M. K. Vellodi
| M. K. Vellodi | |
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| [[India High Commission of India to the United Kingdom Ambassador to United Kingdom]] | |
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In office April 1947 – August 1947 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Runganadhan |
| Succeeded by | V. K. Krishna Menon |
| Indian Ambassador to Switzerland | |
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In office June 20, 1958 – January 5, 1962 | |
| Preceded by | Mohan Sinha Mehta |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Abdul Rauf |
M. K. Vellodi (Mullath Kadingi Vellodi) CIE, ICS (born 1896, date of death unknown) was the appointed Chief Minister of Hyderabad state[1][2] 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.[3] He was a Senior Civil servant in the Government of India. He was from Kottakkal in Kerala, an Indian state.[4]
Chief Minister (1950-52)
As the appointed Chief Minister of the Hyderabad State, he administered the state with the help of bureaucrats from Madras state and Bombay state.
Diplomat
From April-August 1947 he was acting Indian High Commissioner to London. From June 20, 1958 to December 6, 1961 he was ambassador to Bern.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ APonline - History and Culture - History-Post-Independence Era
- ↑ Indian states after 1947 A-L
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36544. p. 2570. 2 June 1944. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ↑ "Malayalees find state very cozy". The Times of India. 25 August 2002. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
- ↑ M. K. Vellodi in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland