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K. V. Nadarajah
Kanthapillai Velupillai Nadarajah (6 July 1905 – October 2000) was a leading Ceylon Tamil lawyer and Member of Parliament. Early life and familyNadarajah was born on 6 July 1905.[1] He was one of the four sons of Kalladi Velupillai (Kalladi Velan), a prominent poet, and Atchikuddy.[1] Nadarajah was educated at Jaffna Central College and Parameshwara College, Jaffna.[1] After school he joined Ceylon University College.[1] He then entered Colombo Law College, qualifying as a proctor. Nadarajah married Gnanamani, daughter of P. S. Eliyatamby.[1] They had a son (Bala).[1] CareerNadarajah started practising law in Badulla in 1930.[1] He continued practising in Uva Province for 54 years.[1] Nadarajah was a member of Badulla Urban Council for more than ten years.[1] He contested the 1947 parliamentary election as an independent candidate in Bandarawela and was elected to Parliament.[2][3] Nadarajah was president of the Badulla Saiva Paripalana Sangam and managing trustee of the Kathir-velauthar Swami Temple in Badulla.[1] He was the founder of first Tamil school in Uva and served as the manager of Badualla Saraswathi Minor and Maha Vidayalam for 30 years.[1] Later lifeNadarajah's family home in Pingarawa was burnt to the ground during the Black July anti-Tamil riots of 1983.[3] Nadarajah fled to Colombo with assistance of J. C. T. Kotelawala, the former MP for Badulla.[3] References
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