T. Thirunavukarasu Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
T. Thirunavukarasu
Native Name:தா. திருநாவுக்கரசு
Native Name Lang:ta
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Constituency Mp:Vaddukoddai
Parliament:Sri Lankan
Term Start1:1977
Term End1:1982
Predecessor1:A. Thiagarajah
Successor1:Neelan Tiruchelvam
Birth Date:1 September 1933
Party:All Ceylon Tamil Congress
Otherparty:Tamil United Liberation Front
Blank1:Ethnicity
Data1:Sri Lankan Tamil

Thamodarampillai Thirunavukarasu (Tamil: தாமோதரம்பிள்ளை திருநாவுக்கரசு; 1 September 1933  - 1 August 1982) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Thirunavukarasu was born on 1 September 1933.[1] He was from Vaddukoddai in northern Ceylon.[2]

Career

Thirunavukarasu stood as the All Ceylon Tamil Congress's (ACTC) candidate in Kankesanthurai at the 1970 parliamentary election but was defeated by the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party) candidate S. J. V. Chelvanayakam.[3]

On 14 May 1972 the ACTC, ITAK, Ceylon Workers' Congress, Eelath Thamilar Otrumai Munnani and All Ceylon Tamil Conference formed the Tamil United Front, later renamed Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF).[4] [5] [6] [7] Thirunavukarasu became the TUF's joint treasurer.[2] Thirunavukarasu contested the 1977 parliamentary election as the Tamil United Liberation Front's candidate in Vaddukoddai. He won the election and entered Parliament.[8]

Thirunavukarasu died of a heart attack on 1 August 1982.[2] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of Past Members: Thirunavukarasu, Thamodarampillai. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Book: Arumugam, S.. S. Arumugam

    . Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. 1997. 231. S. Arumugam.

  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231958/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 2009-12-09.
  4. Book: Ross. Russell R.. Savada. Andrea Matles. Sri Lanka : A Country Study. 1990. Library of Congress. 51.
  5. Book: Chattopadhyaya. Haraprasad. Ethnic Unrest in Modern Sri Lanka: An Account of Tamil-Sinhalese Race Relations. 1994. M. D. Publications. 81-85880-52-2. 33.
  6. Book: Amarasinghe. Samanga. Independence to Referendum. 2011. Lulu Enterprises. 978-1-105-01908-1. 188.
  7. 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.
  8. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF. 2011-07-17.
  9. Book: Rajasingham, K. T.. Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20020803131012/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB23Df04.html. unfit. 2002-08-03. Chapter 28: Prelude to eruption.