M. M. Subramaniam

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|office1 = Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon
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Mylvaganam Mudaliyar Subramaniam ({{langx|ta|மயில்வாகனம் முதலியார் சுப்பிரமணியம்|translit=Mayilvākaṉam Mutaliyār Cuppiramaṇiyam}}; c. 1870 – 1945) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon and State Council of Ceylon.

Early life and family

Subramaniam was born around 1870.{{cite book|last=Arumugam|first=S.|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon|url=http://noolaham.net/project/19/1810/1810.pdf|year=1997|pages=212–213|authorlink=S. Arumugam}} He was the son of Mylvaganam Mudaliyar, a wealthy coconut estate owner from Sambativu near Trincomalee in eastern Ceylon.

Subramaniam had three sons - Alagrajah, Tharmarajah and Manickarajah.

Career

Subramaniam was a crown proctor and a member of the Trincomalee District Local Board. He contested the 1924 legislative council election as a candidate for the Trincomalee seat and was elected to the Legislative Council of Ceylon.{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI08Df01.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011025040847/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI08Df01.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2001-10-25|chapter=Chapter 5: Political polarization on communal lines}}{{cite book|last=Sabaratnam|first=T. T.|title=Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle|url=http://sangam.org/2010/12/Tamil_Struggle_19.php?uid=4171|chapter=Chapter 19: The Birth and Death of the Jaffna Youth Congress}} Subramaniam contested the 1931 state council election as a candidate for the Trincomalee-Batticaloa seat and was elected to the State Council of Ceylon.{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI22Df02.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020207002606/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI22Df02.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2002-02-07|chapter=Chapter 7: State Councils - elections and boycotts}} He was elected Deputy Chairman of Committees when the new State Council met in July 1931.{{cite news|title=First State Council begins|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070708/FunDay/heritage.html|work=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=8 July 2007}}

Subramaniam died in 1945.