K.M. Chandy (politician)

Kizhakkayil Mathai Chandy
Prof. K. M. Chandy
8th Governor of Madhya Pradesh
In office 30 December 1987 – 30 March 1989
Chief Minister	Motilal Vora Arjun Singh
Preceded by	Narayan Dutta Ojha (Acting)
Succeeded by	Sarla Grewal
In office 15 May 1984 – 30 November 1987
Chief Minister	Arjun Singh Motilal Vora
Preceded by	B. D. Sharma
Succeeded by	Narayan Dutta Ojha (Acting)
6th Governor of Gujarat
In office 6 August 1983 – 26 April 1984
Chief Minister	Madhav Singh Solanki
Preceded by	Sharda Mukherjee
Succeeded by	Braj Kumar Nehru
7th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
In office 15 May 1982 – 5 August 1983
Chief Minister	M. D. R. Ramachandran
Preceded by	R.N. Haldipur
Succeeded by	Kona Prabhakara Rao
President of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
In office January 1978 – May 1982
Preceded by	K. C. Abraham
Succeeded by	S. Varadarajan Nair
Personal details
Born	Kizhakkayil Mathai Chandy (1921-08-06)6 August 1921 Pala, Travancore, British India (Now in Kerala, India)
Died	7 September 1998(1998-09-07) (aged 77) Lisie Hospital, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Mariakutty Chandy ​ ​ (m. 1939; his death 1998)​
Children	10
Residence	Pala, Kerala
Alma mater	St. Berchmans College University College Thiruvananthapuram
Occupation	Politician Professor(St. Thomas College, Palai)
Website	www.kmchandy.org
As of 11 July 2020 Source: [1]

Kizhakkayil Mathai Chandy (6 August 1921 – 7 September 1998) was an Indian politician who served as the governor of the Indian states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and the Union Territory of Pondicherry. He is also the former president of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) and chairman of Rubber Board.

He was elected unanimously to the State Legislature after Independence at the age of 26 and he was re-elected in 1952 and 1954. Chandy was mainly responsible for the establishment and growth of many big co-operative institutions in Kerala. The first ever Youth Congress Unit was started by him in the year 1953. He founded the .He was also the Founder of the . The was founded by him in 1971. He founded the in 1966. The present B. Tech. Course in rubber technology in the Cochin University is his brain child. It was at his instance that India joined the . He led a large number of delegations from India to conferences of , , held at London, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Singapore, etc. from 1972 to 1978.^[1]

Early life[]

K. M. Chandy was born on 6 August 1921 at Palai in Kottayam District as the son of Kizhakkayil Mathai and Mathai Mariyam. He had 3 younger brothers including Pala K.M Mathew (Former Member Of Parliament) and a sister.^[2] He had his schooling in his home town palai and College education at Changanacherry and Trivandrum. He completed his M.A. in English Language and literature in 1942.

Personal life[]

He was married to Mariakutty Chandy in the year 1939 at the age of 18. They have eight sons and two daughters.^[3]

Death[]

Chandy died on 7 September 1998, aged 77, at Lisie Hospital, Ernakulam.

Biographies[]

He couldn’t complete his autobiography titled "" due to his sudden death. But later it was published by Labour (India) publications in 1999 after his death.

A biography on him titled "" was written by Pala K.M. Mathew published by Current Books in 2009.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

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