Chellappah Coomaraswamy ( ta, செல்லப்பா குமாரசுவாமி; born 25 August 1887) was a

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civil servant, diplomat and member of the

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Early life and family

Coomaraswamy was born on 25 August 1887. He was the son of Chellappah from Aiyanarkoviladi. Coomaraswamy was educated at Jaffna Hindu College and

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. Coomaraswamy married Mankayatkarasi, daughter of Mudaliyar Sabapathy and Manicka Ammaiyar from Nallur. They had three sons ( Rajendra, Mahendra and Satyendra) and one daughter (Sundareswari).

Career

Coomaraswamy joined the Government Clerical Service after finishing his education. He was appointed to the

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in 1910. He was Police Magistrate in

Puttalam Puttalam ( si, පුත්තලම, translit=Puttalama; ta, புத்தளம், translit=Puttaḷam) is the largest town in Puttalam District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka. Puttalam is the administrative capital of the Puttalam ...

in 1913, District Judge and Registrar General. He served as District Judge in

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in 1933 before becoming Government Agent for the Northern Province.

Later life

After retirement Coomaraswamy was nominated to the

in 1947. He served as the Ceylonese High Commissioner in

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between 1950 and 1955.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coomaraswamy, C. 1887 births Alumni of Jaffna Hindu College Alumni of Royal College, Colombo Government Agents (Sri Lanka) High Commissioners of Sri Lanka to India Members of the Senate of Ceylon People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka People from British Ceylon Sri Lankan Tamil people Sri Lankan civil servants Sri Lankan diplomats Tamil people Tamil politicians Year of death missing