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Balasundaram</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">MP</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;"><div class="nickname" lang="ta">மு. பாலசுந்தரம்</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Mu.Balasundaram.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Mu.Balasundaram.jpg/220px-Mu.Balasundaram.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="327" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Mu.Balasundaram.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="252" data-file-height="374" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Ceylonese_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceylonese Parliament">Ceylonese Parliament</a></span><br />for <a href="/wiki/Kopay_Electoral_District" title="Kopay Electoral District">Kopay</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1960–1965</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/C._Vanniasingam" title="C. Vanniasingam">C. Vanniasingam</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/S._Kathiravelupillai" title="S. Kathiravelupillai">S. Kathiravelupillai</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1903-04-07</span>)</span>7 April 1903</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">15 December 1965<span style="display:none">(1965-12-15)</span> (aged 62)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_University_College" title="Ceylon University College">Ceylon University College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Trinity_Hall,_Cambridge" title="Trinity Hall, Cambridge">Trinity Hall, Cambridge</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Lawyer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ethnicity</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Tamil" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceylon Tamil">Ceylon Tamil</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Murugesu Balasundaram</b> (<a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>: <span lang="ta">முருகேசு பாலசுந்தரம்</span>; 7 April 1903 – 15 December 1965) was a <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Tamil" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceylon Tamil">Ceylon Tamil</a> lawyer, politician and <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_family">Early life and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Balasundaram&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Balasundaram was born on 7 April 1903.<sup id="cite_ref-Arumugam_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arumugam-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the son of Reverend K. 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Murugesu, a Methodist clergyman.<sup id="cite_ref-Arumugam_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arumugam-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was educated at Kilner College, Jaffna and <a href="/wiki/Royal_College,_Colombo" title="Royal College, Colombo">Royal College, Colombo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Arumugam_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arumugam-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After school Balasundaram joined the <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_University_College" title="Ceylon University College">Ceylon University College</a>, graduating in 1923 with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">B.Sc.</a> degree.<sup id="cite_ref-Arumugam_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arumugam-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received a scholarship to study at <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Hall,_Cambridge" title="Trinity Hall, Cambridge">Trinity Hall, Cambridge</a> from where he graduated with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a> degree.<sup id="cite_ref-Arumugam_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arumugam-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Balasundaram married Sinnammah, daughter of Sinnathamby.<sup id="cite_ref-Arumugam_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arumugam-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had four sons (Gnanasanmugan, Yogasundaram, Balakrishnan and Sivanandasundaram) and two daughters (Somasundaravalli and Yogeswari).<sup id="cite_ref-Arumugam_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arumugam-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Balasundaram&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After returning to <a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">Ceylon</a> Balasundaram worked as journalist for a brief period before joining the legal profession as an <a href="/wiki/Advocate" title="Advocate">advocate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Arumugam_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arumugam-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Balasundaram was one of the founding members of the <a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Youth_Congress" title="Jaffna Youth Congress">Jaffna Youth Congress</a> in 1924.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stood as the <a href="/wiki/Illankai_Tamil_Arasu_Kachchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi">Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi</a>'s (Federal Party) candidate in <a href="/wiki/Kopay_Electoral_District" title="Kopay Electoral District">Kopay</a> at the <a href="/wiki/March_1960_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election">March 1960 parliamentary election</a>. He won the election and entered <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Ceylon" title="Parliament of Ceylon">Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was re-elected at the <a href="/wiki/July_1960_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election">July 1960 parliamentary election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stood as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">independent</a> candidate in Kopay at <a href="/wiki/1965_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1965 parliamentary election</a> but was defeated by the ITAK candidate <a href="/wiki/S._Kathiravelupillai" title="S. Kathiravelupillai">S. Kathiravelupillai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Balasundaram died on 15 December 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-Arumugam_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arumugam-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Balasundaram&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Arumugam-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Arumugam_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Arumugam_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Arumugam_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Arumugam_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Arumugam_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Arumugam_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Arumugam_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Arumugam_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Arumugam_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFArumugam1997" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/S._Arumugam" title="S. 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William Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Cader_Shahul_Hameed" title="Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed">Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._M._Herath" title="T. B. M. Herath">T. B. M. Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Ilangaratne" title="T. B. Ilangaratne">T. B. Ilangaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Jayasundera" title="T. B. Jayasundera">T. B. Jayasundera</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._H._Jayawickrema&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D. H. Jayawickrema (page does not exist)">D. H. Jayawickrema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U._P._Y._Jinadasa" title="U. P. Y. Jinadasa">U. P. Y. Jinadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tissa_Kapukotuwa" title="Tissa Kapukotuwa">Tissa Kapukotuwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._A._S._Marikkar" title="C. A. S. Marikkar">C. A. S. Marikkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrasena_Munaweera" title="Chandrasena Munaweera">Chandrasena Munaweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._S._Pelpola" title="R. S. Pelpola">R. S. Pelpola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Jasen_Ranaweera" title="Donald Jasen Ranaweera">Donald J. Ranaweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._L._Senanayake" title="E. L. Senanayake">E. L. Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Tennekoon" title="Reginald Tennekoon">R. W. Tennekoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Tennekoon" title="T. B. Tennekoon">T. B. Tennekoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._B._A._Weerakoon" title="P. B. A. Weerakoon">Aloysius Weerakoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._D._Weerasekera" title="J. D. Weerasekera">J. D. 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Alegacone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Amirthalingam" title="A. Amirthalingam">A. Amirthalingam</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Balasundaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._J._V._Chelvanayakam" title="S. J. V. Chelvanayakam">S. J. V. Chelvanayakam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Dharmalingam" title="V. Dharmalingam">V. Dharmalingam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Duraiappah" title="Alfred Duraiappah">Alfred Duraiappah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._A._Kandiah" title="V. A. Kandiah">V. A. Kandiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._M._V._Naganathan" title="E. M. V. Naganathan">E. M. V. Naganathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._N._Navaratnam" title="V. N. Navaratnam">V. N. Navaratnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Sivasithamparam" title="M. Sivasithamparam">M. Sivasithamparam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Sivasithamparam" title="T. Sivasithamparam">T. Sivasithamparam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Sivasunderam" title="A. Sivasunderam">A. 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Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abeyratne_Pilapitiya" title="Abeyratne Pilapitiya">Abeyratne Pilapitiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_Ratwatte" title="Clifford Ratwatte">Clifford Ratwatte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Senanayake" title="Dudley Senanayake">Dudley Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=H._G._Somabandu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H. G. Somabandu (page does not exist)">H. G. Somabandu</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=H._Weragama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H. Weragama (page does not exist)">H. 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Wickramasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Wijayawardhene" title="Justin Wijayawardhene">Justin Wijayawardhene</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Uva_Province" title="Uva Province">Uva Province</a> (10)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W._P._G._Ariyadasa" title="W. P. G. Ariyadasa">W. P. G. Ariyadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Y._M_Wijeratne_Banda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Y. M Wijeratne Banda (page does not exist)">K. Y. M Wijeratne Banda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._H._Bandara" title="B. H. Bandara">B. H. Bandara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._G._Gunasekera" title="J. G. Gunasekera">J. G. Gunasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._M._Gunasekera" title="R. M. Gunasekera">R. M. Gunasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._A._Peeris" title="S. A. Peeris">S. A. 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Bandaranayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somaweera_Chandrasiri" title="Somaweera Chandrasiri">Somaweera Chandrasiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Ruskin_Fernando" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Ruskin Fernando">M. Ruskin Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Quintin_Fernando" class="mw-redirect" title="T. Quintin Fernando">T. Quintin Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibile_Fonseka" title="Bibile Fonseka">Bibile Fonseka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cholomondeley_Goonewardene" title="Cholomondeley Goonewardene">Cholomondeley Goonewardene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Goonewardene" title="Leslie Goonewardene">Leslie Goonewardene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Gunawardena" title="Philip Gunawardena">Philip Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gunawardena" title="Robert Gunawardena">Robert Gunawardena</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Percy_Jayakodi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Percy Jayakodi (page does not exist)">Percy Jayakodi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._E._Jayasinghe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. E. Jayasinghe (page does not exist)">A. E. Jayasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelton_Jayasinghe" title="Shelton Jayasinghe">D. 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M. K. Banda">K. M. K. Banda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._D._Banda" title="M. D. Banda">M. D. Banda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._B._Dassanayake" title="L. B. Dassanayake">L. B. Dassanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._William_Fernando" title="T. William Fernando">T. William Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Cader_Shahul_Hameed" title="Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed">Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._M._Herath" title="T. B. M. Herath">T. B. M. Herath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Ilangaratne" title="T. B. Ilangaratne">T. B. Ilangaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=K._Abdul_Jabbar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K. Abdul Jabbar (page does not exist)">K. Abdul Jabbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Jayasundera" title="T. B. Jayasundera">T. B. Jayasundera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U._P._Y._Jinadasa" title="U. P. Y. Jinadasa">U. P. Y. Jinadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tissa_Kapukotuwa" title="Tissa Kapukotuwa">Tissa Kapukotuwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrasena_Munaweera" title="Chandrasena Munaweera">Chandrasena Munaweera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._S._Pelpola" title="R. S. Pelpola">R. S. Pelpola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelton_Ranaraja" title="Shelton Ranaraja">Shelton Ranaraja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abeyratne_Ratnayaka" title="Abeyratne Ratnayaka">Abeyratne Ratnayaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._L._Senanayake" title="E. L. Senanayake">E. L. Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._G._Sirisena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D. G. Sirisena (page does not exist)">D. G. Sirisena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Tennekoon" title="Reginald Tennekoon">R. W. Tennekoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._Tennekoon" title="T. B. Tennekoon">T. B. Tennekoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._D._Weerasekera" title="J. D. Weerasekera">J. D. Weerasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U._B._Weerasekera" title="U. B. Weerasekera">U. B. Weerasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Wijesuriya" title="Edmund Wijesuriya">Edmund Wijesuriya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern Province</a> (11)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/T._Ahambaram" title="T. Ahambaram">T. Ahambaram</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._E._H._Mohamed_Ali" title="M. E. H. Mohamed Ali">M. E. H. Mohamed Ali</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._C._Ahamed" title="M. C. Ahamed">M. C. Ahamed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._L._Abdul_Majeed" title="A. L. Abdul Majeed">A. L. Abdul Majeed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._A._Abdul_Majeed" title="M. A. Abdul Majeed">M. A. Abdul Majeed</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._I._M._Abdul_Majeed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. I. M. Abdul Majeed (page does not exist)">M. I. M. Abdul Majeed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Manicavasagam" title="P. Manicavasagam">P. Manicavasagam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Hussain_Macan_Markar" title="Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar">Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Rajadurai" title="C. Rajadurai">C. Rajadurai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._R._Rajavarothiam" title="N. R. Rajavarothiam">N. R. Rajavarothiam</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Manickarajah" title="S. M. Manickarajah">S. M. Manickarajah</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Rasamanickam" title="S. M. Rasamanickam">S. M. Rasamanickam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indrasena_de_Zoysa" title="Indrasena de Zoysa">Indrasena de Zoysa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern Province</a> (13)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._A._Alegacone" title="V. A. Alegacone">V. A. Alegacone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Amirthalingam" title="A. Amirthalingam">A. Amirthalingam</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Balasundaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._J._V._Chelvanayakam" title="S. J. V. Chelvanayakam">S. J. V. Chelvanayakam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Dharmalingam" title="V. Dharmalingam">V. Dharmalingam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Duraiappah" title="Alfred Duraiappah">Alfred Duraiappah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._A._Kandiah" title="V. A. Kandiah">V. A. Kandiah</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V._Navaratnam" title="V. Navaratnam">V. Navaratnam</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._M._V._Naganathan" title="E. M. V. Naganathan">E. M. V. Naganathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._N._Navaratnam" title="V. N. Navaratnam">V. N. Navaratnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Sivasithamparam" title="M. Sivasithamparam">M. Sivasithamparam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Sivasithamparam" title="T. Sivasithamparam">T. Sivasithamparam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Sivasunderam" title="A. Sivasunderam">A. Sivasunderam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Thurairatnam" title="K. Thurairatnam">K. Thurairatnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Central Province, Sri Lanka">North Central Province</a> (8)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C._P._de_Silva" title="C. P. de Silva">C. P. de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._H._de_Silva" title="A. H. de Silva">A. H. de Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirimevan_Godage" title="Sirimevan Godage">Sirimevan Godage</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K._B._Ratnayake" title="K. B. Ratnayake">K. B. Ratnayake</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._L._B._Hurulle" title="E. L. B. Hurulle">E. L. B. Hurulle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._B._Lenawa" title="S. B. Lenawa">S. B. Lenawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._B._Ratnamalala" title="R. B. Ratnamalala">R. B. Ratnamalala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maithripala_Senanayake" title="Maithripala Senanayake">Maithripala Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._M._K._Tennakoon" title="P. M. K. Tennakoon">P. M. K. Tennakoon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="North Western Province, Sri Lanka">North Western Province</a> (16)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._A._Adikari" title="M. A. Adikari">M. A. Adikari</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._A._J._Wijesinghe" title="M. A. J. Wijesinghe">M. A. J. Wijesinghe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Fernando" title="Hugh Fernando">Hugh Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._D._R._Jayaratne" title="S. D. R. Jayaratne">S. D. R. Jayaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._B._Jayasena" title="L. B. Jayasena">L. B. Jayasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._H._M._Naina_Marikar" title="M. H. M. Naina Marikar">M. H. M. Naina Marikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._B._Monnekulame" title="D. B. Monnekulame">D. B. Monnekulame</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jaya_Pathirana" title="Jaya Pathirana">Jaya Pathirana</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Peries" title="Albert Peries">Albert Peries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._U._Romanis" title="A. U. Romanis">A. U. Romanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Samarakkody" title="Stephen Samarakkody">Stephen Samarakkody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._W._Samarasinghe" title="G. W. Samarasinghe">G. W. Samarasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._H._Senanayake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. H. Senanayake (page does not exist)">A. H. Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Gotabhaya_Senanayake" title="Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake">Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudiyanse_Tennakoon" title="Mudiyanse Tennakoon">Mudiyanse Tennakoon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kavisena_Herath" title="Kavisena Herath">Kavisena Herath</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U._B._Wanninayake" title="U. B. Wanninayake">U. B. Wanninayake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leelananda_Weerasinghe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leelananda Weerasinghe (page does not exist)">Leelananda Weerasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._P._Wickremasinghe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D. P. Wickremasinghe (page does not exist)">D. P. Wickremasinghe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sabaragamuwa_Province" title="Sabaragamuwa Province">Sabaragamuwa Province</a> (17)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._L._M._Aboosally" title="M. L. M. Aboosally">M. L. M. Aboosally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._A._P._B._Balasuriya" title="B. A. P. B. Balasuriya">B. A. P. B. Balasuriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._de_S._A._Gunasekera" title="L. de S. A. Gunasekera">L. de S. A. Gunasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._C._Imbulana" title="P. C. Imbulana">P. C. Imbulana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._B._G._Kalugalla" title="P. B. G. Kalugalla">P. B. G. Kalugalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asoka_Karunaratne" title="Asoka Karunaratne">Asoka Karunaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._T._G._Karunaratne" title="V. T. G. Karunaratne">V. T. G. Karunaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._A._Karunasena" title="W. A. Karunasena">W. A. Karunasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Mathew" title="Cyril Mathew">Cyril Mathew</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanley_Molligoda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stanley Molligoda (page does not exist)">Stanley Molligoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._M._Perera" title="N. M. Perera">N. M. Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_Ratwatte" title="Clifford Ratwatte">Clifford Ratwatte</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._R._Ratnayake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. R. Ratnayake (page does not exist)">P. R. 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