C. Coomaraswamy
C. Coomaraswamy | |
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செ. குமாரசுவாமி | |
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Member of the Senate of Ceylon | |
Ceylonese High Commissioner to India | |
In office 1950–1955 | |
Preceded by | A. Mahadeva |
Succeeded by | Edwin Wijeratne |
Personal details | |
Born | 25 August 1887 |
Alma mater | Jaffna Hindu College Royal College, Colombo |
Profession | Civil servant |
Ethnicity | Ceylon Tamil |
Chellappah Coomaraswamy (Tamil: செல்லப்பா குமாரசுவாமி; born 25 August 1887) was a Ceylon Tamil civil servant, diplomat and member of the Senate of Ceylon.
Early life and family[]
Coomaraswamy was born on 25 August 1887.[1] He was the son of Chellappah from Aiyanarkoviladi.[1] Coomaraswamy was educated at Jaffna Hindu College and Royal College, Colombo.[1]
Coomaraswamy married Mankayatkarasi, daughter of Mudaliyar Sabapathy and Manicka Ammaiyar from Nallur.[1] They had three sons (, Mahendra and Satyendra) and one daughter (Sundareswari).[1]
Career[]
Coomaraswamy joined the Government Clerical Service after finishing his education.[1] He was appointed to the civil service in 1910.[1] He was Police Magistrate in Puttalam in 1913, District Judge and Registrar General.[1] He served as District Judge in Jaffna in 1933 before becoming Government Agent for the Northern Province.[1]
Later life[]
After retirement Coomaraswamy was nominated to the Senate of Ceylon in 1947.[1][2][3] He served as the Ceylonese High Commissioner in New Delhi between 1950 and 1955.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 42.
- ^ "The Senate Days of Ceylon" (PDF). The Island (Sri Lanka). 22 April 2010.
- ^ "First election on party basis". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 4 March 2007.
- ^ "The High Commissioner". High Commission of Sri Lank in India.
- 1887 births
- Alumni of Jaffna Hindu College
- Alumni of Royal College, Colombo
- Government Agents (Sri Lanka)
- High Commissioners of Sri Lanka to India
- Members of the Senate of Ceylon
- People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- People of British Ceylon
- Sri Lankan Tamil civil servants
- Sri Lankan diplomats
- Tamil people
- Sri Lankan Tamil politicians