Subaiya Nadesan Politician

Subaiya Nadesapillai (Tamil: சுப்பையா நடேசபிள்ளை; 21 May 1895 - 15 January 1965) also known as S. Nadesan was the son-in-law of Ponnambalam Ramanathan and a Tamil senator from Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He was a United National Party candidate and defeated Samuel Chelvanayakam in the 1952 Jaffna elections, after losing to him in the 1947 elections from Kankesanthurai. He was a defender of a political solution to the Sri Lanka conflict but left the UNP when it embraced a Sinhala-only campaign. He was a member of the state council, the parliament, and later became a minister.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 21, 1895
Birth place
Thanjavur , Presidencies and provinces of British India
Nationality
Sri Lanka
Religion
Hindu
Date of deathJanuary 15, 1965
Profession
Senate of Ceylon

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Member of parliament

region
Kankesanthurai Electoral District
successor
Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi

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