Mullath Kadingi Vellodi CIE,

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(1896–1987) was the appointed Chief Minister of

Hyderabad state Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of 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 t ...

by the government of India after the fall of the Hyderabad state ruled by Nizam rule. A member of the Indian Civil Service, he was 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 Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1944 Birthday Honours list. He was a Senior Civil servant in the

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.He served as the Cabinet Secretary and Secretary of Planning Commission from 1957 to 1958.

Early life

Vellodi was the fourth son of His Highness

K. C. Manavedan Raja His Highness Kizhakke Covilakam Manavedan Raja alias Cheriyanujan Raja (1855–1937) was an Indian aristocrat and administrator. He was the titular ''Zamorin'' of Calicut from 1932 to 1937. Manavedan Raja was born in the Kottakkal branch of the ...

, 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 Edited by ...

Calicut Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...

. He was educated at Presidency College, Madras. He joined the Indian Civil Service 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

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until 1945. From April–August 1947 he was acting Indian High Commissioner to

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, overseeing the independence celebrations there. He returned to

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in 1947 to take up the post of Controller of Imports and Exports. He was married to TM Kunhikav Kovilamma. They had two children, Kamala and Vasudevan.

Chief Minister (1950-52)

As the appointed Chief Minister of the

Hyderabad State Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of 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 t ...

, he administered the state with the help of bureaucrats from

Madras state Madras State was a state of India during the mid-20th century. At the time of its formation in 1950, it included the whole of present-day Tamil Nadu (except Kanyakumari district), Coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema, the Malabar region of North and c ...

and

Bombay state Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding Sou ...

Diplomat

From April–August 1947 he was acting Indian High Commissioner to London. From 20 June 1958 to 6 December 1961 he was Indian ambassador to

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1896 births People from Kerala 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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