A. Canagaratnam
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Early life and family
Canagaratnam was born in 1873.[2] He was the son of Visuvanathan Arumugam.[2] Canagaratnam was educated at Jaffna Central College and Wesley College, Colombo.[2] He had his higher education in Calcutta.[2]
Canagaratnam's nephew C. Sittampalam was a government minister.[3]
Career
Canagaratnam joined the legal profession after finishing his education.[2]
Canagaratnam became chairman of the Rural Education Development Board in the 1920s.[2] He was also chairman of the Jaffna Local Board and Jaffna Urban Council.[2][3] He was elected to the Legislative Council of Ceylon as the member for the Northern Province South at the 1924 election.[2][4]
Canagaratnam campaigned for the establishment of the University of Ceylon and edited a nationalist journal called The Ceylon Patriot.[2] He built Stanley College, which was later renamed Canagaratnam Maha Vidyalayam, using his own funds.[2][3] Canagaratnam Road is also named after him.[2]
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- Local authority councillors of Sri Lanka
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