Sivasubramaniam Kathiravelupillai (; 24 October 1924 – 31 March 1981) was a

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lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life and family

Kathiravelupillai was born on 24 October 1924. He was the son of Sivasubramaniam, a

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from Irupalai in northern

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. After school he entered the University of Ceylon to study a degree in philosophy. He studied law later.

Career

After qualifying Kathiravelupillai practised civil law. Kathiravelupillai stood as the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's (Federal Party) candidate in Jaffna at the

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parliamentary elections but on each occasion was defeated by independent candidate Alfred Duraiappah. He stood as the ITAK candidate in Kopay at the 1965 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament. Kathiravelupillai played a leading role in the 1961 satyagraha campaign organised by ITAK. He was re-elected at the 1970 parliamentary election. On 14 May 1972 the ITAK,

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, Eelath Thamilar Otrumai Munnani and All Ceylon Tamil Conference formed the Tamil United Front, later renamed Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF). In 1973 Kathiravelupillai published a pamphlet titled ''A Statement on Eelam: Co-Existence – Not Confrontation'', considered one of the most important documents in the Tamil independence movement, which articulated the reasons why the two nations - Tamils and

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- needed to co-exist on the island of Ceylon in separate states. Kathiravelupillai was the TULF's candidate in Kopay at the 1977 parliamentary election and was re-elected. Kathiravelupillai died on 31 March 1981 in

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, India.

Works

* ''Glimpses of Western Philosophy'' * ''Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam'' (1961, translation) * ''A Statement on Eelam: Co-Existence – Not Confrontation'' (1973)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kathiravelupillai, S. 1924 births 1981 deaths Alumni of the University of Ceylon Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi politicians Members of the 6th Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka People from British Ceylon Sri Lankan Hindus Sri Lankan Tamil people Sri Lankan lawyers Tamil politicians Tamil United Liberation Front politicians