C. Rajadurai
| Honourable C. Rajadurai MP MMC JP,UM | |
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| செ. இராசதுரை | |
| Minister of Regional Development | |
| Minister of Hindu Religious Affairs | |
| Member of the Ceylonese Parliament for Batticaloa | |
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In office 1956–1989 | |
| Preceded by | R. B. Kadramer |
| 1st Mayor of Batticaloa | |
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In office 1967–1968 | |
| Succeeded by | J. L. Tissaveerasinghe |
| Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 July 1927 |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Chelliah Rajadurai (Tamil: செல்லையா இராசதுரை; born 27 July 1927) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former government minister, Member of Parliament and Mayor of Batticaloa.
Rajadurai was born on 27 July 1927.[1] Rajadurai was a journalist and a member of the editorial staff of the Sutantiran weekly newspaper.[2]
Rajadurai stood as the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's (Federal Party) candidate for Batticaloa at the 1956 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament.[3] He was re-elected at the March 1960, July 1960, 1965 and 1970 parliamentary elections.[4][5][6][7] He was the Tamil United Liberation Front candidate in Batticaloa at the 1977 parliamentary election and was re-elected.[8] In March 1979 he defected to the United National Party led government and was rewarded by being appointed Minister of Regional Development and Hindu Cultural Affairs.[9][10][11] He was later appointed Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[12]
Rajadurai became the first Mayor of Batticaloa in 1967.[13] He was unseated the next year.[13]
See also
References
- ↑ "Rajadurai, Chelliah". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ↑ Sri Kantha, Sachi. "One Hundred Tamils of the 20th Century: V.Navaratnam". Tamil Nation.
- ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
- ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
- ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
- ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
- ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
- ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
- ↑ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 27: Horsewhip Amirthalingham". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
- ↑ Wickramasinghe, Wimal (15 January 2008). "Saga of crossovers, expulsions, resignations, terminations, death and by-elections in Sri Lanka". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Jayawarden, Kishali Pinto (7 April 2002). "That conscience Bill coming again". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ "TELO opposes Rajadurai attending Chelva anniversary in Jaffna". TamilNet. 23 April 2012.
- 1 2 "History of Municipal Council". Batticaloa Municipal Council.
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