Mullath Kadingi Vellodi CIE, ICS (1896–1987) was the appointed Chief Minister of

Hyderabad state Hyderabad State () was a princely state in the Deccan region of south-central India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and the ...

by the

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after the

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of the

Hyderabad State Hyderabad State () was a princely state in the Deccan region of south-central India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and the ...

ruled by the

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. A member of the

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, he was the Textile Commissioner and ''ex-officio'' Joint Secretary in the Department of Industries and Civil Supplies during the British Raj. He was appointed a Companion of the

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(CIE) in the 1944 Birthday Honours list. He was a senior

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in the

. He served as the

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and Secretary of the Planning Commission from 1957 to 1958.

Early life

Vellodi was the fourth son of K. C. Manavedan Raja, the titular

Zamorin The Samoothiri (Anglicised as Zamorin; Malayalam: , , Arabic: ''Sāmuri'', Portuguese: ''Samorim'', Dutch: ''Samorijn'', Chinese: ''Shamitihsi''Ma Huan's Ying-yai Sheng-lan: 'The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores' 433 Translated and Edi ...

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. He was educated at

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. He joined the

in December 1921. From 1921-1944 he held various junior positions. In 1944 he was appointed Textile Commissioner and ex-officio Joint Secretary in the Department of Industries and Civil Supplies until 1945. He was married to TM Kunhikav Kovilamma. They had two children, Kamala and Vasudevan.

Chief Minister (1950-52)

As the appointed

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of the

, he administered the state with the help of bureaucrats from

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and

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Diplomat

From April–August 1947 he was the acting Indian High Commissioner to London, overseeing the

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celebrations there. He returned to

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in 1947 to take up the post of Controller of Imports and Exports. From 20 June 1958 to 6 December 1961, he was the Indian ambassador to Switzerland.
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1896 births People from Malappuram district Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire 1987 deaths Defence Secretaries of India High commissioners of India to the United Kingdom Hyderabad State politicians Ambassadors of India to the Holy See {{s-end

Early life

Chief Minister (1950-52)

Diplomat

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