C. H. Mohammed Koya, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian politician
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Place of Birth: Atholi, Kerala, India
About C. H. Mohammed Koya
- C.
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- Mohammad Koya (15 July 1927 – 28 September 1983), known as C.
- H., full name Cheriyan Kandi Muhammad Koya, was an Indian politician and journalist who served as the eighth Chief Minister of Kerala from October 12 to December 1, 1979.
- A long time Secretary of the Indian Union Muslim League, he is the only Muslim to be chosen as the Chief Minister of Kerala.
- As the Minister of Education (Kerala), from 1967 to 1977, C.
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- championed the progress of the education of Muslim community in Kerala.C.
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- was first elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly in the famous 1957 elections.
- He went on to hold several key Kerala Cabinet Posts (Deputy Chief Minister, Minister for Education, Home Affairs Minister, and Minister for Finance) under a number of Chief Ministers (E.
- M.
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- Namboodiripad, C.
- Achutha Menon, K.
- Karunakaran, A.
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- Antony, and P.
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- Vasudevan Nair) in the following decades.
- In 1962 (1962 - 67) and in 1973 (1973-77), he was elected to the Parliament of India.
- He was a Member in Kerala University Senate and served as Chairman, Governing Body, REC, Calicut.C.
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- was born in 1927 at Atholi, in northern Kerala, to Payampunathil Ali Musliyar and Mariyumma.
- He co-founded the Muslim Students Federation, or the M.
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- F., while a school student in Calicut Zamorin's College.
- He helped to receive Liaquat Ali Khan in 1945.
- C.
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- joined the Chandrika newspaper, the official organ the Muslim League, in 1946.
- Though only having Intermediate education, C.
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- worked his way from Sub-Editor to the Editor of Chandrika by 1949.C.
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- died on in September, 1983 while serving as Deputy Chief Minister of Kerala .
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