Murugeysen Tiruchelvam, QC was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician.
13 Facts About Murugeysen Tiruchelvam
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The Murugeysen Tiruchelvam family were friends of the Chelvanayakam family who were living in Malaya.
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Murugeysen Tiruchelvam later studied at Ceylon University College, obtaining an honours degree in History.
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Murugeysen Tiruchelvam was appointed Acting Assistant to the Legal Secretary to the then Legal Secretary Sir Alan Rose.
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Murugeysen Tiruchelvam assisted Sir Alan in drafting the Soulbury Constitution.
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Murugeysen Tiruchelvam was appointed Crown Counsel in October 1947 and was promoted to Senior Crown Counsel in October 1949.
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Murugeysen Tiruchelvam was appointed Solicitor General of Ceylon in 1957, a position he held until 1960.
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Murugeysen Tiruchelvam took silks as a Queen's Counsel in 1959.
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Murugeysen Tiruchelvam defended Junius Richard Jayewardene when he was threatened with expulsion from the United National Party in 1972.
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ITAK's MP refused take ministerial portfolios but instead Murugeysen Tiruchelvam was appointed to the Senate of Ceylon and made Cabinet Minister of Local Government.
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Murugeysen Tiruchelvam resigned from the government in November 1968 when Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake overturned his decision to make Fort Fredrick in Trincomalee a sacred precinct.
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Murugeysen Tiruchelvam was succeeded by his Parliamentary Secretary Ranasinghe Premadasa.
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Murugeysen Tiruchelvam stayed on in the Senate until it was abolished in 1971.