Английская Википедия:A. Canagaratnam

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Arumugam Canagaratnam (Шаблон:Lang-ta; 1873–1929)[1] was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.

Early life and family

Canagaratnam was born in 1873.[2] He was the son of Visuvanathan Arumugam.[2] Canagaratnam was educated at Jaffna Central College and Wesley College, Colombo.[2] He had his higher education in Calcutta.[2]

Canagaratnam's nephew C. Sittampalam was a government minister.[3]

Career

Canagaratnam joined the legal profession after finishing his education.[2]

Canagaratnam became chairman of the Rural Education Development Board in the 1920s.[2] He was also chairman of the Jaffna Local Board and Jaffna Urban Council.[2][3] He was elected to the Legislative Council of Ceylon as the member for the Northern Province South at the 1924 election.[2][4]

Canagaratnam campaigned for the establishment of the University of Ceylon and edited a nationalist journal called The Ceylon Patriot.[2] He built Stanley College, which was later renamed Canagaratnam Maha Vidyalayam, using his own funds.[2][3] Canagaratnam Road is also named after him.[2]

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Шаблон:Members of the 1924 Legislative Council of Ceylon