T. Sivasithamparam | |
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தா. சிவசிதம்பரம் | |
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| Member of theCeylonese Parliament forVavuniya | |
| In office 1960–1970 | |
| Preceded by | C. Suntharalingam |
| Succeeded by | X. M. Sellathambu |
| In office 1977–1983 | |
| Preceded by | X. M. Sellathambu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1926-03-26)26 March 1926 |
| Died | 9 November 1992(1992-11-09) (aged 66) Canada |
| Political party | All Ceylon Tamil Congress |
| Other political affiliations | Tamil United Liberation Front |
| Alma mater | Trincomalee Hindu College |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Thamotharampillai Sivasithamparam (Tamil:தாமோதரம்பிள்ளை சிவசிதம்பரம்; 26 March 1926 – 9 November 1992) was aSri Lankan Tamil politician andMember of Parliament.
Sivasithamparam was born on 26 March 1926.[1][2] He was the son of Thamotharampillai, a village headman fromMullaitivu in northernCeylon.[1] He was educated atTrincomalee Hindu College.[1]
Sivasithamparam married Nagambi.[1] They had three sons (Sugumaran, Srikanthan and Sivakumar) and two daughters (Vanetha and Kanchana).[1]
Sivasithamparam was a Village Cultivation Officer (VCO).[1]
Sivasithamparam stood as anindependent candidate inVavuniya at theMarch 1960 parliamentary election. He won the election and enteredParliament.[3] He was re-elected at theJuly 1960 parliamentary election.[4] He later joined theAll Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC), serving as its youth leader.[5] He contested the1965 parliamentary election as the ACTC candidate and was re-elected.[6] He was however defeated by theIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) candidateX. M. Sellathambu at the1970 parliamentary election.[7]
On 14 May 1972 the ACTC, ITAK,Ceylon Workers' Congress, Eelath Thamilar Otrumai Munnani and All Ceylon Tamil Conference formed theTamil United Front, later renamedTamil United Liberation Front (TULF).[8][9][10][11] Sivasithamparam was the TULF's candidate in Vavuniya at the1977 parliamentary election and was re-elected.[12] Sivasithamparam and all other TULF MPs boycotted Parliament from the middle of 1983 for a number of reasons: they were under pressure fromSri Lankan Tamil militants not to stay in Parliament beyond their normal six-year term; the Sixth Amendment to theConstitution of Sri Lanka required them to swear an oath unconditionally renouncing support for aseparate state; and theBlack July riots in which up to 3,000 Tamils were murdered bySinhalese mobs. After three months of absence, Sivasithamparam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 5 October 1983.[13]
On 30 September 1983 theSri Lankan Army attacked Sivasithamparam's Madukulam farm, beating to death the farm manager Nadarajah and burning his body.[14] Fearing for his life, Sivasithamparam fled to India.[14] He later migrated to Canada where he died on 9 November 1992.[1]
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