N. R. Rajavarothiam

Navaratnasingam Ratnavarothiam Rajavarothiam was a Ceylon Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life

Rajavarothiam was born on 8 October 1908. He was the son of Navaratnasingam. He was from Trincomalee in eastern British Ceylon. He was educated at St. Joseph's College, Trincomalee and Ananda College, Colombo. He later entered Ceylon University College. He was chief trustee of Muttucumarswamy Temple.

Rajavarothiam married to Sivayohanayaki and had two sons.

Political career

Rajavarothiam joined the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party) and became an active member of the party. He became Vice President of the party. He was ITAK's candidate for Trincomalee at the 1952 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament.^[1] was one of only two ITAK MPs. He was re-elected at the 1956, March 1960 and July 1960 parliamentary elections.^[2][3][4]

Death

Rajavarothiam died on 27 August 1963.

References

• Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 155. 

← Members of 2nd Parliament of Ceylon (1952 (1952)-1956) → Speaker: Albert Peries Prime Minister: Dudley Senanayake/John Kotelawala Leader of the Opposition: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Central Province (15) Bernard Aluwihare M. D. Banda H. E. P de Mel M. W. R. de Silva Robert Edward Jayatilaka C. A. S. Marikkar E. A. Nugawela T. B. Panabokke H. B. Rambukwella Abeyratne Ratnayaka E. L. Senanayake (Fredrick de Silva) P. H. C. Silva P. P. Sumanatilaka H. B. Tenne U. B. Unamboowe Eastern Province (7) M. E. H. Mohammed Ali M. M. Ebrahim Hadjiar R. B. Kadramer A. M. Merza V. Nalliah N. R. Rajavarothiam S. M. Rasamanickam Northern Province (9) V. Kumaraswamy S. Natesan G. G. Ponnambalam T. Ramalingam C. Sittampalam C. Suntharalingam Alfred Thambiayah C. Vanniasingam V. Veerasingam North Central Province (5) P. B. Bulankulame C. P. de Silva S. H. Mahadiulwewa T. B. Poholiyadde Maithripala Senanayake North Western Province (10) Shirley Corea Ivan Dassanayake Kavisena Herat I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla H. S. Ismail John Kotelawala Albert Peries R. G. Senanayake T. B. Subasinghe D. B. Welagedara Sabaragamuwa Province (10) C. E. Attygalle C. R. Beligammana N. H. Keerthiratne A. E. B. Kiriella E. W. Mathew A. F. Molamure II N. M. Perera Edmund Samarakkody Dudley Senanayake Harold Weragama Southern Province (12) Henry Abeywickrema W. Dahanayake William Neal de Alwis William de Silva Ian de Zoysa C. A. Dharmapala Charles Edirisuriya Montague Jayawickrama D. A. Rajapaksa Victor Ratnayaka Mahanama Samaraweera Doreen Wickremasinghe Uva Province (7) M. B. Bambarapane Leo Fernando (Gladwin Kotelawala) J. C. T. Kotelawala M. S. A. Peiris J. A. Rambukpota (E. B. Embulana) Wilfred A. Ratwatte K. D. Sugathadasa Western Province (20) A. N. D. A. Abeysinghe John Amaratunga S. Dias Bandaranaike S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike P. Andrew Cooray Razik Fareed Kusumasiri Gunawardena R. Gunawardena S. de Silva Jayasinghe D. P. Jayasuriya M. D. H. Jayawardena T. F. Jayawardena J. R. Jayewardene M. C. M. Kaleel C. W. W. Kannangara D. C. W. Kannangara Pieter Keuneman Cyril E. S. Perera Wilmot A. Perera Chandrasiri Somaweera Appointed (6) Sidamparapillai Vythilingam *This list is unfinished.

← Members of 3rd Parliament of Ceylon (1956 (1956)-1959) → Speaker: H. S. Ismail Prime Minister: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike/W. Dahanayake Leader of the Opposition: N. M. Perera Central Province (15) M. D. Banda M. A. D. Dissanayake K. Hemachandra T. B. Ilangaratne Robert Edward Jayatilaka S. Jinadasa L. S. Jinasena Nimal Karunatilake C. A. S. Marikkar M. B. W. Mediwake R. S. Pelpola Piyasena Tennakoon T. B. Tennekoon P. B. Aloysius Weerakoon J. D. Weerasekera Eastern Province (7) M. E. H. Mohammed Ali S. U. Ethiramanasingham M. S. Kariapper A. H. Macan Markar M. M. Mustapha C. Rajadurai N. R. Rajavarothiam Northern Province (9) V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam S. J. V. Chelvanayakam P. Kandiah V. A. Kandiah V. N. Navaratnam G. G. Ponnambalam C. Suntharalingam C. Vanniasingam North Central Province (5) C. P. de Silva M. S. Dissanayake Sirimewan Godage E. L. B. Hurulle Maithripala Senanayake North Western Province (10) M. A. Adikari Hugh Fernando I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla H. S. Ismail John Kotelawala M. S. B. T. B. D. B. Monnekulame W. J. C. Munasinghe R. G. Senanayake T. B. Subasinghe Mudiyanse Tennakoon Sabaragamuwa Province (10) C. R. Beligammana Kusumasiri Gunawardena Maithripala Herath D. F. Hettiarachchi M. P. Jothipala P. B. G. Kalugalla V. T. G. Karunaratne Jayaweera Kuruppu N. M. Perera Edmund Samarakkody Southern Province (12) Henry Abeywickrema W. Dahanayake William de Silva M. P. de Zoysa C. A. Dharmapala D. S. Goonesekera C. Panini Ilangakoon D. A. Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa S. W. D. Ratnayake Mahanama Samaraweera S. A. Wickramasinghe Uva Province (7) W. P. G. Ariyadasa K. Don Goonaratne Y. G. Jayasinghe J. C. T. Kotelawala M. S. A. Peiris K. M. P. Rajaratne (Kusuma Rajaratne) W. G. M. Albert Silva Western Province (20) S. Dias Bandaranaike S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Colvin R. de Silva Stanley de Zoysa Razik Fareed Hector Fernando W. T. W. Meryl Fernando Leslie Goonewardena Vivienne Goonewardena C. de Fonseka Gunawardena D. B. R. Gunawardena Philip Gunawardena Pieter Keuneman Anil Moonesinghe K. A. S. Palansuriya Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual R. G. Senanayake Bernard Soysa M.S. Themis Vimala Wijewardene Appointed (6) M. P. Drahaman R. P. Gaddum Rosslyn Koch J. R. Murray R. S. V. Poulier R. Singleton-Salmon

← Members of 4th Parliament of Ceylon (1960 (1960)) → Speaker: T. B. Subasinghe Prime Minister: Dudley Senanayake Leader of the Opposition: C. P. de Silva Central Province (23) S. S. Abeysundera Bernard Aluwihare K. M. K. Banda M. D. Banda R. R. D. Bandaranayake T. William Fernando A. C. S. Hameed T. B. M. Herath T. B. Ilangaratne T. B. Jayasundera D. H. Jayawickrema U. P. Y. Jinadasa Tissa Kapukotuwa C. A. S. Marikkar Chandrasena Munaweera R. S. Pelpola Donald J. Ranaweera E. L. Senanayake R. W. Tennekoon T. B. Tennekoon P. B. Aloysius Weerakoon J. D. Weerasekera N. Wimalasena Eastern Province (11) T. Ahambaram M. E. H. Mohammed Ali M. S. Kariapper M. A. Abdul Majeed M. I. M. Abdul Majeed P. Manicavasagam A. H. Macan Markar C. Rajadurai N. R. Rajavarothiam S. M. Rasamanickam Wijayabahu Wijayasinha Northern Province (13) V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam M. Balasundaram S. J. V. Chelvanayakam V. Dharmalingam Alfred Duraiappah V. A. Kandiah E. M. V. Naganathan V. N. Navaratnam M. Sivasithamparam T. Sivasithamparam A. Sivasunderam K. Thurairatnam North Central Province (8) A. H. de Silva C. P. de Silva Sirimewan Godage E. L. B. Hurulle S. B. Lenawa R. B. Ratnamalala Maithripala Senanayake P. M. K. Tennakoon North Western Province (16) M. A. Adikari E. M. R. B. Ekanayake Hugh Fernando I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla L. B. Jayasena M. H. Naina Marikkar M. S. B. T. B. D. B. Monnekulame W. J. C. Munasinghe Albert Peries A. U. Romanis Stephen Samarakkody A. H. Senanayake R. G. Senanayake T. B. Subasinghe Mudiyanse Tennakoon R. B. Tennekoon Sabaragamuwa Province (16) P. B. Bandaranayake D. F. Hettiarachchi P. B. G. Kalugalla Wimala Kannangara Asoka Karunaratne V. T. G. Karunaratne W. A. Karunasena A. E. B. Kiriella Cyril Mathew N. M. Perera Abeyratne Pilapitiya Clifford Ratwatte Dudley Senanayake H. G. Somabandu H. Weragama Soma Wickremanayake Southern Province (19) W. D. S. Abeygoonawardena M. S. Amarasiri D. P. Atapattu Neal de Alwis Lakshman de Silva William de Silva M. P. de Zoysa C. A. Dharmapala Prins Gunasekera Montague Jayawickrema P. L. Jinadasa Don Roy Rajapaksa George Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa R. G. Samaranayake Senapala Samarasekera Percy Wickremasinghe S. A. Wickramasinghe Justin C. Wijayawardhene Uva Province (10) W. P. G. Ariyadasa K. Y. M Wijeratne Banda B. H. Bandara J. G. Gunasekera R. M. Gunasekera M. S. A. Peiris K. M. P. Rajaratne Kusuma Rajaratne C. P. J. Seneviratne W. G. M. Albert Silva Western Province (35) Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike S. Dias Bandaranaike Somaweera Chandrasiri M. Ruskin Fernando T. Quintin Fernando Bibile Fonseka Cholmondeley Goonewardena Leslie Goonewardena D. B. R. Gunawardena Philip Gunawardena Percy Jayakodi A. E. Jayasinghe D. Shelton Jayasinghe S. de S. Jayasinghe Gamini Jayasuriya J. R. Jayewardene M. C. M. Kaleel D. C. W. Kannangara Pieter Keuneman R. B. Lenora Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar Wijayapala Mendis Anil Moonesinghe A. J. Niyathapala James Peter Obeyesekere III Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual K. E. Perera Paris Perera Ranasinghe Premadasa Edmund Samarawickrema M. P. de Z. Siriwardena Bernard Soysa V. A. Sugathadasa S. K. K. Suriarachchi Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Appointed (6) *This list is unfinished.

← Members of 5th Parliament of Ceylon (1960 (1960)–1964) → Speaker: R. S. Pelpola/Hugh Fernando Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike Leader of the Opposition: Dudley Senanayake Central Province (23) Bernard Aluwihare (Alick Aluwihare) K. M. K. Banda M. D. Banda L. B. Dassanayake T. William Fernando A. C. S. Hameed T. B. M. Herath T. B. Ilangaratne K. Abdul Jabbar T. B. Jayasundera U. P. Y. Jinadasa Tissa Kapukotuwa Chandrasena Munaweera R. S. Pelpola Shelton Ranaraja A. Ratnayake E. L. Senanayake D. G. Sirisena R. W. Tennekoon T. B. Tennekoon J. D. Weerasekera U. B. Weerasekera Edmund Wijesuriya Eastern Province (11) T. Ahambaram (M. E. H. Mohammed Ali) M. C. Ahamed A. L. Abdul Majeed M. A. Abdul Majeed M. I. M. Abdul Majeed P. Manicavasagam A. H. Macan Markar C. Rajadurai N. R. Rajavarothiam (S. M. Manickarajah) S. M. Rasamanickam Indrasena Soysa Northern Province (13) V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam M. Balasundaram S. J. V. Chelvanayakam V. Dharmalingam Alfred Duraiappah V. A. Kandiah (V. Navaratnam) E. M. V. Naganathan V. N. Navaratnam M. Sivasithamparam T. Sivasithamparam A. Sivasunderam K. Thurairatnam North Central Province (8) C. P. de Silva A. H. de Silva Sirimewan Godage (K. B. Ratnayake) E. L. B. Hurulle S. B. Lenawa R. B. Ratnamalala Maithripala Senanayake P. M. K. Tennakoon North Western Province (16) M. A. Adikari (M. A. J. Wijesinghe) Hugh Fernando S. D. R. Jayaratne L. B. Jayasena M. H. Naina Marikkar M. S. B. T. B. D. B. Monnekulame (Jaya Pathirana) Albert Peries A. U. Romanis Stephen Samarakkody G. W. Samarasinghe A. H. Senanayake R. G. Senanayake Mudiyanse Tennakoon (Kavisena Herath) U.B. Wanninayake Leelananda Weerasinghe D. P. Wickremasinghe Sabaragamuwa Province (16) B. A. P. B. Balasuriya L. de S. A. Gunasekera Premachandra Imbulana P. B. G. Kalugalla Asoka Karunaratne V. T. G. Karunaratne W. A. Karunasena Cyril Mathew Stanley Molligoda N. M. Perera Clifford Ratwatte P. R. Ratnayake Dudley Senanayake Dhanapala Weerasekera Soma Wickremanayake P. B. Wijesundara Southern Province (19) K. H. G. Albert S. W. Dahanayake W. Dahanayake Neal de Alwis Lakshman de Silva M. P. de Zoysa (Don Edwin Thilakeratne) H. W. Dissanayake D. S. Goonasekera Montague Jayawickrema Patrick de Silva Kularatne D. A. Rajapaksa Don Roy Rajapaksa George Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa Senapala Samarasekera Mahanama Samaraweera Percy Wickremasinghe S. A. Wickramasinghe P. P. Wickremasuriya Uva Province (10) W. P. G. Ariyadasa B. H. Bandara S. B. Ekanayake D. M. Gunasekera J. G. Gunasekera K. M. P. Rajaratne Kusuma Rajaratne Amarananda Ratnayake C. P. J. Seneviratne W. G. M. Albert Silva Western Province (35) Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike S. Dias Bandaranaike I. A. Cader Somaweera Chandrasiri Colvin R. de Silva W. Danister de Silva (Vivienne Goonewardena) Razik Fareed T. Quintin Fernando T. W. Meryl Fernando Cholmondeley Goonewardena Leslie Goonewardena D. B. R. Gunawardena Philip Gunawardena Lakshman Jayakody D. Shelton Jayasinghe Gamini Jayasuriya J. R. Jayewardene M. C. M. Kaleel Pieter Keuneman Wijayapala Mendis Anil Moonesinghe James Peter Obeyesekere III Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual K. D. David Perera Paris Perera R. S. Perera Edmund Samarakkody D. S. Samarasinghe M. P. de Z. Siriwardena Bernard Soysa V. A. Sugathadasa S. K. K. Suriarachchi Stanley Tillekeratne Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Wijayabahu Wijayasinha Appointed (6) Badi-ud-din Mahamud Singleton Salman Savumiamoorthy Thondaman *This list is unfinished.