K.M. Mathew
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K. M. Mathew
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2 January 1917 Alappuzha, Kerala |
| Died | 1 August 2010 (aged 93) Kottayam, Kerala |
| Known for | Chief Editor – Malayala Manorama |
| Spouse(s) | Annamma Mathew (m. 1942; d. 2003) |
K. M. Mathew (Malayalam: കെ.എം.മാത്യു) (2 January 1917 – 1 August 2010) was a former Chief Editor of leading Malayalam daily Malayala Manorama.
He joined the newspaper as Managing Editor and general manager in 1954 and took office as the Chief Editor in 1973. Under his leadership, Malayala Manorama launched many publications such as the women's magazine Vanitha in Malayalam and Hindi, the weekly English magazine The Week, the farmer's magazine Karshakasree, the children's magazines Balarama, Kalikudukka in Malayalam and Magic Pot in English and the encyclopaedic Manorama Yearbook in Malayalam, English, Hindi, Tamil and Bengali.
He was born as the 8th among the nine children of K. C. Mammen Mappillai and Mammi (Kunjandamma of Modisseril family) at Kuppappuram in Alappuzha district. After completing his schooling from many schools including M.D.Seminary School, Kottayam and Leo XIII School, Alappuzha he joined CMS College Kottayam for learning history. Later, he completed his B.A Economics from the prestigious Madras Christian College. He married Annamma Mathew on 7 September 1942 at his house in Kuppapuram.
K.M.Mathew started his career in 1940 as a planter in Chikmagalur where he joined his brother K.M.Jacob to take care of the family owned Bhadra Estate. He spent seven years in Chikmagalur estate. During this period, he opened a balloon manufacturing facility named Mysore Rubber Factory in the estate premises but the factory was soon closed due to the pollution it caused. The machinery at this factory was later transferred to Madras when his younger brother K. M. Mammen Mappillai started MRF Limited. In 1947, K. M. Mathew shifted to Bombay to start Allied Agencies.
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