Alexander Parambithara

Alexander Parambithara was the speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly from 13 December 1961 to 10 September 1964.[1][2][3]

Alexander Parambithara
Speaker at Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office
13 December 1961 – 10 September 1964
Personal details
BornFebruary 1900
Died10 June 1989
Political partyIndian National Congress, Syndicate

He was born on February 1900.[1] He did his education from Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam, St. Josephs’ College, Thiruchirappally and Law College, Trivandrum.[4] After successfully completing the training course at Saidapet Teachers' College, Parambithara started his career as the Headmaster of St. Peters High School, Kumbalangi.[4] He then stepped into politics. He died on 10-06-1989.[1]

Political Life

Alexander Parambithara entered politics by getting elected to the Kochi Legislative Assembly. He was elected for two terms, from 1935-38 and 1948-49.[1] He then became the member of Travancore Cochin Legislative Assembly from 1949-56. From 1947-1957 he was also a member of Ernakulam Municipal Council.[1][2][5] He was the chairman of the Municipal Council from 1947-51.[4] After the formation of Kerala State, he was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly from Palluruthy Assembly constituency. Both in first Kerala Legislative Assembly (1957-59) and in Second Kerala Legislative Assembly (1960-64) he represented Palluruthy Assembly constituency.[6][7] It was in his second tenure in Kerala Legislative Assembly he was made the speaker of the house.[1] In the fourth Kerala Legislative Assembly election (1965-67) he again got elected but now from Eranamkulam Assembly Constituency.[1] During this tenure, he made contributions the house as the chairman of Assurances Committee (1967-68) and Library Advisory Committee (1969-70) respectively.[4] He openly contested the imposition of Emergency by Indira Gandhi in 1975 and joined hands with the communist leader AK Gopalan for agitational politics during this time.[4] He was even courted arrested in this period.[4] Opposing the politics of Indira Gandhi in Congress, he joined syndicate and contested against the Congress Candidate Henry Austin and CPI(M) candidate V Vishwanathan Menon in Parliament election.[5] This attempt became unsuccessful as Henry Austin won by 50.23% vote share.[5]

In his memory, Alexander Parambithara Bridge was commissioned which connects Thevara-Willingdon Island road to the BOT Bridge at Thoppumpady.[8]

Reference
  1. "Alexander Parambithara". www.niyamasabha.org. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  2. Pulparampil, John (2018). Nation Building and Local Leadership: A Study from South India. New Delhi: Educreation Publishing. p. 305. ISBN 978-1-5457-1831-5.
  3. Chander, N. Jose (1986). Dynamics of state politics, Kerala. Sterling Publishers.
  4. Speakers and Deputy Speakers of Kerala Legislative Assembly. Thiruvananthapuram: Secretariat of Kerala Legislature. 2007. pp. 25–26.
  5. Socialist India, Volume 2. Indian National Congress. 1971.
  6. "First Kerala Legislature (1957- 1959) Members". www.niyamasabha.org. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  7. "Second Kerala Legislature(1960 - 1964) Members". www.niyamasabha.org. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  8. "A Dream Walk". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
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