T. Nadaraja

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Professor
T. Nadaraja
Born
Thambiah Nadaraja

(1917-12-27)27 December 1917
Died20 January 2004(2004-01-20) (aged 86)
Alma materRoyal College, Colombo
Trinity College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Academic, lawyer
TitleChancellor of the University of Jaffna
Term1984–2004
PredecessorV. Manicavasagar

Professor Thambiah Nadaraja (December 27, 1917 - January 20, 2004) was a Sri Lankan academic, lawyer and author. He was dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ceylon and chancellor of the University of Jaffna.

Early life and family

Nadaraja was born on 27 December 1927.

First Class Honours in the law Tripos.[1][2][3][5] He won several prizes at Trinity as well, including the Bond Prize for Roman Law, the Davies Prize for English Law and the Post Graduate Law Studentship.[2][5] Whilst in the UK Nadaraja joined Lincoln's Inn from where he was awarded the First Class Certificate of Honour by the Council of Legal Education.[2][3][5] He also won the Buchanan Prize at Lincoln's Inn.[2][3][5]

He later obtained M.A and PhD degrees from the University of Cambridge.[2][3][5]

Nadaraja married Sornam Ammai, daughter of Sir

A. Mahadeva, in 1944.[3][6] They had no children.[3]

Career

Nadaraja returned to

Ceylon Law College.[2][3][5] He joined the newly created Department of Law at the University of Ceylon in 1947, becoming a professor of law in 1951 following the death of Sir Francis Soertsz.[2][3][4][5] He served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts from 1957 to 1960, succeeding Professor J. L. C. Rodrigo.[2][3][5] In 1960 the Department of Law was upgraded to Faculty of Law and Nadaraja was appointed its first dean.[2][3][5] He held the position until his retirement in 1982.[3][5]

In the 1950s Nadaraja was a member of a three-man

Royal Commission on the death penalty headed by Professor Needham.[3] The commission's recommendations eventually led to the de facto abolition of the death penalty in Sri Lanka.[3]

Later life

Nadaraja was president of the Sri Lanka branch of the

Royal Asiatic Society and Classical Association.[2][3] He was also a member of the Law Commission and the Council of Legal Education.[3]

Nadaraja was awarded

Honoris Causa.[2] In January 2012 the University of Colombo's launched the Professor T. Nadaraja Memorial Orationin memory of Nadaraja.[7]

Nadaraja was chief trustee of the Sithy Vinayagar Temple in Colombo from 1945 onwards.[2] He was also a trustee of the Sri Ponnambalavanesvara and Arunachaleswara temples in Colombo.[2][3] These temples had been built by his family.[2]

Nadaraja served as chancellor of the University of Jaffna from 1984 until his death on 20 January 2004.[2][4][5][8] His remains were cremated on 21 January 2004.[9]

Works

  • Roman-Dutch Law of Fideicommissa[2][5]
  • Legal System of Ceylon in its Historical Setting[2][5]
  • The Cult of Siva with Special References to the Dances of Siva[5]

Notes

  1. ^
    Sunday Times
    . 11 April 2004.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v de Silva, H. B. (24 December 2004). "Professor T. Nadaraja – brilliant legal mind". Daily News. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Sanmuganathan, Muttusamy (7 April 2004). "Professor Tambyah Nadaraja, a fine legal mind". Daily News. Archived from the original on 27 May 2005.
  4. ^ a b c Arumugam 1997, p. 222.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Welcome Speech at Prof. Nadaraja Oration by Mr. Selvakkumaran, Dean, Fafulty of Law, University of colombo" (PDF). University of Colombo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2014.
  6. ^ Arumugam 1997, p. 95.
  7. ^ "The Faculty of Law inaugurated the Professor T.Nadaraja Memorial Oration in the University of Colombo". University of Colombo. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Establishment of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka". University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 22 March 2008.
  9. ^ "Obituaries". Daily News. 23 January 2004. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012.

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