Cannappen Velusingham Velupillai (14 September 1914 – 1986) was a Ceylonese trade unionist, politician and poet. Velupillai was born on 14 September 1914 in Madakumbura, the son of a relatively wealthy Kangani family. He received his education at the St. Xavier's College, Nuwara Eliya, Hatton Methodist College (now Highlands College), and

Nalanda College, Colombo Nalanda College () is a Buddhist school in Sri Lanka that provides primary and secondary education for boys.Gandhism Gandhism is a body of ideas that describes the inspiration, vision, and the life work of Mohandas K. Gandhi. It is particularly associated with his contributions to the idea of nonviolent resistance, sometimes also called civil resistance. The ...

ideology and the Tagore school of thought. In 1943 when

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visited Ceylon, Velupillai met him and gave him a book of his poetry, ''Vismadgene'', that he had dedicated to Tagore. At the 1st parliamentary election, held on 16 September 1947, Velupillai contested the Talawakelle electorate, as the Ceylon India Congress (CIC) candidate. He polled 10,645 votes (78.65% of the total vote), with the other three Tamil candidates equally sharing the remaining votes. He was one of seven CIC candidates who were elected to that first parliament. He contested the Nuwara Eliya electorate in the 1970 parliamentary election and came third after

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and T. William Fernando.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Velupillai, C. V. 1914 births 1986 deaths Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo Ceylon Workers' Congress politicians Tamil politicians Indian Tamil trade unionists of Sri Lanka Members of the 1st Parliament of Ceylon Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka