Kanthapillai Velupillai Nadarajah (6 July 1905 – October 2000) was a leading Ceylon Tamil lawyer and Member of Parliament.

Early life and family

Nadarajah was born on 6 July 1905.[1] He was one of the four sons of Kalladi Velupillai (Kalladi Velan), a prominent poet, and Atchikuddy.[1] Nadarajah was educated at Jaffna Central College and Parameshwara College, Jaffna.[1] After school he joined Ceylon University College.[1] He then entered Colombo Law College, qualifying as a proctor.

Nadarajah married Gnanamani, daughter of P. S. Eliyatamby.[1] They had a son (Bala).[1]

Career

Nadarajah started practising law in Badulla in 1930.[1] He continued practising in Uva Province for 54 years.[1]

Nadarajah was a member of Badulla Urban Council for more than ten years.[1] He contested the 1947 parliamentary election as an independent candidate in Bandarawela and was elected to Parliament.[2][3]

Nadarajah was president of the Badulla Saiva Paripalana Sangam and managing trustee of the Kathir-velauthar Swami Temple in Badulla.[1] He was the founder of first Tamil school in Uva and served as the manager of Badualla Saraswathi Minor and Maha Vidayalam for 30 years.[1]

Later life

Nadarajah's family home in Pingarawa was burnt to the ground during the Black July anti-Tamil riots of 1983.[3] Nadarajah fled to Colombo with assistance of J. C. T. Kotelawala, the former MP for Badulla.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. pp. 109–110.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Abeyesekera, Kirthie (29 October 2000). "Former Badulla MP K.V. Nadarajah passes away". The Island (Sri Lanka).
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._V._Nadarajah
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