Changanassery Parameswaran Pillai

Pillai was the second President of the Nair Service Society and he was one of the founders. He also served as the President of the Kerala Agricultural Farmers Association.

The Nair Regulation Act was passed in the Travancore Assembly and was one of his foremost accomplishments. He also served as the President of the Kerala Karshaka Sangh Committee.

In 1926 he was appointed as the High Court judge of Travancore. After six years he resigned from the High Court, and again entered the public domain. That was the fourth time the Assembly elections have taken place. Later, the government canceled his pension for political reasons.

In 1938, the branch of the Indian National Congress as part of Travancore, Thiruvananthapuram established. Pillai was selected as the first president and G. Ramachandran as the first secretary. Soon before the All India Congress Committee of 1938, the Indian National Congress, which was presided over by Pattabhi Seetharamaiah at Travancore constituency, played an important role. The conference demanded the immediate task of establishing a responsible government in Cochin and Travancore. The three states, Malabar, Cochin, and Travancore agreed to organize the event as a sub federation.

In February 1938, the Haripura Conference of the Indian National Congress movement decided that the Indian National Congress committees in the country should not be actively involved in political movements in the country and encourage free political organizations to advance political agitations. Since the Indian National Congress took over the leadership of the eight British Indian state governments, the leadership of the Indian National Congress did not have to carry out the struggle for responsible governance in the princely states.

In the context of Haripura AICC decision, in February 1938, the C.V. Narayana Pillai, an Advocate in Thiruvananthapuram and V. Kunhiraman presided over the decision to form an independent political party named the Travancore State Congress, Pattom A. Thanu Pillai as its president and P. Nataraj Pillai as the Secretary. The committee also constituted a temporary committee by selecting the state congress came into existence with a decision to initiate the agitation in Travancore.