M. Canagaratnam
| Honourable M. Canagaratnam MP | |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Pottuvil | |
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In office 1977–1980 | |
| Succeeded by | Ranganayaki Pathmanathan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 April 1924 |
| Died | 20 April 1980 (aged 56) |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Mylvaganam Canagaratnam (15 April 1924 – 20 April 1980) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.
Canagaratnam was born on 15 April 1924.[1]
Canagaratnam stood as the Tamil United Liberation Front's candidate for Pottuvil at the 1977 parliamentary election. He came second and entered Parliament as the second member for Pottuvil.[2] In December 1977 he defected to the United National Party led government and was rewarded by being appointed District Minister for Batticaloa.[3][4]
Canagaratnam was shot outside his home in Kollupitiya, Colombo on 24 January 1978.[5] The attack was blamed on V. Prabhakaran and Uma Maheswaran of the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.[4][6] He died of his injuries on 20 April 1980.[3][5]
References
- ↑ "Canagaratnam, Mylvaganam". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
- 1 2 "Appapillai Amirthalingam V. Piyasekera, M. A. Commissioner of Elections and Others". LawNet.
- 1 2 Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 25: War or peace?". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
- 1 2 Sri Kantha, Sachi (6 April 2009). "Kasi Ananthan at 70". Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
- ↑ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 27: Horsewhip Amirthalingham". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
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