E. M. V. Naganathan
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Elangai Murugesu Vijayaretnam Naganathan was a Ceylon Tamil physician, politician, senator and Member of Parliament.
E. M. V. Naganathan
S. J. V. Chelvanayakam
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Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam was a Ceylonese lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament. He was the founder and leader of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) and Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) and a political leader of the Ceylon Tamil community for more than two decades. Chelvanayakam has been described as a father figure to Ceylon's Tamils, to whom he was known as "Thanthai Chelva".
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon from 1956 to 1959
Dudley Senanayake, who served as Prime Minister of Ceylon on three occasions