Sinnathamby Nagarajah (28 February 1931 – 8 May 2008) was a
Sri Lankan 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 ...
lawyer and
Mayor of Jaffna.
Early life and family
Nagarajah was born on 28 February 1931.
He was educated at
Jaffna Hindu College.
[ After school he went to the ]Madras Christian College
Madras Christian College (MCC) is a liberal arts and sciences college in Chennai, India. Founded in 1837, MCC is one of Asia's oldest extant colleges. The college is affiliated to the University of Madras but functions as an autonomous institu ...
from where he obtained a bachelor's degree and master's degree in English Literature.[
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Career
After returning to 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 ...
Nagarajah worked as an attorney-at-law in the north and east of the country.[
Nagarajah was elected to Jaffna Municipal Council, serving as the city's mayor in 1966.][
After the ]Indian Peace Keeping Force
Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was the Indian military contingent performing a peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka between 1987 and 1990. It was formed under the mandate of the 1987 Indo-Sri Lankan Accord that aimed to end the Sri Lankan ...
occupied Jaffna
Jaffna (, ) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th most ...
in 1989 Nagarajah moved to the Vanni with the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...
(LTTE).[ He taught at the LTTE's Tamil Eelam Judiciary Department.][
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Later life
Nagarajah moved to New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, USA in the 1990s and was active in the diaspora community.[ He died on 8 May 2008 in New Jersey.][
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References
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1931 births
2008 deaths
Alumni of Jaffna Hindu College
American people of Sri Lankan Tamil descent
Madras Christian College alumni
Mayors of Jaffna
Sri Lankan Tamil people
Sri Lankan lawyers
Tamil politicians