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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|office = President [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]]<br />
|term_start = 1949<br />
|term_end = 1951<br />
|birth_date = 15 February 1898<br />
|birth_place =[[Prakkulam]], [[Travancore|Kingdom of Travancore]], [[British Raj|British India]] {{small|''(Now in Kerala, India)''}}<br />
|death_date = 16 April 1969 (aged 71)<br />
|death_place = [[Panmana]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]<br />
|party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai''' (1898-1969) was a social reformer, politician and freedom fighter from [[Kollam]] in erstwhile [[Travancore]]. He worked for upliftment of [[lower Caste]], spreading modern education and [[democratization]] of [[Travancore]].<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff Reporter|date=2010-02-15|title=Sanku Pillai always remained with progressive forces: Achuthanandan|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Sanku-Pillai-always-remained-with-progressive-forces-Achuthanandan/article16814878.ece|access-date=2021-05-09|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He was the president of [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]] from 1949-1951 and one of the leaders of [[Vimochana Samaram]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Devika|first=J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xyr6gXmva-gC&dq=+sanku+pillai&pg=PA127|title=Her-self: Early Writings on Gender by Malayalee Women, 1898-1938|date=2005|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-85604-74-9|language=en}}</ref> He was also the founder and first president of [[Panmana]] Ashramam made in commemoration of [[Chattampi Swamikal]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Chattambi Swamikal Mahasamadhi observance|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2011/apr/30/chattambi-swamikal-mahasamadhi-observance-249148.html|access-date=2021-05-09|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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== Life ==<br />
Sanku Pillai was born at [[Prakkulam]], [[Kollam]] in a landlord family named Thottuvayalil Bungalow on 15 February 1898 and after his childhood he moved to [[Panmana]]. He undertook various social reform activities like organizing inter-caste-dining and facilitating temple entry for back ward castes at two temples near Panmana even before the [[Temple Entry Proclamation]] of 1936.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Nov 11|first1=TNN /|last2=2018|last3=Ist|first3=07:01|title=CPM is hijacking renaissance struggles: Congress {{!}} Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/cpm-is-hijacking-renaissance-struggles-congress/articleshow/66573727.cms|access-date=2021-05-09|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> He was a disciple of [[Chattampi Swamikal]] and invited the saint to [[Panmana]] in his late years of life. After [[Chattampi Swamikal]] passed away, by 1938 Pillai established the Panmana Ashramam to propagate teachings of Swamikal.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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The relationship with [[Barrister]] A.K. Pillai brought Sanku Pillai into politics. He participated in struggles for responsible government in [[Travancore]]. In the end of 1940's he was in forefront of protests against [[Pattom Thanu Pillai]] by [[Indian National Congress]] members.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Varghese|first=Mary Theresa N.|date=1970|title=Kerala, 1947-1957 : a study of some significant factors leading to the Communist victory in 1957|url=https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/11244|language=en-AU|doi=10.25911/5d74e4b400de5}}</ref> In this period he rose up in ranks to the president of [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]]. Sanku Pillai was also part of the [[Vimochana Samaram]].<br />
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He was also the founder of [[Devaswom boards in Kerala|Devaswom board]] College, [[Sasthamkotta]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Feb 24|first1=TNN /|last2=2021|last3=Ist|first3=04:40|title=K S Anilkumar is new KU registrar {{!}} Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/k-s-anilkumar-is-new-ku-registrar/articleshow/81181246.cms|access-date=2021-05-09|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Popular art ==<br />
The [[autobiography]] of Sanku Pillai is ''Ente Kazhinjakaala Smaranakal.''<ref>{{Cite web|title='Make Sankupillai's autobiography a textbook'|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2009/feb/16/make-sankupillais-autobiography-a-textbook-26125.html|access-date=2021-05-09|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=P|first=Jinimon|title=Autobiographies as Source of History: A Study on the National Movement in Kerala|date=2007|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44147886|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=68|pages=772–779|jstor=44147886|issn=2249-1937}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[C. Kesavan]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Indian independence activists from Kerala]]<br />
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