M. M. Subramaniam Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Honourable
M. M. Subramaniam
Native Name:ம. மு. சுப்பிரமணியம்
Native Name Lang:ta
Honorific-Suffix:MLC MSC
Office1:Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon
for Trincomalee
Term Start1:1924
Term End1:1930
Office2:Member of the State Council of Ceylon
for Trincomalee-Batticaloa
Term Start2:1931
Term End2:1936
Successor2:E. R. Tambimuttu
Birth Date:c. 1870
Death Date:1945
Profession:Lawyer
Blank1:Ethnicity
Data1:Ceylon Tamil

Mylvaganam Mudaliyar Subramaniam (Tamil: மயில்வாகனம் முதலியார் சுப்பிரமணியம்|translit=Mayilvākaṉam Mutaliyār Cuppiramaṇiyam; c. 1870 – 1945) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon and State Council of Ceylon.

Early life and family

Subramaniam was born around 1870.[1] He was the son of Mylvaganam Mudaliyar, a wealthy coconut estate owner from Sambativu near Trincomalee in eastern Ceylon.[1]

Subramaniam had three sons - Alagrajah, Tharmarajah and Manickarajah.[1]

Career

Subramaniam was a crown proctor and a member of the Trincomalee District Local Board.[1] He contested the 1924 legislative council election as a candidate for the Trincomalee seat and was elected to the Legislative Council of Ceylon.[1] [2] [3] Subramaniam contested the 1931 state council election as a candidate for the Trincomalee-Batticaloa seat and was elected to the State Council of Ceylon.[1] [4] He was elected Deputy Chairman of Committees when the new State Council met in July 1931.[5]

Subramaniam died in 1945.[1]

Electoral history

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Trincomalee Elected
Trincomalee-Batticaloa Elected

Notes and References

  1. Book: Arumugam, S.. S. Arumugam

    . Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. 1997. 212–213. S. Arumugam.

  2. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20011025040847/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI08Df01.html. unfit. 2001-10-25. Chapter 5: Political polarization on communal lines.
  3. Book: Sabaratnam, T. T.. Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle. Chapter 19: The Birth and Death of the Jaffna Youth Congress.
  4. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20020207002606/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI22Df02.html. unfit. 2002-02-07. Chapter 7: State Councils - elections and boycotts.
  5. News: First State Council begins. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 8 July 2007.