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{{short description|Chief minister of Travancore-Cochin}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Paravoor T. K. Narayana Pillai
| image =
| office = 1st [[Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin]]
| governor = [[Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]]
| term_start = 1 July 1949
| term_end = 1 March 1951
| predecessor = ''Office Established'' <br /> {{small|''(Himself as Prime Minister of Travancore)''}}
| successor = [[C. Kesavan]]
| office1 = 2nd [[Prime Minister of Travancore]]
| monarch1 = Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma
| term_start1 = 22 October 1948
| term_end1 = 1 July 1949
| predecessor1 = [[Pattom Thanu Pillai]]
| successor1 = ''Office Abolished'' <br />{{small|''(Himself as Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin)''}}
| birth_date = 25 March 1890
| birth_place = [[North Paravoor|North Paroor]], [[Travancore]]<br />{{small|''(Now in [[Kerala]], India)''}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|6|23|1890|3|25|df=y}}
| death_place =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| alma_mater = [[Union Christian College, Aluva]]
| spouse =
| relatives = [[Sujatha Mohan]], [[Radhika Thilak]] {{small|(Granddaughters)}}<br />[[Shweta Mohan]] {{small|(Great-Granddaughter)}}
}}

'''Paravoor Thazhathuveettil Krishnan Kartha Narayana Pillai''' (25 March 1890 – 23 June 1971) was an Indian [[freedom fighter]] during the [[British Raj]] in India and was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) which fought against the British rule in [[India]]. He was the last [[Prime Minister of Travancore]] and the first [[Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin]] at the time of its formation in 1949. He was commonly known as Parur TK.

== Early life ==
Paravoor TK was born in [[North Paravoor|North Paroor]], [[Travancore]], [[British India]], as the son of Thazhathuveettil Madhavi Amma and Cheranalloor Krishnan Kartha. He was educated at the [[Union Christian College, Aluva|Union Christian College]] in [[Alwaye]], and earned his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1911.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}

== Political career ==

=== Early career ===
In 1924, Paravoor TK became the [[thaluk]] president of the Indian National Congress (INC), North Parur unit. He went on to become the Travancore-Cochin secretary of the INC in 1932, and its president in 1938. He was a founding member of the [[Travancore State Congress]]. In 1939, Paravoor TK was arrested along with several other leaders for their allegations against the [[Diwan of Travancore]] [[C. P. Ramaswami Iyer]], and was held until they withdrew the allegations.<ref name="Straits1939">{{cite news|title=Is it Peace or Truce in Travancore? State Withdraws Prosecution Against Memorialists|date=1939-01-14|newspaper=[[The Straits Times]]|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19390114-1.2.119.aspx|accessdate=2015-05-17}}</ref> In 1948, Paravoor TK became the president of the [[Aikya Thiruvithamcore-Cochin Grandhasala Sanghom]], a group that promoted public libraries in Travancore and [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin]].<ref name="APaslithil2006">{{cite book|last=A.|first=Paslithil|work=Public Library Movement: Kerala|date=2006|publisher=[[Gyan Publishing House]]|isbn=9788178355795|title=United Travancore-Cochin Library Association}}</ref>{{rp|103}}

=== As Premier ===
On 22 October 1948, Parur TK became the second and last [[Prime Minister of Travancore]].<ref name="SNSadasivan2005">{{cite book|work=Political and Administrative Integration of Princely States|publisher=[[Mittal Publications]]|date=2005|title=Territorial Integration|page=66|isbn=9788170999683|last=S.N.|first=Sadasivan}}</ref> His government took large-scale measures to suppress the communist movement that was gaining strength in the state and organising riots against feudal lords.<ref>{{cite thesis|title=History of the LeftIintervention in the Cultural Scenario of Kerala|publisher=[[University of Kerala]]|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/12726/12/12_chpater%205.pdf|page=25|chapter=5|last=S.P.|first=John|date=2012|accessdate=2015-05-17|archivedate=2015-05-17|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517004916/http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/12726/12/12_chpater%205.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The next year, he became the first [[Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin]], after the new state was created by merging the princely states of [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin]] and Travancore. His successes in the state of Travancore-Cochin is attributed to a lot of men who were his staunch supporters, among them his personal secretary, the famous freedom fighter from [[Karikkakom]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Karikkakom S. Narayana Pillai]]. He was unanimously elected the leader of the Congress [[Legislative Party|Legislature Party]] and he assumed charge as the Chief Minister from 1 July 1949.

In 1951, [[Annie Mascarene]], the former Minister for Health and Power who had resigned in January 1950, accused Minister for Public Works [[E. John Philipose]] of corruption. Parur TK stood by Philipose, but [[Panampilly Govinda Menon]], education minister, insisted that Philipose resign. In this circumstance, Parur TK forwarded the resignation of the entire cabinet to Rajpramukh [[Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]] on 24 February 1951.<ref name="APaslithil2006"/>{{rp|104}} Philipose later filed a defamation suit against Mascarene at the high court; this was transferred to [[Madras High Court]] at Mascarene's request, where Philipose was cleared of scandal and Mascarene was found guilty and ordered to pay compensation to Philipose.<ref name="KK1995">{{cite thesis|page=171|title=The Relevance of Gandhism in the Post-independence Politics in Kerala|last=K.K.|first=Jose|date=1995|publisher=[[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|Mahatma Gandhi University]]|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/6137/12/12_conclusion.pdf|accessdate=2015-05-16|url-status=live|archivedate=2015-05-16|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516235501/http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/6137/12/12_conclusion.pdf}}</ref>

=== Later career ===
Paravoor TK became the Minister for Food, Labour and Education during the [[C. Kesavan ministry|next ministry]] which was headed by [[C. Kesavan]].

Paravoor TK retired from politics and devoted his time to writing. He was bed ridden for a few years with [[arthritis]] until his death.

== Legacy ==
The playback singer [[Sujatha Mohan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kgm.co.in/brand_ambassador.php|title=KGM Brand Ambassadors|accessdate=2015-05-17|archivedate=2014-09-25|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925124254/http://kgm.co.in/brand_ambassador.php|url-status=live|publisher=[[KGM Group]]|location=[[Chennai]]}}</ref> and late [[Radhika Thilak]] are his grand daughters and another playback singer [[Swetha Mohan]] is his great-granddaughter.

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->Arjun Madathiparambil Muraleedharan at 09:24, 3 November 2021