Pukkoya Tangal

Pukkoya Thangal, full P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal (died 1975),[1] of the Pukkoya Tangal family of Panakkad, was an Indian community leader and Indian Union Muslim League politician from Kerala.[1] He served as the President of Indian Union Muslim League (Kerala) and the President g of Samastha Kerala Jamiat ul-Ulema (the body of Sunni-Shafi'i scholars in Kerala).[2]

P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal
P. M. S. A. Pukkoya Thangal
Born1913
Died1975 (1976)
NationalityIndian
Occupation
  • Muslim Spiritual Leader
  • Islamic Scholar
  • Politician[1]

Thangal was born in the Pukkoya family of northern Kerala.[1]

Pukkoya Tangal was succeeded by his eldest son Shihab Thangal (1936 - 2009).[1]

References
  1. Miller, Roland E., Mappila Muslim Culture. New York, State University of New York Press, 2015. pp. 115, 268-69.
  2. Miller, Roland. E., "Mappila" in "The Encyclopedia of Islam". Volume VI. E. J. Brill, Leiden. 1987 pp. 460.
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