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{{Infobox scientist<br />
| name = Kolappa Kanakasabhapathi Pillay<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1905|04|03}}<br />
| image = |<br />
| birth_place = [[Allur, Tiruchirappalli district|Alloor]], [[Southern Division (Travancore)|Southern Division]], [[Travancore]]<br />
| spouse = <br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1981|09|26|1905|04|03}}<br />
| death_place = [[Madras]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Historian, [[Academician]], professor, author<br />
| influences = [[K. A. Nilakanta Sastri]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Kolappa Kanakasabhapathy Pillay''' (3 April 1905 – 26 September 1981) was an Indian historian who headed the Department of Indian history at the [[University of Madras]] from 1954 to 1966.<ref name="unom">{{cite web|title=School of Historical Studies|url=http://www.unom.ac.in/index.php?route=schools/historicalstudies}}</ref> He also served as a President of the [[Indian History Congress]] and as the founder-President of the [[South Indian History Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|title=South Indian History Congress website|url=http://www.southindianhistorycongress.org/}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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Pillay was born on 3 April 1905 to Kolappa Pillay and Parvathi, a Tamil-speaking couple in the village of [[Allur, Tiruchirappalli district|Aloor]] in the [[Kalkulam|Kalkulam taluk]] in the [[Southern Division (Travancore)|Southern division]] of [[Travancore]] state (presently in [[Kanyakumari district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]). He was educated at the English High School at [[Kottar]] and the [[Scott Christian College]] in [[Nagercoil]]. After graduating, Pillay worked as a lecturer in [[Government College, Kumbakonam]]. Later, he joined the faculty of the [[Presidency College, Madras]] as Professor before moving to the [[University of Madras]].<br />
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In 1948, Pillay obtained a doctorate from the [[University of Oxford]] for his thesis on "Local Self-Government in Madras Presidency, 1850-1919". He also won a D. Litt. in 1953 for his paper "The Suchindram Temple". Pillay headed the Department of Indian History and Archaeology at the University of Madras from 1954 to 1959 and the Department of Indian History from 1959 to 1966. In 1966, Pillay was made head of the newly created Department of Social Sciencies and Area Studies, a position he held till 1971. In 1972, Pillay succeeded [[K. A. Nilakanta Sastri]] as the Director of [[UNESCO]]'s Institute of Traditional Cultures of South East Asia. Under his stewardship, the institute conducted two conferences one in 1977 and 1978. Pillay died on 26 September 1981 at the age of 76.<br />
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== Works ==<br />
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* {{cite book|title=Local Self-Government in Madras Presidency, 1850-1919|first=K. K.|last=Pillay|year=1948|publisher=University of Oxford}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=The Suchindram Temple|year=1953|first=K. K.|last=Pillay|publisher=Kalakshetra Publications}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=History of higher education in South India 1857-1957|first=K. K.|last=Pillay|year=1957|publisher=University of Madras}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Prof P. Sundaram Pillai Commemoration Volume|year=1957|first=K. K.|last=Pillay}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=South India and Ceylon|year=1963|publisher=University of Madras|first=K. K.|last=Pillay}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=History of the Tamil press|year=1967|first=K. K.|last=Pillay}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=A social history of the Tamils|year=1969|publisher=University of Madras|first=K. K.|last=Pillay}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=The caste system in Tamil Nadu|year=1973|publisher=MJP Publishers|first=K. K.|last=Pillay}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=The early history of Nanjil Nadu|year=1975|publisher=University of Madras|first=K. K.|last=Pillay}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=History of Tamil Nadu: Her people and culture|year=1977|publisher=Tamil Nadu Textbook Society|first=K. K.|last=Pillay}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Historical heritage of the Tamils|year=1979|publisher=MJP Publishers|first=K. K.|last=Pillay}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Studies in Indian history: with special reference to Tamil Nadu|year=1979|publisher=K. K. Pillay|first=K. K.|last=Pillay}}<br />
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