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Diwan Bahadur '''Pattu Kesava Pillai''' (8 October 1860 &ndash; 28 March 1933) was an Indian journalist, politician and activist of the Indian Independence movement.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Pattu Kesava Pillai was born in a [[Vellalar]] family of Pattu in [[North Arcot]] district on 8 October 1860. He studied in [[Madras]] and began his career as a journalist for ''[[The Hindu]]''. In 1883, at the age of 22, Kesava Pillai was appointed ''The Hindu'''s correspondent for [[Gooty]]. From then on, Kesava Pillai became known as "Gooty Kesava Pillai".<br />
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== Public life ==<br />
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Kesava Pillai was elected to Gooty municipality and served as a member of the municipality. He was also eventually elected to the [[Madras Legislative Council]] as representing Municipalities.<br />
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== Politics ==<br />
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Kesava Pillai was interested in politics from an early stage in his life. He participated in the first session of the [[Indian National Congress]] held at Bombay on 28 December 1885 representing the town of Gooty. At a later stage, he adopted more reactionary methods and was jailed from time to time. He was staunchly opposed to the Justice Party and the Dravidian Movement.<br />
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== Madras Legislative Council ==<br />
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Kesava Pillai served in the Madras Legislative Council for quite a long time and is credited with having proposed a number of reforms. He was the principal architect of the Jail Commission and moved the Jail policy resolution which was passed by the government of the [[Raja of Panagal]]. He was also responsible for the creation of the Madras Forest Commission. Kesava Pillai was eventually elected Vice-President of the Madras Legislative Council and served in his capacity for some time.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{cite book|title=Some Madras Leaders|publisher=Bishamber Nath Bhargava|year=1922|place=Allahabad|pages=57–62}}<br />
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== Biographies ==<br />
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* {{cite book|title=Gooty Kesava Pillai - A Deenabandhu of South India|year=1978|author=Damodaram Pillai}}<br />
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