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Ministers of Kerala
Down the years
(In Chronological order of
their assuming charge)
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P.K. CHATHAN MASTER P.K. CHATHAN MASTER P.K. CHATHAN MASTER P.K. CHATHAN MASTER P.K. CHATHAN MASTER P.K. CHATHAN MASTER
P.K. CHATHAN MASTER
1957
Shri. P.K.Chathan Master, renowned Communist leader and the first Minister for Local Self Government
and Harijan Welfare of the State of Kerala, was born as the son of Shri.Kavalan in 1920.
A former president of Porathissery Panchayat, he had also been elected to the Travancore-Cochin
Legislative Assembly in 1954 previously.
Shri. Chathan Master was elected to the first KLA from Chalakkudy Reserved Constituency as a
Communist party Member. In the First EMS Ministry he was Minister for Local Self Government and
Harijan Welfare and he handled that portfolio from 5-4-1957 to 31-7-1959. He was Member in the
4th and 5th KLA too, representing Kilimanoor constituency.
From 1974 to 1976 he served as the Chairman of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes. During a long span of public life he had also served as the Vice Chairman of the
Kerala Khadi and Village Industries Board and President of the Kerala Pulayar Mahasabha.
His wife is Smt. Kali and they have three sons and one daughter
Shri. Chathan Master expired at the age of 68 on 22.4.1988. The Assembly paid its homage to him on
25.4.1988.
MINISTERS
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K.C. GEORGE K.C. GEORGE K.C. GEORGE K.C. GEORGE K.C. GEORGE K.C. GEORGE K.C. GEORGE K.C. GEORGE K.C. GEORGE K.C. GEORGE K.C. GEORGE
K.C. GEORGE
MINISTERS
Shri. K.C. George , senior Communist leader, was born on 13th January 1903. A Post Graduate with
LLB, he had practised as an advocate of Travancore High Court till 1938. In the meanwhile , Shri.
George became a leader of Travancore State Congress and its Working Committee Member. He was
also a member of the KPCC. However, in 1939, Shri. George joined the Communist Party, and he
played an important role in the...