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== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Born in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], A.Thanu Pillai was the son of | Born in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], A.Thanu Pillai was the son of Varadayyan and his wife Eswari Amma.<ref name="GovtKerala" /> Thanu Pillai earned his degree in law and started his legal practice as an advocate. Under the influence of his mentor A. Narayana Pillai, he was attracted towards the newly formed [[Travancore]] State Congress and he abandoned full time practice in favour of agitating for Responsible Government.<ref name="GovtKerala">{{cite web |url=http://www.keralacm.gov.in/pattam.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060322091426/http://www.keralacm.gov.in/pattam.html |archive-date=2006-03-22 |title=Pattom. A. Thanu Pillai |publisher=Government of Kerala |access-date=2011-11-13}}</ref> Following the Narayana Pillai sedition trial, he took over the leadership of [[Indian National Congress]] in the erstwhile princely state of [[Travancore]]. | ||
== Political career == | == Political career == | ||