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EK Govindhan , A Thiyyar gentle who was the Dewan Of Pudukkottai State.jpg
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[[Rao Bahadur]] [[Dewan]] '''E.K. Govindan''' (1875–1944) was a Thalassery notable who ruled the first malayali man Pudukotta administratively, then served as [[Dewan Bahadur|Dewan of Pudukotta]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ykHVAAAAMAAJ&q=e+k+govindan+pudukkottai | title=The Who's who in Madras: ... A Pictorial Who's who of Distinguished Personages, Princes, Zemindars and Noblemen in the Madras Presidency | year=1939 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJEBAAAAMAAJ&q=rao+bahadur+e.k.+govindan | title=Administration and Social Life Under the Pallavas | last1=Minakshi | first1=Cadambi | year=1938 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NmI_t09BQcQC&q=e+k+govindan+pudukkottai | title=Manual of the Pudukkóttai State | last1=Venkatarama Ayyar | first1=K. R. | year=2002 }}</ref> He was an English writer and civil servant.
[[Rao Bahadur]] [[Dewan]] '''E.K. Govindan''' (1875–1944) was a Thalassery notable who ruled the first malayali man Pudukotta administratively, as [[Dewan Bahadur|Dewan of Pudukotta]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=&q=+k+govindan | title= | year= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=&q=+k+govindan | title= the | last1= | first1= | year= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=&q=e+k+govindan+pudukkottai | title= of | year= }}</ref>


== Biography ==
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[[File:EK Govindhan , A Thiyyar gentle who was the Dewan Of Pudukkottai State.jpg|thumb|Dewan Of Pudukkottai State.]]
E.K. Govindan was born in [[Thalassery]] in 1875 as the son of Dewan EK Krishnan and Devi Kuru of the famous Idavalat Kakkat family.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B0LVAAAAMAAJ&q=rao+bahadur+e.k.+govindan | title=The Who's who in Madras: ... A Pictorial Who's who of Distinguished Personages, Princes, Zemindars and Noblemen in the Madras Presidency | year=1940 }}</ref> His sister was [[Janaki Ammal]], who was one of the first Indian women to earn a doctorate in science in British India and to win the Barbour Fellowship from the East.


Born in Thalassery in 1875 as the son of Dewan EK Krishnan and Devi Kuru of the famous Idavalat Kakkat family in Thalassery;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B0LVAAAAMAAJ&q=rao+bahadur+e.k.+govindan | title=The Who's who in Madras: ... A Pictorial Who's who of Distinguished Personages, Princes, Zemindars and Noblemen in the Madras Presidency | year=1940 }}</ref> she was the sister of the famous EK Janaki Ammal. [2] Janaki Ammal is one of the few Indian women to have earned a doctorate (D.Sc.,D.Sc) in science in British India. Janaki Ammal was the first to win the Barbour Fellowship from the East. After graduating with a degree in education, E.K Govindan assumed the post of Dewan of the British Presidency of Putukota. Govindan is the second member of this family after his father to enter the British service. He was promoted first as Political Agent and later as Administrator of the Pudukkottai State then working under the East India Company.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O67QAAAAMAAJ&q=dewan+e.k.+krishnan | title=Christian Heritage of Kerala: Grand Chevalier Prof. L.M. Pylee Felicitation Volume | last1=John | first1=K. J. | year=1981 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJEBAAAAMAAJ&q=rao+Bahadur+e.k.govindan | title=Administration and Social Life Under the Pallavas | last1=Minakshi | first1=Cadambi | year=1938 }}</ref>
After graduating with a degree in education, E.K Govindan assumed the post of Dewan of the British Presidency of Putukota. Govindan the second member of this family after his father to enter the British service. He was promoted first as Political Agent and later as Administrator of the Pudukkottai State working under the East India Company.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O67QAAAAMAAJ&q=dewan+e.k.+krishnan | title=Christian Heritage of Kerala: Grand Chevalier Prof. L.M. Pylee Felicitation Volume | last1=John | first1=K. J. | year=1981 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJEBAAAAMAAJ&q=rao+Bahadur+e.k.govindan | title=Administration and Social Life Under the Pallavas | last1=Minakshi | first1=Cadambi | year=1938 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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EK Govindan
EK Govindhan, 1900
Born1875 (1875)
Thalassery, India
Died1944 (aged 68–69)
OccupationCivil servant

Rao Bahadur Dewan E.K. Govindan (1875–1944) was a Thalassery notable who ruled as the first malayali man to govern Pudukotta administratively, before serving as the Dewan of Pudukotta.[1][2] He was an English writer and civil servant.[3]

Biography

E.K. Govindan was born in Thalassery in 1875 as the son of Dewan EK Krishnan and Devi Kuru of the famous Idavalat Kakkat family.[4] His sister was Janaki Ammal, who was one of the first Indian women to earn a doctorate in science in British India and to win the Barbour Fellowship from the East.

After graduating with a degree in education, E.K Govindan assumed the post of Dewan of the British Presidency of Putukota. Govindan was the second member of this family after his father to enter the British service. He was promoted first as Political Agent and later as Administrator of the Pudukkottai State before working under the East India Company.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Minakshi, Cadambi (1938). "Administration and Social Life Under the Pallavas".
  2. ^ Venkatarama Ayyar, K. R. (2002). "Manual of the Pudukkóttai State".
  3. ^ "The Who's who in Madras: ... A Pictorial Who's who of Distinguished Personages, Princes, Zemindars and Noblemen in the Madras Presidency". 1939.
  4. ^ "The Who's who in Madras: ... A Pictorial Who's who of Distinguished Personages, Princes, Zemindars and Noblemen in the Madras Presidency". 1940.
  5. ^ John, K. J. (1981). "Christian Heritage of Kerala: Grand Chevalier Prof. L.M. Pylee Felicitation Volume".
  6. ^ Minakshi, Cadambi (1938). "Administration and Social Life Under the Pallavas".
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