Pattom A. Thanu Pillai ministry

The Pattom A. Thanu Pillai ministry was a Kerala government ministry formed on 22 February 1960 and lasted till 26 September 1962.

Pattam Thanu Pillai Ministry
2nd Cabinet of Kerala
22 February 1960 – 26 September 1962
Date formed	22 February 1960
Date dissolved	26 September 1962
People and organisations
Head of government	Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
Deputy head of government	R. Sankar
Member party	Praja Socialist Party   Indian National Congress   Indian Union Muslim League
Status in legislature	Coalition Majority 95/126 (75%)
Opposition party	Communist Party of India
Opposition leader	E. M. S. Namboodiripad
History
Election	1960
Predecessor	First E. M. S. Namboodiripad ministry
Successor	R. Sankar Ministry

Background

After E M S Namboothiripad Government was dismissed, Kerala was under President rule. Elections were held to the legislative assembly on 1 February 1960.

Indian National Congress became the largest party with 63 seats in the assembly after the elections. Communists became the second largest party 26 seats and Praja Socialist Party (PSP) got 20 seats. Congress and PSP formed a coalition government, with Pattom A Thanu Pillai of PSP as the Chief Minister, and R Sankar from Congress as the Deputy Chief Minister. Even though PSP was a junior partner in the coalition, Pattam was chosen as the Chief Minister because the congress leader R Sankar was from Ezhava caste which the Nair Service Society, the main supporters of Congress, disapproved of. Pattam previously held the posts of Prime Minister in the erstwhile Travancore state, and later the Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin state. He is the only Chief Minister of Kerala born in 19th century.

V. K. Velappan, the Health Minister of this cabinet, died on 26 August 1962, and was the first state cabinet minister in Kerala to die in office. Pattam resigned on 26 September 1962 when he was posted as the Governor of Punjab. This paved the way for the first Congress chief minister in Kerala under R. Sankar.

Council of Ministers

	Minister	Ministry/Portfolio	Party
1	Pattam A. Thanu Pillai	Chief Minister	Praja Socialist Party
2	R. Sankar	Deputy Chief Minister Minister for Finance	Indian National Congress
3	P. T. Chacko	Minister for Home Affairs
4	K. A. Damodara Menon	Minister for Industries
5	P. P. Ummer Koya	Department of Education
6	K. T. Achuthan	Minister for Transport & Labour
7	E. P. Poulose	Minister for Food & Agriculture
8	V. K. Velappan	Minister for Public Health & Electricity (expired on 26 August 1962)
9	K. Kunhambu	Minister for Harijan Uplift & Registration
10	D. Damodaran Potti	Minister for Public Works	Praja Socialist Party
11	K. Chandrasekharan	Minister for Law & Revenue

See also

• List of chief ministers of Kerala
• Kerala Council of Ministers
• 1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

• http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/Ministers%20Book%20Final.pdf
• "Official website of INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATION DEPARTMENT OF KERALA". prd.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.