A. Chandranehru
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Honourable A. Chandranehru MP |
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| அ. சந்திரநேரு | |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Ampara District |
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In office 2001–2004 |
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| Born | 15 October 1944 |
| Died | 8 February 2005 (aged 60) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Political party | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi |
| Other political affiliations |
Tamil National Alliance |
| Occupation | Merchant seaman |
| Religion | Christian |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Ariyanayagam Chandranehru (Tamil: அரியநாயகம் சந்திரநேரு; 15 October 1944 – 8 February 2005) was a Sri Lankan Tamil merchant seaman, politician and Member of Parliament.
Chandranehru was born 15 October 1944. He was from Thirukkovil in south-eastern Ceylon. He was named after two leading Indian independence activists admired by his father - Subhas Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru.
Chandranehru was the son of K. A. W. Ariyanayagam (Arappor Ariyanayagam), one of the founders of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party). Ariyanayagam was a follower of the Gandhiyam way of life and took part in the non-violent civil rights protests by Tamils in the 1950s and 1960s. Chandranehru took part in the satyagrahas of 1956 and 1961. However, he, like many young Tamils, became disillusioned with non-violent protests and began to support militant armed struggle.
Chandranehru's family were protestant Christians and his brother Ruban was a Methodist pastor. Chandranehru's son Chandrakanthan is a former Member of Parliament.
Chandranehru joined the public service, working at the fisheries department in Kalpitiya. He then started working as a second officer on a Maldivian ship. After six years he became captain of a ship. In the mid 1980s, when he returned home for a holiday, he was arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and detained at Boosa prison for more than a year. This increased his support for achieving a separate Tamil state through armed struggle. In the late 1990s he gave up shipping, returned home to Thirukkovil and became a businessman, buying several shops.
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