Mohamed Macan Markar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Sri Lankan politician
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Place of Birth: Galle, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
About Mohamed Macan Markar
- Sir Mohamed Macan Markar (7 September 1877 – 10 May 1952) was a prominent Ceylonese colonial era legislator and businessmen.
- He was Minister of Home Affairs of the State Council, member of the Legislative Council and a Senator. Markar was born 5 October 1885 in Galle, the son of Oduma Lebbe Marikar Macan Markar, a wealthy merchant from Galle, and was educated at Wesley College, Colombo, where he played cricket before going into the family business. Markar was elected as a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon in 1924 and later to the State Council.
- He became the Minister of Communications and Works.
- From 1948 to 1952 he was a member of the Senate of Ceylon.
- He was knighted in 1938. Markar's sons were Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar, former member of parliament for Batticaloa; Muhammad Ajward Macan Markar, FRCP, Professor of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Peradeniya and Alavi Ibrahim Macan Markar, FCA.
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