C. Rajadurai, Date of Birth

    

C. Rajadurai

Sri Lankan Tamil politician

Date of Birth: 27-Jul-1927

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About C. Rajadurai

  • Chelliah Rajadurai (Tamil: ???????? ????????; born 27 July 1927) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former government minister, Member of Parliament and Mayor of Batticaloa. Rajadurai was born on 27 July 1927.
  • Rajadurai was a journalist and a member of the editorial staff of the Sutantiran weekly newspaper.Rajadurai stood as the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's (Federal Party) candidate for Batticaloa at the 1956 parliamentary election.
  • He won the election and entered Parliament.
  • He was re-elected at the March 1960, July 1960, 1965 and 1970 parliamentary elections.
  • He was the Tamil United Liberation Front candidate in Batticaloa at the 1977 parliamentary election and was re-elected.
  • In March 1979 he defected to the United National Party led government and was rewarded by being appointed Minister of Regional Development and Hindu Cultural Affairs.
  • He was later appointed Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Rajadurai became the first Mayor of Batticaloa in 1967.
  • He was unseated the next year.

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