Lawrence Fernandes

Lawrence Fernandes (1932-14 November 2005) was a socialist political leader from India. He was brother of George Fernandes.

Lawrence Fernandes was born on 1932 to John Joseph Fernandes and Alice Martha Fernandes (née Pinto), in Mangalore to a Mangalorean Catholic family. He was the second of six children, his siblings are George, Michael, Paul, Aloysius, and Richard. by the Government and brutally tortured and held in illegal custody Even Lal Krishna Advani in his book mentions about torture Lawrence had to go through in jail during the Emergency. He was continuously beaten up leading to several fractures all over his body. At the time of his release at end of the Emergency he looked like a live skeleton. and after his release at the end of Emergency he lived many years as a wreck.

He served as former Mayor of Bangalore in 1980 and as a corporator of the Richmond Town ward before 1980.