Arunasalam Thangathurai
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Honourable A. Thangathurai MP |
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| அ. தங்கத்துரை | |
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| Member of the Ceylonese Parliament for Mutur |
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In office 1970–1977 |
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| Preceded by | M. E. H. Mohamed Ali |
| Succeeded by | M. E. H. Maharoof |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Trincomalee District |
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In office 1994–1997 |
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| Succeeded by | R. Sampanthan |
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| Born | 17 January 1936 |
| Died | 5 July 1997 (aged 61) |
| Political party | Tamil United Liberation Front |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Arunasalam Thangathurai (Tamil: அருணாசலம் தங்கத்துரை; 17 January 1936 – 5 July 1997) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament.
Thangathurai was born 17 January 1936. He was from the village of Killiveddy near Mutur in Trincomalee District, along the bank of Allai tank. His father was a rural register and a land-owning farmer. Communal tension in the Allai area grew in the 1950s after Sinhalese were settled in the area. However, Thangathurai's family had good relations with the Sinhalese villagers, particularly those from Dehiwatte, many of whom would come to Killiveddy to buy curd and register with his father. Thangathurai was educated at Mutur, Government College, Batticaloa and Stanley College, Ariyalai.
Thangathurai was married to Sathyashri. They had two daughters (Dharmini) and one son (Ahilan).
Thangathurai's family's financial situation meant that he did not pursue higher education but opted instead to join the clerical service. He worked for the Department of Irrigation. He was an active member of the Government Clerical Services Union and worked to improve the lives of the residents of Killiveddy and adjoining areas. As a leftist he did not identify with the Tamil nationalist Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi's (ITAK) (Federal Party) and All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC).
Thangathurai's family's agricultural activities increased as they purchased and leased more land. They also farmed land belonging to Hindu temples on a contractual basis. All of this resulted in the family amassing a huge amount of wealth which in turn gave them a great amount of social/political stature in the area. Thangathurai passed the Ceylon Administrative Service examinations and became a Divisional Revenue Officer.
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