh. As a Secretary to the Government of Bombay and its Director of Civil Supplies and Supply Commissioner, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1944 imperial New Year Honours list.
Biography Gorwala focused his writing on attacks on the individual by the agencies of the state. He also fought a long battle against corruption.
Gorwala also established Bombay's food rationing system during World War II, a system that still operates, though with reduced efficiency.
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