A. Canagaratnam

Arumugam Canagaratnam (Tamil: ஆறுமுகம் கனகரத்தினம்; (1873 – 1929)[1]) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.

A. Canagaratnam

MLC
ஆ. கனகரத்தினம்
Unofficial Member (Northern Province South), Legislative Council of Ceylon
Personal details
Born1873
Died1929 (aged 55–56)
Alma materJaffna Central College
Wesley College
ProfessionLawyer
EthnicityCeylon Tamil

Early life and family

Canagaratnam was born in 1873.[2] He was the son of Visuvanathan Arumugam.[2] Canagaratnam was educated at Jaffna Central College and Wesley College, Colombo.[2] He had his higher education in Calcutta.[2]

Canagaratnam's nephew C. Sittampalam was a government minister.[3]

Career

Canagaratnam joined the legal profession after finishing his education.[2]

Canagaratnam became chairman of the Rural Education Development Board in the 1920s.[2] He was also chairman of the Jaffna Local Board and Jaffna Urban Council.[2][3] He was elected to the Legislative Council of Ceylon as the member for the Northern Province South at the 1924 election.[2][4]

Canagaratnam campaigned for the establishment of the University of Ceylon and edited a nationalist journal called The Ceylon Patriot.[2] He built Stanley College, which was later renamed Canagaratnam Maha Vidyalayam, using his own funds.[2][3] Canagaratnam Road is also named after him.[2]

References
  1. Diamond Jubilee Number (1928-1988). Jaffna, Sri Lanka: A. Canagaratnam Madhya Maha Vidyalayam. 1988–1989.CS1 maint: date format (link)
  2. Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 28.
  3. "Stamp to honour Cathiravelu Sittampalam". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 26 February 2004. Archived from the original on 26 May 2005.
  4. Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 5: Political polarization on communal lines". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
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