S. O. Canagaratnam

Honourable
S. O. Canagaratnam
MSC
Member of the State Council of Ceylon
for Batticaloa South
In office
1936–1938
Preceded byA. H. Macan Markar
Succeeded byS. Dharmaretnam
Personal details
Born1880
DiedMay 1938(1938-05-00) (aged 57–58)
OccupationCivil servant
EthnicityCeylon Tamil

Sinnakutty Odayar Canagaratnam (Tamil: சின்னக்குட்டி உடையார் கனகரத்தினம், romanized: Ciṉṉakkuṭṭi Uṭaiyār Kaṉakarattiṉam; 1880 – May 1938) was a Ceylon Tamil civil servant, politician and member of the State Council of Ceylon.

Early life and family

Canagaratnam was born in 1880.[1] He was the son of Sinnakutty Odayar from Karaitivu in south-eastern Ceylon.[1] He was educated at St. Andrew's English School, Batticaloa.[1]

Canagaratnam was married to Muththamma, daughter of J. Abraham.[1] They had four daughters - Daisy, Grace, Carmaline and Violet.[1]

Career

Canagaratnam joined the Government Clerical Service and was later appointed Deputy Fiscal for Batticaloa District and Chief Mudaliyar for the Eastern Province.[1] After retirement Canagaratnam contested the 1936 state council election as a candidate for the Batticaloa South seat and was elected to the State Council of Ceylon.[1][2]

In 1921 Canagaratnam wrote a monograph, Monograph of the Batticaloa District of the Eastern Province, Ceylon.[1] He died in May 1938.[1][2]

Electoral history

Electoral history of S. O. Canagaratnam
Election Constituency Party Votes Result
1936 State Council of Ceylon Batticaloa South Elected

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon (PDF). pp. 28–29.
  2. ^ a b Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 8: Pan Sinhalese board of ministers - A Sinhalese ploy". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 2001-12-24.