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	'''Subramaniam Nadarajah''' was a [[Sri Lankan Tamil]] lawyer, politician and member of the [[Senate of Ceylon]].		'''Subramaniam Nadarajah''' (died in 1988) was a [[Sri Lankan Tamil]] lawyer, politician and member of the [[Senate of Ceylon]].

	Known as "Pottar" Nadarajah, he was one of the pioneers of [[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]].<ref name=TT0388>{{cite journal\|title=Ex-Senator Killed\|journal=[[Tamil Times]]\|date=March 1988\|volume=VII\|issue=4\|page=4\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/34/3308/3308.pdf\|issn=0266-4488}}</ref> He was one of the organisers of the 1961 [[satyagraha]] led by the [[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]] (Federal Party).<ref>{{cite news\|last=Jeyaraj\|first=D. B. S.\|title=Satyagraha receives "Baptism of fire" on first day\|url=http://print2.dailymirror.lk/opinion1/37453-satyagraha-receives-baptism-of-fire-.html\|newspaper=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]\|date=7 March 2011\|author-link=\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130713152304/http://print2.dailymirror.lk/opinion1/37453-satyagraha-receives-baptism-of-fire-.html\|archive-date=13 July 2013}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Senate of Ceylon]] from 1965 to 1971.<ref name=TT0388/>		Known as "Pottar" Nadarajah, he was one of the pioneers of [[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]].<ref name=TT0388>{{cite journal\|title=Ex-Senator Killed\|journal=[[Tamil Times]]\|date=March 1988\|volume=VII\|issue=4\|page=4\|url=http://noolaham.net/project/34/3308/3308.pdf\|issn=0266-4488}}</ref> He was one of the organisers of the 1961 [[satyagraha]] led by the [[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]] (Federal Party).<ref>{{cite news\|last=Jeyaraj\|first=D. B. S.\|title=Satyagraha receives "Baptism of fire" on first day\|url=http://print2.dailymirror.lk/opinion1/37453-satyagraha-receives-baptism-of-fire-.html\|newspaper=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]\|date=7 March 2011\|author-link=\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130713152304/http://print2.dailymirror.lk/opinion1/37453-satyagraha-receives-baptism-of-fire-.html\|archive-date=13 July 2013}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Senate of Ceylon]] from 1965 to 1971.<ref name=TT0388/>
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'''Subramaniam Nadarajah''' was a [[Sri Lankan Tamil]] lawyer, politician and member of the [[Senate of Ceylon]].

Known as "Pottar" Nadarajah, he was one of the pioneers of [[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]].<ref name=TT0388>{{cite journal|title=Ex-Senator Killed|journal=[[Tamil Times]]|date=March 1988|volume=VII|issue=4|page=4|url=http://noolaham.net/project/34/3308/3308.pdf|issn=0266-4488}}</ref> He was one of the organisers of the 1961 [[satyagraha]] led by the [[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]] (Federal Party).<ref>{{cite news|last=Jeyaraj|first=D. B. S.|title=Satyagraha receives "Baptism of fire" on first day|url=http://print2.dailymirror.lk/opinion1/37453-satyagraha-receives-baptism-of-fire-.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)]]|date=7 March 2011|author-link=|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130713152304/http://print2.dailymirror.lk/opinion1/37453-satyagraha-receives-baptism-of-fire-.html|archive-date=13 July 2013}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Senate of Ceylon]] from 1965 to 1971.<ref name=TT0388/>

In 1981 Nadarajah became the first and only chairman of the Jaffna District Development Council.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vivekananthan|first=C. V.|title=Sir Pon. Ramanathan was the foster parent of the Sinhalese: Will there ever be a Sinhala Leader a foster parent of the Tamils?|url=http://www.island.lk/2010/04/25/features8.html|newspaper=[[The Island (Sri Lanka)]]|date=25 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sivathasan|first=S.|title=Jaffna Development Council Election 1981|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2013/05/05/jaffna-development-council-election-1981/|newspaper=[[The Sunday Leader]]|date=5 May 2013}}</ref> He resigned in 1983, stating that he didn't even have the power to "purchase table and chairs" for the council.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vivekananthan|first=C. V.|title=Was it the Sinhala leaders who pushed Tamils to call for Eelam|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/030209/columns/cv.html|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)]]|date=9 February 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Nesiah|first=Devanesan|title=Towards healing and reconciliation|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2003/10/06/fea01.html|newspaper=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|date=6 October 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407151133/http://www.dailynews.lk/2003/10/06/fea01.html|archive-date=7 April 2005}}</ref>

Nadarajah was shot dead on 12 February 1988, aged 72.<ref name=TT0388/> It's alleged that he was [[List of assassinations of the Sri Lankan Civil War|assassinated]] by the [[Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups|rebel]] [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] for associating with the [[Indian Peace Keeping Force]].<ref name=TT0388/>

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[[Category:All Ceylon Tamil Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the Senate of Ceylon]]
[[Category:Assassinated Sri Lankan politicians]]
[[Category:People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:People killed during the Sri Lankan Civil War]]
[[Category:People of British Ceylon]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan Tamil lawyers]]
[[Category:Sri Lankan Tamil politicians]]
[[Category:Tamil United Liberation Front politicians]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing]]
[[Category:Indian Peace Keeping Force]]

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