S. M. Rasamanickam

Hon.
S. M. Rasamanickam
MP
Member of the Ceylonese Parliament
for Paddiruppu
In office
1952–1956
Preceded byS. U. Ethiramanasingham
Succeeded byS. U. Ethiramanasingham
In office
1960–1970
Preceded byS. U. Ethiramanasingham
Succeeded byS. Thambirajah
Personal details
Born(1913-01-20)20 January 1913
Mandur, Ceylon
Died7 September 1974(1974-09-07) (aged 61)
Political partyIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations		Tamil United Liberation Front
EthnicityCeylon Tamil

Sinnappu Moothathamby Rasamanickam (20 January 1913 – 7 September 1974) was a Ceylon Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Rasamanickam was born on 20 January 1913.[1][2][3] He was from Mandur in eastern Ceylon.[4]

Career

After his education Rasamanickam joined the government service as an Assistant Food Controller.[4]

Rasamanickam stood as an independent candidate in Paddiruppu at the 1947 parliamentary election but was defeated by S. U. Ethiramanasingham.[5] However, he won the 1952 parliamentary election and entered Parliament.[6] He stood as the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's (Federal Party) candidate at the 1956 parliamentary election but was again defeated by Ethiramanasingham.[7] He re-gained the seat at the March 1960 parliamentary election.[8] He was re-elected at the July 1960 and 1965 parliamentary elections but was defeated at the 1970 parliamentary election by the United National Party candidate S. Thambirajah.[9][10][11]

Rasamanickam was president of ITAK and Tamil United Liberation Front.[4][12]

References

  1. ^ "அமரர்.சி.மூ.இராசமாணிக்கமும் அவரது பணிகளும்". kathiravan.com. - In Tamil
  2. ^ Tamils struggle getting multiplied. Sambanthan express at Batticaloa, Online Uthayan, 21 January 2013
  3. ^ SMR the farmer who first sowed Tamil Nationalism in the East of Sri Lanka, S. Karunanandarajah
  4. ^ a b c Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 161.
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2009.
  12. ^ Mahindapala, H. L. D. (24 October 1999). "Convivencia: Jaffna-centric notion of living together". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).