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Vythilingam Palanisamy Ganesan (known as ''V. P. Ganesan'') was a
Ganeshan was the president of the trade union, Democratic Workers Congress and father of
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1999 deaths Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka Sri Lankan film producers Indian Tamil trade unionists of Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Hindus Year of birth missing Sri Lankan people of Indian Tamil descent 20th-century Sri Lankan actors {{SriLanka-politician-stub
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
n trade unionist
A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...
, politician
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, film producer and actor
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Biography
Ganeshan was the president of the trade union, Democratic Workers Congress and father of Mano
Mano may refer to:
People
* Mano people, an ethnic group in Liberia
* Mano (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname
* Mano (Mozambican footballer), Celso Halilo de Abdul (born 1984)
* Mano (Portuguese footballer), Luís Migu ...
, a Sri Lankan Minister and human rights defender, Praba, a former Member of Parliament, Gowri, a solicitor, Baskaran and Prakash, prominent industrialists in the hotel trade.
He produced and acted in the lead roles in three movies, ''Pudhiya Kattru'', ''Naan Ungal Thozhan'' and ''Naadu Pottra Vaazhgha''. As of now, he remains the only film producer to make three Tamil films in Sri Lanka and all of them were reasonable successes.
See also
*List of political families in Sri Lanka
This is a partial listing of prominent political families in Sri Lanka.
Abdul Majeed
*A. L. Abdul Majeed (15 November 1933 – 13 November 1987) also known as Mutur Majeed, former Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Member Par ...
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