Swaraj Kaushal

Swaraj Kaushal (12 July 1952 – 4 December 2025) was an Indian criminal lawyer practising in New Delhi. He was designated as a senior advocate by the Supreme Court of India at age 34, and he became the Governor of Mizoram at the age of 37, serving between 1990 and 1993.

Early life Swaraj Kaushal was born to Madan Lal and Lajyawati on 12 July 1952 in Solan, Patiala and East Punjab States Union (present-day Himachal Pradesh). He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from D.A.V. School, Chandigarh and completed LLB from Faculty of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Career During the Emergency of 1975–77, he defended socialist leader George Fernandes in the famous Baroda dynamite case. He secured release of the underground Mizo leader, Laldenga, in the conspiracy trial in 1979. Thereafter, he was the constitutional adviser to the underground Mizo National Front during negotiations with the Government of India. Many years of negotiations resulted in the signing of the Mizoram Peace Accord, which he helped write on 30 June 1986, which ended 20 years of insurgency. He was appointed the first Advocate General of Mizoram, the state's premier legal officer in 1987 at the age of 34. He was an expert on India's northeast region and its insurgency problem.

He was designated as a senior advocate by the Supreme Court of India on 20 December 1986 at the age of 34, a notable achievement in the legal profession.

Governor of Mizoram He was the Governor of Mizoram from 8 February 1990 to 9 February 1993.

On the afternoon of 4 December 2025, Kaushal complained of chest pain, after which he was brought to AIIMS Delhi, where he later died. He was 73. His last rites were performed the same day at the Lodhi Road crematorium.