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C. Rajadurai
In office 1956–1989Preceded by R. B. Kadramer In office 1967–1968Succeeded by J. L. Tissaveerasinghe
Born (1927-07-27 ) 27 July 1927 (age 96) Political party
United National Party Ethnicity
Sri Lankan Tamil
Chelliah Rajadurai (
Tamil : செல்லையா இராசதுரை ; born 27 July 1927) is a
Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former government minister, Member of Parliament and Mayor of Batticaloa.
Rajadurai was born on 27 July 1927.
[1] Rajadurai was a journalist and a member of the editorial staff of the Sutantiran weekly newspaper.
[2]
Rajadurai stood as the
Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 's (Federal Party) candidate for
Batticaloa at the
1956 parliamentary election . He won the election and entered
Parliament .
[3] He was re-elected at the
March 1960 ,
July 1960 ,
1965 and
1970 parliamentary elections.
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7] He was the
Tamil United Liberation Front candidate in Batticaloa at the
1977 parliamentary election and was re-elected.
[8] In March 1979 he
defected to the
United National Party led
government and was rewarded by being appointed Minister of Regional Development and Hindu Cultural Affairs.
[9]
[10]
[11] He was later appointed Sri Lankan
High Commissioner in
Kuala Lumpur ,
Malaysia .
[12]
Rajadurai became the first
Mayor of Batticaloa in 1967.
[13] He was unseated the next year.
[13]
Rajadurai was still politically active in April 2012.
[14] As of June 2021, Rajadurai is retired and lives between Malaysia, India and Sri Lanka.
[15]
See also
References
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"Rajadurai, Chelliah" .
Parliament of Sri Lanka .
^ Sri Kantha, Sachi.
"One Hundred Tamils of the 20th Century: V.Navaratnam" . Tamil Nation.
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"Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
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"Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 12 July 2015.
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"Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
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"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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"Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF) . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
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"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 27: Horsewhip Amirthalingham".
Sri Lanka: The Untold Story . Archived from the original on 22 June 2002. {{
cite book }}
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link )
^ Wickramasinghe, Wimal (15 January 2008).
"Saga of crossovers, expulsions, resignations, terminations, death and by-elections in Sri Lanka" .
The Island (Sri Lanka) .
^ Jayawarden, Kishali Pinto (7 April 2002).
"That conscience Bill coming again" .
The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) .
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"TELO opposes Rajadurai attending Chelva anniversary in Jaffna" .
TamilNet . 23 April 2012.
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b
"History of Municipal Council" .
Batticaloa Municipal Council . Archived from
the original on 27 July 2013.
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"Indian embassy, Chandrahasan, Rajadurai, conspicuous at Chelva memorial in Jaffna" . Tamil Net. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2022 .
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"TULF Leader Anandasangaree dared to defy the LTTE" . FT.lk. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022 .
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