M. Canagaratnam

Mylvaganam Canagaratnam (15 April 1924 – 20 April 1980) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

Hon.

M. Canagaratnam
Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
for Pottuvil
In office
1977–1980
Succeeded byRanganayaki Pathmanathan
Personal details
Born(1924-04-15)15 April 1924
Died20 April 1980(1980-04-20) (aged 56)
Political partyUnited National Party
EthnicitySri Lankan Tamil

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
  1. "Canagaratnam, Mylvaganam". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. "Appapillai Amirthalingam V. Piyasekera, M. A. Commissioner of Elections and Others". LawNet. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013.
  4. Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 25: War or peace?". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
  5. Sri Kantha, Sachi (6 April 2009). "Kasi Ananthan at 70". Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
  6. Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 27: Horsewhip Amirthalingham". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
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