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Diwan Bahadur E.K. Krishnan
Kannur, Thalassery ദിവാൻ
Monarch Madras Presidency
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Born 1841
Died 1907
Occupation Civil servant, administrator

Diwan Bahadur E. K. Krishnan (1841–1907) Thalassery in Kannur, served as a sub-judge in the Madras Court in 1861 and as an English writer in the Thalassery Civil Court and munsiple chair. In 1896 he retired from the British administration with the service of Deputy Collector of Malabar and Diwan of Malabar. He was the father of the botanist Janaki Ammal.

Biography

Edavalath Kakkat Krishnan was the son of Kunkan Vaidyar and Devi Kuruvai of Kakkat family belonged a famous Thiyya House, Kakkat, in Thalassery, under the Madras Presidency. Krishnan played a major role in helping many Malayalees to get jobs under the British rule, most of them from Thalassery.

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