Chinnaiah Arulampalam ( ta, சின்னையா அருளம்பலம் ; 18 February 1909 – 5 March 1997) was a

Sri Lankan Tamil Sri Lankan Tamils ( or ), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka. Today, they constitute a majority in the Northern Province, live in significant numbers in the Eastern Pr ...

politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Arulampalam was born on 18 February 1909.

Career

Arulampalam stood as the

All Ceylon Tamil Congress All Ceylon Tamil Congress ( ta, அகில இலங்கைத் தமிழ்க் காங்கிரஸ்), is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka. History The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam ask ...

' candidate in Kopay at the

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and

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parliamentary elections but on each occasion was defeated by the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party) candidate

C. Vanniasingam Coomaraswamy Vanniasingam ( ta, குமாரசாமி வன்னியசிங்கம்; 12 October 1911 – 17 September 1959) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and member of parliament. Early life and family Vanniasingam wa ...

. Arulampalam stood as the ACTC's candidate in Nallur at the March 1960, July 1960 and

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parliamentary elections but on each occasion was defeated by the ITAK candidate

E. M. V. Naganathan Elangai Murugesu Vijayaretnam Naganathan ( ta, இலங்கை முருகேசு விஜயரத்தினம் நாகநாதன்; 31 January 1906 – 16 August 1971) was a Ceylon Tamil physician, politician, senator an ...

. He stood again at the 1970 parliamentary election, and on this occasion he won and entered Parliament. He later defected to the governing

Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, translit=Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; ta, இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, translit=Ilaṅkai Cutantirak Ka� ...

(SLFP) and voted for the new republican constitution. He was labelled a traitor by Tamil militants and Tamil nationalists. The SLFP government rewarded Arulampalam by making him Deputy Chairman of Committees in 1976. Arulampalam contested the 1977 parliamentary election as the SLFP candidate in Nallur but was resoundingly defeated by the Tamil United Liberation Front candidate

M. Sivasithamparam Murugesu Sivasithamparam (20 July 1923 – 5 June 2002) was a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Member of Parliament and Deputy Speaker. Early life Sivasithamparam was born 20 July 1923 in Karaveddy in northern province of Ceylon. He w ...

. Arulampalam died on 5 March 1997 in Solano County, California, USA.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arulampalam, C. 1909 births 1997 deaths All Ceylon Tamil Congress politicians Deputy chairmen of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka People from British Ceylon Tamil politicians Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians