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{{Infobox person
|name = Mathunny Mathews
(Toyota Sunny)
|image = M.Mathews.jpg
|birth_date = c. 1936
|birth_place = [[Kerala, India]]
|death_date = 20 May {{Death year and age|2017|1936}}
|death_place = [[Kuwait City]], [[Kuwait]]
|known_for = Playing a key role in evacuation 170,000 Indians from [[Kuwait]] during [[Invasion of Kuwait]]
}}

'''Mathunny Mathews''' (1936-2017),<ref>{{cite news |title=Mathunny Mathews, the Real-life Hero of 'Airlift', Dies in Kuwait |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/mathunny-mathews-the-real-life-hero-of-airlift-dies-in-kuwait-1407625.html |access-date=29 September 2021 |work=News18 |date=21 May 2017 |language=en}}</ref> also known as '''Toyota Sunny''', was a Kuwait-based Indian businessman from the state of Kerala,
who was one of the people credited with the safe airlift evacuation of about 170,000 Indians from Kuwait during the [[Invasion of Kuwait|1990 Invasion of Kuwait]], which is hailed as the world's largest air civilian evacuation in history.<ref name="indiatimes">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Airlift-Akshay-Kumars-next-a-thriller-of-the-biggest-human-evacuation/articleshow/40364005.cms|title=Airlift: Akshay Kumar's next a thriller of the biggest human evacuation - Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India |publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|accessdate=2016-01-26|last1=Gupta |first1=Priya }}</ref>

== Early life ==
Matthews was born in 1936. He hails from Kerala ([[Eraviperoor]]), [[Kumbanad]], [[India]] and was popularly known as Toyota Sunny, owing to his work in Kuwait with the [[Toyota]] agency owned by the Al-Sayer Group. He retired in 1989 as its MD. During the early phase of industrialization in Kuwait, Matthews had reached Kuwait by ship in 1956 as a prospective immigrant for employment. He was also the chairman of the Jabriya Indian School in Kuwait and one of the founding members of the Indian Art’s Circle, a widely recognized cultural association of all Indian expatriates in Kuwait.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Airlifted from Kuwait|url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/airlifted-from-kuwait/article8158419.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 2016-01-27|access-date = 2016-02-01|issn = 0971-751X|language = en-IN}}</ref>

== Indian Airlift Evacuation ==
{{Main|1990 airlift of Indians from Kuwait}}

With the help of Mathunny Mathews, [[1990 airlift of Indians from Kuwait|the airlift of Indians]] was carried out from 13 August to 11 October 1990 after the [[Invasion of Kuwait]]. [[Air India]] holds the [[Guinness Book of World Records]] for the most people evacuated by a civil airliner as a result of this effort. The operation was carried out during the [[Persian Gulf War]] in 1990 to evacuate Indian expatriates from [[Kuwait]] and [[Iraq]]. It is believed to be the largest civilian evacuation in history.<ref name="scoll">{{cite web | author=Rohan Venkataramakrishnan | title= The Berlin airlift was remarkable, but the largest civilian evacuation in history is by India The Berlin airlift was remarkable, but the largest civilian evacuation in history is by India| website=Scroll.in | date= 2 July 2014| url=http://scroll.in/article/668866/the-berlin-airlift-during-ww-ii-was-remarkable-but-the-largest-civilian-airlift-was-by-india | accessdate=2016-01-27}}</ref><ref>Singh, K.Gajendra (24 February 2003). {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120308063748/http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers7/paper615.html PROPAGANDA WARS: The decline and fall of western media]}}. South Asia Analysis Group.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebetterindia.com/15179/heres-need-know-largest-air-evacuation-history-india/ |title=Did You Know That The Largest Air Evacuation In History Was Done By India? |publisher=The Better India |date= 18 February 2015|accessdate=2016-01-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Airlift-Akshay-Kumars-next-a-thriller-of-the-biggest-human-evacuation/articleshow/40364005.cms |title=Airlift: Akshay Kumar's next a thriller of the biggest human evacuation |work=The Times of India |accessdate=2016-01-27|last1=Gupta |first1=Priya }}</ref> The Indians based in Kuwait also helped in the evacuation efforts.<ref name="indiansinkuwait2">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiansinkuwait.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=38603&SECTION=0.|title=IndiansinKuwait.com - Akshay Kumar's 'Airlift' recounts the real hero 'Toyota Sunny' in Kuwait|publisher=indiansinkuwait.com|accessdate=2016-01-26}}</ref> Leading daily ''Times of India'' reported that Kuwait-based Malayali entrepreneur Mathunny Mathews (also known as Toyota Sunny) duly supported by [[Harbajan Singh Vedi|Harbhajan Singh Vedi]], played a stellar role in co-ordinating the evacuation operation by meeting Indian ambassador in Baghdad and overseeing the transport of thousands of Indians to Amman via Baghdad by bus after striking a deal with Iraqi transporters, Indian authorities and UN.<ref>[https://archive.today/20160915174610/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=02_02_2016_013_058_002&type=P&artUrl=REAL-STORY-KUWAIT-AIRLIFT-1990-02022016013058&eid=31806 Article title]</ref> On 22 January 2016, [[Airlift (2016 film)|Airlift]], a Hindi film playing [[Akshay Kumar]] as Ranjit Katyal, a fictional character somewhat merged character based on Mathunny Mathews and [[Harbajan Singh Vedi|Harbhajan Singh Vedi]] was released.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

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[[Category:Gulf War]]
[[Category:India–Kuwait relations]]
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[[Category:1990 in aviation]]
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[[Category:2017 deaths]]

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