Английская Википедия:C. Rajadurai
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Chelliah Rajadurai (Шаблон:Lang-ta; born 27 July 1927) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former government minister, Member of Parliament and Mayor of Batticaloa.
Rajadurai was born on 27 July 1927.[1] Rajadurai was a journalist and a member of the editorial staff of the Sutantiran weekly newspaper.[2]
Rajadurai stood as the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's (Federal Party) candidate for Batticaloa at the 1956 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament.[3] He was re-elected at the March 1960, July 1960, 1965 and 1970 parliamentary elections.[4][5][6][7] He was the Tamil United Liberation Front candidate in Batticaloa at the 1977 parliamentary election and was re-elected.[8] In March 1979 he defected to the United National Party led government and was rewarded by being appointed Minister of Regional Development and Hindu Cultural Affairs.[9][10][11] He was later appointed Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[12]
Rajadurai became the first Mayor of Batticaloa in 1967.[13] He was unseated the next year.[13]
Rajadurai was still politically active in April 2012.[14] As of June 2021, Rajadurai is retired and lives between Malaysia, India and Sri Lanka.[15]
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Шаблон:Members of Parliament from Batticaloa (1947–1989) Шаблон:Members of 3rd Parliament of Ceylon Шаблон:Members of 4th Parliament of Ceylon Шаблон:Members of 5th Parliament of Ceylon Шаблон:Members of 6th Parliament of Ceylon Шаблон:Members of 7th Parliament of Ceylon
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- 1927 births
- Living people
- Government ministers of Sri Lanka
- High Commissioners of Sri Lanka to Malaysia
- Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi politicians
- Mayors of Batticaloa
- Members of the 3rd Parliament of Ceylon
- Members of the 4th Parliament of Ceylon
- Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon
- Members of the 6th Parliament of Ceylon
- Members of the 7th Parliament of Ceylon
- Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka
- People from British Ceylon
- Sri Lankan diplomats
- Tamil people
- Sri Lankan Tamil people
- Sri Lankan journalists
- Tamil politicians
- Tamil United Liberation Front politicians
- United National Party politicians
- Urban development ministers of Sri Lanka
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