A. J. John

A. J. John
Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin
In office 12 March 1952 – 16 March 1954
Governor	Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma (Rajpramukh)
Constituency	Poonjar
Personal details
Born	(1893-07-18)18 July 1893 Thalayolaparambu, Vaikom, Travancore
Died	Madras, India
Political party	Travancore State Congress (merged with the Indian National Congress in 1948)
Residence	Vaikom, Trivandrum
Religion	Syro-Malabar Nasrani

Anaparambil Joseph John (18 July 1893 – 1 October 1957) was a Travancorean freedom fighter, and statesman. He was Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin and Governor of Madras.

Born at Thalayolaparambu, near Vaikom, Kingdom of Travancore, he was a noted jurist. Shri A.J. John was a proud member of the St. George Church, Thalayolaparambu and later on the A.J. John Memorial Govt Girls Higher Secondary School was started in his memory at Thalayolaparambu.

He was elected to the Travancore Legislative Council from Vaikom. He was imprisoned in the cause of the freedom movement.

In 1947, the Travancore Constituent Assembly was declared by the Maharaja. The Assembly sat for the first time in 1948 with A. J. John as President. In 1949 he became the Finance and Revenue Minister in the Parur T. K. Narayana Pillai Ministry.

In the first general elections of 1951 held in India, he won for the Indian National Congress Party in the seat of Poonjar. A. J. John was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin, leading the government of the state from March 1952 up to March 1954.

In the last Ministry for the Travancore-Cochin State, he was the Home Minister. Later he was the Governor of Madras state.

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A. J. John's TombStone

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Political offices
Preceded by C. Kesavan	Chief minister of Travancore-Cochin 12 March 1952 – 16 March 1954	Succeeded by Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
Preceded by Sri Prakasa	Governor of Madras 10 December 1956 – 1 October 1957	Succeeded by Bhishnuram Medhi