S. M. Rasamanickam

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Honourable
S. M. Rasamanickam
MP
Member of the Ceylonese Parliament
for Paddiruppu
In office
1952–1956
Preceded by S. U. Ethiramanasingham
Succeeded by S. U. Ethiramanasingham
In office
1960–1970
Preceded by S. U. Ethiramanasingham
Succeeded by S. Thambirajah
Personal details
Born (1913-01-20)20 January 1913
Mandur, Ceylon
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Political party Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations		 Tamil United Liberation Front

Sinnappu Moothathamby Rasamanickam (20 January 1913 – 7 September 1974) was a Ceylon Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Rasamanickam was born on 20 January 1913.[1][2][3] He was from Mandur in eastern Ceylon. [4]

Career

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

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. - In Tamil
  2. ↑ Tamils struggle getting multiplied. Sambanthan express at Batticaloa, Online Uthayan, 21 January 2013
  3. ↑ SMR the farmer who first sowed Tamil Nationalism in the East of Sri Lanka, S. Karunanandarajah
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