Indian politician and social worker
Kottal Uppi |
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| Born | 1891
Kottayam, Kuthuparamba |
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| Died | 11 May 1973 |
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| Spouse | Kayyumma |
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| Education |
- Tellicherry Moplah School
- Tellicherry Brennen College
- Mohammedans College, Madras
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K. Uppi Saheb, or Kottal Uppi Saheb Bahadur, (1891–1972) was an Indian politician and social worker from Kannur, north Kerala.[1][2]
Kottal Uppi, from an elite Mappila family from north Malabar with a mercantile background, was educated at Tellicherry Brennen College and Mohammedans College, Madras. He was elected to the Madras Legislative Council from a Muslim seat in 1923. He was re-elected to the legislative council in 1926 (as a Congress member supported by the Swaraj Party). He is said to have maintained "tenuous and cautious" links with the Khilafat Movement at this time.[3] He was later elected to the Imperial Legislative Assembly from West Coast and Nilgiris, Muhammadan (1930).[3]
Along with K. M. Seethi Saheb, B. Pocker and M. Mohammed Ismail, Uppi Saheb was one of the principal leaders of All-India Muslim League in Madras Presidency from the mid-1930s.[1][2] After the partition of India in 1947, the All-India Muslim League was succeeded by Indian Union Muslim League (1951) in the new Dominion of India.[4][1]
He served as the Assembly Leader of the Muslim League (ML) in Madras Legislative Assembly.[1] He later ceased to be a Member of the Assembly on the re-organization of States.[5]
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