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Vengalil Krishna Kurup Krishna Menon (3 May 1896 – 6 October 1974) was an Indian academic, politician, and statesman. During his tenure, Menon led India's foreign relations as de facto foreign minister and foreign policy architect, and acted as Nehru's personal diplomat.
Pre-1947, Menon represented the India League and Indian independence movement in London, towards the end of the 1940s, he presided Indo-British matters and selected the last British Viceroy of India, Earl Mountbatten of Burma.Post-independence, in early Cold War he facilitated international diplomacy, resolutions in situations such as the Suez Crisis, Korean War, invasion of Hungary, Cyprus, Indochina, Taiwan, and the Chinese capture of American airmen, while supporting the anti-colonial ethos of what he would eventually name the Non-Aligned Movement. During his time, he served as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ambassador to the United Nations, Minister without portfolio, and Defense minister.
He wrote the first draft of the Preamble to the Constitution of India, created the Constituent Assembly of India, and worked with Nehru, Mountbatten, Sardar Patel, and V.P. Menon to work out the mechanics of Indian independence. Returning to India, he was elected to both houses of the Indian parliament from constituencies such as Mumbai, Bengal, and Trivandrum in his native state of Kerala.