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{{Short description|Indian politician (1896–1987)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name = M. K. Vellodi
| honorific_suffix =
| image = M.K.Vellodi.jpg
| alt =
| order = 
|office = [[High Commission of India to the United Kingdom|High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom]]
| term_start = {{dts|1947|04|}}
| term_end = {{dts|1947|08|}}
| predecessor = [[Samuel Runganadhan]]
| successor = [[V. K. Krishna Menon]]
| office2 =1st [[Hyderabad State (1948–1956)#Chief Ministers of Hyderabad State|Chief Minister of Hyderabad]]
| predecessor2 = Office established
| successor2=[[Burgula Ramakrishna Rao]]
| term2 = 26 January 1950 – 6 March 1952
|office3 = [[Indian Ambassador to Switzerland]]
| term_start3 = {{dts|format=dmy|1958|06|20}}
| term_end3 = {{dts|format=dmy|1962|01|05}}
| predecessor3 = [[Mohan Sinha Mehta]]
| successor3 = Mohamed Abdul Rauf
|office4 = [[Cabinet Secretary of India|3rd Cabinet Secretary of India]]
| term4 = 1 August 1957 - 4 June 1958
| predecessor4 = [[Y. N. Sukthankar]]
| successor4 = [[Vishnu Sahay]]
| birth_date = 1896
| birth_place = [[Kottakkal]] in [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj]]
(Present-day [[Malappuram district]] of [[Kerala]])
| death_date = {{death year and age|1987|1896}}
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamilnadu]], [[India]]
|spouse = Kunhikav Kovilamma
}}
'''Mullath Kadingi Vellodi''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]], [[Indian Civil Service (British India)|ICS]] (1896–1987) was the appointed Chief Minister of [[Hyderabad State (1948–56)|Hyderabad state]]<ref>[http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/hist-cult/history_post.html APonline - History and Culture - History-Post-Independence Era] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220113947/http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/hist-cult/history_post.html |date=2013-12-20 }}</ref><ref>[http://rulers.org/indstat3.html Indian states after 1947 A-L]</ref> by the [[Government of India]] after the [[Annexation of Hyderabad|fall]] of the [[Hyderabad State]] ruled by the [[Nizam of Hyderabad|Nizam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/nizam-writ-ran-after-police-action-till-1950-accession/articleshow/103486501.cms|title=Nizam writ ran after police action till 1950 accession}}</ref>

A member of the [[Indian Civil Service]], he was the 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.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36544|supp=y|page=2570|date=2 June 1944}}</ref> He was a senior [[Indian Administrative Service|civil servant]] in the [[Government of India]]. He served as the [[Cabinet Secretary (India)|Cabinet Secretary]] and Secretary of the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]] from 1957 to 1958.<ref>{{cite news
|title = Malayalees find state very cozy
|url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Malayalees-find-state-very-cozy/articleshow/20105813.cms
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120608071631/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-08-25/hyderabad/27318163_1_sathi-nair-top-ips-officers-associations
|url-status = live
|archive-date = 8 June 2012
|date = 25 August 2002
|work = [[The Times of India]]
|access-date = 2009-06-13
}}</ref>

==Early life==
Vellodi was the fourth son of [[K. C. Manavedan Raja]], the titular [[Zamorin]] of [[Calicut]].
He was educated at [[Presidency College, Madras]]. He joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in December 1921. From 1921-1944 he held various junior positions. In 1944 he was appointed Textile Commissioner and ex-officio Joint Secretary in the Department of Industries and Civil Supplies until 1945.

He was married to TM Kunhikav Kovilamma. They had two children, Kamala and Vasudevan.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

==Chief Minister (1950-52)==
As the appointed [[Chief minister (India)|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 the acting [[List of high commissioners of India to the United Kingdom|Indian High Commissioner to London]], overseeing the [[Indian independence movement|independence]] [[Independence Day (India)|celebrations]] there. He returned to [[Delhi]] in 1947 to take up the post of Controller of Imports and Exports. From 20 June 1958 to 6 December 1961, he was the [[List of ambassadors of India to Switzerland|Indian ambassador to Switzerland]].<ref>{{Dodis|R3521}}[http://unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?auto=1&id=139/139100&key=2494&query=High-level%20dialogue%20on%20international%20migration&sf=date&so=0][http://www.amtsdruckschriften.bar.admin.ch/viewOrigDoc.do?id=10041583][https://www.swiss-archives.ch/detail.aspx?ID=4498769]</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh]]
*[[List of Cabinet Secretaries of India]]
*[[List of chief ministers of Telangana]]

==References==
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[[Category:1896 births]]
[[Category:People from Malappuram district]]
[[Category:Indian Civil Service (British India) officers]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
[[Category:1987 deaths]]
[[Category:Defence secretaries of India]]
[[Category:High commissioners of India to the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Hyderabad State politicians]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to the Holy See]]

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