| 词条 | A. J. John |
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| name = A. J. John | birth_date = 1893 | birth_place = Thalayolaparambu, Vaikom, {{flag|Travancore}} | death_date = 1957 | death_place = Madras, {{flag|India}} | office = Travancore-Cochin Chief Minister | term_start = March 1952 | term_end = March 1954 | governor = Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma (Rajapramukh) | predecessor = C. Kesavan | successor = Pattom A. Thanu Pillai | constituency = Poonjar | party = Travancore State Congress (Merged with Indian National Congress) | blank1 = Source |predecessor2=Sri Prakasa|termstart1=1956|office1=Governor of Madras State|firstminister1=K. Kamaraj|termend1=1957|succeeded1=Bhishnuram Medhi|appointer1=Rajendra Prasad}} Anaparambil Joseph John (1893-1957) was a Travancore freedom fighter and statesman. He was Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin and Governor of Madras State. Early lifeHe was born in 1893, at Thalayolaparambu and had his primary education at the local school and finished his school final from Vaikom High School. After doing the degree in Law in 1919 from the Law College, Madras, he began his career as a lawyer. The turning point in John’s life came when he plunged into freedom struggle after abandoning his bright future in his profession. He was one of the founding leaders of Travancore State Congress He was in the forefront of the historic Abstention Movement’ which rocked Travancore for some time; an agitation against social injustice staged by the weaker sections and backward classes for proportionate representations in government service. He fought against Independent Travancore proposed by Sir C P Rama Swamy Iyer in 1946. Chief Minister of Travancore-CochinIn the first general elections held in India in 1951-52, John was elected from Poonjar constituency to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly. The Congress formed Government with AJ John as Chief Minister in March 1952 with the support of the Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress (T.T.N.C). With the demand for merging Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 23, 1953, the majority of the ministry lost due to the withdrawal of support from the T.T.N.C.[1] John served as Chief Minister until March 1954, until the new cabinet was formed. He also served as Speaker of the first Travancore Legislative Assembly in 1948 and Minister for Home, Food, Civil Supplies and Forest in Panampally Govinda Menon Ministry from 1955-56.[2] Governor of Madras StateJohn was appointed as Governor of Madras State on in 1956. He died in October 1957, when he was the Governor of Madras State after a sudden illness.[3] References1. ^{{Cite book|title=History of Travancore Tamil Struggle|last=Yogeeswaran|first=B|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=}} {{Governors of Tamil Nadu}}{{DEFAULTSORT:John, A. J.}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2016/oct/04/lost-in-the-annals-of-history-1525085.html|title=Lost in the annals of history|publisher=}} 3. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2016/oct/04/lost-in-the-annals-of-history-1525085.html|title=Lost in the annals of history|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-11-01}} 11 : 1893 births|1957 deaths|Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala|Indian anti-communists|Malayali politicians|Chief Ministers of Kerala|Governors of Tamil Nadu|Governors of Madras|Chief ministers from Indian National Congress|20th-century Indian politicians|Members of the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly |
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