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| name = Adhur Shanker Alva<br />
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| birth_date ={{Birth date|1906|4|22|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Adhur]], [[Kasaragod Taluka]], [[Madras Presidency]]<br />
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| death_date = 1977<br />
| death_place = Bangalore<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]]<br />
| constituency = [[Mangalore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mangalore]]<br />
| term = 1962–1967<br />
| predecessor = [[K. R. Achar]]<br />
| successor = [[Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| spouse =Sanjeeva<br />
| children = Somashekar Alva, Vajra, Veda Shetty, Hema Hegde<br />
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'''Adhur Shanker Alva''' (born 22 April 1906, death 1977) was an Indian politician, lawyer and [[Member of Parliament]] who represented the [[Mangalore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mangalore Constituency]] in the [[3rd Lok Sabha]]. He was a member of [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General elections, 1962 to the 3rd Lok Sabha, Volume I|publisher=Election Commission of India website|page=50|accessdate=31 March 2010|archive-date=18 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185518/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
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Alva was born in an affluent [[Tulu language|Tulu]] speaking [[Bunt (community)|Bunt]] family of landlords.He belongs to Adkathabail family of Kasaragod. He completed his education at [[St. Aloysius College (Mangalore)]] and [[Madras Law College]] earning the degrees of [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] and [[L.L.B]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Members Bioprofile |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1421.htm |website=loksabhaph.nic.in |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref> 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.He contested and won Assembly election from Puttur Dakshina Kannada and become Cabinet Minister for Co operation During Devaraj Urs was the CM.<br />
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*[https://books.google.com/books?id=Z4PN4GnsrSgC&q=%22Shanker+Alva%22&dq=%22Shanker+Alva%22&hl=en&ei=dzgZTouOJO3DsQL60qXCBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAw Reference to the "late Shanker Alva"]<br />
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