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Baby John

Baby John (1917 – 27 January 2008) was a senior leader of the Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John). Previously, he was General Secretary of the Revolutionary Socialist Party in India. He was known in the Kerala state political circles as ‘Kerala Kissinger’ for his abilities to manage political crises at times when the state was

Rajan Pillai

Rajan Pillai (1947 – 7 July 1995) was an Indian businessman, popularly known as the 'Biscuit Baron'. Career Rajan Pillai was born in Kerala, India in 1947, the son of a trader in cashews. Pillai qualified as an engineer from TKM College, Kollam. Early in his career, he invested in a five-star hotel project in Goa. In the mid-1970s,

Thangal Kunju Musaliar

Thangal Kunju Musaliar was born into a middle-class family in Kollam on 12 January 1897. His ancestry can be traced back to Malik Bin Deenar, the legendary Islamic missionary who came to India in the 8th Century. The name Thangal Kunju Musaliar conjures up memories of an era when the area that was eventually to become Kerala State