C. Velupillai Kandaiah Sivagnanam ( ta, சி. வேலுப்பிள்ளை கந்தையா சிவஞானம் ; si, සී.වී.කේ. සිවඥානම්) is a

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civil servant, politician and provincial councillor. Sivagnanam was commissioner of Jaffna Municipal Council. After retirement, he contested the

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and

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parliamentary elections as one of the

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's candidates in Jaffna District but on each occasion failed to get elected. Sivagnanam contested the 2013 provincial council election as one of the Tamil National Alliance's candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to the

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. He took his oath as provincial councillor in front of

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C. V. Vigneswaran Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Vigneswaran, President's Counsel, PC ( ta, கனகசபாபதி விசுவலிங்கம் விக்னேஸ்வரன், translit=Kaṉakacapāpati Vicuvaliṅkam Vikṉēsvaraṉ; si, ක� ...

Veerasingam Hall Co-operator Veerasingam Hall ( ta, கூட்டுறவாளர் வீரசிங்கம் மண்டபம், si, වීරසිංහම් ශාලාව; commonly known as Veerasingam Hall) is a public hall/office building in ...

on 11 October 2013. He was elected unopposed as Chairman of the Northern Provincial Council at its inaugural meeting on 25 October 2013.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sivagnanam, C. V. K. Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi politicians Living people Members of the Northern Provincial Council People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Tamil people Sri Lankan civil servants Tamil politicians Tamil National Alliance politicians Year of birth missing (living people)