Chunkath Joseph Varkey
Chunkath Joseph Varkey KSG (Malayalam: ചുങ്കത്ത് ജോസഫ് വർക്കി; born 1891, died 1953) was an Indian professor, journalist and a former Minister for Education of the Madras Presidency.[1][2][3]
Biography
Varkey was born in a Syro-Malabar Catholic Nasrani 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, now the All India Catholic Union. 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]
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