T. Thirunavukarasu
{{Short description|Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament}}
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Thamodarampillai Thirunavukarasu ({{langx|ta|தாமோதரம்பிள்ளை திருநாவுக்கரசு}}; 1 September 1933 – 1 August 1982) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.
Early life
Thirunavukarasu was born on 1 September 1933.{{cite web|title=Directory of Past Members: Thirunavukarasu, Thamodarampillai|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-past-members/viewMember/2747|publisher=Parliament of Sri Lanka}} He was from Vaddukoddai in northern Ceylon.{{cite book|last=Arumugam|first=S.|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon|url=http://www.noolaham.org/wiki/index.php?title=Dictionary_of_Biography_of_the_Tamils_of_Ceylon|year=1997|page=231|authorlink=S. Arumugam}}
Political career
At the 1970 parliamentary election, Thirunavukarasu was the All Ceylon Tamil Congress's (ACTC) candidate in Kankesanthurai, but was defeated by the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party) candidate S. J. V. Chelvanayakam.{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231958/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archive-date=2009-12-09}}
On 14 May 1972 the ACTC, ITAK, Ceylon Workers' Congress, Eelath Thamilar Otrumai Munnani and All Ceylon Tamil Conference formed the Tamil United Front, later renamed Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF).{{cite book|editor1-last=Ross|editor1-first=Russell R.|editor2-last=Savada|editor2-first=Andrea Matles|title=Sri Lanka : A Country Study|date=1990|publisher=Library of Congress|page=51|url=http://cdn.loc.gov/master/frd/frdcstdy/sr/srilankacountrys00ross/srilankacountrys00ross.pdf}}{{cite book|last1=Chattopadhyaya|first1=Haraprasad|title=Ethnic Unrest in Modern Sri Lanka: An Account of Tamil-Sinhalese Race Relations|date=1994|publisher=M. D. Publications|isbn=81-85880-52-2|page=33|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MRU6QKPBTFQC}}{{cite book|last1=Amarasinghe|first1=Samanga|title=Independence to Referendum|date=2011|publisher=Lulu Enterprises|isbn=978-1-105-01908-1|page=188|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iV6AAwAAQBAJ}}{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DA19Df06.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020213084644/http://atimes.com/ind-pak/DA19Df06.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2002-02-13|chapter=Chapter 23: Srimavo's constitutional promiscuity}} Thirunavukarasu became the TUF's joint treasurer. Thirunavukarasu entered Parliament after winning the 1977 parliamentary election as the Tamil United Liberation Front's candidate in Vaddukoddai.{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF|archive-date=2011-07-17}}
Thirunavukarasu died of a heart attack on 1 August 1982.{{cite book|last=Rajasingham|first=K. T.|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story|url=http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB23Df04.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020803131012/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB23Df04.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=2002-08-03|chapter=Chapter 28: Prelude to eruption}}
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Category:All Ceylon Tamil Congress politicians
Category:Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Category:Politicians from Northern Province, Sri Lanka