Navaratnasingam Ratnavarothiam Rajavarothiam (8 October 1908 – 27 August 1963; commonly known as N. R. Rajavarothiam) was a Ceylon Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Rajavarothiam was the son of Navaratnasingam, from Trincomalee in eastern

British Ceylon British Ceylon ( si, බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ලංකාව, Britānya Laṃkāva; ta, பிரித்தானிய இலங்கை, Biritthāṉiya Ilaṅkai) was the British Crown colony of present-day Sri Lanka between ...

. He was educated at St. Joseph's College, Trincomalee and

Ananda College ''Appamādo Amathapadan'' (Buddhist quote from the Apramada Vagga in the Dhammapada) , motto_translation = Heedfulness, Punctuality leads to Nirvana , location = P De S Kularatne Mawatha , city = Colom ...

, Colombo. He later entered Ceylon University College. He was chief trustee of Muttucumarswamy Temple. Rajavarothiam married to Sivayohanayaki and had two sons.

Political career

Rajavarothiam joined the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party) and became an active member of the party. He became vice president of the party. He was ITAK's candidate for Trincomalee at the 1952 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament, where he was one of only two ITAK MPs. He was re-elected at the

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and

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parliamentary elections.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rajavarothiam, N. R. 1908 births 1963 deaths Alumni of Ananda College Alumni of the Ceylon University College Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi politicians Members of the 2nd Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 3rd Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 4th Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon Sri Lankan Tamil politicians