C. Vanniasingam
Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi | |
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Preceded by | S. J. V. Chelvanayakam |
Succeeded by | N. R. Rajavarothiam |
Personal details | |
Born | 12 October 1911 |
Died | 17 September 1959 | (aged 47)
Political party | Ceylon Tamil |
Coomaraswamy Vanniasingam (
Early life and family
Vanniasingam was born on 12 October 1911.
Vanniasingam married Komathy, a daughter of the physician Srinivasan.[2] They had five daughters: Hemavathi, Sathiyavathi, Renukathevi, Bahirathy and Ranjini.[2]
Political career
Vanniasingam joined the legal profession as an advocate and practised law in Jaffna.[2]
P. G. Thambyappah, the All Ceylon Tamil Congress's (ACTC) candidate in Kopay at the 1947 parliamentary election, died during the election campaign.[2] Vanniasingam was chosen to replace Thambyappah.[2] He won the election and entered Parliament.[4]
In 1948 division arose amongst ACTC members over the party leadership's decision to join the
Vanniasingam stood as the ITAK candidate in Kopay at the
Vanniasingam died on 17 September 1959.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b "சாணக்கியன்: வன்னியசிங்கம் 100வது ஆண்டு மலர் 2011". Noolaham.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 242.
- ^ Ceylon University College Prospectus 1936-37. Ceylon University College. 1936. p. 60. (His name is given as "Vannyasingam, Kumarasamy".)
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
- ^ Wilson, A. Jeyaratnam (2000). Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism: Its Origins and Development in the 19th and 20th Centuries. C. Hurst & Co. p. 82.
- ^ "Conducive environment vital for talks - ITAK president". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 14 September 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
- University of Hawaii Press. p. 89.
- ^ Vittachi, Tarzie (1958). Emergency '58 the Story of the Ceylon race Riots. André Deutsch. p. 90.