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Not to be confused with Omchery N. N. Pillai.

N. N. Pillai (Narayana Pillai Narayana Pillai; 1918–1995) was an Indian playwright, actor, theatre director, orator, screenplay writer, lyricist and an I.N.A Freedom fighter. He served as Commanding Officer of Field Propaganda Unit under Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in INA – Indian National Army.^[1] He has been given the title “Nadakacharyan” of Malayalam Theatre.^{[citation needed]} through his contributions to theater as a playwright, director, actor and a producer.

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N. N. Pillai

Pillai

Born

Narayana Pillai Narayana Pillai

(1918-12-23)23 December 1918^{[citation needed]}

Vaikom, Travancore, British India (Present day, Vaikom, Kottayam district, India)

Died

14 November 1995(1995-11-14) (aged 76)^{[citation needed]}

Kottayam, Kerala, India

Occupation(s)

Actor, playwright, thea

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Naraina Pillai

Singaporean businessman and social entrepreneur

Narayana Pillai (also spelled Narayana Pillay) was a social entrepreneur and businessman, who spent most of his life in Singapore during the colonial period. Of Tamil origins, he greatly contributed to the Tamil community in Singapore.

Prior to 1819, Pillai worked in Penang, which was ruled by the British. There, he came into contact with Stamford Raffles, a senior official of the British East India Company, who was keen to establish a new trading post at the southern end of the Straits of Malacca. This resulted in the founding of modern Singapore in 1819. In Penang, Raffles persuaded Pillai to join him and to work at his new settlement.^[1]

Early life

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Pillai arrived in Singapore with Raffles in 1819 on the ship.^[1]

Businesses

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With the establishment of a modern urban settlement in Singapore, Pillai noticed a boom in building works. He wrote to his contacts in Penang to s

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P. K. Narayana Pillai

Indian literary critic (1879–1936)

P. K. Narayana Pillai

Born	(1879-03-21)21 March 1879 Ambalappuzha, Alappuzha, Travancore
Died	10 February 1936(1936-02-10) (aged 56) Travancore
Occupations	Literary critic essayist scholar grammarian poet
Notable work	Panchananante Vimarsathrayam Leghuvyakaranam Vyakarana Pravesika Sahithya Panchanante Krithikal
Spouse	Parukutty Amma
Parents	Damodaran Pillai Kunjulakshmi Amma

P. K. Narayana Pillai (21 March 1879 – 10 February 1936), better identified as Sahitya Panchanan P. K. Narayana Pillai, was an Indian literary critic, författare av essäer, scholar, grammarian and poet of Malayalam language. One of the pioneers of literary criticism in Malayalam, he wrote more than 25 books which include Panchananante Vimarssthrayam, a critique of the writings of Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan, Cherusseri Namboothiri and Kunchan Nambiar and two books on Malayalam gram