A. Shanker Alva
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Adhur Shanker Alva was an India
n politician, lawyer and Member of Parliament
who represented the Mangalore Constituency
in the 3rd Lok Sabha
.He was a member of Indian National Congress
.
speaking Bunt
family of landlords. He completed his education at St. Aloysius College (Mangalore)
and Madras Law College earning the degrees of B.A.
and L.L.B. A widower through much of his life. He raised four children as a single parent. Apart from being a politician he was a lawyer practicing in Mangalore
and was a member of various social cultural and sporting organizations.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n politician, lawyer and Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
who represented the Mangalore Constituency
Mangalore (Lok Sabha constituency)
Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency was one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. With the implementaion of the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002, this...
in the 3rd Lok Sabha
3rd Lok Sabha
List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, elected February-March 1962. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:...
.He was a member of Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
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Biography
Alva was born in an affluent TuluTulu language
The Tulu language |?]]]) is a Dravidian language spoken by 1.95 million native speakers mainly in the southwest part of Indian state Karnataka known as Tulu Nadu. In India, 1.72 million people speak it as their mother tongue , increased by 10 percent over the 1991 census...
speaking Bunt
Bunt (community)
Bunt , previously spelled Bant, are a community of erstwhile nobility, feudatory and gentry from the region of Tulu Nadu in the south west of India which comprises the districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada in the Indian state of Karnataka and Kasaragod taluk of Kerala...
family of landlords. He completed his education at St. Aloysius College (Mangalore)
St. Aloysius College (Mangalore)
St. Aloysius College is a Jesuit college in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. It is situated on a campus atop Light House Hill, overlooking the Arabian Sea....
and Madras Law College earning the degrees of B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
and L.L.B. A widower through much of his life. He raised four children as a single parent. Apart from being a politician he was a lawyer practicing in Mangalore
Mangalore
Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...
and was a member of various social cultural and sporting organizations.