John Thivy
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John Thivy | |
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| 1st President of Baba Budh Singh Ji | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1904 |
| Died | 1959 Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Federation of Malaya |
| Nationality |  Malaya Malayan Indian Congress |
John Thivy | |
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| Indian Commissioner to  Mauritius | |
| In office 2 September 1950 – 10 September 1953 | |
| Preceded by | Dharam Yash Dev |
| Succeeded by | A. M. Sahay |
| Indian Ambassador to  Syria | |
| In office 10 September 1953 – 1955 | |
| Succeeded by | de:V. M. Madhavan Nair |
| Indian Ambassador to  Italy | |
| In office 1955–1955 | |
| Preceded by | Binay Ranjan Sen |
| Succeeded by | es:Khub Chand |
| Indian Ambassador to  Netherlands[1] | |
| In office 6 December 1957 – 4 June 1959 | |
| Preceded by | Birendra Narayan Chakravarty |
| Succeeded by | Raj Krishna Tandon |
John Thivy (
Malayan Indian Congress
.
Thivy finished schooling at
Mohandas Gandhi and came to be interested in the Indian independence movement
. On his return to Malaya, after getting his law degree in 1932, he became involved with the Indian nationalist movements.
Later, after the
fall of Malaya to the Japanese, Thivy's interest was rekindled by a speech given by Subhas Chandra Bose at one of his rallies in 1943. Thivy joined the Indian National Army in 1943 and served on the Burma Front. He also served in a ministerial cabinet post under Bose's Provisional Government of Free India, the Azad Hind.[2]
After Japan's surrender, John Thivy was held at Changi Prison for collaboration and was only released after India's independence.
On 4 August 1946, Thivy became the 1st and founding President of the
Indian interests in Malaya. He was helped in the establishment of the party by other notable individuals such as Janaky Athi Nahappan. The MIC was modelled after the Indian National Congress
. The party participated in the Malayan Independence movement.
In 1948, Thivy was appointed as an official to represent
Nehru Government
.
See also
- Indian National Army
- Janaky Athi Nahappan
- Malayan Indian Congress
Notes
- ^ Pettibone, Charles, The Organization and Order of Battle of Militaries in World War II, vol. VII, Germany's and Imperial Japan's Allies & Puppet States, p. 412. Trafford Publishing, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4669-0350-0
References
- Biographies of INA freedom Fighter National Archives of Singapore
- Times of India
- Malaysian Indian Congress. History
- Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army. Asian Journal, Radio Singapore International.
- Reference to the "late John Thivy"
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