K. Kanagaratnam

Hon.
K. Kanagaratnam
MP
க. கனகரத்தினம்
Member of the Ceylonese Parliament
for Vaddukoddai
In office
1947–1952
Succeeded by V. Veerasingam
Personal details
Born (1892-07-28)28 July 1892
Died 3 October 1962(1962-10-03) (aged 70)
Political party All Ceylon Tamil Congress
Profession Civil servant
Ethnicity Ceylon Tamil

Kandiah Kanagaratnam (Tamil: கந்தையா கனகரத்தினம்; 28 July 1892 – 3 October 1962)[1] was a Ceylon Tamil civil servant, politician, Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary.

Early life

Kanagaratnam was born on 28 July 1892.[2][3] He was the son of Kandiah from Vaddukoddai in northern Ceylon.[2]

Career

Kanagaratnam joined the Government Clerical Service in 1911.[2] He became Chief Audit Examiner in 1925.[2] He was later Deputy Auditor General and Acting Auditor General.[2]

Kanagaratnam contested the 1947 parliamentary election as the All Ceylon Tamil Congress' (ACTC) candidate in Vaddukoddai. He won the election and entered Parliament.[4] The ACTC joined the United National Party led government on 3 September 1948 and Kanagaratnam was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education.[2]

Kanagaratnam stood for re-election at the 1952 parliamentary election but was defeated by independent candidate V. Veerasingam.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "K. Kanagaratnam". 1982. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. pp. 69–70.
  3. ↑ "Directory of Past Members: Kanagaratnam, Kandiah". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
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