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| name = M. M. Abdul Hameed<br />
| image = M._M._Abdul_Hameed.png<br />
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| other_names = Hameed Pillay<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|11|02|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Alwaye]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1971|09|04|1914|11|02}}<br />
| death_place = [[Alwaye]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Industrialist<br>Philanthropist<br>Exporter<br />
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| spouse = A. A. Amina Umma<br />
| children = 9<br />
| mother = Ishumma Tharackandathil<br />
| father = [[M. K. Mackar Pillay]]<br />
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'''Manadath Mackar Pillay Abdul Hameed''' (2 November 1914 – 4 September 1971) was an Indian industrialist, banker, and philanthropist.<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 September 1971|title=Prominent industrialist M. M. Abdul Hameed dead|work=The New Indian Express|publication-place=Cochin|oclc=243883379}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=5 September 1971|title=എം. എം. അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് നിര്യാതനായി|work=[[Malayala Manorama]]|issn=0972-0022}}</ref> He was a leading [[cashew]] and [[Cymbopogon|lemongrass]] exporter, and an early supporter and patron of the [[Muslim Educational Society]], which was founded by his son-in-law [[P. K. Abdul Gafoor]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|date=2 November 2017|title=കാലം മറക്കാത്ത കർമയാഗി|work=[[Mathrubhumi]]|issn=2347-8497}}</ref><br />
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Hameed also served as the managing director of the Bank of Alwaye, [[Aluva|Alwaye Municipality]]'s primary financial institution, before it was merged into the [[State Bank of Travancore]] in 1965.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=SBT Red Herring Prospectus|url=http://www.sebi.gov.in/dp/sbtravancore.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110152044/http://www.sebi.gov.in/dp/sbtravancore.pdf|archive-date=10 January 2017|access-date=2017-04-01|website=SEBI|language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Abdul Hameed was born to [[M. K. Mackar Pillay]], a prominent [[Aluva]] industrialist and politician, as the second of three sons.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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In 1935, Hameed became a partner of M. K. Mackar Pillay & Sons, one of the largest trading firms in the [[Travancore|Kingdom of Travancore]]. The company was the first to challenge the [[monopoly]] of British trading firms in the [[Malabar Coast|Malabar coast]] by directly exporting [[essential oil]]s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-06-10|title=റയോൺസിൻ്റെ സൈറൺ മുഴങ്ങുന്നു, "പ്രത്യാശയിലേക്ക് "|url=https://newswaves.in/ryonkins-siren-sounded-hopefully/|access-date=2020-06-19|website=NewsWaves|language=en-US}}</ref> When the firm was incorporated as Mackar Pillay & Sons Limited in 1941, Hameed became managing director.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=5 September 1971|title=എം. എം. അബ്ദുൽ ഹമീദ് അന്തരിച്ചു|work=[[Malayala Manorama]]|issn=0972-0022}}</ref><br />
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