Thachadi Prabhakaran (16 November 1936 14 February 2000) was an Indian politician and former
Minister of
Kerala State
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Biography
Prabhakaran was a member of
Indian National Congress
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from his younger days and had also served as the D.C.C. President and
Kerala PCC Secretary. He was at different times, President, Kerala State Co-operative Coir Marketing Federation, Kerala State Co-operative Bank, Alleppey District Co-operative Bank and Kumaran Asan Memorial High School, Pallana.
He was elected to the
Kerala Legislative Assembly
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from
Kayamkulam constituency in
1980
Events January
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* January 6 – Global Positioning Syst ...
,
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...
and
1991
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Assembly Elections, and served as the
Minister for Finance
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A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ...
in 1986 in the
Cabinet
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Furniture
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of
K. Karunakaran
Kannoth Karunakaran (5 July 1918 – 23 December 2010) was an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress (INC). He served as the Chief Minister of Kerala four times during the late 1970s through the mid 1990s. He is th ...
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References
* http://keralaassembly.org/1982/1982104.html
* https://web.archive.org/web/20100108020129/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/ministers49_first.htm
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181458/http://www.stateofkerala.in/niyamasabha/thachandy%20prabhakaran.php
Kerala MLAs 1980–1982
1936 births
2000 deaths
Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala
People from Alappuzha district
Kerala MLAs 1982–1987
Kerala MLAs 1991–1996
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