V. Nalliah

Hon. V. Nalliah MSC MP
Minister of Post and Information
In office 19 June 1952 – 12 July 1952
Member of the State Council of Ceylon for Trincomalee-Batticaloa
In office 1943 – 20 September 1947
Preceded by	E. R. Tambimuttu
Member of the Ceylonese Parliament for Kalkudah
In office 20 September 1947 – 10 April 1956
Succeeded by	Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar
Personal details
Born	(1909-10-09)9 October 1909
Political party	Independent United National Party All Ceylon Tamil Congress
Profession	Teacher
Ethnicity	Ceylon Tamil

Vallipuram Nalliah was a Ceylon Tamil teacher, politician, Member of Parliament and government minister.

Early life and family

Nalliah's birth date is the subject of some dispute, with some sources citing 9 October 1909,^[1] and others 1 July 1909.^[2] He trained to be a teacher, and married Thangaratnam, daughter of Muttiah.^[3]

Career

Nalliah was principal of the Men's Training School in Attalichenai.^[3] He was a member of Batticaloa Urban Council.^[3]

Nalliah contested the 1943 by-election as a candidate in Trincomalee-Batticaloa and was elected to the State Council.^[3]

Nalliah contested the 1947 parliamentary election as an independent candidate in Kalkudah. He won the election and entered Parliament.^[4] He joined the United National Party-led government and was made Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and Local Government.^[3] He was re-elected at the 1952 parliamentary election as a UNP candidate.^[5] He was briefly Minister of Post and Information in the new government.^[6]

Nalliah stood for re-election as an independent candidate at the 1956 parliamentary election but was defeated by A. H. Macan Markar.^[7] He was also unsuccessful at the March 1960 parliamentary election.^[8] He was the All Ceylon Tamil Congress' candidate in Kalkudah at the 1965 parliamentary election but was again defeated.^[9]

References

1. "Nalliah, Vallipuram". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. Kasynathan, Sankaran (5 July 2009). "A grateful people remember". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
3. Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. pp. 116–117.
4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
6. Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 3 January 2002.
7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2013.