death_date constituency_mp birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place profession term_start spouse image name otherparty predecessor parliament birth_place party office successor religion article_title
26 april 1977 kankesanthurai 31 march 1898 1952 1977 1949 1972 1977 union university of london ceylon law college college st. john 's college st. thomas college jaffna , sri lanka lawyer 1947 1956 1944 1949 1972 emily grace barr chelvanayakam s. j. v. chelvanayakam.jpg s. j. v. chelvanayakam illankai tamil arasu kachchi subaiya nadesan , unp sri lanka ipoh , malaya tamil united liberation front deputy of the illankai tamil arasu kachchi leader of the tamil leader united liberation front of the all ceylon tamil congress leader subaiya nadesan , unp appapillai amirthalingam christian s. j. v. chelvanayakam

s. j. v. chelvanayakam

samuel james veluppillai chelvanayakam -lrb- also spelt chelvanayagam , ; march 31 , 1898 -- april 26 , 1977 -rrb- 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 .
