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unusual facts about Pillai


Sri Lankan Chetties

It should be noted that Pulle is a Sinhalese version of the common Tamil and Malayali title Pillai.


A. M. Nair

Aiyappan-Pillai Madhavan Nair (1905–1990), also known as Nair-san, was closely involved with Japan in the Indian independence movement.

A. R. Pillai

A.R.Pillai, even though he did not then have a basic university degree, was, however, allowed to register and work for Ph.D. in the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Göttingen and also of the University of Giessen by the University authorities.

C. Ganesha Iyer

After the death of Ponnambala Pillai, Ganesha Iyer was a student under Chunnakam Kumaraswamy Pulavar for some time.

C. Krishna Pillai

Krishna Pillai (1851-1916) was known as ‘’Samudayothejakan’’ for his service and developmental contributions to the Hindu Nair community.

C. W. Thamotharampillai

With Iyer and Pillai printed and published Tholkappiyam, Nachinarkiniyar urai (1895), Tholkappiyam Senavariyar urai, (1868), Manimekalai (1898), Cilappatikaram (1889), Pattupattu (1889), and Purananuru (1894), all with scholarly commentaries.

Dakshinamurthy Pillai

His pupils include Palani Subramania Pillai,Thanjavur Ramadas, Palghat Mani Iyer Devakottai Sunder Raj and Thangavellu Pillai of Malaysia.

G. P. Pillai

Govindan Paramaswaran Pillai (1864–1903) was born in Alathoor in Kerala, India, in an aristocratic Nair family.

God for Sale

One fine morning, after a Kadhaprasangam performance, Pillai was found dead under suspicious circumstances.

Gopala Pillai

G. C. Gopala Pillai is the former Chairman and Managing Director of FACT (Fertilizers and Travancore Chemicals Limited) and the founder-M.D of Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA).

Highly abundant number

Highly abundant numbers and several similar classes of numbers were first introduced by Pillai (1943), and early work on the subject was done by Alaoglu and Erdős (1944).

K N Chandrasekharan Pillai

Pillai practiced law before the Supreme Court of India before joining the Campus Law Centre at the University of Delhi.

K. C. Kesava Pillai

Later in his life, in 1896, he had become a teacher in Kollam Malayalam school; within a few years was promoted to the position of Sanskrit Munshi, or the A close associate of Kerala Varma and Rajaraja Varma, K. C. Kesava Pillai died in 1914, aged 46 years.

K. Chandran Pillai

Pillai was born on 18 August 1956 to M. Kesava Pillai and M. Saraswathi Amma at Aymanam in Kottayam district, Kerala.

Kappalottiya Thamizhan

The film is based on the biography of V.O.Chidambaram Pillai written by Ma. Po. Si.(M.P.Sivagnanam).

Madhu Omalloor

Dr. Madhu Omallur (aka P. Madhusoodanan Pillai), a cartoonist and journalist was born on 28-10-1954 at Omallur, Pathanamthitta District in Kerala.

Mankompu Sivasankara Pillai

In 2006, Mankompu, with his brother C.K. Sivarama Pillai, brought out a book 'Kathakali Swaroopam', that deals with the evolution, grammar and aesthetics of the art form in the Travancore region.

Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal

Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal (Malayalam: മോസയിലെ കുതിര മീനുകൾ) is an upcoming 2014 Malayalam comedy thriller film directed and co-written by debutant Ajith Pillai.

Motor Sundaram Pillai

Motor Sundaram Pillai (Tamil: மோட்டார் சுந்தரம் பிள்ளை) is a 1966 Indian Tamil drama film, directed by Balu.

N. R. Pillai

In his last years, Pillai resided at 26 Hans Place in Kensington, Knightsbridge.

Nair Saab

P. K. R. Pillai of Shirdi Sai Creations started 2 films together, Chithram and Nair Saab, but as he faced financial issues, he sold Nair Saab to Basheer of Liberty Productions and completed Chithram.

P N Panicker

Panicker was born on 1 March 1909, as the son of Govinda Pillai and Janaky Amma at Neelamperoor in Alappuzha District.

Pallichal Pillai

It was because of the reason that the Pallichal Pillai had a slight more alliance with Kollam and Attingal Swaroopams, and the south and east portion of Karamana River was under the Jurisdiction of Travancore, and that Pallichal is included in this area.

Poondi murder case

Dhanabhagyam, the daughter-in-law of Vaidyanatha Pillai, the zamindar of Poondi was murdered under mysterious circumstances in the early hours of 21 October 1911.

R. Balakrishna Pillai

Gandeevam, a biography of R. Balakrishna Pillai written by Vrindavanam Venugopalan with a foreword by Dr. Sooranad Kunjan Pillai, was published by Viswakeralam Daily.

Sardar Vedaratnam

Sardar Vedaratnam Pillai (25 December 1897 - 24 August 1961) was an Indian freedom-fighter, a leader of the Indian National Congress and a famous philanthropist who served as a MLA for three terms over a period of 14 years.

Sharpe's Peril

They encounter a baggage train heading to Madras, made up of soldiers from the King's and the East India Company's armies, commanded by the young Ensign Beauclere (Luke Ward-Wilkinson), engineer Major Tredinnick (David Robb), and Subedar Pillai (Rajesh Khattar).

Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai

Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai (1901–1950) was an Nagercoil native Indian mathematician specializing in number theory.

Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai was born to parents Subbayya Pillai and Gomati Ammal who were natives of Nagercoil.

Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai

Ramakrishna Pillai and his family had to shift to Vakkom in Chirayinkil Taluk where the newspaper office and the priniting press were located.

He started writing articles in those days, during which he gained friendship and guidance of many literary legands and editors of that period like Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran, A R Rajaraja Varma, Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer, Pettayil Raman Pillai Asshan, Oduvil Kunji Krishna Menon, Kandathil Varghese Mappillai etc.

T. K. Swaminatha Pillai

Pillai received the Kalaimamani Award from the Tamil Nadu Government under the chief minister Annadurai.

T. N. Rajarathinam Pillai

Famous thavil players, such as Needamangalam Meenakshisundaram Pillai often gave him the laya support.

T. N. Sivagnanam Pillai

Sivagnanam Pillai was appointed Minister of Development on 1923 replacing Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu.

T. V. Kamalaswamy

Visvanatha Pillai Kamalaswamy (January 21, 1911 – March 25, 1998) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress.

Valayapathi

Tamil scholar and publisher of classical literature, U. V. Swaminatha Iyer mentions in his autobiography that he once saw a palm leaf manuscript of Valayapathi in the Thiruvaiyaru library of his teacher, Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai.


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