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Unofficial Member (Northern Province South), Legislative Council of Ceylon | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1873 |
Died | 1929 (aged 55–56) |
Alma mater | Jaffna Central College Wesley College |
Profession | Lawyer |
Ethnicity | Ceylon Tamil |
Arumugam Canagaratnam (Tamil: ஆறுமுகம் கனகரத்தினம்; 1873–1929)[1] was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
Early life and family
Canagaratnam was born in 1873.[2] He was the son of Visuvanathan Arumugam.[2] Canagaratnam was educated at Jaffna Central College and Wesley College, Colombo.[2] He had his higher education in Calcutta.[2]
Canagaratnam's nephew C. Sittampalam was a government minister.[3]
Career
Canagaratnam joined the legal profession after finishing his education.[2]
Canagaratnam became chairman of the Rural Education Development Board in the 1920s.[2] He was also chairman of the Jaffna Local Board and Jaffna Urban Council.[2][3] He was elected to the Legislative Council of Ceylon as the member for the Northern Province South at the 1924 election.[2][4]
Canagaratnam campaigned for the establishment of the University of Ceylon and edited a nationalist journal called The Ceylon Patriot.[2] He built Stanley College, which was later renamed Canagaratnam Maha Vidyalayam, using his own funds.[2][3] Canagaratnam Road is also named after him.[2]
References
- ^ Diamond Jubilee Number (1928–1988). Jaffna, Sri Lanka: A. Canagaratnam Madhya Maha Vidyalayam. 1988–1989.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 28.
- ^ a b c "Stamp to honour Cathiravelu Sittampalam". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 26 February 2004. Archived from the original on 26 May 2005.
- ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 5: Political polarization on communal lines". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 25 October 2001.
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