Chalakuzhy Paulose Mathen

C.P. Matthen
Born 1890 (1890)
Thiruvalla
Died 1960 (1961) (aged 70)
Paris
Other names C.P. Matthen
Occupation Indian politician

Chalakuzhy Poulose Matthen or C. P. Matthen, (1890–1960) was the pioneer Banker in Kerala, the south western state of India. He was the founder-director of the Quilon Bank Ltd. This bank merged with The Travancore National Bank in 1937, to form The Travancore National and Quilon Bank. C.P. Matthen became the Managing director and K. C. Mammen Mappillai was the Chairman.[1][2]

Imprisonment

C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer, the Diwan of Travancore, targeted C.P. Matthen. His bank was liquidated on grounds that were subsequently proved to be unfounded and he was incarcerated in Thiruvananthapuram from 1939 to 1941.[3][4][5]

Member of Parliament

Mr. C. P. Matthen was a member of the First Lok Sabha (Indian Parliament) in 1952, representing Mavelikara Constituency of Kerala.

Ambassador

After completing his term in the Lok Sabha, in 1957, he was appointed as the Indian Ambassador to Sudan.

Death

Died on June 2, 1960 in Paris, Île-de-France, France and buried at Thiruvalla, Kerala, India.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "C.P. Matthen papers gifted to Kerala Council for Historical Research - NATIONAL - The Hindu". hindu.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  2. ↑ Oommen, MA. Rise and Growth of Banking in Kerala. Social Scientist (Vol. 5, No. 3, Oct., 1976). Retrieved on 2011-11-22.
  3. ↑ Sir C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar: A Biography, Saroja Sundararajan, Allied Publishers, pp.778,
  4. ↑ He had given a moving account of the events leading up to and during his incarceration in his autobiography I Have Borne Much, published in 1951
  5. ↑ "C.P. Matthen vs The District Magistrate Of ... on 6 June, 1939". indiankanoon.org. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  6. ↑ "Matthen (1890 - 1960) - Genealogy". geni.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09.

Hard Copy

  1. N.M.Mathew, History of the Mar Thoma Church, (Malayalam), Vol 3, 2008. page 75
  2. Chalakuzhy Kudumba Charitram, Thomas Mathew (ed.) 1987.

External links

  1. "C.P. Matthen papers gifted to Kerala Council for Historical Research - NATIONAL - The Hindu". hindu.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09. 
  2. Matthen, C.P. (1951). I Have Borne Much. Ampthill. Retrieved 2015-11-09. 
  3. "C.P. Matthen papers gifted to Kerala Council for Historical Research - The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09. 
  4. "KCHR receives C P Matthen's papers - The Times of India". articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09. 
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