Edward Kutchat

{{short description|Indian tribal leader}}

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| birth_place = Car Nicobar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

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| awards = Padma Shri

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Edward Kutchat was an Indian tribal leader{{cite web | url=http://www.littleindia.com/odds-ends/10269-kingdom-for-a-jacket.html | title=Kingdom For a Jacket | publisher=Little India | date=16 October 2011 | access-date=September 1, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004202951/http://www.littleindia.com/odds-ends/10269-kingdom-for-a-jacket.html | archive-date=4 October 2015 | url-status=dead }} and the Chief of the Tribal Council of Car Nicobar island.{{cite web | url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news/books/when-nehru-got-land-in-exchange-for-his-jacket-113748.html | title=When Nehru got land in exchange for his jacket | publisher=Mathrubhumi | date=4 September 2011 | access-date=September 1, 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Through-Nicobars-History-Nicobar/dp/B008NZ26QK | title=A Journey Through Nicobars: A History of Nicobar Islands Pre and Post Tsunami (Nicobars, A History of Nicobar Islands Pre and Post Tsunami) | publisher=Zen publication | author=Dr. Tilak Ranjan Bera | year=2010 | pages=279 | isbn=9788190612142}} He was featured in the media for cooperating with the Indian Government by offering his land for the expansion of airfields in Car Nicobar island, in exchange for the jacket worn by Jawaharlal Nehru, on a visit to the island.{{cite web | url=http://www.andhrawishesh.com/375-wishesh-special/15579-nehru-got-land-for-his-jacket.html | title=Nehru got land for his jacket | publisher=Andhra Telangana Vishesh | date=5 September 2011 | access-date=September 1, 2015}} He was also reported to have assisted Nicobarese people in promoting their business.{{cite web | url=http://www.jadwet.com/history-of-jadwets.php | title=History of Jadwets | publisher=Jadwet Trading Company | date=2015 | access-date=September 1, 2015}} The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1989.{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=October 15, 2015 }}