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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian civil servant and administrator}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=May 2017}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}<br /> {{Infobox officeholder<br /> | honorific_prefix = [[Diwan Bahadur]]<br /> | name = Cherubala Pathayapura Karunakara Menon<br /> | honorific_suffix = <br /> | image = <br /> | image_size = 250px<br /> | caption = <br /> | office1 = [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] of [[Pudukkottai state|Pudukkottai]]<br /> | term_start1 = 1947<br /> | term_end1 = 3 March 1948<br /> | monarch1 = [[Rajagopala Tondaiman]]<br /> | predecessor1 = <br /> | successor1 = Princely state dissolved<br /> | office2 = [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] of [[Cochin kingdom|Cochin]]<br /> | term_start2 = 1947<br /> | term_end2 = 1947<br /> | monarch2 = <br /> | predecessor2 = [[G. T. Boag]]<br /> | successor2 = Princely state dissolved<br /> | birth_date = 1891<br /> | birth_place = Chittur, Cochin kingdom<br /> | death_date = 1976<br /> | death_place = Chittur, Kerala<br /> }}<br /> <br /> [[Diwan Bahadur]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Cherubala Pathayapura Karunakara Menon&#039;&#039;&#039; (1891&amp;ndash;1976) was an Indian civil servant and administrator who served as the [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] of [[Cochin kingdom]] from 1944 to 1947. He was the last Diwan of the kingdom and served until its [[accession to the Indian Union]].<br /> <br /> == Early life and education ==<br /> <br /> Karunakara Menon was born in 1891 in the town of [[Chittur]] in the then [[Cochin kingdom]] in a family of six. Menon had his schooling in Chittur and graduated from the [[Presidency College, Madras]].<br /> <br /> == Career ==<br /> <br /> On completion of his education, Menon joined the Madras Board of Revenue as a [[clerk]]. When the first Indian National Congress government was formed in the Madras Presidency as per the Government of India Act 1935, Karunakara Menon was appointed Secretary in the Public Service Commission.<br /> <br /> Menon was soon transferred as [[district collector]] of [[South Canara]] and to the Development Department as Secretary. When the [[Second World War]] broke out, Menon was appointed Regional Food Commissioner of the [[Government of India]] and then, transferred to Delhi to take over as Director-General of Food.<br /> <br /> In 1944, Menon succeeded [[G. T. Boag]] as the Diwan of Cochin kingdom and served till 15 August 1947, when India obtained independence. He presided over the state&#039;s accession to the Republic of India.<br /> <br /> == Later life ==<br /> <br /> In his later life, Karunakara Menon served as an advisor to the Indian government and was instrumental in setting up the Chittur College. Karunakara Menon died in 1976 at the age of 85.<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> * {{cite web|url=http://chitturfolks.webs.com/prideofchittur.htm|title=Pride of Chittur – Chittur Folks|access-date=11 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610213625/http://chitturfolks.webs.com/prideofchittur.htm|archive-date=10 June 2015|url-status=dead}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Menon, C. P. Karunakara}}<br /> [[Category:1891 births]]<br /> [[Category:1976 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Diwans of Cochin]]<br /> [[Category:Dewan Bahadurs]]</div>

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