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'''Govindan Paramaswaran Pillai''' was born in [[Alathoor]] in [[Kerala]], [[India]], in an aristocratic [[nair]] family. |
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After gaining a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] at the [[University of Madras]] he was admitted to the [[Middle Temple]] in [[London]] in 1898, where he was [[called to the bar]] in 1902. He later established the first English language newspaper in [[South India]]: the [[Madras Standard]]. |
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He attended college at the [[Maharaja's College]], Travancore. In 1913, he graduated in Law, following which he enrolled as a barrister in [[Trivandrum]]. He married Bhargavi Amma, the daughter of the Chief Justice of Travancore High Court, Raman Thampi Esq. and Kunjukutty Amma. Details of his Legislative experience are recorded in the Legislative records of the period, now maintained by the State of Kerala. It is reported that he was mainly responsible for the reforms in the [[Nair]] social customs through the Nair Regulation Act. He was considered an authority on constitutional matters and was deputed to India's Round Table Conference in London, as a constitutional expert in the delegation led by Mahatma Gandhi. He worked in close association with Sardar Patel, V. P. Menon and other leaders of the time during the transition to Independence of India and negotiated with the Federal Government on behalf of the Maharaja of Travancore (Instrument of Accession). In independent India, GP served as her first Trade Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand. He also served as a Director of the Reserve Bank of India and established the Co-operative Bank<ref>[http://www.gppillai.org/Earlyyears.htm"www.gppillai.org]</ref>. |
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== Participation in Indian Freedom Struggle == |
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By the end of 19th century, people of Kerala began to take interest in the affairs of the country as they felt a new hope of liberation, with the advent of the Indian National Congress in 1885. The earliest leader of the organisation from [[Kerala]] was G.P. Pillai, the well-known Editor of "[[Madras Standard]]" who had initiated agitations for civil rights in [[Travancore State]]. A forceful writer and orator, he had wide contacts in India and Great Britain and became General Secretary of the [[Indian National Congress]] twice. [[Gandhiji]] who was then emerging as a leader, had acknowledged the help and guidance given to him by G.P. Pillai in the South African Indian issue and also in the [[Temperance Movement]] His grandson is Raghu Pillai (Prohibition).<ref>http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr98/fe0798/PIBF0707981.html</ref> |
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* ''Middle Temple Admission Register'', vol 2 (London 1949) |
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* http://www.wikilivres.info/wiki/The_Story_of_My_Experiments_with_Truth/Part_II/Poona_and_Madras |
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Revision as of 15:17, 26 March 2011
Govindan Paramaswaran Pillai was born in Alathoor in Kerala, India, in an aristocratic nair family.
After gaining a B.A. at the University of Madras he was admitted to the Middle Temple in London in 1898, where he was called to the bar in 1902. He later established the first English language newspaper in South India: the Madras Standard.
Participation in Indian Freedom Struggle
By the end of 19th century, people of Kerala began to take interest in the affairs of the country as they felt a new hope of liberation, with the advent of the Indian National Congress in 1885. The earliest leader of the organisation from Kerala was G.P. Pillai, the well-known Editor of "Madras Standard" who had initiated agitations for civil rights in Travancore State. A forceful writer and orator, he had wide contacts in India and Great Britain and became General Secretary of the Indian National Congress twice. Gandhiji who was then emerging as a leader, had acknowledged the help and guidance given to him by G.P. Pillai in the South African Indian issue and also in the Temperance Movement His grandson is Raghu Pillai (Prohibition).[1]
References
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- Middle Temple Admission Register, vol 2 (London 1949)
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