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'''Edward Kutchat''' was an Indian tribal leader<ref name="Kingdom For a Jacket">{{cite web | url=http://www.littleindia.com/odds-ends/10269-kingdom-for-a-jacket.html | title=Kingdom For a Jacket | publisher=Little India | date=16 October 2011 | access-date=September 1, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004202951/http://www.littleindia.com/odds-ends/10269-kingdom-for-a-jacket.html | archive-date=4 October 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Chief of the Tribal Council of [[Car Nicobar|Car Nicobar island]].<ref name="When Nehru got land in exchange for his jacket">{{cite web | url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news/books/when-nehru-got-land-in-exchange-for-his-jacket-113748.html | title=When Nehru got land in exchange for his jacket | publisher=Mathrubhumi | date=4 September 2011 | access-date=September 1, 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="A Journey Through Nicobars: A History of Nicobar Islands Pre and Post Tsunami (Nicobars, A History of Nicobar Islands Pre and Post Tsunami)">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Through-Nicobars-History-Nicobar/dp/B008NZ26QK | title=A Journey Through Nicobars: A History of Nicobar Islands Pre and Post Tsunami (Nicobars, A History of Nicobar Islands Pre and Post Tsunami) | publisher=Zen publication | author=Dr. Tilak Ranjan Bera | year=2010 | pages=279 | isbn=9788190612142}}</ref> He was featured in the media for cooperating with the Indian Government by offering his land for the expansion of airfields in Car Nicobar island, in exchange for the [[Nehru jacket|jacket]] worn by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], on a visit to the island.<ref name="Nehru got land for his jacket">{{cite web | url=http://www.andhrawishesh.com/375-wishesh-special/15579-nehru-got-land-for-his-jacket.html | title=Nehru got land for his jacket | publisher=Andhra Telangana Vishesh | date=5 September 2011 | access-date=September 1, 2015}}</ref> He was also reported to have assisted [[Nicobarese people]] in promoting their business.<ref name="History of Jadwets">{{cite web | url=http://www.jadwet.com/history-of-jadwets.php | title=History of Jadwets | publisher=Jadwet Trading Company | date=2015 | access-date=September 1, 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1989.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=October 15, 2015 }}</ref><br />
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* {{cite book | title=A Journey Through Nicobars: A History of Nicobar Islands Pre and Post Tsunami (Nicobars, A History of Nicobar Islands Pre and Post Tsunami) | publisher=Zen publication | author=Dr. Tilak Ranjan Bera | year=2010 | pages=279 | isbn=9788190612142}}<br />
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