OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# Jerzy Wilim

Jerzy Antoni Wilim (14 August 1941 – 7 December 2014) was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his career with Szombierki Bytom, and also played for clubs such as Górnik Zabrze and Rennes. Wilim made eight appearances for the Poland national team from 1963 to 1969.

## Honours

Górnik Zabrze
* Ekstraklasa: 1970–71, 1971–72
* Polish Cup: 1970–71
Individual
* Ekstraklasa top scorer: 1963–64
# M6 tractor

The M6 high-speed tractor was an artillery tractor used by the US Army during World War II.
Manufactured by Allis-Chalmers, it was used to tow heavy artillery pieces, such as the 8-inch Gun M1 and 240 mm howitzer M1. Its G-number was (G-184).

## Development

Although in the late 1930s the US Army lacked a clear mechanization policy, the success of the "blitzkrieg" in 1939-40 highlighted the need of motorized vehicles for both tactical and strategic maneuver, which meant that towed artillery would need to move at a speed comparable to that of the armored fighting vehicles.
To achieve this, a series of high-speed tractor was planned, which would tow the different artillery pieces existing (or planned) in the US Army inventory. The "high" speed was considered in comparison with horse-drawn artillery rather than that obtainable with wheeled prime movers or ballast tractors. The models considered in the series included: 7 ton, 13 ton, 18 ton, and 38 ton.
Intended to tow heavy artillery pieces such as the 240 mm howitzer M1 and the 8-inch Gun M1, the M6 tractor was larger and heavier than the M4 tractor, although they had a similar layout. The main differences between both were in the following areas:
* Running gear (6 running wheels in the M6, instead of 4 wheels in the M4)
* Dimensions
* Weight
* Towing capacity
* Engine
It was powered by two six-cylinder, in-line, Waukesha 145GZ gasoline engines with an engine displacement of 13.4 L (820 cu in), each of which gave 190 hp (140 kW) at 2,100 rev/min. The running gear consisted on six rubber-rimmed wheels per side, with the drive wheel located at the front and a large tensioning wheel at the rear; a layout similar to the one used in the M3 light tank and later in the M4 tractor.

## Service history

The M6 tractor was chiefly used in the European theater only in the last months of World War II. Until then large caliber artillery was moved by the M1 heavy tractor, heavy trucks, or vehicles such as the M33 Prime Mover, M34 Prime Mover or M35 Prime Mover derived from the M3 Medium Tank, M4 Medium Tank, and M10 GMC hulls respectively
Use of this tractor in the Pacific theater seems to have been limited to training at Oahu, (Hawaii).
Some vehicles were sold to Israel after being replaced by self-propelled artillery.

## Users

* US Army

## Surviving vehicles

* Overloon War Museum, Netherlands
National Military Vehicle Museum, Edinburgh, South Australia

## Gallery

* M6 tractor, Overloon
* Side view, M6 tractor, Overloon
* Front view, M6 Tractor, Overloon
* Rear view, towing an 8-inch howitzer M1, Overloon
# Dick Posthumus

Richard Posthumus (/ˈpɑːstjuːməs/; born July 19, 1950) is an American businessman, and politician. He was the 61st lieutenant governor of Michigan and majority leader of the Michigan Senate. In 2002, he was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Governor of Michigan.

## Biography

Posthumus grew up on a dairy farm in Alto, Michigan, outside of Grand Rapids. He graduated from Michigan State University, during which he served as chairman of the College Republicans and as a vice chairman of the Michigan Republican Party.
In 1971, he managed the successful Michigan House of Representatives campaign of fellow student and future Michigan governor John Engler. Posthumus was elected to the Senate in 1982 and became majority leader in 1990, when Engler was elected governor. His 1982 campaign was managed by Saul Anuzis. Posthumus was the longest serving majority leader in the history of the Senate.
Posthumus joined Engler on as his running mate and candidate for lieutenant governor in 1998 and went on to serve in that post for four years. He was the Republican nominee for governor in 2002, having defeated Joe Schwarz in the Republican primary, but lost to Democrat Jennifer Granholm in the general election. He joined Compatico in 2005 and became the chief executive officer in 2006.
On November 8, 2010, Governor-elect Rick Snyder named Posthumus to be his senior adviser and legislative lobbyist.

## Personal life

Posthumus married Pamela "Pam" (née Bartz) in 1972. They had four children together, and seven grandchildren. Pam died of cancer on August 18, 2010. Posthumus married Beth Ann (née Mihlethaler) Fogg on September 24, 2011. Dick's son, Bryan, is a Michigan state representative, and advocate for Alcoholic's Anonymous and Dick's daughter, Lisa, is a Republican member of the Michigan House of Representatives.

## Electoral history

* 2002 election for Governor
** Jennifer Granholm (D), 51%
** Dick Posthumus (R), 47%
* 2002 election for Governor – Republican Primary
** Dick Posthumus (R), 81%
** Joe Schwarz (R), 19%
# Alyaksandr Pawlaw

Alyaksandr Valeryevich Pawlaw (Belarusian: Аляксандр Валер'евіч Паўлаў; Russian: Александр Валерьевич Павлов; born 18 August 1984) is a Belarusian professional football coach and former player.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of Match played 8 November 2015
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 2002 | Belarusian Premier League | 7 | 0 | | | – | – | – | – | 7 | 0 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 2003 | Belarusian Premier League | 28 | 0 | | | – | – | – | – | 28 | 0 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 2004 | Belarusian Premier League | 16 | 1 | | | – | – | – | – | 16 | 1 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 2005 | Belarusian Premier League | 23 | 10 | | | – | – | – | – | 23 | 10 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 2006 | Belarusian Premier League | 24 | 3 | | | – | – | – | – | 24 | 3 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 2007 | Belarusian Premier League | 25 | 2 | | | – | – | – | – | 25 | 2 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 2008 | Belarusian Premier League | 26 | 5 | | | – | – | – | – | 26 | 5 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | Total | Total | 149 | 21 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 21 |
| BATE Borisov | 2009 | Belarusian Premier League | 25 | 4 | | | 10 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 15 |
| BATE Borisov | 2010 | Belarusian Premier League | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 9 |
| BATE Borisov | 2011 | Belarusian Premier League | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 9 |
| BATE Borisov | 2012 | Belarusian Premier League | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 9 |
| BATE Borisov | 2013 | Belarusian Premier League | 28 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 9 |
| BATE Borisov | 2014 | Belarusian Premier League | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 9 |
| BATE Borisov | Total | Total | 149 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 203 | 28 |
| Okzhetpes | 2015 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 30 | 2 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 326 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 382 | 51 |

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Belarus | 2008 | 7 | 0 |
| Belarus | 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| Belarus | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| Belarus | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| Belarus | 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| Belarus | 2013 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 13 | 0 |

## Honours
### BATE Borisov

* Belarusian Premier League (6): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
* Belarusian Cup (1): 2009–10
* Belarusian Super Cup (4): 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
# Alex McDonald (Wisconsin politician)

Alexander McDonald (June 28, 1866 – April 20, 1936) was an American politician and businessman.
Born in the town of Manchester, Green Lake County, Wisconsin, McDonald received his bachelor's degree from Valparaiso University in 1889. He was a farmer, real estate developer, bank director, and in the canning industry. McDonald was the town clerk and the supervisor of assessment for Green Lake County. He lived in Markesan, Wisconsin. McDonald served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1932 to 1934 and was a Democrat. McDonald died of a heart ailment at his home in Markesan, Wisconsin.
# Annie Karni

Annie Karni (born October 18, 1983) is an American journalist who is a White House correspondent for The New York Times. She is a contributor on MSNBC.

## Education

Karni attended the Park School of Baltimore before receiving a B.A. in English from Haverford College in 2004.

## Career

Karni began her career as a reporter at The New York Sun in 2005 where she stayed until she moved to The New York Post in 2008. Karni spent a year writing for Crain's before she was appointed political reporter for the New York Daily News. In total, at the New York tabloids, she spent a decade covering the City Hall and local news.
She first entered the national sphere when she joined Politico as a politics reporter in 2015. Karni joined The New York Times as a White House correspondent in 2018 after the departure of Julie Hirschfeld Davis, who had changed beat to report on Congress. Karni often embeds a feminist perspective in her reporting. She has appeared on PBS' Washington Week as a political analyst.

## Personal life

Karni was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Barbara S. Karni and Edi Karni. Her father is an Israeli-born economist and decision theorist.
Karni married Ted Mann, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, in 2015.
# Nikos Vlachakos

Nikos Vlachakos (Greek: Νίκος Βλαχάκος) is a Greek politician from New Democracy. He was elected to the Hellenic Parliament from Piraeus A in the June 2023 Greek legislative election.
# William G. Clark Jr.

William Groves Clark, Jr. (1912–1990) was an American jurist and politician who served as an associate justice of Gloucester District Court and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

## Early life

Clark was born on May 6, 1912, in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He graduated from Worcester Academy in 1931, Duke University in 1935, and the Boston University School of Law in 1938.

## Political career

Clark served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1941 to 1942. During World War II, he worked in counter espionage for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. After the war, he was once again elected to the House of Representatives, where he served from 1947 to 1949.

## Legal career

Clark began practicing law in Gloucester in 1938. In 1972 he was appointed to the Gloucester District Court by Governor Francis W. Sargent. He remained on the bench until his retirement in 1982.

## Death

Clark died on November 14, 1990, at Massachusetts General Hospital.
# Chatrud

Chatrud (Persian: چترود) is a city in, and the capital of, Chatrud District of Kerman County, Kerman province, Iran.

## Demographics
### Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,660 in 1,378 households. The following census in 2011 counted 5,344 people in 1,450 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,860 people in 1,730 households.
# James C. Taylor

James C. Taylor (February 8, 1930 – March 18, 1999) was an American politician. He served in the Illinois House of representatives and then the Illinois Senate.
Taylor was born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas, and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. Taylor was an African-American. He went to University of Illinois and Monticello College. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Taylor worked in the Chicago Department of Sanitation and was a supervisor for the Stevenson Expressway.
Taylor served in the Illinois Senate from 1981 to 1983. He also served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1969 to 1981 and from 1983 to 1985 and was a Democrat. Taylor died from a heart attack at the Ingalls Hospital in Harvey, Illinois.
# Diving at the 2001 Summer Universiade

The Diving competition in the 2001 Summer Universiade were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

## Medal overview
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 metre Springboard | Wang Tianling (CHN) | Wang Feng (CHN) | Imre Lengyel (HUN) |
| 3 metre Springboard | Wang Tianling (CHN) | Fernando Platas (MEX) | Ken Terauchi (JPN) |
| 10 metre Platform | Tian Liang (CHN) | José Antonio Guerra (CUB) | Roman Volod'kov (UKR) |
| Synchronized Springboard | Peng Bo & Wang Kenan (CHN) | Joel Rodríguez & Fernando Platas (MEX) | Stephan Arehns & Tobias Schellenberg (GER) |
| Synchronized Platform | Tian Liang & Hu Jia (CHN) | Pak Yong-Ryong & Choe Hyong-Gil (PRK) | Erick Fornaris & José Antonio Guerra (CUB) |
| Team Trophy | China (CHN) | Mexico (MEX) | United States (USA) |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 metre Springboard | Guo Jingjing (CHN) | Li Rongjuan (CHN) | Natalya Umyskova (RUS) |
| 3 metre Springboard | Guo Jingjing (CHN) | Li Rongjuan (CHN) | Natalya Umyskova (RUS) |
| 10 metre Platform | Wang Rui (CHN) | Cai Yuyan (CHN) | Ri Ok-Rim (PRK) |
| Synchronized Springboard | Yang Lan & Li Rongjuan (CHN) | Ganna Sorokina & Olena Zhupina (UKR)  Ditte Kotzian & Conny Schmalfuss (GER) |
| Synchronized Platform | Guo Jingjing & Cai Yuyan (CHN) | Dolores Sáez de Ibarra & Leire Santos (ESP) | Takiri Miziyaki & Emi Otsuki (JPN) |
| Team Trophy | China (CHN) | Ukraine (UKR) | North Korea (PRK) |

## Medal table

* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China* | 12 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Mexico | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | North Korea | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 12 | 13 | 11 | 36 |
# Lemuel Jenkins

Lemuel Jenkins (October 20, 1789 – August 18, 1862) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

## Life

Jenkins was born in Bloomingburgh, then Ulster County, now Sullivan County, New York, the posthumous son of Lemuel Jenkins (1740–1789), originally of Edgartown, Massachusetts, and his third wife Mary (Dunham) Jenkins (1759–1809). He was admitted to the bar in October 1815, and practiced in Bloomingburgh. He was District Attorney of Sullivan County from 1818 to 1819. On May 13, 1819, he married Gertrude Pearson Huyck, and their children were Leonine Jenkins (1820–1849), Mary Elizabeth (Jenkins) McGill (born 1821) and Charles Edward Jenkins (born 1822).
Jenkins was elected as a Crawford Democratic-Republican to the 18th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1825. Afterwards he removed to Albany, and resumed the practice of law there. On September 17, 1832, he married his second wife Elizabeth Tracy Kidd.
He died in Albany, New York, and was buried at Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New York.
His son Charles E. Jenkins removed to Milwaukee in 1848, was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1850 and 1851, and Judge of the Milwaukee County Court from 1854 to 1856.
# Battle of Andros (246 BC)

The Battle of Andros was an obscure naval battle during the Third Syrian War. Despite its numerical superiority, the Egyptian fleet, probably commanded by Sophron of Ephesus, lost to a Macedonian fleet led by Antigonus II Gonatas. The Egyptian captain Ptolemy Andromachou, an illegitimate half-brother of the Pharaoh, lost his ship and crew, barely escaping to Ephesus.
The date of the battle is uncertain, but generally the year 246/245 BC is accepted. Following the battle, the Egyptian king Ptolemy III Euergetes lost the dominion of the Nesiotic League to Antigonus Gonatas.
# Niels P. Larsen

Niels P. Larsen was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

## Biography

A Danish emigrant, Larsen was born on June 4, 1853. He moved with his parents to New Denmark, Wisconsin in 1861. In 1918, he moved to Denmark, Wisconsin.

## Career

Larsen was elected to the Assembly in 1918. He was a Republican.
# Chronidae

Chronidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea within the superorder Eupulmonata.

## Distribution

Distribution of Chronidae include eastern-Palearctic, Ethiopian, Madagascar, India, south-eastern Asia, Australian and Polynesian eco-regions.

## Genera

Genera within the family Chronidae include:
* Antinous Robson, 1914
* Atrichoconcha Bartsch, 1942
* Bekkochlamys Habe, 1958
* Ceratochlamys Habe, 1946
* Chronos Robson, 1914 - type * of the family Chronidae
* Danjochlamys Y. Azuma & M. Azuma, 1993
* Exrhysota H. B. Baker, 1941
* Gastrodontella Möllendorff, 1901
* Glyptobensonia Möllendorff, 1894
* Hemiglypta Möllendorff, 1893
* Hemiglyptopsis Thiele, 1931
* Hemitrichiella Zilch, 1956
* Japanochlamys Habe, 1946
* Kaliella W. T. Blanford, 1863
* Lamarckiella Möllendorff, 1898
* Lepidotrichia Bartsch, 1942
* Macroceras C. Semper, 1870
* Nesokaliella Gerlach, 1998 - endemic to the Seychelles
* Nipponochlamys Habe, 1945
* Otesiopsis Habe, 1946
* Parakaliella Habe, 1946
* Pararyssota Bartsch, 1938
* Platymma Tomlin, 1938
* Ponapea H. B. Baker, 1941
* Pseudhelicarion Möllendorff, 1894
* Pseudokaliella Godwin-Austen, 1910
* Ryssota Albers, 1850
* Striokaliella Thiele, 1931
* Takemasaia Azuma & Minato, 1976
* Trichobensonia Möllendorff, 1902
* Trochochlamys Habe, 1946
* Trukrhysa H. B. Baker, 1941
* Vitrinoidea C. Semper, 1873
* Vitrinopsis C. Semper, 1873
* Yamatochlamys Habe, 1945

### Synonyms

* Hemitrichia Möllendorff, 1888: synonym of Hemitrichiella Zilch, 1956 (Invalid: Junior homonym of Hemitrichia Rostafinski, 1873 [Myxomycetes]; Hemitrichiella is a replacement name)
* Rhysota Martens, 1860: synonym of Ryssota Albers, 1850 (unjustified emendation of the original name)
* Rhyssota auct.: synonym of Ryssota Albers, 1850 (invalid: unjustified emendation of the original name)

## Cladogram

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family with the other families within the limacoid clade:
# St. John's Missionary Baptist Church

St. John's Missionary Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church at 1130 Walt Bellamy Drive in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, United States. It was built in 1926, and is a rectangular brick church building on a raised basement in the Classical Revival style. It features a three-stage central entrance tower. It is believed to be the oldest black Baptist congregation in New Bern.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
# Joseph M. Connolly

Joseph M. Connolly (1924–2007) was an American police detective and politician who represented the 5th Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991.
# Bielawski

Bielawski (Polish pronunciation:; feminine: Bielawska; plural: Bielawscy) is the surname of a Polish noble family originating from Bielawa, Masovian Voivodeship. The family bore the Jelita coat of arms. The same family confirmed nobility in the Russian Empire in Vilnius (Wilno), where it used the Jastrzębiec coat of arms. In Russia this surname is transliterated as Belyavsky (Russian: Белявский, masculine) or Belyavskaya (feminine).
| Language | Masculine | Feminine |
| Polish | Bielawski | Bielawska |
| Belarusian (Romanization) | Бяляўскі (Bialiaŭski) | Бяляўская (Bialiaŭskaja) |
| Russian (Romanization) | Белявский (Belyavsky, Belyavskiy, Beliavsky, Beliavskiy) | Белявская (Belyavskaya, Beliavskaia) |
| Ukrainian (Romanization) | Бєлявський (Byelyavskyy, Bieliavskyi) | Бєлявська (Byelyavska, Bieliavska) |

## People

* Albert M. Bielawski (1867–1942), American politician
* Aleksandr Belyavsky (disambiguation) – several people
* Christopher Bielawski (born 1973), researcher in synthesis and polymer chemistry
* David Belyavskiy (born 1992), Russian artistic gymnast
* Edmund Bielawski, Polish-Brazilian explorer
* Józef Bielawski (1910–1997), Polish Arabist
* Karolina Bielawska (born 1999), Polish model, television personality, social activist, Miss World 2021
* Maciej Zaremba Bielawski (born 1951), Polish-Swedish journalist and author
* Sergey Belyavsky (1883–1953), Russian astronomer

## Other

* Mount Bielawski in California
# Jack E. Walker

Jack E. Walker (July 15, 1910 – September 21, 1979) was a lawyer and an American Republican politician.
Born in Dahinda, Illinois, he went to University of Illinois, received his bachelor's degree from Knox College, and his law degree from John Marshall Law School. Walker practiced law in Lansing, Illinois and was a Republican. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1957 to 1965 and from 1967 to 1971. He was Speaker of the House in 1969. From 1971 until 1975, Walker then served in the Illinois State Senate until his defeat in 1974.
In 1976, Walker was convicted of bribery in federal court involving a scheme involving the ready-mix concrete business. He went to prison, but was paroled because of his health. Walker died at St, Margaret's Hospital in Hammond, Indiana.
# Garnes

Garnes may refer to the following locations in Norway:
* Garnes, Ulstein in Ulstein Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county
* Garnes, Hordaland in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county
* Garnes, Trøndelag in Verdal Municipality in Trøndelag county

## Elsewhere

* Garnes Township, Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States
# Kadanthodu

Kadanthodu ( ka-den-thode ) (also "Kadanthottu")is the surname used by members of the Kadanthodu Family who originate from the town of Changanacherry in the State of Kerala in India. It is a name written in Malayalam, the official language of the State of Kerala. (The version shown here is its anglicized form.)

## Origins

The Kadanthodu family traces its roots to the ancient Kulathackal Family of the Raman Namboodiris (Brahmins) of Maramon Town in Kerala, India, who had embraced Christianity in AD 1325. (?) These Namboodiri-Christians came to be known as the Ramachans of Maramon and Aranmoolla.
According to folklore, the name "Ramachan" is derived from the honorific granted to one Mr. Raman Namboodiri by the native Hindu ruler who was also the patron and benefactor of the Temple. The ruler had been unhappy for some time because the financial affairs and journals of the temple had not been kept up to date, and the accounts were seriously in arrears. The ruler assigned the accounting burden to Raman Namboodiri, who, working diligently over a single night, managed to reconcile all of the temple's accounts and bring the books current. Pleased at this remarkable feat, and at the speed with which Raman managed to complete his assignment, the ruler honored Raman by granting him the title "Ramachan," meaning the "One who is better than or superior to even the Night." ("Ra" is from "Ratri" in Sanskrit meaning "Night." Many of his descendants continue to carry the name Ramachan as their surname even today).
The accounting feat demonstrated by Ramachan did not sit well with his fellow Brahmins of the temple who had personally benefited by manipulating those accounts. Ramachan became persona non grata in his own town; life became difficult for him and his family. At this time, Ramachan came to befriend a neighbor, Malliyekal Tharakan, who was a Christian.

## Christianity in Kerala

Christianity has existed in India for nearly two thousand years. It is believed that the Apostle Saint Thomas himself arrived in Kerala in AD 52 via trade routes from Arabia. He preached the gospel there, founded seven churches, and evangelized many natives to Christianity. He is said to have been martyred in India in AD 72.)
Ramachan became interested in studying Christian philosophy. A moment of epiphany guided Ramachan later to go with his neighbor to the Church at Nirannam (one of the seven churches of Saint Thomas), where he was baptized and became a Christian in AD 1325 (?)

## Kadanthodu in Modern Times

Over time, some members of his family migrated to the town of Changanacherry and its surrounding areas in Kerala and founded the great Kadanthodu Family. Part of this family is now residing in Allepey, Kanjirapally areas and rest in Changanacherry. The family is scattered throughout the world.