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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = C. Silvera<br />
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| birth_date ={{Birth date|1935|05|06|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Muallianpui, [[Lunglei District]], [[Mizoram]]<br />
| residence = [[Aizawl]]<br />
| death_date ={{death date and age|2016|04|09|1935|05|06|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place =Tuikhuahtlang, Aizawl, Mizoram<br />
| office = [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare|Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare]]<br />
| term_start = 17 February 1994<br />
| term_end = 15 September 1999<br />
| predecessor = D.K. Tara Devi Siddhartha<br />
| successor = [[Paban Singh Ghatowar]]<br />
| office2 = [[Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Mizoram (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Mizoram]]<br />
| term2 = 1991–1996, 1996–1997, 1997-1998<br />
| predecessor2 =[[Lalduhawma]]<br />
| successor2 = [[H. Lallungmuana]]<br />
| party =[[Indian National Congress]] <br />
| spouse = Lallawmzuali<br />
| children = 3 sons<br />
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| footnotes = <br />
| date = 15 September |<br />
| year = 2012 | <br />
| source = http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok11/biodata/11mz01.htm<br />
}}<br />
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'''C. Silvera''' (6 May 1935 – 9 April 2016)<ref name=indiapress>{{cite web|title=Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament XI Lok Sabha|url=http://www.indiapress.org/election/archives/lok11/biodata/11mz01.php|website=Indiapress|accessdate=2 March 2015}}</ref> was a medical doctor and a [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] politician in Mizoram, India. He was the longest serving member of Parliament of India from the [[Mizoram (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Son of C. Hlunthuama, Silvera was born in Muallianpui village in southern Mizoram.<ref name=indiapress/> He studied medicine at [[Christian Medical College, Vellore]], and earned his MBBS in 1964. He was appointed as the first Medical Superintendent at [[Christian Hospital Serkawn]], a hospital under [[Baptist Missionary Society]] (BMS), London, and later under [[Baptist Church of Mizoram]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Medical Department|url=http://www.mizobaptist.org/medical-health-department/|publisher=Baptist Church of Mizoram|accessdate=1 March 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He was elected member of [[Rajya Sabha]] for the term 1984-1990 from Mizoram.<ref name="Rajya Sabha">{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx |title=List of Rajya Sabha members Since 1952 }}</ref> He was elected in the [[9th Lok Sabha]], [[10th Lok Sabha]] and the [[11th Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament XI Lok Sabha|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok11/biodata/11mz01.htm|publisher=India Parliament|accessdate=15 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612150228/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok11/biodata/11mz01.htm|archive-date=12 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mizoram Parliamentary Constituency|url=http://www.elections.in/mizoram/parliamentary-constituencies/mizoram.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate=2 March 2015}}</ref><br />
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C. Silvera was inducted as the first Mizo to be in the Indian Union Council of Ministers as Minister of State for [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Chronology for Mizos in India|url=http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/chronology.asp?groupId=75013|publisher=MAR Data|accessdate=17 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622225715/http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/chronology.asp?groupId=75013|archive-date=22 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was inducted to office on 17 February 1994.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} In 1995 he became Minister of State for Industry.<ref name=indiapress/><br />
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==Death==<br />
He died of sudden stroke on 9 April 2016 at his home in Tuikhuahtlang, Aizawl.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Mizoram]]<br />
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{{Mizoram Lok Sabha constituency}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]<br />
[[Category:9th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:10th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:11th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:People from Lunglei district]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Mizoram]]<br />
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Mizoram]]<br />
[[Category:1935 births]]<br />
[[Category:2016 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Mizo people]]<br />
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