Thamodarampillai Thirunavukarasu (Tamil: தாமோதரம்பிள்ளை திருநாவுக்கரசு; 1 September 1933 – 1 August 1982) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.
T. Thirunavukarasu | |
|---|---|
தா. திருநாவுக்கரசு | |
| Member of Parliament for Vaddukoddai | |
| In office 1977–1982 | |
| Preceded by | A. Thiagarajah |
| Succeeded by | Neelan Tiruchelvam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1933 |
| Died | 1 August 1982 (aged 48) |
| Political party | All Ceylon Tamil Congress |
| Other political affiliations | Tamil United Liberation Front |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Early life
editThirunavukarasu was born on 1 September 1933.[1] He was from Vaddukoddai in northern Ceylon.[2]
Career
editThirunavukarasu stood as the All Ceylon Tamil Congress's (ACTC) candidate in Kankesanthurai at the 1970 parliamentary election but was defeated by the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party) candidate S. J. V. Chelvanayakam.[3]
On 14 May 1972 the ACTC, ITAK, Ceylon Workers' Congress, Eelath Thamilar Otrumai Munnani and All Ceylon Tamil Conference formed the Tamil United Front, later renamed Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF).[4][5][6][7] Thirunavukarasu became the TUF's joint treasurer.[2] Thirunavukarasu contested the 1977 parliamentary election as the Tamil United Liberation Front's candidate in Vaddukoddai. He won the election and entered Parliament.[8]
Thirunavukarasu died of a heart attack on 1 August 1982.[2][9]
References
edit- ^ "Directory of Past Members: Thirunavukarasu, Thamodarampillai". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ a b c Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 231.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
- ^ Ross, Russell R.; Savada, Andrea Matles, eds. (1990). Sri Lanka : A Country Study (PDF). Library of Congress. p. 51.
- ^ Chattopadhyaya, Haraprasad (1994). Ethnic Unrest in Modern Sri Lanka: An Account of Tamil-Sinhalese Race Relations. M. D. Publications. p. 33. ISBN 81-85880-52-2.
- ^ Amarasinghe, Samanga (2011). Independence to Referendum. Lulu Enterprises. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-105-01908-1.
- ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 23: Srimavo's constitutional promiscuity". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 13 February 2002.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011.
- ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 28: Prelude to eruption". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 3 August 2002.
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