V. Kumaraswamy
Ceylonese Parliament for Chavakachcheri | |
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In office 1947–1956 | |
Succeeded by | V. N. Navaratnam |
Personal details | |
Born | 31 July 1919 |
Died | 10 March 1978 Ceylon Tamil | (aged 58)
Velupillai Kumaraswamy (
Early life and family
Kumaraswamy was born on 31 July 1919.
Kumaraswamy had a son (Vaheeswaran) and a daughter (Dushyanti).[3]
Career
Whilst still studying law, Kumaraswamy stood as the All Ceylon Tamil Congress's (ACTC) candidate in Chavakachcheri at the 1947 parliamentary election.[3] He won the election and entered Parliament.[4] Kumaraswamy became a Parliamentary Secretary after the ACTC joined the United National Party dominated government in 1948.[3][5]
Kumaraswamy was re-elected at the 1952 parliamentary election.[6] The ACTC left the UNP government in 1953 but Kumaraswamy chose to remain with the UNP.[7] Kumaraswamy left the UNP in 1956 over the party's support of the Sinhala Only Act.[7]
Kumaraswamy stood for re-election in the constituency at the
Kumaraswamy practised law in Colombo.[3]
References
- ^ "குமாரசாமி காலமானார்" (PDF). Eelanadu. Jaffna, Sri Lanka. 11 March 1978. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "Directory of Past Members: Kumaraswamy, Velupillai". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ a b c d e f Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 90.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 3 January 2002.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ a b Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 15: Turbulence in any language". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 8 February 2002.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2013.