Shri .P.

K Kunju Sahib
His major contributions to the field of
Education and Development of the Society

Life Sketch

Al-Haj P.K.Kunju Sahib, the doyen of Indian Politics, was born in the
year 1906 in the illustrious family of Puthenpurayil, in Kayamkulam.

He had inherited all the princely splendour and luxury of his family.
After securing basic education he joined Aligarh Muslim University for
his graduate studies.

Inspired by the call for Swaraj and Gandhian thoughts Kunju Sahib
became an ardent follower of Gandhiji. Leaving aside the princely life
style, Kunju Sahib set forth organizing the illiterate and down-trodden
minorities for the freedom movement.

In the post-independence scenario he emerged as one of the most

important political stalwarts and social reformers of Kerala.

He was member of the Kerala State Assembly for 7 times and was
minister of Kerala State Twice, in 1952 and 1967. He had served as the
first chairman of the Kerala Wakf Board in 1962.

Life Sketch

He involved actively in many movements like Temple Proclamation,

Vaikom Satyagraha and then in a Strike led by the Coir Factory Union
in Alappuzha.

He was elected to Sree Moolam Assembly and Kerala Assembly, after

the independence to Travancore and Thiru-Kochi served as Vakaf
Board Chairman. He was minister to Pattom Minister Congregation
and handled health and job sectors. During the EMS minister
Congregation (`1967), he served as the Finance minister.

He strongly believed that any investment in educational sector is an

investment for future generation. Considering the socio-economic and
educational backwardness of the area, he initiated and founded a
network of educational institutions at Kayamkulam which was a
realization of his long cherished dreams.

Contributions

He was the first leader who organized the workers and founded the trade
union in Kerala, Employees State Insurance & Kerala Financial
Enterprises.

Kunju Sahib established central Travancores biggest college,

the Milad - E - Sherief Memorial College in Kayamkulam .Following
assiduously in the footprints of this inimitable genius, MSM College now
caters to the educational and cultural needs of millions of the past, present
and coming generations in the coastal belt of Kerala. MSM College
proclaims the work of this genius to the generations of years to come.

Kerala State Lotteries was established in 1967, under

the lottery department by the Government of Kerala and it was the first of
its kind in India. The department was a brain child of the then Finance
Minister of Kerala, the late Shri. P. K. Kunju Sahib, who envisaged
revenue from sale of lotteries as a major source of non-tax revenue for the
state, at the same time providing a stable income source for the poor and
the common. The department was successful soon and has grown
throughout the state of Kerala by contributing to the needful.

Contributions

AI-Haj P.K.Kunju Sahib, and his wife Mrs.Jameela Beevi founded a

network of educational institutions such as the Azad Memorial
Nursery School, AI-Amen Public School, and M.S.M. College. The
P.K.Kunju Sahib Memorial Higher Secondary School has been started
consequent to the de-linking of Pre-Degree Course from the M.S.M.
College. The Jameela Beevi Memorial Centre for Teacher Education,
established on June 2005, is the novel addition to this educational
complex. This institution is situated in the heart of the Kayamkulam
town, hardly one kilometer from the KSRTC Bus station.

Fight inequalities wielding education as a powerful weapon.

Kerala State Lotteries

Kerala State Lotteries

Milad - E - Sherief Memorial

College ,Kayamkulam