Kochakkan Chacko Abraham (20 January 1899 in

Cochin Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part ...

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– 14 March 1986) was the

Governor of Andhra Pradesh This is a list of governors of Andhra, including Andhra State and United Andhra Pradesh, in office from 1953 to the present date. The official residence of the governor is the Raj Bhavan, situated in Vijayawada. E. S. L. Narasimhan is the lo ...

between 15 August 1978 – 15 August 1983. He belonged to the

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Early life

He was born in

on 20 January 1899. He has a bachelor's degree and worked for 30 years as a

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, also as a

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Career

He was a Member of Travancore Cochin Legislative Assembly (1954–56). He was the 1st and 2nd KLA Legislator from Njarakkal-Congress. He entered active politics quite late after he retired as a

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headmaster. He was a member of the

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(CWC) at the time of the great split in 1969. With the 21 member committee split into 10 Pro- syndicate and 10 Pro- Indira group, it was KC Abraham who played a mediator role to bring the two groups together though he was very much pro- Syndicate. Finally he stood by his Pro- Syndicate conviction which resulted in the expulsion of Indira Gandhi from the

Personal life

He was married to Elizabeth and had a son.

References

1899 births 1986 deaths Governors of Andhra Pradesh Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala Travancore–Cochin MLAs 1954–1956 Politicians from Kochi Kerala MLAs 1957–1959 Kerala MLAs 1960–1964 Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh {{Kerala-INC-politician-stub