Simon Britto Rodrigues
| Simon Britto Rodrigues | |
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| Former nominated Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 01 June 2006 – 30 May 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 March 1954 Pongikkara, Ernakulam District, Kerala |
| Political party | CPI(M) |
| Spouse(s) | Seena Bhaskar |
Simon Britto Rodrigues (born 27 March 1954) is an Indian politician and writer. He was the nominated Anglo-Indian member in the Kerala Legislative Assembly during the term of Left Democratic Front government from 2006 to 2011.
Early life
Simon Britto Rodriguez was born to Nichlos Rodriguez and Irin Rdriguez on 27 May 1954, in Pongikkara, Ernakulam District, Kerala.[1] Britto was an active member of Students' Federation of India (SFI), student wing of the CPI(M), he is a former student of St. Albert's College, Ernakulam, Government Law College, Ernakulam, Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram, Lalit Narayan Mithila University. in his college days during 80's. In 1983, he became the Kerala state vice president of SFI and in a violent clash between student unions, he got his lower body paralyzed. Even after the attack, Britto was active in mainstream politics and continued to be in office till 1988. Ten years later he married Seena Bhaskar.[2]
Literary contributions
Britto has written a couple of novels: Agragami and Maharandram. Agragami has won Sakti award and Patyam Gopalan award. He was a state representative of Kerala Grandhasala Sangam.[1]
References
- 1 2 http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/simonbritto.pdf
- ↑ "Courage under fire". thehindu.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.