Arumugam Canagaratnam
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Arumugam Canagaratnam is the founder of the college
Canagaratnam Maha Vidyalayam (formerly Stanley College) in Jaffna
, Sri Lanka
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and Telecommunications in the independent Sri Lanka
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Another illustrious descendant of Visvanathar was A. Canagaratnam, the younger brother of C.Sittampalam’s grandfather A. Cathiravelu. Canagaratnam followed in the footsteps of his uncle V. Casipillai in devotion to public service. In 1924 he became the member of the Northern Province, Southern division in the legislative council and agitated for the establishment of a University of Ceylon. As a keen nationalist he edited and published the 'Ceylon Patriot' at his own expense and is credited with strengthening the independent movement in Jaffna. In 1927 he was the leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Conference. With his own money, on his own land, he built Stanley College, initially named after the British Governor and subsequently named Canagaratnam Maha Vidyalayam in his honour. As chairman of the first urban Council of Jaffna. He set the stage for another descendants of the above Visvanathar to follow, 2 of them serving as Mayor of Jaffna. He had been largely instrumental in the establishment of the urban council, though the previous establishment of the Jaffna local board.
College
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Canagaratnam Maha Vidyalayam (formerly Stanley College) in Jaffna
Jaffna
Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district located on a peninsula of the same name. Jaffna is approximately six miles away from Kandarodai which served as a famous emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical...
, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
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Biography
His nephew Late Cathiravelu Sittampalam, was the first Cabinet Minister of PostsMail
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and Telecommunications in the independent Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
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Another illustrious descendant of Visvanathar was A. Canagaratnam, the younger brother of C.Sittampalam’s grandfather A. Cathiravelu. Canagaratnam followed in the footsteps of his uncle V. Casipillai in devotion to public service. In 1924 he became the member of the Northern Province, Southern division in the legislative council and agitated for the establishment of a University of Ceylon. As a keen nationalist he edited and published the 'Ceylon Patriot' at his own expense and is credited with strengthening the independent movement in Jaffna. In 1927 he was the leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Conference. With his own money, on his own land, he built Stanley College, initially named after the British Governor and subsequently named Canagaratnam Maha Vidyalayam in his honour. As chairman of the first urban Council of Jaffna. He set the stage for another descendants of the above Visvanathar to follow, 2 of them serving as Mayor of Jaffna. He had been largely instrumental in the establishment of the urban council, though the previous establishment of the Jaffna local board.