V. Edirmannasingham Explained

V. Edirmannasingham
Honorific-Suffix:MLC
Office1:Unofficial Member (Tamil),
Legislative Council of Ceylon
Predecessor1:Simon Casie Chetty
Blank1:Ethnicity
Data1:Ceylon Tamil

Visuvasingam Edirmannasingham was a Ceylon Tamil member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.

Edirmannasingham was the son of Manapillai Visuvasingam from Inuvil in northern Ceylon.[1] He was appointed to the Legislative Council of Ceylon in 1846 as the unofficial member representing Tamils, replacing Simon Casie Chetty.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Arumugam, S.. Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. 1997. 51.