Navaratnasingam Ratnavarothiam Rajavarothiam was a Ceylon Tamil politician and Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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Early life

Rajavarothiam was born on 8 October 1908. He was the son of Navaratnasingam. He was from Trincomalee

Trincomalee

Trincomalee is a port city in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka and lies on the east coast of the island, about 113 miles south of Jaffna. It has a population of approximately 100,000 . The city is built on a peninsula, which divides the inner and outer harbours. Overlooking the Kottiyar Bay,...

 in eastern British Ceylon

British Ceylon

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. He was educated at St. Joseph's College, Trincomalee and Ananda College

Ananda College

Ananda College , Colombo which is considered as the leading National school in Sri Lanka, was established on November 1, 1886, by the Buddhist Theosophical Society led by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott...

, Colombo

Colombo

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. He later entered Ceylon University College. He was chief trustee of Muttucumarswamy Temple.

Rajavarothiam married and had two sons.

Political career

Rajavarothiam joined the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi

Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi

Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi is a Sri Lankan political party which represents the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic minority in the country. It was originally formed in 1949 as breakaway faction of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress...

 (Federal Party) and became an active member of the party. He became Vice President of the party. He was ITAK's candidate for Trincomalee at the 1952 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament

Parliament of Ceylon

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. was one of only two ITAK MPs. He was re-elected at the 1956, March 1960 and July 1960 parliamentary elections.