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'''Mylvaganam Canagaratnam''' (15 April 1924 – 20 April 1980) was a [[Sri Lankan Tamil]] politician and Member of Parliament.
'''Mylvaganam Canagaratnam''' (15 April 1924 &ndash; 20 April 1980) was a [[Sri Lankan Tamil]] politician and Member of Parliament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canagaratnam, Mylvaganam|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-past-members/viewMember/2117|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]}}</ref>

Canagaratnam was born on 15 April 1924.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canagaratnam, Mylvaganam|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-past-members/viewMember/2117|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]}}</ref>


Canagaratnam stood as the [[Tamil United Liberation Front]]'s candidate for [[Pottuvil Electoral District|Pottuvil]] at the [[1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|1977 parliamentary election]]. He came second and entered [[Parliament of Ceylon|Parliament]] as the second member for Pottuvil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-17 |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka }}</ref> In December 1977 he [[Defection|defected]] to the [[United National Party]] led [[Jayewardene cabinet|government]] and was rewarded by being appointed District Minister for Batticaloa.<ref name=LawNet>{{cite web|title=Appapillai Amirthalingam V. Piyasekera, M. A. Commissioner of Elections and Others|url=http://www.lawnet.lk/docs/case_law/slr/HTML/1980SLR2V285.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130811093324/http://www.lawnet.lk/docs/case_law/slr/HTML/1980SLR2V285.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-08-11|publisher=LawNet}}</ref><ref name=Rajasingham>{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB02Df03.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020416074026/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB02Df03.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2002-04-16|chapter=Chapter 25: War or peace?}}</ref>
Canagaratnam stood as the [[Tamil United Liberation Front]]'s candidate for [[Pottuvil Electoral District|Pottuvil]] at the [[1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|1977 parliamentary election]]. He came second and entered [[Parliament of Ceylon|Parliament]] as the second member for Pottuvil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-17 |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka }}</ref> In December 1977 he [[Defection|defected]] to the [[United National Party]] led [[Jayewardene cabinet|government]] and was rewarded by being appointed District Minister for Batticaloa.<ref name=LawNet>{{cite web|title=Appapillai Amirthalingam V. Piyasekera, M. A. Commissioner of Elections and Others|url=http://www.lawnet.lk/docs/case_law/slr/HTML/1980SLR2V285.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130811093324/http://www.lawnet.lk/docs/case_law/slr/HTML/1980SLR2V285.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-08-11|publisher=LawNet}}</ref><ref name=Rajasingham>{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB02Df03.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020416074026/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB02Df03.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2002-04-16|chapter=Chapter 25: War or peace?}}</ref>

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Hon.
M. Canagaratnam
Member of Parliament
for Pottuvil
In office
1977–1980
Succeeded byRanganayaki Pathmanathan
Personal details
Born(1924-04-15)15 April 1924
Died20 April 1980(1980-04-20) (aged 56)
Political partyUnited National Party
EthnicitySri Lankan Tamil

Mylvaganam Canagaratnam (15 April 1924 – 20 April 1980) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.[1]

Canagaratnam stood as the Tamil United Liberation Front's candidate for Pottuvil at the 1977 parliamentary election. He came second and entered Parliament as the second member for Pottuvil.[2] In December 1977 he defected to the United National Party led government and was rewarded by being appointed District Minister for Batticaloa.[3][4]

Canagaratnam was shot outside his home in Kollupitiya, Colombo on 24 January 1978.[5] The attack was blamed on V. Prabhakaran and Uma Maheswaran of the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.[4][6] He died of his injuries on 20 April 1980.[3][5]

References

  1. ^ "Canagaratnam, Mylvaganam". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Appapillai Amirthalingam V. Piyasekera, M. A. Commissioner of Elections and Others". LawNet. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013.
  4. ^ a b Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 25: War or peace?". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 16 April 2002.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ a b Sri Kantha, Sachi (6 April 2009). "Kasi Ananthan at 70". Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
  6. ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 27: Horsewhip Amirthalingham". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 22 June 2002.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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