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	'''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.~~co.in~~/books?id=Xyr6gXmva-gC~~&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127~~&dq=~~kpcc~~+sanku+pillai&~~source~~=~~bl&ots=wzFOpruTzK&sig=ACfU3U0_gDASrmLSeEaf-PdCkY9fPA3bKA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiRvOGQvLzwAhV4xjgGHfkdDZUQ6AEwEnoECAMQAw#v=onepage&q=%20sanku%20pillai&f=false~~\|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>		'''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>

	== Life ==		== Life ==
	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\|~~last~~=Nov 11\|~~first~~=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" />		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" />

	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]].		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]].

	He was also the founder of [[Devaswom boards in Kerala\|Devaswom board]] College, [[Sasthamkotta]].<ref>{{Cite web\|~~last~~=Feb 24\|~~first~~=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>		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>

	== Popular art ==		== Popular art ==
	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~~\|date=2007~~\|title=~~AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AS SOURCE OF HISTORY~~: A ~~STUDY ON THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT IN KERALA~~\|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44147886\|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress\|volume=68\|pages=772–779\|issn=2249-1937}}</ref>		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>

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{{Infobox officeholder
|office = President [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]]
|term_start = 1949
|term_end = 1951
|birth_date = 15 February 1898
|birth_place =[[Prakkulam]], [[Travancore|Kingdom of Travancore]], [[British Raj|British India]] {{small|''(Now in Kerala, India)''}}
|death_date = 16 April 1969 (aged 71)
|death_place = [[Panmana]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
|party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}
'''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.co.in/books?id=Xyr6gXmva-gC&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=kpcc+sanku+pillai&source=bl&ots=wzFOpruTzK&sig=ACfU3U0_gDASrmLSeEaf-PdCkY9fPA3bKA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiRvOGQvLzwAhV4xjgGHfkdDZUQ6AEwEnoECAMQAw#v=onepage&q=%20sanku%20pillai&f=false|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>

== Life ==
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|last=Nov 11|first=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" />

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]].

He was also the founder of [[Devaswom boards in Kerala|Devaswom board]] College, [[Sasthamkotta]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Feb 24|first=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>

== Popular art ==
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|date=2007|title=AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AS SOURCE OF HISTORY: A STUDY ON THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT IN KERALA|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44147886|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=68|pages=772–779|issn=2249-1937}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[C. Kesavan]]

== References ==
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[[Category:1969 deaths]]
[[Category:Politicians from Kollam]]
[[Category:People from Kollam]]
[[Category:People of the Kingdom of Travancore]]
[[Category:Malayali people]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Kerala]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala]]
[[Category:Malayali politicians]]
[[Category:1898 births]]