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|name =J. L. P. Roche Victoria<br />
|birth_name =John Ladislaus Pitchaiya Roche Victoria<br />
|birth_date =26 September 1894<br />
|birth_place =Tuticorin, Tamilnadu<br />
|occupation =politician<br />
|death_date ={{death date and age|df=yes|1962|10|15|1894|9|26}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Chevalier John Ladislaus Pitchaiya Roche Victoria''' {{small|[[Order of St. Gregory the Great|K. S. G]]}} (b. 26 September 1894 - d. 15 October 1962)<ref>{{cite book|title=Debates; Official Report, Volume 48|publisher=[[Madras Legislative Council]]|year=1962|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dXceAQAAIAAJ&q=september+26}}</ref> was an Indian politician from [[Tuticorin]] belonging to the [[Indian National Congress]]. He was from a wealthy and eminent [[Paravar]] family and was also a businessman with ownership in several commercial ventures. During 1926-46 he was the chairman of the Tuticorin Municipality. He was a member of the [[Madras Presidency]] Legislative Assembly during 1937-42 and a nominated member of the [[Madras Legislative Council]] from 1946. He served as the minister for Food and Fisheries in the [[P. S. Kumaraswami Raja]] cabinet during 2 June 1949 – 8 February 1952. He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate from [[Tuticorin (State Assembly Constituency)|Tuticorin constituency]] in the [[1952 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1952 election]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf 1951/52 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> He was also the governor of the [[Rotary International|Rotary district]] 320 (covering [[Sri Lanka]] and [[South India]]).<ref>{{cite journal|date=October 1964|title=These Rotarians|journal=The Rotarian|volume=105|issue=4|pages=52|issn= 0035-838X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=czMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Roche|first=Patrick. A. |title=Fishermen of the Coromandel: a social study of the Paravas of the Coromandel|publisher=Manohar|year=1984|pages=136|isbn=9780836413458 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5407AAAAMAAJ&q=roche+victoria}}</ref><br />
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Victoria became a Chevalier of the [[Order of St. Gregory the Great]].{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} The Roche park in Tuticorin is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/31/stories/2005123105290300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604181030/http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/31/stories/2005123105290300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2011|title= Maintenance of Roche Park privatised |date=31 December 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2010-03-12}}</ref><br />
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