A. Canagaratnam
Arumugam Canagaratnam (Tamil: ஆறுமுகம் கனகரத்தினம்; (1873 – 1929)[1]) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
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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 |
| Died | 1929 (aged 55–56) |
| Alma mater | Jaffna Central College Wesley College |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Ethnicity | Ceylon Tamil |
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.CS1 maint: date format (link)
- Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 28.
- "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.