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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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S. Nadarajah
Member of the Senate of Ceylon
In office
1965–1971
Chairman, Jaffna District Development Council
In office
1981–1983
Personal details
Died(1988-02-12)12 February 1988
Political partyAll Ceylon Tamil Congress
Other political
affiliations
Tamil United Liberation Front
ProfessionLawyer
EthnicitySri Lankan Tamil

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.[1] He was one of the organisers of the 1961 satyagraha led by the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party).[2] He was a member of the Senate of Ceylon from 1965 to 1971.[1]

In 1981 Nadarajah became the first and only chairman of the Jaffna District Development Council.[3][4] He resigned in 1983, stating that he didn't even have the power to "purchase table and chairs" for the council.[5][6]

Nadarajah was shot dead on 12 February 1988, aged 72.[1] It's alleged that he was assassinated by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam for associating with the Indian Peace Keeping Force.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Ex-Senator Killed" (PDF). Tamil Times. VII (4): 4. March 1988. ISSN 0266-4488.
  2. Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (7 March 2011). "Satyagraha receives "Baptism of fire" on first day". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. Vivekananthan, C. V. (25 April 2010). "Sir Pon. Ramanathan was the foster parent of the Sinhalese: Will there ever be a Sinhala Leader a foster parent of the Tamils?". The Island (Sri Lanka).
  4. Sivathasan, S. (5 May 2013). "Jaffna Development Council Election 1981". The Sunday Leader.
  5. Vivekananthan, C. V. (9 February 2003). "Was it the Sinhala leaders who pushed Tamils to call for Eelam". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
  6. Nesiah, Devanesan (6 October 2003). "Towards healing and reconciliation". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 7 April 2005.


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