S. Sivapalan

Subramaniam Sivapalan was a Ceylon Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.

Hon. S. Sivapalan MP
Member of the Ceylonese Parliament for Trincomalee
In office 20 September 1947 – 30 May 1952
Succeeded by	N. R. Rajavarothiam, ITAK
Personal details
Born	c. 1890
Died	1960
Alma mater	Wesleyan Mission English School St. Patrick's College Wesley College
Ethnicity	Ceylon Tamil

Early life

Sivapalan was born around 1890. He was the son of M. Subramaniam, a Secretary of the District Court in Trincomalee in eastern British Ceylon. He was educated at the Wesleyan Mission English School, Trincomalee, St. Patrick's College, Jaffna and Wesley College, Colombo. He joined the Government Clerical Service.

Sivapalan was appointed Vanniya (chief headman) of Kaddukulam Pattu Division in 1935. Later he was appointed Vanniya of Thampalakamam Division.

Sivapalan married Bagavathy, daughter of Somasundaram. They had five sons (Sivarajan, Sundararajan, Sriskantharajah, Varatharajan and Ganeshan) and one daughter (Vimaladevi).

Political career

Sivapalan was the All Ceylon Tamil Congress's candidate for Trincomalee at the 1947 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament.^[1] He stood for re-election at the 1952 parliamentary election but was defeated by the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi candidate N.R. Rajavarothiam.^[2]