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<div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = K. M. George<br />
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| caption = K M George at 1974<br />
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|office1 = Minister for Transport, [[Government of Kerala]]<br />
|term_start1 = {{Start date|1976|06|26|df=yes}}<br />
|term_end1 = {{End date|1976|12|11|df=yes}}<br />
|predecessor1 = <br />
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|office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|constituency2 = [[Poonjar (State Assembly constituency)|Poonjar]]<br />
|term_start2 = {{Start date|1970||}}<br />
|term_end2 = {{End date|1976||}}<br />
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|successor2 = <br />
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|office3 = Minister for Transport and Health, [[Government of Kerala]]<ref>http://www.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4223&Itemid=3220</ref><br />
|term_start3 = {{Start date|1969|11|01|df=yes}}<br />
|term_end3 = {{End date|1970|08|01|df=yes}}<br />
|predecessor3 = <br />
|successor3 = <br />
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|office4 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|constituency4 = [[Poonjar (State Assembly constituency)|Poonjar]]<br />
|term_start4 = {{Start date|1967||}}<br />
|term_end4 = {{End date|1970||}}<br />
|predecessor4 = <br />
|successor4 = <br />
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|office5 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|constituency5 =[[Muvattupuzha (State Assembly constituency)|Muvattupuzha]]<br />
|term_start5 = {{Start date|1960||}}<br />
|term_end5 = {{End date|1964||}}<br />
|predecessor5 = <br />
|successor5 = <br />
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|office6 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|constituency6 = [[Muvattupuzha (State Assembly constituency)|Muvattupuzha]]<br />
|term_start6 = {{Start date|1957||}}<br />
|term_end6 = {{End date|1959||}}<br />
|predecessor6 = <br />
|successor6 =<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1919|01|18}}<ref>http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m169.htm</ref><br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1976|12|11|1919|01|18}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Arakuzha]], [[Muvattupuzha]], [[Travancore|Kingdom of Tracancore]], [[British India]]<br>(present day [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]], India)<br />
| death_place = [[Muvattupuzha]], [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
| spouse = Marthamma<br />
| children = 5 (incl. [[Francis George (politician)|Francis George]])<br />
| party = [[Kerala Congress]]<br />
| blank1 = Source<br />
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'''K. M. George''' (18 January 1919 {{endash}} 11 December 1976) was an Indian politician from the state of [[Kerala]]. He is the founder Chairman of [[Kerala Congress]], a political party in [[India]].<br />
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==Political career==<br />
[[File:Francis George at Arakuzha.JPG|thumb|[[K. Francis George|Francis George]], Kerala Congress leader and the son of K. M. George]]<br />
K. M. George began his political career in the Indian National Congress. Following the death of [[P. T. Chacko, Pullolil]] in 1964 under turbulent circumstances, 15 MLAs under the leadership of K. M. George withdrew their support to the Congress party and, sitting as a separate group in the Assembly, brought down the [[R. Sankar]] ministry and formed a new political party called the Kerala Congress under his chairmanship at Kottayam.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
George was born in [[Muvattupuzha]] on 18 January 1919. He was married to Marthamma Padinjarekkara and was survived by five children, one of whom is [[K. Francis George]], who has represented the constituency of [[Idukki (Lok Sabha constituency)|Idukki]] twice in the Parliament of India. George died on 11 December 1976, while serving as a minister in the cabinet of [[C. Achutha Menon]].<br />
[[File:K M George Tomb Muvattupuzha.jpg|thumb|K M George Tomb Muvattupuzha]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1919 births]]<br />
[[Category:1976 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Muvattupuzha]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 1957–1959]]<br />
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 1960–1964]]<br />
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