| K. Krishna Pillai | |
| Birth Name: | K. Krishna Pillai |
| Office: | Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency: | Punalur |
| Term Start: | 4 October 1970 |
| Term End: | 22 March 1977 |
| Predecessor: | M. N. Govindan Nair |
| Successor: | P. K. Sreenivasan |
| Constituency1: | Punalur |
| Term Start1: | 9 September 1960 |
| Term End1: | 10 September 1964 |
| Predecessor1: | P. Gopalan |
| Successor1: | M. N. Govindan Nair |
| Birth Date: | 1924 6, df=yes |
| Party: | Communist Party of India |
| Spouse: | P. Rajamma |
| Children: | 3 sons, 2 daughters |
| Date: | 14 October |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Source: | http://niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m300.htm niyamasabha |
K. Krishna Pillai (7 June 19245 July 1986) was an Indian politician of the Communist Party of India. He was an MLA of Kerala Legislative Assembly who represented Punalur constituency in 2nd session and 4th session. He joined the Royal Navy in 1943, but was dismissed in 1946 for his involvement in the Bombay Naval Uprising. He entered politics through the Indian National Congress and later joined the Communist Party of India.[1] [2] [3]
Pillai was the publisher and then the managing editor of Kerala Janatha, a Malayalam language newspaper that ran six days a week from 1957 to the late 60s. Pattom A. Thanu Pillai was the founder of this newspaper.[4]