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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| name = P. S. Nataraja Pillai
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| caption = P. S. Nataraja Pillai in 1962 when he was elected as a Member of Parliament.
| image = P. S. Nataraja Pillai.gif
| birth_date = March 1891
| birth_place = [[Alappuzha]], [[Kerala]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|January 1966|March 1891}}<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/respect-former-min-nataraja-pillai-words-misrepresented-says-pinarayi-56829|title=Respect former min Nataraja Pillai, words misrepresented, says Pinarayi|website=thenewsminute.com|date=6 February 2017 }}</ref>
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| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency = [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]]
| term_start = 1962
| term_end = 1966
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| party = [[Indian National Congress]], [[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Indian Socialist]], [[Praja Socialist Party]]
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| spouse = Komalam
| children = 12
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'''P. S. Nataraja Pillai''' (March 1891 {{spaced ndash}} 1966)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/Demand-to-take-over-land/article17185208.ece|title=Demand to take over land|author=Staff Reporter|work=The Hindu |date=February 4, 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref name="auto3"/> was an Indian politician, [[freedom fighter]] and [[Member of Parliament]] during the [[3rd Lok Sabha]] elections held in 1962. He served as the [[Adviser]] to the [[Travancore]] government at [[Delhi]] in 1948 and finance minister of the [[Travancore-Cochin]] state from 1954 to 1955.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1596.htm|title=Members Bioprofile|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/left-vs-left-in-principal-row/cid/1518609|title=Left vs Left in principal row|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?client=ms-android-samsung&sxsrf=ACYBGNRlsMWW9cIZoAkhmydE6M7UrDd2Gw:1581075029831&um=1&ie=UTF-8&lr&q=related:NFYOdN2PizRtmM:scholar.google.com/|title=Google Scholar|website=scholar.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/manonmaniam-remembered-507069.html|title=Manonmaniam remembered|website=News18}}</ref>

==Life and background==
P. S. Nataraja Pillai was born in the [[Alappuzha district]] of [[Kerala]] in March 1891. He was originally elected as a Member of Parliament [[Independent politician|independently]] in 1962; later, he established his political associations with the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]], [[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Indian Socialist]] Party and the [[Praja Socialist Party]].<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/>

Before the [[Independence Day (India)|Independence]] of India, he was a member of the ''Travancore Constitution Reforms Committee'' in 1946. During his career, he was a member of the ''Travancore Manigam Karam Committee'' from 1952 to 1953, the ''Unemployment Committee'' in 1956, and the ''Reforms Committee (Kerala)'' from 1958 to 1959. Besides remaining a member in government-led committees, it was in 1960 when Pillai was appointed as the [[Chairperson|Chairman]] of the ''High Level Sales Tax Enquiry Committee'' for a period of one year.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto1"/>

In 1948, one year after independence, Pillai was elected as a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India|Constituent Assembly]] until 1950; later, he served in Travancore-Cochin's [[State Legislative Assembly (India)|Legislative Assembly]] from 1951 to 1957. In 1962, Pillai contested the parliamentary elections from the [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram constituency]] (also known as "Trivandrum") and was elected as a Member of Parliament.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto1"/>

==Personal life ==
Pillai was the son of an Indian scholar Manonmaniam P. Sundaram Pillai, known professionally as Professor [[Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai]], who was an [[educator]] in a college located in Kerala.<ref name="auto2"/> He was married to Komalam and he had seven daughters and three sons.
His son Sundaram Pillai (Jr.) was economics Professor at Sree Krishna College, Guruvayur.

==Controversies==
In 2017, the [[Chief Minister]] of Kerala [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] claimed to have made objectionable remarks about P. S. Nataraja Pillai. The Minister later acknowledged the remarks citing that he never meant to demean a particular person but only some [[Pillai (Kerala title)|Pillai families]]. Vijayan clarified the controversies citing that he didn't even remember Nataraja's name. The opposition party [[Indian National Congress]] demanded the resignation of the Kerala CM over his remarks which landed him in a wide controversy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/respect-nataraja-pillai-kerala-cm-pinarayi-some-pillai-remark.html|title=Under fire, Pinarayi makes amends for his 'Pillai' remarks|website=OnManorama}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2017/feb/06/cpi-slams-cm-pinarayi-vijayan-over-his-some-pillai-remark-on-ps-nataraja-pillai-1567593.html|title=CPI slams CM Pinarayi Vijayan over his 'some Pillai' remark on PS Nataraja Pillai|website=The New Indian Express|date=6 February 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/300117/kerala-law-academy-agitation-disputed-land-steeped-in-history.html|title=Kerala Law Academy agitation: Disputed land steeped in history|date=January 30, 2017|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>

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[[Category:1891 births]]
[[Category:1966 deaths]]
[[Category:India MPs 1962–1967]]
[[Category:People from Kerala]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists]]
[[Category:Politicians from Alappuzha district]]
[[Category:Praja Socialist Party politicians]]

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