Moorkoth Ramunni

Moorkoth Ramunni (15 September 1915 – 9 July 2009) was a Malayali fighter pilot in the Royal Indian Air Force, and the first Indian Administrative officer from Dharmadam village. the youngest son of Moorkoth Kumaran.

He was an aviator from Kerala of the Royal Indian Air Force (later Indian Air Force). He was one among the ten people who were appointed to look after the tribes for 25 years. He was the advisor of the governors of the states Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura. He also assumed the position of the administrator of Lakshadweep. First pilot from Kerala and (Having converted subsequently to the IAS) an administrator. The First Head of Training Team of The Indian National Defence Academy. Captain Tyndale Bisco was a World War I pilot, and Ramunni was the only Malayalee to fly an Indian Air Force aircraft against Japan during World War II. Prior to independence, he joined the British Royal Air Force and after training in Secunderabad, Ambala and Peshawar, flew fighter jets for the 2nd, 4th and 6th Squadrons of the Air Force. Appointed by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.