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M. M. Jacob (9 August 1926 – 8 July 2018), in full Mundakkal Mathew Jacob, was an
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politician, working in
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. He married Achamma Kunnuthara from
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, Kerala (since deceased) and had four daughters. He was appointed
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of
Meghalaya Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of Assam: (a) the United Khasi Hills and Jai ...
in 1995 and again in 2000 for a second term. He also discharged the function of the
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of
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as well for some time in 1996. He is longest serving governor of any Indian state. He served for more than 11 years.


Education

He had his education in the
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,
Sacred Heart College, Thevara Sacred Heart College, Kochi is an institution of higher education affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. It was established in 1944. In the year 2000, the college was accredited by the National Accreditation and Assessment Co ...
,
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,
Loyola College, Madras Loyola College is a private Catholic higher education institution run by the Society of Jesus in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1925 by the French Jesuit priest, Francis Bertram, along with other European Jesuits. It is an auton ...
, and the
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. He was a graduate in Law and had a master's degree in political science. He held a diploma in Income Tax Law as well. He did a course in
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in the
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, U.S.A.


Bharat Sevak Samaj functionary

Jacob joined
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in 1954, which is a non-political voluntary organisation, with Prime Minister
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as its president and
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, Union Minister, as Chairman, commenced work to enlist public cooperation for India's planned development. Jacob served as Camp Director to train voluntary workers for the B.S.S. at the first such camp held in Kerala in 1954. Thereafter, he moved to the national capital Delhi and conducted Camp leaders' and Camp organisers' training programmes for almost two years. He also worked as Zonal Organiser for
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for "labour and social service camps for student and youth" - a scheme under the Union Ministry of Education. Later he took the assignment as Chairman, Bharat Sevak Samaj, Kerala State and Vice-Chairman, Central B.S.S. New Delhi.


Cooperative Movement

Jacob played a leading role in the Cooperative Movement. He served as President of Kerala State Cooperative Rubber Marketing Federation (1975–1981). He also served as Director Kottayam District Cooperative Bank, Pala Rubber Marketing Cooperative Society and Director (later, Chairman) of Chitralekha Film Cooperative Society, Trivandrum for over a decade, with extensive experience in Boards and Corporations. He was Chairman Kerala State owned Plantation Corporation, Ltd (1974–78) and the first Chairman of " Oil Palm India Ltd" (1977–1978). He served as a member of the Governing Board of
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(1975–78) (Govt. of India), the Indian Coffee Board (1973–75) and the
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under the Commerce Ministry, Govt. of India for many years. He worked as Chairman National Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs, Kerala Branch (1974–76). He also served as Director of
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(1977–82) Kerala State Red Cross etc. He was in the State Tourist Advisory Board, Small Scale Industries Board (SISIS - 1975) etc. at the State level before being elected to the Parliament. Active in Y.M.C.A. movement, he served as Board Chairman of Management Y.M.C.A. Institute of Engineering
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(1991–94).


As office-bearer of political party

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Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...
in various capacities - as General Secretary and Treasurer of Kerala Pradesh, Chairman, Kerala State Seva Dal board, Con.ala, and elected member of AICC for many years.


As Publisher/Editor etc.

He published ' Bharat Sevak' a social worker's journal and was the Chief editor of ' Congress Review', fortnightly published from Trivandrum and the Managing Director of ''Veekshanam'' - a Malayalam daily newspaper published from Cochin. He has published several papers and articles in journals and periodicals. Besides, he has compiled and published a few books. He has presented many papers in national and international seminars in India and abroad.


In the Parliament of India

Jacob was elected to the
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in 1982 and again in 1988. He served as Chairman, Committee on Subordinate Legislation (1984–85) and as the Chairman of the Parliament Standing Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs (1993–94). He was elected as Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha in 1986, and later served as a Union Minister of State in the Ministries of Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources and Home Affairs at different periods (during 1987–93).


Representing India in World Forums

As a youth leader, he participated in the VI
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in
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(1957) and the International Conference of Work Camp Leaders organised by
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(1956). He led India's youth delegation to
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(1957) and later the Indian youth delegation to China (1957), youth delegate to Cleveland International Programme for youth leaders and social workers, USA (1963) and the International Conference of youth leaders from developing countries in Germany (BONN) in 1968. He was also delegate to International Seminar on 'Social Administration' in
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, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (1976) and member of Indian delegation to
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(
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) for the International conference of natural Rubber Producing Countries (1975). He was the leader of the Indian Delegation to Sri Lanka for the 'International Conference of Natural Rubber Producing Countries' (1980).


Representing the Indian Parliament and the Commonwealth

As Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha, Jacob attended the Commonwealth Parliament conference in
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in 1986. He was also leader of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to
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in 1986 (now the
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), Leader of the Indian delegation to Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference in
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(1989) and a delegate at the Disarmament conference organised by Inter-Parliamentary Union and
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in
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(1985). He attended the
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, New York (1985 and again in 1993) and the Human Rights Conference held at the
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in Strasbourg,
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(1993). He was a delegate to Human Rights Conference in
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,
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organised by the U.N. (1994). He represented the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (C.P.A.) in Accra,
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at the seminar of Ghana Parliamentarians (1993) and was a Commonwealth Observer monitoring the first post apartheid general election in
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in 1994.


Later activities

Jacob had a keen interest in the traditional forms of local
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in tribal areas, particularly in
Meghalaya Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of Assam: (a) the United Khasi Hills and Jai ...
, and advocated a marriage of modernity and tradition to strengthen grassroots democracy in tribal areas. He died on 8 July 2018 at the age of 91.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacob, M. M. 1926 births 2018 deaths People from Kottayam district Malayali politicians Governors of Meghalaya Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha members from Kerala 20th-century Indian politicians Indian editors Indian publishers (people) Indian columnists 20th-century Indian journalists Journalists from Kerala