C. Ponnambalam

C. Ponnambalam

C. Ponnambalam (Cathiravelu Ponnambalam) was the First Mayor of Jaffna.cite web | url= http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/02/26/new18.html| title=Stamp to honour Cathiravelu Sittampalam| date= 2004-02-26 | publisher= The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd [Daily News] |accessdate=2008-03-01] [cite web | url= http://sundaytimes.lk/070923/FunDay/heritage.html| title=First cabinet had only 14 ministers| date= 2007-09-23 | publisher= Wijeya Newspapers Ltd, Sri Lanka [The Sunday Times] |accessdate=2008-03-01]

Biography

Ponnambalam hailed from a distinguished Tamil family from Jaffna. His father Arumugam Cathiravelu was a Magistrate and District Judge. His own brother C. Sittampalam was the first Cabinet Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in the independent Sri Lanka. His uncle Arumugam Canagaratnam was the Chairman of the first Urban Council of Jaffna and built and founded Canagaratnam Maha Vidyalayam. Ponnambalam's grand uncle Viswanather Casipillai was a Crown Proctor and co-founder of the Jaffna Hindu College. His brother-in-law C. Casipillai was the Third Mayor of Jaffna. cite web | url= http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/02/26/new18.html| title=Stamp to honour Cathiravelu Sittampalam| date= 2004-02-26 | publisher= The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd [Daily News] |accessdate=2008-03-01]

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