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A. CanagaratnamMLC
ஆ. கனகரத்தினம்
Unofficial Member (Northern Province South), Legislative Council of Ceylon
Personal details
Born	1873
Died	1929 (aged 55–56)
Alma mater	Jaffna Central College Wesley College
Profession	Lawyer
Ethnicity	Ceylon Tamil

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

Early life and family

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

Canagaratnam's nephew C. Sittampalam was a government minister.

Career

Canagaratnam joined the legal profession after finishing his education.

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

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

References

1. Diamond Jubilee Number (1928–1988). Jaffna, Sri Lanka: A. Canagaratnam Madhya Maha Vidyalayam. 1988–1989.
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. Archived from the original on 25 October 2001.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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• 1873 births
• 1929 deaths
• Alumni of Jaffna Central College
• Alumni of Wesley College, Colombo
• Local authority councillors of Sri Lanka
• Members of the Legislative Council of Ceylon
• People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka
• People from British Ceylon
• Sri Lankan journalists
• Sri Lankan Tamil people
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