About A. Kanagasabai
Lived 1856 – 1927 (aged 70–71). A. Kanagasabai was a politician.
Sir Ambalavanar Kanagasabai (; 1856 – 1927) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
Early life and family Kanagasabai was born in 1856. He was the son of Suppiramaniam Ambalavanar from Tellippalai in northern Ceylon. He was re-appointed in 1912. He served on the Legislative Council for eleven years.
Kanagasabai was president of the Saiva Paripalana Sabai and helped establish Jaffna Hindu College, serving as the president of its board of directors.
Kanagasabai died in 1927.
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Ceylon Tamil lawyer
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