Diwan Bahadur Sir Mannath Krishnan Nair KCIE (1870–1938) was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress and later, Justice Party who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council and later, executive council of the Governor of Madras.
Krishnan Nair was born in 1870[1] in the Mannath family of landlords from the Malabar district of Madras Presidency.
[3] In 1920, Nair joined the Justice Party and won the 1920[2] and 1923 elections, the latter by allegedly polarizing the communal atmosphere in the Malabar district in the wake of the 1922 Moplah riots.
[4][5] As law member, Krishnan Nair expressed support for the devadasi bill passed by Muthulakshmi Reddy.
[7] In January 1930, Krishnan Nair was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire.