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'''Changanassery Parameswaran Pillai''' (1877 – 30 June 1940) popularly '''Changanassery''', was a social reformer, lawyer, judge, attorney general and the former president of the [[Nair Service Society]]. He was elected four times to the [[Sree Moolam Popular Assembly]].<ref>{{cite book|author=K.R. Ushakumari|title=Changanassery Parameswaran Pillai and the Socio Political Evolution of Modern Travancore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V_uMZwEACAAJ|year= 2009}}</ref>

==Early life==
Pillai was born in [[Changanassery]], [[Kingdom of Travancore]]. His father was Vazhappilly Narayana Pillai from Vadakkekara Puthukutty house and his mother was Narayani Amma from Manakkat House.

His primary education was in [[Vazhappally]] and Changanassery. After completing BA, he took up the role as a lawyer after passing the [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]] He was one of the founders of the Kollam Bar Association.<ref>{{cite news|last=K. John|first=Binoo|title=The caste chequerboard|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-the-caste-chequerboard-2186521|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|accessdate=29 November 2017|date=8 March 2016}}</ref>

==Biography==
Pillai raised his voice for civil liberties and accountability of the Travancore legislative assembly and the government. He has been given an opportunity to work closely with [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. He was the Central Committee member of the Harijan Seva Sangham and Chairman of the [[Kerala]] branch. As a result of his efforts he opened 82 Harijan offices in Kerala.

He played a leading role in the struggle against untouchability. He was accompanied by [[Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai]] in Savarna Jadha as part of [[Vaikom Satyagraha]].

===Nair Service Society===
Pillai was the second President of the [[Nair Service Society]] and he was one of the founders. He also served as the President of the Kerala Agricultural Farmers Association.

The Nair Regulation Act was passed in the Travancore Assembly and was one of his foremost accomplishments. He also served as the President of the Kerala Karshaka Sangh Committee.

===High Court Judge===
In 1926 he was appointed as the High Court judge of [[Travancore]]. After six years he resigned from the High Court, and again entered the public domain. That was the fourth time the Assembly elections have taken place. Later, the government canceled his pension for political reasons.

===President of the National Congress of Travancore Branch Committee===
In 1938, the branch of the [[Indian National Congress]] as part of Travancore, [[Thiruvananthapuram]] established. Pillai was selected as the first president and [[G. Ramachandran (social reformer)|G. Ramachandran]] as the first secretary. Soon before the [[All India Congress Committee]] of 1938, the Indian National Congress, which was presided over by Pattabhi Seetharamaiah at Travancore constituency, played an important role. The conference demanded the immediate task of establishing a responsible government in Cochin and Travancore. The three states, Malabar, [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin]], and Travancore agreed to organize the event as a sub federation.

In February 1938, the Haripura Conference of the Indian National Congress movement decided that the Indian National Congress committees in the country should not be actively involved in political movements in the country and encourage free political organizations to advance political agitations. Since the Indian National Congress took over the leadership of the eight [[British Raj|British Indian state governments]], the leadership of the Indian National Congress did not have to carry out the struggle for responsible governance in the [[princely state]]s.

In the context of Haripura AICC decision, in February 1938, the C.V. Narayana Pillai, an Advocate in Thiruvananthapuram and V. Kunhiraman presided over the decision to form an independent political party named the Travancore State Congress, [[Pattom A. Thanu Pillai]] as its president and P. Nataraj Pillai as the Secretary. The committee also constituted a temporary committee by selecting the state congress came into existence with a decision to initiate the agitation in Travancore.

==Legacy==
In his memorial, a library founded in his native city in [[Kollam district]], called '''[[Changanassery Smaraka Granthasala]]'''.

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