K. V. Nadarajah
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Early life and family
Nadarajah was born on 6 July 1905.[1] He was the son of K. Velupillai and Atchikuddy.[1] Nadarajah was educated at Jaffna Central College and Parameshwara College, Jaffna.[1] After school he joined Ceylon University College.[1] He then entered Colombo Law College, qualifying as a proctor.
Nadarajah married Gnanamani, daughter of P. S. Eliyatamby.[1] They had a son (Bala).[1]
Career
Nadarajah started practicising law in Badulla in 1930.[1] He continued practising in Uva Province for 54 years.[1]
Nadarajah was a member of Badulla Urban Council for more than ten years.[1] He contested the 1947 parliamentary election as an independent candidate in Bandarawela and was elected to Parliament.[2][3]
Nadarajah was president of the Badulla Saiva Paripalana Sangam and managing trustee of the Kathir-velauthar Swami Temple in Badulla.[1] He was the founder of first Tamil school in Uva and served as the manager of Badualla Saraswathi Minor and Maha Vidayalam for 30 years.[1]
Later life
Nadarajah home in Pingarawa was burnt to the ground during the Black July anti-Tamil riots of 1983.[3] Nadarajah fled to Colombo with assistance of Jack Kotelawela, former MP for Badulla.[3]
References
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- 1905 births
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- Alumni of Parameshwara College, Jaffna
- Alumni of the Ceylon University College
- Local authority councillors of Sri Lanka
- Members of the 1st Parliament of Ceylon
- People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan Tamil lawyers
- Sri Lankan Tamil politicians
- 20th-century Sri Lankan lawyers
