Joseph Pararajasingham
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Honourable Joseph Pararajasingham MP |
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| யோசப் பரராஜசிங்கம் | |
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| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Batticaloa District |
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In office 1990–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Sam Tambimuttu |
| Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for National List |
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In office 2004–2005 |
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| Succeeded by | C. Chandrakanthan |
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26 November 1934 Manipay, Ceylon |
| Died | 25 December 2005 (aged 71) Batticaloa, Sri Lanka |
| Political party | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi |
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Tamil National Alliance |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Joseph Pararajasingham (Tamil: யோசப் பரராஜசிங்கம்; 26 November 1934 – 25 December 2005) was a Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, journalist, businessman and politician. He was Member of Parliament for Batticaloa District from 1990 to 2004 and a National List Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2005. A member of the Tamil National Alliance, he was shot dead on Christmas Day 2005 as he attended midnight mass at St. Mary's Cathedral, Batticaloa.
Pararajasingham was born 26 November 1934 in Manipay in notthern Ceylon. His family moved to Batticaloa when he was three years old. Pararajasingham was educated at St. Michael's College, Batticaloa where he played football and basketball and was an athlete, representing the school in the high jump.
Pararajasingham married Sugunam David, whose family were originally from the Thondamanaru area of Vadamarachchi, in 1956. On their wedding day they took part in a protest against the Sinhala Only Act. Two of Sugunam's first cousins, P. R. Selvanayagam and Nimalan Soundaranayagam, were Members of Parliament. Pararajasingham and Sugunam had three sons (Subaraj, Subakanth and Subajith) and one daughter (Subodini). Subaraj died in the 1980s, Subakanth and Subodini live in Canada and Subajith lives in the UK.
A Catholic, Pararajasingham was known as P. Joseph for most of his life. Only after entering politics did he give more emphasis to his Tamil name Pararajasingham over his Christian name Joseph.
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