Sapru, Sir Tej Bahadur  ( born Dec. 8, 1875—died 1875 , Aligarh, India—died Jan. 20, 1949 , Allahābād, India  Allahabad )  jurist and statesman important in the progress of British India toward self-government. For his integrity and wisdom he was trusted both by the British government and by Indian intellectual and political leaders. He was knighted in 1922.

Educated at Āgra Agra College, AllahābādAllahabad, Sapru practiced law before the High Court at Allahābād Allahabad from 1896. He was a member of the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) Legislative Council (1913–16) and of the Imperial Legislative Council (1916–20), a law member of the Viceroy’s Council (1920–23), and a delegate to the three Round Table Conferences Conference sessions in London (1930–32) concerning the government of India. His mediation helped to bring about the Gandhi–Irwin Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931), by which the Indian nationalist leader Mohandas K. Gandhi terminated a civil - disobedience campaign and was allowed to attend the second session of the Round Table Conference. Sapru was also in part responsible for the Poona Pact modifying the British plan for a separate electorate of Hindu untouchables. This agreement caused Gandhi to abandon the fast (September 1932) that he had begun in September 1932 in protest against the British scheme.
