Background
Frank Anthony was born in Jabalpur on 25 September 1908.
lawyer politician member of the Lok Sabha
Frank Anthony was born in Jabalpur on 25 September 1908.
He studied at Nagpur University and Inner Temple, London and became Bar-at-law.
He was nominated to all Lok Sabha from the 1st till the 10th except the 6th and 9th Lok Sabha. In 1942, he was elected the President-in-chief of the Community of the All India Anglo-Indian Association. He opposed the partition of India on the grounds that it would jeopardise the interests of the minority communities.
Following Frank Anthony"s discussions with the chief minister, Khanna was released.
In October 1946, he was one of India"s delegates at the United Nations. In 1948 and 1957, he represented India at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference.
In 1978, Anthony assisted the Nehru family when Indira Gandhi was arrested. Anthony"s greatest contribution was in the field of Anglo-Indian Education.
In 1947, he was elected Chairman of the Inter-State Board of Anglo-Indian Education.
He was also the Chairman of the ICSE Council
The Frank Anthony Memorial All-India inter-School Debate - Article.
After he had retired from practising as a lawyer, Prime Minister Nehru in 1952 asked him to go to Peshawar to defend Mehr Chand Khanna, the ex-finance minister of the North-West Frontier Province.
In 1942-1946 he was a member of the Central Legislative Assembly, and later a member of the Constituent Assembly of India during 1946-1950 and represented Anglo-Indian community in assembly. He was a member of the Provisional Parliament during 1950-1952. In particular, the Lok Sabha (Lower House) of the Indian parliament has two seats reserved for members of the Anglo-Indians community, the only reserved seats in this House.