M. C. Ahamed

Honourable Mohamed Cassim Ahamed MP
Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Kalmunai
In office 1960–1965
Preceded by	M.S. Kariapper
Succeeded by	M.S. Kariapper
In office 1965–1977
Succeeded by	A R Mansoor
Personal details
Died	July 3, 2008 Colombo
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Political party	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Spouse(s)	Seyathu Natchi Sehulebbe
Profession	Politician
Religion	Islam

M.C. Ahamed was a Sri Lankan politician, Former Member of Parliament for Kalmunai electorate and former chairman of Kalmunai Town council. He was the nephew of M. S. Kariapper. He comes from a famous and powerful political family from the eastern province of Sri Lanka. He contested against his maternal uncle M. S. Kariapper in 1960 and won. During his tenure he incorporated Mahmud ladies college of kalmunai, also a founding member.

He had a wife Sayathu nachi who died in 1993,he had nine children of which one child died just two months after birth and another child Sabriya died in 2004 at the age of forty. He had several grand children and great grand children at the time of his death

His Son in law M M Mohamed Musthaffa was a parliamentarian. His cousin M. H. M. Ashraff is the founder of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress.

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5. "Welcome to Kalmunai Municipal Council". Kalmunaimc.org. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
6. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF
7. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20By%20Elections.PDF
8. http://www.tbcuk.net/?p=13203