S. Rajaratnam | |
Native Name: | சு. இராசரத்தினம் |
Native Name Lang: | ta |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLC |
Office1: | Unofficial Member (Northern Province Central), Legislative Council of Ceylon |
Birth Date: | 4 July 1884 |
Birth Place: | Kopay, Ceylon |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Blank1: | Ethnicity |
Data1: | Ceylon Tamil |
Subramaniam Rajaratnam (Tamil: சுப்ரமணியம் இராசரத்தினம்; c4 July 1884 - 12 March 1970) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
Rajaratnam was born around 4 July 1884 in Kopay in northern Ceylon.[1]
Rajaratnam married Achchuvely.[2] They had three sons (Saravanabavanathan, Kathiresu and Satkunananthan) and four daughters (Kanagambigai, Yogambigai, Thilakavathy and Mangaiarkarasi).[1]
After qualifying as an advocate Rajaratnam practised law in Colombo and Jaffna.[2]
Rajaratnam was elected to the Legislative Council of Ceylon as the member for the Northern Province Central at the 1924 election.[2] [3]
As its chairman, Rajaratnam played a key role in the foundation and growth of the Hindu Board which, at one time, managed more than 150 schools.[2] [4] [5]
Rajaratnam died on 12 March 1970.[1]
. Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. 1997. 150–151. S. Arumugam.