About C. V. Velupillai
Lived 1914 – 1986 (aged 71–72). C. V. Velupillai was a politician and writer.
Cannappen Velusingham Velupillai (14 September 1914 – 19 November 1984) was a Ceylonese trade unionist, politician and poet.
Velupillai was born on 14 September 1914 in Madakumbura, the son of a relatively wealthy Kangani family.
At the 1st parliamentary election, held on 16 September 1947, Velupillai contested the Talawakelle electorate, as the Ceylon India Congress (CIC) candidate. He polled 10,645 votes (78.65% of the total vote), with the other three Tamil candidates equally sharing the remaining votes. He was one of seven CIC candidates who were elected to that first parliament. He contested the Nuwara Eliya electorate in the 1970 parliamentary election and came third after Gamini Dissanayake and T. William Fernando.
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ceylonese trade unionist, politician and poet
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C. V. Velupillai was born on 14 September 1914.
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C. V. Velupillai died in 1986.
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C. V. Velupillai was a politician and writer.
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