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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Aloysius Thanglura<br />
| image = Aloysius Thanglura.png<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Rajya Sabha members from Assam|Assam]]<br />
| term_start = 20 June 1962<br />
| term_end = 2 March 1964<ref name="rs"/><br />
| term_start1 = 3 March 1964<br />
| term_end1 = 2 February 1967<br />
| office2 = Member of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency3 = Aijal West<br />
| constituency2 = Aijal West<br />
| successor2 = [[Ch. Chhunga]]<br />
| term_start3 = 1957<br />
| term_end3 = 1962<br />
| term_start2 = 1967<br />
| term_end2 = 1972<br />
| successor3 = ''Constituency abolished''<br />
| birth_date = {{#statements:P569}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date|1994|9|9|df=yes}} (aged 67)<br />
| birth_place = [[Saitual]], [[Lushai Hills District]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now [[Mizoram]], [[India]])<br />
| spouse = Agnes Dengchhungi{{sfn|Thanglura|1982|p=172}}<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] <br> [[Mizo Union]]<br />
| death_place = [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]], [[India]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Mizo name|Thanglura}}<br />
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'''Aloysius Thanglura''' (3 December 1926 – 9 September 1994) was an Indian politician from modern-day [[Mizoram]]. He was a [[Member of parliament|Member of Parliament]], representing [[Assam]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of [[Parliament of India|India's parliament]].<ref name="rs">{{cite web |title=RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952-2019 |url=https://cms.rajyasabha.nic.in/UploadedFiles/ElectronicPublications/Member_Biographical_Book.pdf |website=cms.rajyasabha.nic.in |access-date=29 March 2025}}</ref> He was the first [[Mizo people|Mizo]] law graduate, first Mizo advocate in the [[Gauhati High Court|Assam High Court]]. He was also the first and last Mizo Cabinet Minister in the government of Assam.{{sfn|Thanglura|1982|loc=KA NGAIHDAN}}<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Aloysius Thanglura was born on 3 December 1926 in [[Sairang]] village, [[Lushai Hills District]], [[British Raj|British India]].{{sfn|Thanglura|1982|p=1}} He passed his Intermediate in science at St. Anthony's College and continued his studies with English Honours at [[Cotton University|Cotton College]], [[Gauhati]]. A. Thanglura did his [[Bachelor of Law]] at [[Gauhati University]] in 1950. Before joining politics, he wrote articles in the [[Assam Tribune]].<ref name="carf">{{cite web |last1=Sangkima |first1=Luke |title=Contributions of the Roman Catholic Church in Mizoram in 73 Years (1947- 2020) |url=https://www.necarf.org/home/articles/183/contributions-of-the-roman-catholic-church-in-mizoram-in-73-years-1947-2020 |website=necarf.org |access-date=29 March 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415220306/https://www.necarf.org/home/articles/183/contributions-of-the-roman-catholic-church-in-mizoram-in-73-years-1947-2020|archive-date=15 April 2025}}</ref><br />
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==Political career ==<br />
Thanglura contested in the MLA elections as a [[Mizo Union]] and was elected in [[1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1957]].<ref>{{cite web |title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1957 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ASSAM |url=https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/3991-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8-1957/?do=download&r=9462&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=1f880e00c9a58bc7c9df2ebb219ba5b9 |website=eci.gov.in |access-date=29 March 2025}}</ref> He was given the post of Parliamentary Secretary and later he was promoted as Chief Parliamentary Secretary. Simultaneously he also held the post of [[Deputy Chief Whip]] of [[Assam Pradesh Congress Committee|Congress Party of Assam]].<br />
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He was one of the leaders of the Hill State Movement which demanded a separate tribal state in [[Northeast India]] and became the first chairman of the [[All Party Hill Leaders Conference|APHLC]] in 1960. However, Thanglura left the APHLC to form the [[Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee|Mizoram District Congress]] at Aizawl in 1961.{{sfn|Nunthara|1996|p=138}}<br />
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He was elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]] in [[1962 Rajya Sabha elections|1962]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx|publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi|access-date=29 March 2025|archive-date=14 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214083532/http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the [[1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1967 elections]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.elections.in/assam/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 : To the Legislative Assembly of Assam | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2020-03-28}}</ref> he was elected as MLA from [[Aizawl]] East and West constituencies and as a result of which he relinquished his Rajya Sabha and Aizawl East seats and was subsequently sworn in as a Cabinet Minister of Assam. Thus, A. Thanglura became the first and last Cabinet Minister of Assam from <br />
the [[Mizo District]] before it was elevated into a [[Union Territory of Mizoram|Union Territory]].<ref name="carf"/><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
He died on 9 September 1994.<ref name="rs"/><br />
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==Legacy==<br />
Thanglura was known for his oratory skills, his statements often drawing a mix of ire and amusement. After his retirement from active politics he wrote two books:<ref>{{cite web |title=Mizo Thu leh Hla a Sulsutute - A. Thanglura, Mizo Zinga Law Graduate Hmasa Ber |url=https://www.timesofmizoram.com/2018/12/mizo-thu-leh-hla-sulsutute-thanglura.html |website=timesofmizoram.com |access-date=30 March 2025 |language=lus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241103222929/https://www.timesofmizoram.com/2018/12/mizo-thu-leh-hla-sulsutute-thanglura.html|archive-date=3 Nov 2024}}</ref><br />
*''Zoram politik inlumlet dan''<br />
*''Mihrâng leh Sahrâng I & II''<br />
"Zoram politik inlumlet dan" provides an important insight to the political history of Mizoram. It is widely recognized as one of the best Mizo work of history written.<ref>{{cite web |title=TUNLAI LEHKHABU|url=https://www.vanglaini.org/guest-writer/writer/7/post/73809 |website=vanglaini.org |publisher=Vanglaini |access-date=30 March 2025 |language=lus}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Mizo Union]]<br />
*[[Raymond Thanhlira]], fellow Mizo Union member and [[Rajya Sabha]] member<br />
*[[R. Rothuama]], fellow MP from Mizoram<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Books==<br />
*{{cite book |last1=Thanglura |first1=A. |title=ZORAM POLITIC INLUMLET DAN |trans-title=The Unfurling of the Politics of Zoram|date=1982 |location=Shillong |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.25021 |access-date=29 March 2025}}<br />
*{{cite book |last=Nunthara |first=C |date=1996 |title=Mizoram: Society and Polity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jksn3c85KOkC&dq=mizo+chief&pg=PA24 |location=New Delhi |publisher=Indus Publishing Company |isbn=81-7387-059-4|access-date=29 March 2025}}<br />
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[[Category:1926 births]]<br />
[[Category:1994 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Mizoram]]<br />
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Mizo people]]</div>Vemareddy