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Thandaaneth Mathai Varghese (1886–1961) was an , lawyer, statesman, former minister and politician from Kerala. He was born in a Mar Thoma Syrian Christian family and the eldest son of Thandaaneth Mathai at Pallickal, (near Kayamkulam). His education was at Mavelikkara and Thiruvananthapuram. After graduating from the Law College, he began practicing at Kollam. There he actively started political activities. He was the foremost leader of the (Responsible government Struggle) struggle against C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer, the Dewan of Travancore State and Abstention movement or Nivarthana Prakshobham.