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Joseph Mundassery was born at | Joseph Mundassery was born at Kandasankadavu, [[Thrissur]]. After his schooling locally he took his bachelor's degree in Physics and later the master's degree in [[Sanskrit]] and [[Malayalam]]. Until 1952, he was the Head of the Department of Foreign Languages at St. Thomas College, Trichur. | ||
Mundassery entered politics through the [[Kochi rajya prajamandalam|Kochi Prajamandalam]] and was elected as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) of the princely state of [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin]] in 1948 from the constituency of Aranattukara. Later on he became an MLC in the [[Travancore-Cochin]] Assembly in 1954, from Cherpu. | Mundassery entered politics through the [[Kochi rajya prajamandalam|Kochi Prajamandalam]] and was elected as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) of the princely state of [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin]] in 1948 from the constituency of Aranattukara. Later on he became an MLC in the [[Travancore-Cochin]] Assembly in 1954, from Cherpu. | ||