V. Kumaraswamy

Velupillai Kumaraswamy (; 31 July 1919 – 10 March 1978) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament.

Early life and family Kumaraswamy was born on 31 July 1919. He was the son of Velupillai, a proctor from Chavakachcheri in northern Ceylon. After school Kumaraswamy joined Ceylon Law College, qualifying as an advocate.

Kumaraswamy had a son (Vaheeswaran) and a daughter (Dushyanti). Kumaraswamy became a Parliamentary Secretary after the ACTC joined the United National Party dominated government in 1948.

Kumaraswamy was re-elected at the 1952 parliamentary election. The ACTC left the UNP government in 1953 but Kumaraswamy chose to remain with the UNP. Kumaraswamy left the UNP in 1956 over the party's support of the Sinhala Only Act. He was the ACTC's candidate in the constituency at the March 1960 and 1970 parliamentary elections but on each occasion was defeated by Navaratnam. He contested the 1977 parliamentary election as an independent candidate but was again defeated by Navaratnam.

Kumaraswamy practised law in Colombo.