C. Rajadurai Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
C. Rajadurai
Native Name:செ. இராசதுரை
Native Name Lang:ta
Honorific-Suffix:JP, UM
Order1:Minister of Regional Development
Order2:Minister of Hindu Religious Affairs
Constituency Mp3:Batticaloa
Parliament3:Ceylonese
Term Start3:1956
Term End3:1989
Predecessor3:R. B. Kadramer
Order4:1st
Office4:Mayor of Batticaloa
Term Start4:1967
Term End4:1968
Successor4:J. L. Tissaveerasinghe
Order5:Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia
Birth Date:27 July 1927
Party:United National Party
Blank1:Ethnicity
Data1: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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rajadurai, Chelliah. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Web site: Sri Kantha. Sachi. One Hundred Tamils of the 20th Century: V.Navaratnam. Tamil Nation.
  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. 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 .
  9. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20020622185747/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB16Df06.html. unfit. 2002-06-22. Chapter 27: Horsewhip Amirthalingham.
  10. News: Wickramasinghe. Wimal. Saga of crossovers, expulsions, resignations, terminations, death and by-elections in Sri Lanka. The Island (Sri Lanka). 15 January 2008.
  11. News: Jayawarden. Kishali Pinto. That conscience Bill coming again. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 7 April 2002.
  12. News: TELO opposes Rajadurai attending Chelva anniversary in Jaffna. TamilNet. 23 April 2012.
  13. Web site: History of Municipal Council. Batticaloa Municipal Council. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130727192311/http://batticaloamc.com/page/MC.htm. 2013-07-27.
  14. News: Indian embassy, Chandrahasan, Rajadurai, conspicuous at Chelva memorial in Jaffna . 24 July 2022 . Tamil Net . 27 April 2012.
  15. News: TULF Leader Anandasangaree dared to defy the LTTE . 24 July 2022 . FT.lk . 16 June 2021.

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