T. Sivasithamparam | |
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தா. சிவசிதம்பரம் | |
Member of the
Ceylonese Parliament for Vavuniya | |
In office 1960–1970 | |
Preceded by | C. Suntharalingam |
Succeeded by | X. M. Sellathambu |
In office 1977–1983 | |
Preceded by | X. M. Sellathambu |
Personal details | |
Born | 26 March 1926 |
Died | 9 November 1992 Canada | (aged 66)
Political party | All Ceylon Tamil Congress |
Other political affiliations | Tamil United Liberation Front |
Alma mater | Trincomalee Hindu College |
Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Thamotharampillai Sivasithamparam ( Tamil: தாமோதரம்பிள்ளை சிவசிதம்பரம்; 26 March 1926 – 9 November 1992) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.
Sivasithamparam was born on 26 March 1926. [1] [2] He was the son of Thamotharampillai, a village headman from Mullaitivu in northern Ceylon. [1] He was educated at Trincomalee Hindu College. [1]
Sivasithamparam married Nagambi. [1] They had three sons (Sugumaran, Srikanthan and Sivakumar) and two daughters (Vanetha and Kanchana). [1]
Sivasithamparam was a Village Cultivation Officer (VCO). [1]
Sivasithamparam stood as an independent candidate in Vavuniya at the March 1960 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament. [3] He was re-elected at the July 1960 parliamentary election. [4] He later joined the All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC), serving as its youth leader. [5] He contested the 1965 parliamentary election as the ACTC candidate and was re-elected. [6] He was however defeated by the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) candidate X. M. Sellathambu at the 1970 parliamentary election. [7]
On 14 May 1972 the ACTC, ITAK, Ceylon Workers' Congress, Eelath Thamilar Otrumai Munnani and All Ceylon Tamil Conference formed the Tamil United Front, later renamed Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF). [8] [9] [10] [11] Sivasithamparam was the TULF's candidate in Vavuniya at the 1977 parliamentary election and was re-elected. [12] Sivasithamparam and all other TULF MPs boycotted Parliament from the middle of 1983 for a number of reasons: they were under pressure from Sri Lankan Tamil militants not to stay in Parliament beyond their normal six-year term; the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka required them to swear an oath unconditionally renouncing support for a separate state; and the Black July riots in which up to 3,000 Tamils were murdered by Sinhalese mobs. After three months of absence, Sivasithamparam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 5 October 1983. [13]
On 30 September 1983 the Sri Lankan Army attacked Sivasithamparam's Madukulam farm, beating to death the farm manager Nadarajah and burning his body. [14] Fearing for his life, Sivasithamparam fled to India. [14] He later migrated to Canada where he died on 9 November 1992. [1]
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T. Sivasithamparam | |
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தா. சிவசிதம்பரம் | |
Member of the
Ceylonese Parliament for Vavuniya | |
In office 1960–1970 | |
Preceded by | C. Suntharalingam |
Succeeded by | X. M. Sellathambu |
In office 1977–1983 | |
Preceded by | X. M. Sellathambu |
Personal details | |
Born | 26 March 1926 |
Died | 9 November 1992 Canada | (aged 66)
Political party | All Ceylon Tamil Congress |
Other political affiliations | Tamil United Liberation Front |
Alma mater | Trincomalee Hindu College |
Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Thamotharampillai Sivasithamparam ( Tamil: தாமோதரம்பிள்ளை சிவசிதம்பரம்; 26 March 1926 – 9 November 1992) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.
Sivasithamparam was born on 26 March 1926. [1] [2] He was the son of Thamotharampillai, a village headman from Mullaitivu in northern Ceylon. [1] He was educated at Trincomalee Hindu College. [1]
Sivasithamparam married Nagambi. [1] They had three sons (Sugumaran, Srikanthan and Sivakumar) and two daughters (Vanetha and Kanchana). [1]
Sivasithamparam was a Village Cultivation Officer (VCO). [1]
Sivasithamparam stood as an independent candidate in Vavuniya at the March 1960 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament. [3] He was re-elected at the July 1960 parliamentary election. [4] He later joined the All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC), serving as its youth leader. [5] He contested the 1965 parliamentary election as the ACTC candidate and was re-elected. [6] He was however defeated by the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) candidate X. M. Sellathambu at the 1970 parliamentary election. [7]
On 14 May 1972 the ACTC, ITAK, Ceylon Workers' Congress, Eelath Thamilar Otrumai Munnani and All Ceylon Tamil Conference formed the Tamil United Front, later renamed Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF). [8] [9] [10] [11] Sivasithamparam was the TULF's candidate in Vavuniya at the 1977 parliamentary election and was re-elected. [12] Sivasithamparam and all other TULF MPs boycotted Parliament from the middle of 1983 for a number of reasons: they were under pressure from Sri Lankan Tamil militants not to stay in Parliament beyond their normal six-year term; the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka required them to swear an oath unconditionally renouncing support for a separate state; and the Black July riots in which up to 3,000 Tamils were murdered by Sinhalese mobs. After three months of absence, Sivasithamparam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 5 October 1983. [13]
On 30 September 1983 the Sri Lankan Army attacked Sivasithamparam's Madukulam farm, beating to death the farm manager Nadarajah and burning his body. [14] Fearing for his life, Sivasithamparam fled to India. [14] He later migrated to Canada where he died on 9 November 1992. [1]
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