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| birth_place = Mulavukadu Village, Ernakulam<br />
| death_date = 14 April 1940<br />
| death_place = Ernakulam<br />
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'''Kolote P. Vallon''' (2 January1900&ndash; 14 April 1940) was a [[Social reformers of India|social reformer]] and leader of the [[Pulayar|Pulaya community]] in the [[Cochin State]] of [[Kerala]]. Along with [[Pandit Karuppan]] and Chanchan, he played a transformative role in the upliftment of the Pulaya community in Cochin.<ref>{{cite web|title=APPENDIX XV'. Note by Pandit K. P. Karuppan|url=http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/1/7705/2/GIPE-010965-Contents.pdf|publisher=GIPE, Pune|accessdate=1 March 2013}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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== Member of the Legislative Council ==<br />
Vallon was a two time member of the [[Cochin Legislative Council]], the [[Maharaja of Cochin]] having nominated him in 1931 and 1939. He used the platform to champion the cause of the [[Depressed class|Depressed Classes]] and labourers. He introduced a resolution seeking government help to students of the Depressed Classes, which the government accepted.<ref>{{cite web|title=CHAPTER - VI STRUGGLE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT AND SAHODHARAN AYYAPPAN|url=http://ir.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/4181/12/12_chapter%206.pdf|accessdate=1 March 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Commemoration ==<br />
The K P Vallon Road connecting Kadavanthra Junction to [[Kadavanthra]], in [[Kochi]] is named after him.<ref>{{cite news|title=HUDCO project: trial run likely this month-end|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/06/stories/2007050617440300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070508182031/http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/06/stories/2007050617440300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 May 2007|accessdate=1 March 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=6 May 2007}}</ref> [[Vrindavanam Venugopalan]] edited and published a life sketch on Vallon in 1981 which was published by Viswakeralam Daily.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mathew |first1=Joseph |title=Ideology, Protest and Social Mobility: Case Study of Mahars and Pulayas |year=1986 |publisher=Inter-India Publications |page=249 |isbn=9788121000710 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q049AAAAMAAJ&q=k+p+vallon |accessdate=2 September 2018}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
* {{cite web|url=http://news.keralakaumudi.com/news.php?nid=d952a1fac5df5d7aee1eb97c2ce30fb5 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629143425/http://news.keralakaumudi.com/news.php?nid=d952a1fac5df5d7aee1eb97c2ce30fb5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-29 |title=Article on KP Vallon by V.S.Sanakan in Kerala Kaumudi Daily}}<br />
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