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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sinnappu Moothathamby Rasamanickam (20 January 1913 – 7 September 1974) was a Ceylon Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.
Early life[edit]
Rasamanickam was born on 20 January 1913.[1][2][3] He was from Mandur in eastern Ceylon.[4]
After his education Rasamanickam joined the government service as an Assistant Food Controller.[4]
Rasamanickam stood as an independent candidate in Paddiruppu at the 1947 parliamentary election but was defeated by S. U. Ethiramanasingham.[5] However, he won the 1952 parliamentary election and entered Parliament.[6] He stood as the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's (Federal Party) candidate at the 1956 parliamentary election but was again defeated by Ethiramanasingham.[7] He re-gained the seat at the March 1960 parliamentary election.[8] He was re-elected at the July 1960 and 1965 parliamentary elections but was defeated at the 1970 parliamentary election by the United National Party candidate S. Thambirajah.[9][10][11]
Rasamanickam was president of ITAK and Tamil United Liberation Front.[4][12]
References[edit]
^ SMR the farmer who first sowed Tamil Nationalism in the East of Sri Lanka, S. Karunanandarajah
^ a b c Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 161.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
^ "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.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
^ Mahindapala, H. L. D. (24 October 1999). "Convivencia: Jaffna-centric notion of living together". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
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