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Thomas Kayalackakom
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J Thomas Kayalackakom (1884–1968) was a politician and public figure of the erstwhile Travancore-Cochin State of pre-independent India (which became part of Kerala after India's independence). He was an elected member of the Sree Moolam Popular Assembly, one of the earliest popularly-elected legislatures on the Indian sub-continent.

He was born on April 8, 1888 in Palai, a small town in the central part of Travancore. His father died when he was nine years old, and after that he grew up under the guardianship of his paternal uncle Augusti Mathai. He was also inspired and guided by his elder brother Joseph Augusti.

He started political and social activities at a young age. In 1913, he started a literary magazine by name "Vijnaana Rathnaakaram", with Mahakavi (Great Poet) Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai as Editor, the second literary magazine of Travancore, and one of the early such publications in Malayalam language.
In 1922, he was elected a member of 50-member Sree Moolam Popular Assembly. The Assembly had 28 elected members and 22 nominated members. He served the Assembly for 3 terms. He was also the first chairman of the local Village Union, the forerunner of Panchayat & Municipality. In 1927, he was instrumental in holding in Palai the first all Kerala catholic conference, as part of organising on a state-wide basis, the All Kerala Catholic Congress, which was formed in 1918.
In the early 1930s, he set up of one of the first brick-making units of central Travancore, and also pioneered backwater-farming by reclaiming land, in the backwaters near Vaikom. He was in the fore-front developing large plantations in Mangulam, Vaalakom, Nellappara, Mannamkandom etc. In 1943, together with his elder brother, he oversaw the public-issue of the 2,800-acre (11 km2) Mysore Plantations Limited, the State’s first plantation-public-issue. In 1946, he along with two of his cousins started "Kayalackakom Company" Cochin, the first stock & share brokers' firm in the state.
He was very popular and influential in political and social circles. He donated land from his property to the Kadappattoor Temple in Palai for building a foot bridge over the Meenachil River for the benefit of devotees. He died on February 27, 1972.