Ponnambalam Nagalingam
Senator P. Nagalingam | |
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| Member of the Senate of Ceylon | |
| In office 1951–1957 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ceylon Law College |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Ponnambalam Nagalingam was a
Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of the Senate
.
Early life
Nagalingam was born in
Ceylon Law College. After qualifying as a lawyer Nagalingam practiced law in Tellippalai, Uduvil and Chunnakam.[citation needed
]
Political career
Nagalingam became involved in politics as a student, joining the Tamil Youth Congress. In the 1940s he joined the leftist Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP). At the 1947 parliamentary election Nagalingam stood as the LSSP's candidate in Kankesanthurai but was defeated by S. J. V. Chelvanayakam.[1]
Nagalingam was a member of the
Visvanathan Dharmalingam.[2] He also contested the July 1960 and March 1965 parliamentary elections but each time was defeated by Dharmalingam.[3][4]
Nagalingam was chairman of Chunnakam Town Council in the 1960s.
References
- "Glossary of People: Na". Marxists Internet Archive.
- "Senator P.Nagalingam". rootsweb.
- Rajabalan, Raymond (March 2009). "First Among Us - Part 3A" (PDF). Monsoon Journal. 3 (10): 40–41. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2015.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2015.