Chevalier C C Ramdas passes away

KOCHI: Chevalier C C Ramdas (84), former honorary consul for France in Kerala, passed away at a city hospital on Sunday. He was hospitalized last week and suffered from kidney failure. The funeral took place at Coovapadam crematorium.
Coombil Couvary Ramdas left his home town, Mahe, at the age of 13 and joined Santa Cruz Cathedral School in Fort Kochi.Later he befriended a French man C J Revel, the founder of steamer agency - C J Revel and Co. Revel later became the French consul general in India. After his death, Ramdas looked after manyFrench interests in India. He was appointed honorary consul for France and bestowed with the Chevalier title in 1985. He is survived by his wife Usha Ramdas, two sons and three daughters.