K.L. Devaser
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K.L. Devaser was the fourth president of the Malaysian Indian Congress from 1951 - 1955.
It was under Devaser's presidency that the MIC joined the Alliance in 1954, which was then a political coalition formed between the United Malays National Organisation and the Malayan Chinese Association.
The MIC had contested in the 1952 Kuala Lumpur Municipal Elections in alliance with the IMP under Dato' Onn bin Jaffar and other non-communal organisations. However the 1952 elections proved the MIC's attempt to preach and practise non-communalism would not prevail in Malayan politics when communalism was the winning factor. The defeat has shown the MIC that it stood a better chance by joining the Alliance as it was the most workable and effective form of political technique in the Malayan context.
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