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C. H. Mohammad Koya
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8th Chief Minister of Kerala
In office
12 October 1979 – 1 December 1979
Preceded byP. K. Vasudevan Nair
Succeeded byPresident's rule
Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office
9 June 1961 – 11 November 1961
Preceded byK. M. Seethi Sahib
Succeeded byAlexander Parambithara
2nd Deputy Chief Minister of Kerala
In office
28 December 1981 – 17 March 1982
Preceded byR. Sankar
Succeeded byHimself
In office
24 May 1982 – 28 September 1983
Preceded bySelf
Succeeded byK. Avukader Kutty Naha
Member of Parliament Lok Sabha
In office
25 February 1962 – 21 February 1967
Preceded byK. P. Kutti Krishnan Nair
Succeeded byEbrahim Sulaiman Sait
ConstituencyKozhikode
In office
5 February 1973 – 20 March 1977
Preceded byMuhammad Ismail
Succeeded byEbrahim Sulaiman Sait
ConstituencyManjeri
MLA
In office
5 April 1957 – 6 March 1962
In office
6 March 1967 – 5 February 1973
In office
25 March 1977 – 28 September 1983
Personal details
Born(1927-07-15)15 July 1927
Atholi, Madras Presidency, British India
Died28 September 1983(1983-09-28) (aged 56)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political partyIndian Union Muslim League
SpouseK. K. Amina (married on 1 June 1950)[1]
ChildrenTwo daughters and a son (M. K. Muneer)
As of 2 November, 2007
Source: Govt. of Kerala
Kerala Council of Ministers, 1969 (1st Achutha Menon Ministry)
Kerala Council of Ministers, 1971 (2nd Achutha Menon Ministry)
Kerala Council of Ministers, 1977 (1st Karunakaran Ministry)
Kerala Council of Ministers, 1977 (1st Antony Ministry)
Kerala Council of Ministers, 1978 (P. K. V. Ministry)
Kerala Council of Ministers, 1979 (Koya Ministry)
Kerala Council of Ministers, 1983 (3rd Karunakaran Ministry)

Cheriyan Kandi Muhammad Koya (15 July 1927–28 September 1983), known as C. H. Muhammad Koya, was an Indian politician who served as the Minister of Education in Kerala state Government from 1967 to 1979.[2] He also led the cabinet as the eighth Chief Minister of Kerala from 12 October to 1 December 1979.[2][3]

As the Minister of Education (1967–79), Koya championed the progress of the education of backward classes in northern Kerala.[3] He also served as the Home Minister (1969–73) and the Deputy Chief Minister of Kerala (1981–83).[2]

Life and career

Cheriyan Kandi Muhammad Koya was born in 1927 at Atholi, in northern Kerala, to Payampunathil Ali and Mariyumma.[2][4]

Koya started the Muslim Students Federation, the youth wing of the All-India Muslim League, while a school student at Zamorin's College, Calicut. He later helped to receive prominent Muslim League leader Liaquat Ali Khan at Calicut (1945).[3] He joined the Chandrika newspaper, the official organ the Muslim League, in 1946.[5][3][2][6]

Koya was first elected to Kerala Assembly in the 1957 legislative elections. He went on to hold several key Kerala cabinet posts (Minister for Education, Deputy Chief Minister, Home Affairs Minister, and Minister for Finance) under a number of Chief Ministers (E. M. S. Namboodiripad, C. Achutha Menon, K. Karunakaran, A. K. Antony, and P. K. Vasudevan Nair) in the following decades.[3][2]

In 1962 (1962–67) and in 1973 (1973–77), Koya was elected to the Parliament of India.[3] He was a Member in Kerala University Senate and served as Chairman, Governing Body, REC, Calicut.[7]

Koya died on 28 September, 1983 while serving as Deputy Chief Minister of Kerala.[7] He was aged just 56 at the time of his death.[7]

Legacy

"Young men like C. H. Muhammad Koya realized that violent revolt promised nothing for them [the Kerala Muslims]. Electoral politics, on the other hand, might offer a great deal."

— Robin Jeffrey (historian)[5]

Koya was known his eloquent oratory and was described by scholar R. E. Miller as "grassroots star of the Mappila community" and the "ranking hero of Muslim youth" in Kerala.[3] He also acted as a "bridge-builder" among various social and religious groups of Kerala.[3]

As the Minister of Education, Koya championed the progress of the Mappila community in secular education, but also advocated higher standards in the 'Arabic Colleges' (Kerala 'Arabic Colleges' are the equivalent of north Indian madrasas).[3]

Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly

  • 1st Assembly (1957–59) – Tanur[7]
  • 2nd Assembly (1960–64) – Tanur (resigned on 6 March 1962)[7]
  • 3rd Assembly (1967–70) – Mankada[7]
  • 4th Assembly (1970–77) – Kondotti (resigned on 5 February 1973)[7]
  • 5th Assembly (1977–79) – Malappuram[7]
  • 6th Assembly (1980–82) – Manjeri[7]
  • 7th Assembly (1982–87) – Manjeri (died on 28 September, 1983)[7]

In Kerala council of ministers

Pattom Ministry

Speaker (independent)

2nd E. M. S. Ministry

Minister for Education

1st Achutha Menon Ministry

Minister for Education and Home

2nd Achutha Menon Ministry

Minister for Education and Home

1st Karunakaran Ministry

Minister for Finance and Education

1st Antony Ministry

Minister for Education

  • 27-04-1977 to 20-12-1977 (1st Antony Ministry)
  • 04-10-1978 to 27-10-1978 (1st Antony Ministry)

P. K. V. Ministry

Minister for Education

Koya Ministry

Chief Minister of Kerala – 12 October to 1 December 1979 (Koya Ministry)

2nd Karunakaran Ministry

Deputy Chief Minister of Kerala

3rd Karunakaran Ministry

Deputy Chief Minister of Kerala

Works[7]

  • My Haj pilgrimage
  • Caux-London-Cairo
  • The Malaysia I Saw
  • How Legislative Assembly Works
  • Soviet Union
  • Muslim Rule in India Through Stories
  • Five Days in Sri Lanka
  • Camel to Cadillac
  • Travel Around the world

References

  1. ^ Loksabha Profile (1962)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Chief Minister of Kerala (Official Website)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Miller, E. Roland. "Mappila Muslim Culture" State University of New York Press, Albany (2015); p. 204, 235–36, 329, 333, and 345.
  4. ^ Miller, Roland. E., "Mappila" in "The Encyclopedia of Islam". Volume VI. E. J. Brill, Leiden. 1987. pp. 458–56.
  5. ^ a b Jeffrey, Robin. "Politics, Women and Well-Being: How Kerala became a Model" Palgrave McMillan (1992); 112 and 114.
  6. ^ Speakers & Deputy Speakers Book – Kerala Legislative Assembly
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Preceded by Chief Minister of Kerala
1979– 1979 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly
1961– 1961 		Succeeded by
Alexander Parambithara
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