Joseph Isaac Gnanamuttu (died 19 January 1944) was a

Ceylon 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 the

State Council of Ceylon The State Council of Ceylon was the unicameral legislature for Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), established in 1931 by the Donoughmore Constitution. The State Council gave universal adult franchise to the people of the colony for the first time. It r ...

. Gnanamuttu contested the 1943 State Council

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as a candidate in Mannar-Mullaitivu and was elected to the State Council of Ceylon. He died on 19 January 1944.

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