The Cutchi Memon Association was established in 1948. The prospects of the Cutchi Memon community in Kochi at that time were bleak. In the absence of proper leadership and owing to lack of unity the comm-unity was in a doldrums, the Jamath had become dys-functional. The Community which was predominantly business – oriented had not been far–sighted enough to realize the importance of academic education for the younger generation, and so  the community was much backward. Very few boys completed school education while girls seldom saw the gates of schools; they were content with Madrassa education, terminat-ing at the tender age of six or seven. 

The condition of the poor was pitiable. One of the gravest problems confronting the underprivileged section of the community was the burial of the dead. Whenever death struck the house of a poor brother, he had to approach a number of his more privileged brethren to raise the amount required for a decent burial. He had also to struggle to gather the funeral materials within the usually inadequate amount so collected. With the objectives of overcoming these and several other problems and to raise the community from its long slumber and decay a band of youngsters under the leadership of Mr. Abdul Azeez Zackaria Sait formed the ‘Cutchi Memon Association’.

In the history of the Cutchi Memons in Cochin, many associations had been formed earlier but all of them became extinct in a short time owing to clash of opin-ion among members. But this Association has survived for decades. 

Since the formation of the Association the situation has changed. The Association stocks necessary funeral materials and as soon as information of a death arrives, the required materials are sent to the bereaved house and the burial ground. Whatever the member of family concerned can afford to pay is colle-cted, otherwise it is treated as a charitable expense of the Association.

The Cutchi Memon Association attaches great import-ance to education. It has given aid in the form of stipe-nds, scholarships, books, etc. to all deserving school and college going boys and girls. The number of doctors, engineers and other graduates who have come up with its help provide living testimony to the services rendered by the Association in the field of education. The beneficiaries, in turn, liberally and voluntarily contribute towards similar needs, once they start earning. 

The office of the Association is situated at the premi-ses of ‘Shadi Mahal’, Kappalandimukku, Kochi which is managed by the Association. The Cutchi Memon Asso-ciation has been instrumental in the  re-constitution of Cutchi Memon Jamat, formation of Memon Youth Forum and Muslim Ladies Association and the ‘Shadi Mahal’ is allotted free of rent for holding the meetings and functions of these associate organisations.