C. J. Varkey, Chunkath

Chunkath Joseph Varkey KSG (born 1891, date of death unknown) was an Indian professor, journalist and a former Minister for Education of the Madras Presidency.^[1][2][3]

Biography

Varkey was born in a Syrian Catholic family at Kottappady, (currently in the state of Kerala) in 1891. He was a professor of History St. Aloysius College, Mangalore and at St. Thomas College, Thrissur. He was also the Secretary of the All India Catholic League. He represented the West Coast Indian Christian Constituency in the Madras Legislative Assembly during 1937-42. He was also the founder-editor of The Catholic Educational Review. When the C. Rajagopalachari led Indian National Congress took power in the Madras Presidency after winning the 1937 elections, Varkey became Secretary for Education under education minister P. Subbarayan. On 7 January 1939 he succeeded Subbarayan as the Minister of Education - a post he held till the resignation of the Congress ministry in October 1939. Later he served as the Vice Principal of the Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Cochin. He died at the age of 62. He organised the All India Catholic League and was made a Knight of St. Gregory by Pope Pius XI^[4] . He is buried at the church of St. John Nepomucene, Konthuruthy.^[5][6]

References

1. ^ Burnand, Francis Cowley (1941). The Catholic who's who and yearbook. 34. Burns & Oates. pp. 504. http://books.google.com/books?id=TVZD0KcNeewC&q=Chunkath+Joseph+Varkey&dq=Chunkath+Joseph+Varkey&client=firefox-a&cd=2. 
2. ^ Farias, Kranti K (1999). The Christian impact in South Kanara. Church History Association of India. pp. 274. http://books.google.com/books?id=qNHYAAAAMAAJ&q=Chunkath+Joseph+Varkey&dq=Chunkath+Joseph+Varkey&client=firefox-a&cd=1. 
3. ^ The who's who in Madras: A pictorial who's who of distinguished personages, princes, zemindars and noblemen in the Madras Presidency, Issue 9. Pearl Press. 1940. pp. 277. http://books.google.com/books?id=B0LVAAAAMAAJ&q=C+J+Varkey+1891&dq=C+J+Varkey+1891&client=firefox-a&cd=8. 
4. ^ "Indian Papal Knight". http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/12th-june-1953/5/indian-papal-knight. 
5. ^ "C. J. Varkey, Chunkath". http://cs.nyu.edu/kandathi/c_j_varkey.html. Retrieved 25 March 2010. 
6. ^ Justice Party golden jubilee souvenir, 1968. Justice Party. 1968. pp. 58. ISBN. http://books.google.com/books?lr=&client=firefox-a&cd=20&id=rCZYAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22jothi+venkatachalam%22+minister&q=subbarayan#search_anchor. 

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Name	Chunkath, C. J. Varkey
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