P. T. Chacko

Pulloli Thomas Chacko (9 April 1915 – 1 August 1964) was an Indian politician from Chamampathal, Kottayam in central Kerala. A member of the Travancore and Travancore-Cochin Assemblies and the Constituent Assembly, Chacko served as the first Leader of Opposition of the newly formed state of Kerala (Namboodiripad ministry). He was also the Home Minister of Kerala holding the additional portfolios of Revenue and Law during the period 196064 (Pillai and Sankar ministries). He was defeated in the contest for KPCC presidency in June 1964.

Chacko returned to his law practice and continued to work for the Congress party, until he abruptly succumbed to a heart attack on 31 July 1964 at the age of 49. As a defense lawyer, he was visiting the scene of a crime in Pulappara Mala in Vannathiyettu, Thottilpalam, Kavilumpara, Kozhikode District.

The P.T. Chacko Memorial is a commemorative site located in Vannathiyettu, established in memory of P. T. Chacko. The site was subsequently dedicated to his memory. Over the years, and became a local landmark.

in the Indian National Congress grouped together and forme e regional party Kerala Congress under the leadership of K. M. George and with the blessings of the Catholic Church and the Nair community leader Mannath Padmanabhan.

P. C. Thomas P. C. Thomas, son of Chacko, represented the Muvattupuzha Parliamentary Constituency in Lok Sabha from 1989 to 2009, and also served as the Union Minister of State for Law in the National Democratic Alliance cabinet.