Thachadi Prabhakaran (16 November 1936 14 February 2000) was an Indian politician and former Minister of

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Personal life

He hailed from

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community and was born as son of Shri Velayudhan. He was married to Smt. Sarojini and the couple has three sons. His son Biju Prabhakar is a Kerala Government employee who is promoted as

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officer and who is working as Secretary to

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. His another son Binoy Prabhakar works in

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Political career

Prabhakaran was a member of

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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

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from Kayamkulam constituency in

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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. ...

and

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Assembly Elections, and served as the Minister for Finance in 1986 in the

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of K. Karunakaran.

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 Politicians from Alappuzha district Kerala MLAs 1982–1987 Kerala MLAs 1991–1996 {{Kerala-INC-politician-stub