Indian of the Week:David



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David. V

Unionist and former opposition politician David. V died after a long illness. While in parliament, he has been known to be fearless and vocal in raising issues concerning Indians.
11/07/05

26/08/32	Born
1953	Founder and secretary, Selangor Factories Association
1958	Arrested under Emergency Ordinance
	Elected Kuala Lumpur Town Councilor
	Transport Union Secretary
1959	Elected Bangsar Member of Parliament
1964	Arrested under ISA
1969	Arrested under ISA again after May 13 racial riots
1978	Defeated MIC strongman, Deputy Minister S. Subramaniam for the Damansara parliament seat
1984	Chairman, World Tamil Association
1987	Arrested under ISA
10/07/05	Died
	source: Tamil Nesan

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