THIRUNAL IN 1911 (KINGS PHOTO) CHAMPAKARAMAN PILLAI -INDIA'S FIRST FORIEGN MINISTER IN 1915-UNDER PROVISIONAL GOVT:OF INDIA  AT KABUL Early life Chempakaraman Pillai was born of  Tamil  descent in  Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), capital of the erstwhile "native" State of  Travancore  in southernmost India. His father, Chinnaswami Pillai, who was a police head constable