George Thomas
Politician
1926 – 1993
Who was George Thomas?
Dr. K. George Thomas was a journalist, academic, Indian National Congress politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Kallooppara to Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1967. He was also a founding member of Kerala Congress.
Thomas was born in March 1926 at Kottayam as son of Thomas in the Kallarakkal subfamily of Pakalomattom Ayrookuzhiyil family.
He took his Doctorate in Political Science from the University of Washington and later was a teaching fellow at University of Washington.
He was one of the founding members of Kerala Congress. and moved Indian National Congress during the splits in Kerala Congress to many factions.
He became publisher and managing editor of Kerala Dhwani, Kerala Bhushanam, and the Malayalam weekly Manorajyam. Manorajyam, started by EJ Kanam, was bought by Thomas. Rachel Thomas, his wife, was the editor for some time. After her death it was bought by Goodnight Mohan. Now the weekly have stopped publishing.
He was elected as a MLA to Third Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1967, defeating N.T.George of CPM.
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- Born
- Mar 1, 1926
Kottayam - Also known as
- Dr. George Thomas
- Religion
- Christianity
- Died
- 1993
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on July 23, 2013
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