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Murugesu Balasundaram (Tamil : முருகேசு பாலசுந்தரம் ; 7 April 1903 – 15 December 1965) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament .
Early life and family
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Balasundaram was born on 7 April 1903.[1] [1] Royal College, Colombo .[1] Ceylon University College , graduating in 1923 with a B.Sc. degree.[1] [2] Trinity Hall, Cambridge from where he graduated with a B.A. degree.[1]
Balasundaram married Sinnammah, daughter of Sinnathamby.[1] [1]
Career
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After returning to Ceylon Balasundaram worked as journalist for a brief period before joining the legal profession as an advocate .[1]
Balasundaram was one of the founding members of the Jaffna Youth Congress in 1924.[3] Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 's (Federal Party) candidate in Kopay at the March 1960 parliamentary election . He won the election and entered Parliament .[4] July 1960 parliamentary election .[5] independent candidate in Kopay at 1965 parliamentary election but was defeated by the ITAK candidate S. Kathiravelupillai .[6]
Balasundaram died on 15 December 1965.[1]
References
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^ "The courage and nationalism of the youth of a bygone era" . The Island (Sri Lanka)
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2015.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2015.
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
