John Thivy

John Thivy
1st President of Malaysian Indian Congress
In office August 1946 – 1947
Succeeded by	Budh Singh
Personal details
Born	1904
Died	1959
Nationality	Malaya
Political party	Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)

Indian Commissioner to  Mauritius
In office 000000001950-09-02-0000September 2, 1950 – 000000001953-09-10-0000September 10, 1953
Preceded by	Dharam Yash Dev
Succeeded by	A. M. Sahay
Indian Ambassador to  Syria
In office 000000001953-09-10-0000September 10, 1953 – 000000001955-01-01-00001955
Succeeded by	de:V. M. Madhavan Nair
Indian Ambassador to  Italy
In office 000000001955-01-01-00001955 – 000000001955-01-01-00001955
Preceded by	Binay Ranjan Sen
Succeeded by	es:Khub Chand
Indian Ambassador to  Netherlands[1]
In office 000000001957-12-06-0000December 6, 1957 – 000000001959-06-04-0000June 4, 1959
Preceded by	Birendra Narayan Chakravarty
Succeeded by	Raj Krishna Tandon

John Aloysius Thivy (1904–1959) was a prominent Malayan Indian nationalist and the founding president of the Malayan Indian Congress. He was a lawyer by occupation.

Thivy finished schooling at St. Michael's Institution in Ipoh, Perak. He studied law in London, before returning to practice in Malaya. In London, Thivy had a chance to meet 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 actively involved in 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 in one his rallies in 1943. Thivy joined the Indian National Army in 1943 and served in the Burma Front.

After the Japan's surrender, John Thivy was held at Changi prison for anti-colonial activities and was only released after India's independence.

In August 1946, Thivy became the Founder President of the Malayan Indian Congress (MIC), which represented Indian interests in Malaya. He was helped in the setting up of the party by other notable individuals such as Janaky Athi Nahappan. The MIC was modelled after the Indian National Congress. The party actively participated in the Malayan Independence movement.

In 1948, Thivy was appointed as an official to represent India in Southeast Asia by the Nehru Government.

See also

• Indian National Army
• Janaky Athi Nahappan
• Malaysian Indian Congress

References

• Biographies of INA freedom Fighter National Archives of Singapore
• Times of India
• Malayasian Indian Congress. History
• Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army. Asian Journal, Radio Singapore International.
• Reference to the "late John Thivy"

1. ↑ Thivy, presents in Huis ten Bosch palace Juliana of the Netherlands an eight-volume biography of Mahatma Gandhi,

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