Ramunni Menon Palat was an Indian lawyer, landholder and politician from

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South C ...

, belonging to the Justice Party. He had a BCL degree from the

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. He was briefly the Minister for Public Health for the presidency, in

Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu Rao Bahadur Sir Kurma Venkatareddy Naidu KCSI (1875–1942) was an Indian lawyer, professor, politician and Justice Party leader who served as the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from 1 April 1937 to 14 July 1937. He was the last Chief Mini ...

's interim provisional cabinet during 1 April-14 July 1937. He was a ''Jenmi'' (landlord) and represented the Westcoast ( Malabar) Landholder's Constituency in the Madras Legislature during 1930–36. He was one of the two members in the Madras Legislative Assembly to oppose the Malabar Temple Entry Act which granted untouchables the right of entry into temples in the Malabar District. He later became a member of the Hindu Mahasabha. He was the son of the

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leader C. Sankaran Nair and brother-in-law of the diplomat K. P. S. Menon. His great-granddaughter is the Hindi film actress

Divya Palat Divya Palat (born 23 May 1979 in Calcutta, India) is a Producer and Director for theatre plays like ''A Personal War- Stories of the Mumbai Terror Attacks'' and was a Hindi actress who has done films, such as '' Masti'' with Vivek Oberoi, '' Dh ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Palat, R. M. Tamil Nadu ministers People from Kerala Indian landlords Justice Party (India) politicians Hindu Mahasabha politicians