S. Nadesan

S. Nadesan

Subaiya Nadesapillai also known as S. Nadesan was the son-in-law of Ponnambalam Ramanathan and a Tamil senator from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He was a United National Party candidate and defeated Samuel Chelvanayakam in the 1952 Jaffna elections, after losing to him in the 1947 elections from Kankesanthurai [ [http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/04/27/new20.html 27th death anniversary of S. J. V. Chelvanayakam] Sri Lanka Daily News - April 27, 2004] . He was a defender of a political solution to the Sri Lanka conflict [Crick 82] but left the UNP when it embraced a Sinhala-only campaign [ [http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/04/13/fea01.asp Dudley Senanayake - the all-time gentleman] Sunday Observer - April 13, 2008] . He was a member of the state council, the parliament, and later became a minister [ [http://www.sangam.org/articles/view2/Makenthiran.pdf Tamils In Independent Ceylon] - Suppiramaniam Makenthiran] .

Footnotes

References

*cite book |title=In Defence of Politics |last=Crick |first=Bernard |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1993 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |isbn=0226120678 |pages= |url=


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Nadesan (name) — Nadesan is a Tamil name C. Natesa Mudaliar Activist in the Dravidian movement Aiyathurai Nadesan Sri Lankan journalist B. Nadesan Political Chief of LTTE Subaiyapillai Nadesan Son in law of Ponnambalam Ramanathan G. A. Natesan Indian freedom… …   Wikipedia

  • Aiyathurai Nadesan — Aiyathurai Nadesan, a prominent and veteran minority Sri Lankan Tamil journalist [ [http://www.rsf.org/killed 2004.php3?id article=10984 Reporter without borders report on his death] ] was shot dead on May 31, 2004 on his way to work in eastern… …   Wikipedia

  • Divisions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam — refers to the military, intelligence and overseas divisions the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Most of these divisions were demolished during the Eelam War IV, and only parts of the intelligence and financing divisions remain… …   Wikipedia

  • List of commanders of the LTTE — “The following is the list of commanders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), also known as the Tamil Tigers, a separatist militant Tamil nationalist organisation, which operated in northern and eastern Sri Lanka till May, 2009; when… …   Wikipedia

  • Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam — The official emblem of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as designed by Rishi Suresh. Dates of operation May 5, 1976 – present Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran Motives The cr …   Wikipedia

  • Alleged war crimes during the Sri Lankan Civil War — Sri Lankan Civil War (1983–2009) Background Sri Lanka · History of Sri Lanka Origins of the Civil War Origins of the Civil War · Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism  …   Wikipedia

  • M.I.A. (artist) — M.I.A. M.I.A. in 2009 …   Wikipedia

  • Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization — The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization or TELO is a Eelam Tamil organisation campaigning for the establishment of an independent Tamil Eelam in the northeast of Sri Lanka. The TELO was originally created as a militant group, and functioned as… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Tamils of Sri Lanka — This is a List of Tamils of Sri Lanka by their country of domicile or origin. All communities that speak Tamil or spoke Tamil and originally came from Sri Lanka are included. Tamils of Sri Lanka today are a trans national minority and are found… …   Wikipedia

  • Self-determination — This article is about self determination in international law. For other uses, see Self determination (disambiguation). Self determination is the principle in international law that nations have the right to freely choose their sovereignty and… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”