Thambaiyah Mudaliyar Sabaratnam ( ta, தம்பையா முதலியார் சபாரத்தினம், translit=Tampaiyā Mutaliyār Capārattiṉam; died 1970) was a

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lawyer, politician and member of the

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Early life and family

Sabaratnam was born in the late 1880s. He was the son of Mudaliyar Thambaiyah from Mullaitivu in north-eastern

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. He was educated at

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. Sabaratnam married Vathiri. They had a son and daughter.

Career

Sabaratnam studied law at Ceylon Law College and became a

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of the

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, practising law in

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. He contested the 1924 legislative council election as a candidate for the Northern Province East (Mullaitivu-Vavuniya-Vadamarachchi) seat and was elected to the

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. Sabaratnam stood as the

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(ACTC) candidate for

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at the 1947 parliamentary election but was defeated by

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candidate

C. Suntharalingam Chellappah Suntharalingam ( ta, செல்லப்பா சுந்தரலிங்கம்; 19 August 1895 – 11 February 1985) was a Ceylon Tamil academic, politician, Member of Parliament and government minister. Early life and f ...

. He was defeated by Suntharalingam at the 1956 parliamentary election as well. Sabaratnam was a member of the Board of Management of the

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Ceylonese branch. He died in 1970.

Electoral history

References

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