Prince Casinader | |
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பிரின்ஸ் காசிநாதர் | |
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
In office 1989–1994 | |
Constituency | Batticaloa District |
Personal details | |
Born | Batticaloa, Ceylon | 21 July 1926
Died | 12 December 2018 Batticaloa, Sri Lanka | (aged 92)
Political party | Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front |
Profession | Teacher |
Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Prince Gunarasa Casinader ( Tamil: பிரின்ஸ் குணராசா காசிநாதர்; 21 July 1926 – 12 December 2018) was a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and Member of Parliament.
Casinader was born 21 July 1926 in Batticaloa in eastern Ceylon. [1] [2] He was the son of Charles Brown Casinader, a kachcheri mudaliyar, and Mildred. [3] He had four brothers (Wesley, Bertram, Noble and Kingsley). [2] [3] He was educated at Vincent Girls' High School, St. Cecilia's Girls' College and Methodist Central College in Batticaloa. [2] [4]
Casinader had ambitions to be a lawyer but in 1946, due to a shortage of teachers, the principal of Methodist Central College, S. V. O. Somanader, invited Casinader to be a temporary voluntary teacher at the school. [1] [4] He studied at the Government Teachers' College (GTC) in Maharagama between 1950 and 1951, obtaining a diploma in education. [1] [2] [4]
Casinader was married to Anne. [5] He had two daughters, Praemini and Sharmini. [2]
After qualifying Casinader returned to Methodist Central College in 1952, serving as a teacher and deputy principal before becoming principal in 1975. [2] [4] [5] [6] He retired in 1986 after 40 years of teaching at Methodist Central College. [1] [4]
Casinader contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the ENDLF/ EPRLF/ TELO/ TULF alliance's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to Parliament. [7] [8]
Casinader was president of the Batticaloa Citizens’ Committee and the Batticaloa Vigilance Committee. [2] [4] [9] He represented Sri Lanka at Amnesty International's world conference in Amsterdam. [2] He was vice-president of the Secondary Trained Teachers’ Union, president of the Batticaloa branch of the Ceylon Teachers’ Union and a founding member of the GTC Fifties. [1] [2] [9] He was president of the Batticaloa Football Association and East Ceylon Travellers’ Federation, co-patron of the Ceylon Referees Association and vice-chairman of the Eastern Transport Board Consultative Committee. [1] [9] He was a member of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka's board of governors. [2] [4] He contributed articles for Sri Lankan newspapers and Asiaweek. [1]
Casinader died on 12 December 2018 at his home in Batticaloa. [4] [9]
Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | Votes | Result |
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1989 parliamentary [7] [8] | Batticaloa District | Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front | ENDLF/ EPRLF/ TELO/ TULF | 21,959 | Elected |
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Prince Casinader | |
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பிரின்ஸ் காசிநாதர் | |
Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka | |
In office 1989–1994 | |
Constituency | Batticaloa District |
Personal details | |
Born | Batticaloa, Ceylon | 21 July 1926
Died | 12 December 2018 Batticaloa, Sri Lanka | (aged 92)
Political party | Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front |
Profession | Teacher |
Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Prince Gunarasa Casinader ( Tamil: பிரின்ஸ் குணராசா காசிநாதர்; 21 July 1926 – 12 December 2018) was a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and Member of Parliament.
Casinader was born 21 July 1926 in Batticaloa in eastern Ceylon. [1] [2] He was the son of Charles Brown Casinader, a kachcheri mudaliyar, and Mildred. [3] He had four brothers (Wesley, Bertram, Noble and Kingsley). [2] [3] He was educated at Vincent Girls' High School, St. Cecilia's Girls' College and Methodist Central College in Batticaloa. [2] [4]
Casinader had ambitions to be a lawyer but in 1946, due to a shortage of teachers, the principal of Methodist Central College, S. V. O. Somanader, invited Casinader to be a temporary voluntary teacher at the school. [1] [4] He studied at the Government Teachers' College (GTC) in Maharagama between 1950 and 1951, obtaining a diploma in education. [1] [2] [4]
Casinader was married to Anne. [5] He had two daughters, Praemini and Sharmini. [2]
After qualifying Casinader returned to Methodist Central College in 1952, serving as a teacher and deputy principal before becoming principal in 1975. [2] [4] [5] [6] He retired in 1986 after 40 years of teaching at Methodist Central College. [1] [4]
Casinader contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the ENDLF/ EPRLF/ TELO/ TULF alliance's candidates in Batticaloa District and was elected to Parliament. [7] [8]
Casinader was president of the Batticaloa Citizens’ Committee and the Batticaloa Vigilance Committee. [2] [4] [9] He represented Sri Lanka at Amnesty International's world conference in Amsterdam. [2] He was vice-president of the Secondary Trained Teachers’ Union, president of the Batticaloa branch of the Ceylon Teachers’ Union and a founding member of the GTC Fifties. [1] [2] [9] He was president of the Batticaloa Football Association and East Ceylon Travellers’ Federation, co-patron of the Ceylon Referees Association and vice-chairman of the Eastern Transport Board Consultative Committee. [1] [9] He was a member of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka's board of governors. [2] [4] He contributed articles for Sri Lankan newspapers and Asiaweek. [1]
Casinader died on 12 December 2018 at his home in Batticaloa. [4] [9]
Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | Votes | Result |
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1989 parliamentary [7] [8] | Batticaloa District | Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front | ENDLF/ EPRLF/ TELO/ TULF | 21,959 | Elected |
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