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13 july 1989 vaddukoddai kankesanthurai national list sri lanka sri lankan 26 august 1927 24 october 1983 1989 1970 1983 1989 ceylon law college 342/2 baudhaloka mawatha , colombo , sri lanka sri lankan tamil lawyer 4 august 1977 1977 1956 1977 1989 appapillai amirthalingam.jpg a. amirthalingam tamil united liberation front j. , actc s. j. v. chelvanayakam , itak r. jayewardene s. j. v. chelvanayakam v. veerasingam ceylonese sri lankan sri lankan pannagam , vaddukoddai , british ceylon j. r. jayewardene illankai tamil arasu kachchi leader front of the opposition leader , tamil united liberation -lsb- http://www.amirthalingam.com/ amirthalingam.com -rsb- anura senathirajah , tulf bandaranaike m. sivasithamparam a. thiagarajah , actc mavai hindu j. r. jayewardene ranasinghe premadasa ethnicity a. amirthalingam

a. amirthalingam

appapillai amirthalingam -lrb- -rrb- was a leading sri lankan tamil politician , member of parliament and leader of the opposition .
amirthalingam was assassinated by the tamil tigers .
