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V. Nalliah

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Hon.
V. Nalliah
MSC MP
Minister of Post and Information
In office
19 June 1952 – 12 July 1952
Member of the State Council of Ceylon
for Trincomalee-Batticaloa
In office
1943 – 20 September 1947
Preceded byE. R. Tambimuttu
Member of the Ceylonese Parliament
for Kalkudah
In office
20 September 1947 – 10 April 1956
Succeeded byAhmed Hussain Macan Markar
Personal details
Born(1909-10-09)9 October 1909
Political partyIndependent
United National Party
All Ceylon Tamil Congress
ProfessionTeacher
EthnicityCeylon Tamil

Vallipuram Nalliah was a Ceylon Tamil teacher, politician, Member of Parliament and government minister.

Early life and family

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Nalliah's birth date is the subject of some dispute, with some sources giving 9 October 1909,[1] and others 1 July 1909.[2] He trained to be a teacher, and married Thangaratnam, daughter of Muttiah.[3]

Career

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Nalliah was principal of the Men's Training School in Attalichenai.[3] He was a member of Batticaloa Urban Council.[3]

Nalliah contested the 1943 by-election as a candidate in Trincomalee-Batticaloa and was elected to the State Council.[3]

Nalliah contested the 1947 parliamentary election as an independent candidate in Kalkudah. He won the election and entered Parliament.[4] He joined the United National Party led government and was rewarded by being made Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and Local Government.[3] He was re-elected at the 1952 parliamentary election as a UNP candidate.[5] He was briefly Minister of Post and Information in the new government.[6]

Nalliah stood for re-election as an independent candidate at the 1956 parliamentary election but was defeated by A. H. Macan Markar.[7] He was also unsuccessful at the March 1960 parliamentary election.[8] He was the All Ceylon Tamil Congress' candidate in Kalkudah at the 1965 parliamentary election but was again defeated.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Nalliah, Vallipuram". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ Kasynathan, Sankaran (5 July 2009). "A grateful people remember". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. pp. 116–117.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  6. ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 3 January 2002.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
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