Kumarathurai Arunasalam (
Tamil
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** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
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* Tamil language, nati ...
: அருணாசலம் குமராதுரை; May 25, 1939 - 22 January 2019)
Obituary
/ref> was the founder of Kumarapuram
Kumarapuram is a panchayat town in the southern Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, India.
History
Kumarapuram was once part of the Travancore Kingdom. After the States Reorganisation Act was passed, it became a part of the state of Tamil Nad ...
, a small village in Trincomalee District
Trincomalee District ( ta, திருக்கோணமலை மாவட்டம் ''Tirukōṇamalai Māvaṭṭam;'' si, ත්රිකුණාමළය දිස්ත්රික්කය ''Trikuṇāmalaya distrikkaya'') is one ...
of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
’s Eastern Province. He is younger brother of late Tamil United Liberation Front
The Tamil United Liberation Front ( ta, தமிழர் ஐக்கிய விடுதலை முன்னணி, translit=Tamil Onrupattatu Viduthulai Munnai, si, ද්රවිඩ එක්සත් විමුක්ති ප� ...
(TULF) Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...
for Trincomalee District, A. Thangathurai
Arunasalam Thangathurai ( ta, அருணாசலம் தங்கத்துரை; 17 January 1936 – 5 July 1997) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament.
Early life and family
Thangathurai was born 17 Ja ...
.
Publications
* இலக்கை அரசியல் வரலாறு - இழப்புகளும் பதிவுகளும், 2012.
See also
* Kumarapuram massacre
Kumarapuram massacre also known as 1996 Trincomalee massacre or 1996 Killiveddy massacre refers to the murder of 26 Sri Lankan Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army soldiers on February 11, 1996. The victims included 13 women and 9 children below ...
References
Trincomalee District in February 1996: Focusing on the Killiveddy Massacre, UTHR(J) Information Bulletin No.10, Date of Release: 2 March 1996
External links
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Sri Lankan Hindus
Sri Lankan Tamil people
1939 births
2019 deaths