C. Arulampalam Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
C. Arulampalam
Native Name:சி. அருளம்பலம்
Native Name Lang:ta
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Constituency Mp1:Nallur
Parliament1:Ceylonese
Term Start1:1970
Term End1:1977
Predecessor1:E. M. V. Naganathan
Successor1:M. Sivasithamparam
Office2:Deputy Chairman of Committees
Term Start2:23 July 1976
Term End2:18 May 1977
Predecessor2:Senapala Samarasekera
Successor2:C. R. Beligammana
Birth Date:18 February 1909
Death Place:Solano County, California, USA
Party:Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Blank1:Ethnicity
Data1:Sri Lankan Tamil

Chinnaiah Arulampalam (Tamil: சின்னையா அருளம்பலம் ; 18 February 1909  - 5 March 1997) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Arulampalam was born on 18 February 1909.[1]

Career

Arulampalam stood as the All Ceylon Tamil Congress' candidate in Kopay at the 1952 and 1956 parliamentary elections but on each occasion was defeated by the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party) candidate C. Vanniasingam.[2] [3]

Arulampalam stood as the ACTC's candidate in Nallur at the March 1960, July 1960 and 1965 parliamentary elections but on each occasion was defeated by the ITAK candidate E. M. V. Naganathan.[4] [5] [6] He stood again at the 1970 parliamentary election, and on this occasion he won and entered Parliament.[7] He later defected to the governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and voted for the new republican constitution.[8] [9] He was labelled a traitor by Tamil militants and Tamil nationalists.[10] [11] The SLFP government rewarded Arulampalam by making him Deputy Chairman of Committees in 1976.[12]

Arulampalam contested the 1977 parliamentary election as the SLFP candidate in Nallur but was resoundingly defeated by the Tamil United Liberation Front candidate M. Sivasithamparam.[13]

Arulampalam died on 5 March 1997 in Solano County, California, USA.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of Past Members: Arulampalam, Chinnaiah. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115603/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115606/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1956%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150712194326/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-07-12 .
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115611/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150713003440/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-07-13 .
  7. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231958/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . dead . 2009-12-09 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  8. News: Jeyaraj. D. B. S.. Last TULF Leader standing: Sangaree at 75. The Nation (Sri Lanka). 15 June 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20140220102826/http://www.nation.lk/2008/06/15/newsfe2.htm. 20 February 2014.
  9. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20020213084644/http://atimes.com/ind-pak/DA19Df06.html. unfit. 2002-02-13. Chapter 23: Srimavo's constitutional promiscuity.
  10. Book: Sabaratnam, T.. Pirapaharan. Chapter 5: Tamil Youths Turn Assertive.
  11. Web site: Sri Kantha. Sachi. Sachi Sri Kantha. The Alfred Duraiappah Dossier - Part 1. Illankai Tamil Sangam. 26 July 2010.
  12. Web site: Deputy Chairman of Committees . Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  13. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF . dead . 2011-07-17 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  14. Web site: California, Death Record Index, 1940–1997 : Chinnaiah Arulampalam. Mocavo. 2015-03-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402202216/http://www.mocavo.co.uk/Chinniah-Arulampalam-California-Death-Record-Index-1940-1997/04741215521003664622. 2015-04-02. dead.

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