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S. J. V. Chelvanayakam : ウィキペディア英語版 | S. J. V. Chelvanayakam
Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam (also spelt Chelvanayagam, (タミル語:சாமுவேல் ஜேம்ஸ் வேலுப்பிள்ளை செல்வநாயகம்); March 31, 1898 – April 26, 1977) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament. He was the political leader and father figure of the Sri Lankan Tamil community for more than two decades. His son Chandrahasan followed his father's footsteps by becoming a public servant in Tamil Nadu. ==Early life== Chelvanayakam was born on 31 March 1898 in Ipoh, Malaya. He was the first child of James Visvanathan Velupillai and Harriet Annamma. Chelvanayakam' father was a teacher from Tholpuram, Jaffna who emigrated to Ipoh and became a businessman. The family later moved to Taiping. Chelvanayakam's younger brothers Ernest Velupillai Ponnuthurai and Edward Rajasundaram were born in 1901 and 1902 respectively. Chelvanayakam also had a younger sister Atputham Isabel who died young. When Chelvanayakam was aged four he, his two brothers and his mother returned to Ceylon. His father remained in Malaya. The Chelvanayakam family lived in Tellippalai, Jaffna District. Chelvanayakam studied at Union College, St. John's College and St. Thomas' College where he was a contemporary of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, a future Prime Minister of Ceylon. He was an external student of the University of London and at the age of 19 he received a Bachelor of Science degree. After graduation Chelvanayakam took up a teaching career at St. Thomas' College. He resigned from St. Thomas when the principal refused to grant him permission to visit his seriously ill brother. Chelvanayakam then started teaching at Wesley College. Whilst teaching he studied law at Ceylon Law College and in 1923, aged 25, he was called to the bar. He married Emily Grace Barr Kumuarakulasingham in 1927. They had a daughter (Susili) and four sons (Chandrahasan, Vaseekaran). Chelvanayakam resigned from Wesley College when the principal complained about Chelvanayakam wearing the Tamil national dress whilst teaching.
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