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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kizhakkayil Mathai Chandy
| image = File:Prof.K.M.Chandy.jpg
| caption = Prof. K. M. Chandy
| imagesize =
| order = 8th
| office = Governor of Madhya Pradesh
| term_start = 30 December 1987
| term_end = 30 March 1989
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Motilal Vora]] [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]]
| predecessor = [[Narayan Dutta Ojha]] {{small|(Acting)}}
| successor = [[Sarla Grewal]]
| term_start1 = 15 May 1984
| term_end1 = 30 November 1987
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = Arjun Singh Motilal Vora
| predecessor1 = [[B. D. Sharma]]
| successor1 = Narayan Dutta Ojha {{small|(Acting)}}
| order2 = 6th
| office2 = Governor of Gujarat
| term_start2 = 6 August 1983
| term_end2 = 26 April 1984
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[Madhav Singh Solanki]]
| predecessor2 = [[Sharda Mukherjee]]
| successor2 = [[Braj Kumar Nehru]]
| order3 = 7th
| office3 = Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
| term_start3 = 15 May 1982
| term_end3 = 5 August 1983
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3 = [[M. D. R. Ramachandran]]
| predecessor3 = R.N. Haldipur
| successor3 = [[Kona Prabhakara Rao]]
| office4 = President of the [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]]
| predecessor4 = [[K. C. Abraham]]
| successor4 = S. Varadarajan Nair
| term_start4 = January 1978
| term_end4 = May 1982
| occupation = {{ hlist| [[Politician]] [[Professor]]([[St. Thomas College, Palai]])}}
| alma_mater = [[St. Berchmans College]] [[University College Thiruvananthapuram]]
| residence = [[Pala, Kerala]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Mariakutty Chandy|1939|1998|reason=His death}}
| children = 10
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| nickname =
| website = {{URL|http://www.kmchandy.org/}}
| footnotes =
| date = 11 July 2020
| source = http://www.kmchandy.org/
| birth_name = Kizhakkayil Mathai Chandy
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|08|06|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Pala, Kerala|Pala]], [[Travancore]], [[British India]] {{small|''(Now in Kerala, India)}}''
| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|09|07|1921|08|06|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Lisie Hospital]], [[Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
}}

'''Kizhakkayil Mathai Chandy''' (6 August 1921 – 7 September 1998) was an Indian politician who served as the governor of the [[India]]n states of [[Gujarat]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] and the Union Territory of [[Pondicherry]]. He is also the former president of [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee|Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC)]] and chairman of [[Rubber Board]].

He was elected unanimously to the [[1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election|State Legislature]] after [[Independence of India|Independence]] at the age of 26 and he was re-elected in 1952 and 1954. Chandy was mainly responsible for the establishment and growth of many big co-operative institutions in [[Kerala]]. The first ever [[Indian Youth Congress (Socialist)|Youth Congress Unit]] was started by him in the year 1953. He founded the [[Meenachil Co-operative Land Mortgage Bank]].He was also the [[Organizational founder|Founder]] of the [[Palai Co-operative Marketing Society]]. The [[Kerala State Rubber Marketing Federation]] was founded by him in 1971. He founded the [[Indian Rubber Growers Association]] in 1966. The present [[B. Tech|B. Tech. Course]] in [[rubber technology]] in the [[Cochin University of Science and Technology|Cochin University]] is his brain child. It was at his instance that [[India]] joined the [[Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC)]]. He led a large number of delegations from India to conferences of [[International Rubber Study Group]], [[Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC)]], [[International Rubber Research Development Board]] held at [[London]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Bangkok]], [[Singapore]], etc. from 1972 to 1978.<ref name=Gov>{{cite web|title=Prof. K.M. Chandy|url=https://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in/honorable-governors/past-governor-details.aspx?PastGovernerId=uIfBz7leFSEhqkvrPWKcEA==|publisher=Rajbhavan Gujarat (Govt. of Gujarat)|accessdate=16 May 2012}}</ref>

== Early life ==

K. M. Chandy was born on 6 August 1921 at [[Palai]] in [[Kottayam]] District as the son of Kizhakkayil Mathai and Mathai Mariyam. He had 3 younger brothers including Pala K.M Mathew (Former [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member Of Parliament]]) and a sister.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Genealogy of Prof. K.M. Chandy|url=http://www.genealogy.rocksea.org/familygroup.php?familyID=F45&tree=roots|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=|website=Roots-The Kerala Christian Family Tree|publisher=}}</ref> He had his schooling in his home town [[Pala, Kerala|palai]] and College education at [[St. Berchmans College|Changanacherry]] and [[University College Thiruvananthapuram|Trivandrum]]. He completed his [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in English Language and [[literature]] in 1942.

== Personal life ==
He was married to Mariakutty Chandy in the year 1939 at the age of 18. They have eight sons and two daughters.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prof. K.M. Chandy(personal details)|url=http://www.genealogy.rocksea.org/getperson.php?personID=I490&tree=roots|publisher=Roots|accessdate=12 June 2020}}</ref>

== Death ==

Chandy died on 7 September 1998, aged 77, at [[Lisie Hospital]], [[Ernakulam]].

== Biographies ==

He couldn’t complete his [[autobiography]] titled "[[Jeevitha Vazhiyorakazhchakal]]" due to his sudden death. But later it was published by [[Labour India|Labour (India) publications]] in 1999 after his death.

A [[biography]] on him titled "[[Varika Varika Sahajare]]" was written by Pala K.M. Mathew published by [[Current Books (Malayalam)|Current Books]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prof. K.M. Chandy|url=http://governor.mp.gov.in/chandy.aspx|publisher=Rajbhavan Madhya Pradesh (Govt. of Madhya Pradesh)|accessdate=16 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Three instances when Governors didn’t buckle under pressure|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/amp/story/india%2Fthree-instances-when-governors-didnt-buckle-under-pressure|accessdate=9 December 2019|publisher=National Herald India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Prof. KM Chandy (Freedom fighter, Congress leader,MLA,State Governor)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlaCPwg0y8I}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bio-data of Prof.K.M Chandy|url=https://kmchandy.org/|accessdate=10 July 2020|publisher=Prof.K.M Chandy Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=K.M. Chandy award for best rubber grower|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/K.M.-Chandy-award-for-best-rubber-grower/article15781417.ece|accessdate=8 October 2020|newspaper=The Hindu|date=15 October 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Governors of Madhya Pradesh}}
{{Governor of Gujarat}}

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