| 词条 | A. V. Thomas |
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Alfred Vedam Thomas (9 August 1891-1968) was an Indian businessman and politician, and a Member of the Legislative Assembly. A child of Abraham Moses, A. V. Thomas was born in Badulla on 9 August 1891 and educated in Idaiyangudi and Sawyerpuram. He married Sugirtham in 1921 and with her had a son and three daughters.[1] He was a Christian from the Nadar caste.[2] Thomas was a labour contractor who became a plantation owner and founded the AVT Group in 1925.[3]{{efn|In 2008, the AVT Group held around {{convert|4500|ha|acre}} of land on which it cultivated cardamom, coffee, rubber, spices and tea. It also had interests in agro-chemicals, bio-technology, leather, shipping and warehousing.[3]}} He was President of Alleppy Municipal Council between 1937—40, chairman of the Indian Rubber Board between 1947 and 1949, and again from 1950 until at least 1951. He also served on a Royal Commission during World War II.[1] Thomas was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress (INC) candidate from Radhapuram constituency in the 1957 election.[4] He had previously been a Member of Parliament elected to the Lok Sabha from Srivaikuntam constituency, Tamil Nadu, as an INC candidate in the 1951 election.[5] Thomas died in 1968.[6] ReferencesNotes{{notelist}}Citations1. ^1 {{cite book |title=Parliament of India: Lok Sabha : Who’s Who |year=1956 |edition=2nd |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |pages=379-380 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.96714}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, A. V.}}{{INC-politician-stub}}2. ^{{cite book |title=The Nadars of Tamilnad: The Political Culture of a Community in Change |first=Robert L. |last=Hardgrave |publisher=University of California Press |year=1969 |page=208 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KZ9mqiLgkdEC&pg=PA208}} 3. ^1 {{cite book |last=Damodaran |first=Harish |year=2008 |chapter=Nadars and Ezhavas |title=India’s New Capitalists |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WJp_DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA181 |isbn=978-1-349-30173-7 |pages=181, 190, 193}} 4. ^1957 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India 5. ^Volume I, 1951 Indian general election, 1st Lok Sabha 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Jeysingh-Thomas-passes-away/article16887351.ece |work=The Hindu |title=Jeysingh Thomas passes away |date=19 October 2009 |accessdate=2017-09-22}} 8 : 1891 births|Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu|1968 deaths|20th-century Indian businesspeople|Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu|1st Lok Sabha members|Members of the 2nd Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Indian Christians |
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