The first Malayali to become a Governor ?

The first Malayali to become a Governor ? A) PattomThanu Pilla B) Sardar K M Panikar C) K K Viswanathan D) V P Menon

Question difficulty : Hard
Exam : PSC Assistant Grade II
Question ID : 1736
Question from Topic : Facts about Kerala

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• The first Malayali to become a Governor ?
• A) PattomThanu Pilla
  B) Sardar K M Panikar
  C) K K Viswanathan
  D) V P Menon
• Answer
• D) V P Menon
• Explanation
• Governor of Odisha in 1951
  Menon worked closely with Patel over the integration of over 565 princely states into the union of India ( Unification of India )
  V P Menon was the Secretary to the department of states which was formed for unification of princely states
  
  Pattom Thanu Pillai known as the 'Bhishmacharya' of Kerala politics
  Pattom Thanu Pilla was the first Prime Minister of Independent Travancore state. Second and Last was Parur T. K. Narayana Pillai

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