Kanagaratnam or Canagaratnam ( ta, கனகரத்தினம்) is a

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male

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. Due to the Tamil tradition of using

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s, it may also be a

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for males and females.

Notable people

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* A. Canagaratnam (born 1873), Ceylonese lawyer and politician * K. Kanagaratnam (1892–1952), Ceylonese politician * M. Canagaratnam (1924–1980), Ceylonese politician * Sathasivam Kanagaratnam (born 1946), Sri Lankan politician * S. O. Canagaratnam (1880–1938), Ceylonese politician * Vinthan Kanagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician

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Aaryan Dinesh Kanagaratnam Aaryan Dinesh Kanagaratnam (born 31 August 1981), also known by his initials A. D. K. or simply Dinesh Kanagaratnam, is a Sri Lankan R&B and hip hop artist and music producer who has composed tracks in Tamil language. He also often collaborate ...

(born 1981), Sri Lankan musician *

Kanagaratnam Sriskandan Kanagaratnam Sriskandan (12 August 1930 – 21 April 2010) was a Sri Lankan born British engineer and civil servant. He was the former Chief Highway Engineer, of Under Secretary Grade at the British Department for Transport Sriskandan receive ...

(1930–2010), Ceylonese engineer *

Kanagaratnam Thavalingam Kanagaratnam Thavalingam is a Sri Lankan Tamil geographer and former Surveyor General of Sri Lanka. Thavalingam is from Kaithady in northern Sri Lanka. He was educated at the Jaffna Hindu College. He is a fellow of the Surveyors Institute (of S ...

, Sri Lankan geographer

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