Nadarajah Shanmugarajah was a Ceylon Tamil engineer and general manager of the Ceylon Electricity Board.

Early life and family

Shanmugarajah was born on 6 November 1912. He was the son of S. Nadarajah and Pakialakshmi from

Vannarpannai Vannarpannai ( ta, வண்ணார்பண்ணை) is a notable suburb within the Jaffna town municipality in the northern Jaffna District in Sri Lanka. It is home to many cultural institutions that are important for the Saiva revivalism o ...

in northern

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. He was educated at Jaffna Central College. He then studied engineering at Ceylon Technical College in Colombo. Shanmugarajah married Padmavathy, daughter of Duraipillai. They had three children (Priyadarshani, Chitraleka and Ravi Prakash).

Career

Shanmugarajah worked as an apprentice for Calendar Cables Ltd in India before joining the Department of Electrical Undertakings in Ceylon. After a series of promotions he became general manager of the Ceylon Electricity Board.

References

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