A. Canagaratnam
A. Canagaratnam | |
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ஆ. கனகரத்தினம் | |
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| Unofficial Member (Northern Province South), Legislative Council of Ceylon | |
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| Born | 1873 |
| Alma mater | Jaffna Central College Wesley College |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Ethnicity | Ceylon Tamil |
Arumugam Canagaratnam (Template:Lang-ta) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
Early life and family
Canagaratnam was born in 1873.[1] He was the son of Visuvanathan Arumugam.[1] Canagaratnam was educated at Jaffna Central College and Wesley College, Colombo.[1] He had his higher education in Calcutta.[1]
Canagaratnam's nephew C. Sittampalam was a government minister.[2]
Career
Canagaratnam joined the legal profession after finishing his education.[1]
Canagaratnam became chairman of the Rural Education Development Board in the 1920s.[1] He was also chairman of the Jaffna Local Board and Jaffna Urban Council.[1][2] He was elected to the Legislative Council of Ceylon as the member for the Northern Province South at the 1924 election.[1][3]
Canagaratnam campaigned for the establishment of the University of Ceylon and edited a nationalist journal called The Ceylon Patriot.[1] He built Stanley College, which was later renamed Canagaratnam Maha Vidyalayam, using his own funds.[1][2] Canagaratnam Road is also named after him.[1]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 5: Political polarization on communal lines". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
- 1873 births
- Alumni of Jaffna Central College
- Alumni of Wesley College, Colombo
- Local authority councillors of Sri Lanka
- Members of the Legislative Council of Ceylon
- People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- People of British Ceylon
- Sri Lankan Tamil journalists
- Sri Lankan Tamil lawyers
- Sri Lankan Tamil politicians