Early Life
Ram Jethmalani was born in Shikharpur in Sindh, British India, now in Pakistan. He got a double promotion in school and completed matriculation at the age of 13. He secured an LLB degree at the young age of 17. At that time, the minimum age for becoming a lawyer was 21, but a special resolution allowed him to become a lawyer at 18.
Ram Jethmalani was married at an age of little above 18, to Durga, in a traditional Indian arranged marriage. In 1947, just before partition, he also married Ratna Shehani, a lawyer by profession. Polygamy was permissible for Hindu men in India until 1956 and therefore both his marriages are equally valid. His family today includes both wives and four children — three by Durga (Rani, Shobha, Mahesh) and one by Ratna (Janak).
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