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C. Rajadurai
Sri Lankan Tamil politician (1927–2025) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chelliah Rajadurai (Tamil: செல்லையா இராசதுரை; 27 July 1927 – December 2025) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and government minister, Member of Parliament and Mayor of Batticaloa.[1]
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Early life and career
Rajadurai was born on 27 July 1927.[2] Rajadurai was a journalist and a member of the editorial staff of the Sutantiran weekly newspaper.[3]
Rajadurai was elected to elected to Parliament at the 1956 parliamentary election as the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's (Federal Party) candidate for Batticaloa.[4] He was re-elected at the March 1960, July 1960, 1965 and 1970 parliamentary elections.[5][6][7][8] He was the Tamil United Liberation Front candidate in Batticaloa at the 1977 parliamentary election and was re-elected.[9] In March 1979 he defected to the United National Party led government and was rewarded by being appointed Minister of Regional Development and Hindu Cultural Affairs.[10][11][12] He was later appointed Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia.[13]
Rajadurai became the first Mayor of Batticaloa in 1967.[14] He was unseated the next year.[14]
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Personal life and death
Rajadurai was still politically active in April 2012.[15] As of June 2021, he was retired and lived between Malaysia, India and Sri Lanka.[16]
Rajadurai died in Chennai, India on December 7, 2025, at the age of 98.[1]
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