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{{Short description|Indian politician (1911-1973)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|image = K.Appavupillai.jpg
|caption =
|name = K. Appavu Pillai
|office1 = [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Member Of Legislative Assembly]] [[Hosur (state assembly constituency)|(Hosur)]]
|term_start1 = 1957
|term_end1 = 1962
|predecessor1 = [[R. Muni Reddy]]
|successor1 = [[N. Ramachandra Reddy]]
|
|office2 = President of Hosur Panchayat
|term_start2 = 1943
|term_end2 = 1973 (30 Years)
|
|office3 = President of Co Operative Housing Society
|term_start3 = 1948
|term_end3 = 1973
|
|office4 = Managing Director of Salem Central Co-operative bank
|term_start4 =
|term_end4 =
|
|office5 = Director of Dharmapuri Central Co-operative bank
|term_start5 =
|term_end5 =
|
|birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1911|04|15|}}
|birth_place = [[Hosur]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|1973|10|01|1911|04|15|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Hosur]], India
|resting_place =
|residence = 6-45 Pudupettai, [[Hosur]], [[Salem district|Salem Dt]].
|party = [[Indian National Congress]]
|parents = Kulandaivelu Pillai (Father) <br /> Dheivanaiyammal (Mother)
|spouse = Ponnammal Appavu Pillai
|children = • [[K. A. Manoharan]] <br /> • K. A. Jothiprakash
|relations = [[Sivakumar]] (Grandson, [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]) <br /> [[D. Jothi Jegarajan]] (Nephew) <br /> [[R. Sivagnanam Pillai]] (Former District Revenue Officer - Tanjore)
|website = '''www.kappavupillai.in'''
|signature = K. Appavu Pillai Signature.png

|}}

'''K. Appavu Pillai''' (born 15 April 1911) is an Indian politician and former [[Member of the State Legislature (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review_2-1957-62 |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/2nd_1957/Review_2-1957-62.pdf |access-date= |website=www.assembly.tn.gov.in}}</ref> of '''[[Hosur]]'''. K. Appavu Pillai, popularly known as '''K.A.P''', was an idealist and farsighted visionary in erstwhile [[Salem District]] and in Hosur town particularly. K. Appavu Pillai was elected as a Panchayat President, Hosur during the British regime (1943) for 30 long years till he breath his last on 1 October 1973. He won the 1957 State Assembly Election for [[Hosur (state assembly constituency)|Hosur Constituency]] and was instrumental in establishing [[State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu|SIPCOT]] in [[Hosur]].

Born at Hosur in a middle-class family got educated in the District Board High School, Hosur. He rose to the position of a legislator, Managing Director Salem Central Co-op bank and Director - Dharmapuri central Co-op Bank.<ref>{{Cite web |title=whoiswho_1957 |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/2nd_1957/whoiswho_1957.pdf |website=www.assembly.tn.gov.in}}</ref>

== Early life ==

K. Appavu pillai is a Father of [[K. A. Manoharan]].

== Elections contested ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Election
!Party
!Constituency
!Result
!opposition candidate
!opposition party
|-
|1952
|Tamil Nadu Assembly General Election
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[Hosur]]
|{{lost}}
|[[R. Muni Reddy]]
|{{center |[[Independent politician|IND]]}}
|-
|1957
|Tamil Nadu Assembly General Election
|[[Independent politician|IND]]
|[[Hosur]]
|{{won}}
|[[N. Ramachandra Reddy]]
|{{center |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]}}
|-
|1967
|Tamil Nadu Assembly General Election
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[Hosur]]
|{{lost}}
|[[B. Venkataswamy]]
|[[Swatantra Party]]
|}

== Hosur Bus Stand named after K. Appavu Pillai ==

In 1980s the hosur bus stand was named after K. Appavu Pillai, on the remembrance of his service towards Hosur town panchayat for more than 30 years. In 2007 the new integrated bus terminus was again named after him and inaugurated by M. K. Stalin on 18 July 2010.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/10/stories/2010071054840300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714165025/http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/10/stories/2010071054840300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 July 2010 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=New bus stand in Hosur to be named after Appavu Pillai | date=10 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/stalin-to-commission-new-bus-stand-in-hosur-today/article520797.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Stalin to commission new bus stand in Hosur today | date=17 July 2010}}</ref>
[[File:K. Appavu Pillai bus stand.jpg|thumb|'''Hosur Bus Stand''' named after '''K.Appavu Pillai''']]

== Hosur Appavu Nagar ==
Appavu Nagar is a Locality in Hosur town named after K. Appavu Pillai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pincodes.info/in/Tamil-Nadu/Krishnagiri/Kamandoddi/APPAVU-NAGAR-HOSUR/|title=Pincode of APPAVU NAGAR HOSUR, Tamil Nadu}}</ref>
[[File:K.Appavupillai Statue.jpg|thumb|K.A.P Statue at Hosur Municipality Office inaugurated by Former Tamil Nadu Congress Leader Thiru. Ramachandran.]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://www.electionsinindia.com/tamilnadu/hosur-assembly-vidhan-sabha-constituency-elections 1967 Election Result] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401133231/https://www.electionsinindia.com/tamilnadu/hosur-assembly-vidhan-sabha-constituency-elections |date=1 April 2019 }}

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[[Category:History of the Indian National Congress]]
[[Category:Madras MLAs 1957–1962]]
[[Category:1911 births]]
[[Category:1973 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Krishnagiri district]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Independent politicians in India]]

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