Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
T. Ahambaram | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Constituency Mp: | Mutur |
Parliament: | Ceylonese |
Term Start1: | 1960 |
Term End1: | 1962 |
Predecessor1: | M. E. H. Mohamed Ali |
Successor1: | M. E. H. Mohamed Ali |
Birth Date: | 12 October 1913 |
Death Place: | Muttur, Trincomalee District, Ceylon |
Party: | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi |
Blank1: | Ethnicity |
Data1: | Ceylon Tamil |
Thambiah Ahambaram (also spelled Ehambaram) (12 October 1913 – 22 March 1961)[1] was a Ceylon Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.
Ahambaram was born on 12 October 1913.[2]
Ahambaram stood as the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's (Federal Party) candidate for Mutur at the March 1960 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament as the first member for Mutur.[3] He was re-elected at the July 1960 parliamentary election as the first member for Mutur.[4] Ahambaram died in office as a result of receiving blows to the head and chest from the police at a Satyagraha protest.[5] [6]