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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{distinguish|G. P. Pillai}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=May 2017}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}<br /> {{Primary sources|article|date=December 2007}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;G. Parameswaran Pillai&#039;&#039;&#039; (1890–1963), also known as &quot;GP&quot;, was the Chief Secretary and Officiating &#039;&#039;[[Dewan]]&#039;&#039; of the erstwhile [[Travancore kingdom]] in pre-Independence India. He started his career as a [[lawyer]], and later became Judge of the Court of Travancore, before joining the administration. The [[Maharaja]] of [[Travancore]] eventually conferred on him the title of &#039;&#039;Rajyasevapraveena&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> His contributions to the State of Travancore and later to [[India]] are numerous. He was considered an authority on constitutional matters and was deputed to India&#039;s Round Table Conference in London in 1930, as a constitutional expert in the delegation led by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and Dewan Bahadur T. Raghaviah, the Adviser for Madras States. He served as Post-War Reconstruction Officer following several years of service as Chief Secretary. He negotiated with the Federal Government, working closely with [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel|Sardar Patel]] and [[V. P. Menon|V.P. Menon]], on behalf of Travancore to finalise the Instrument of Accession. After India won Independence, he served as independent India&#039;s first Trade Commissioner to [[Australasia|Australia and New Zealand]] (the Trade Commissioner position was later changed to that of the [[High Commissioner]]).<br /> <br /> He served as one of the first Directors on the Board of Governors of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] and founded the Co-operative Bank. His service on administrative reforms committee set up by the State Government is well recognized. He also served on educational committees set up by Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], working in close association with [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad]], Dr. [[Zakir Husain]], [[Rao Bahadur]] Krishnamachari, Honourable [[Rajkumari Amrit Kaur]] et al.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110712173539/http://www.gppillai.org/ GP Pillai]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Pillai, Rajyasevapraveena G. Parameswaran}}<br /> [[Category:1890 births]]<br /> [[Category:1963 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Diwans of Travancore]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian lawyers]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian judges]]<br /> [[Category:High commissioners of India to Australia]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-law-bio-stub}}<br /> {{Kerala-stub}}</div>

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