About S. O. Canagaratnam
Lived 1880 – 1938 (aged 57–58). S. O. Canagaratnam was a politician and writer.
Sinnakutty Odayar Canagaratnam (; 1880 – May 1938) was a Ceylon Tamil civil servant, politician and member of the State Council of Ceylon.
Early life and family Canagaratnam was born in 1880. He was the son of Sinnakutty Odayar from Karaitivu in south-eastern Ceylon. receiving 14,021 votes polled, against K.M. Abdul Majeed's 8,216 votes and the third placed M.A.L.Kariapper's 1,557 votes.
In 1921 Canagaratnam wrote a monograph, Monograph of the Batticaloa District of the Eastern Province, Ceylon. He died in May 1938.
Electoral history + Electoral history of S. O. CanagaratnamElectionConstituencyPartyVotes Result 1936 State Council of Ceylon Batticaloa South 14,021 Elected
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