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Jul 06, 1932 91 years old
Sri Lankan politician
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About P. Ganeshalingam
- Poopalapillai Ganeshalingam was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament. Ganeshalingam was born on 6 July 1932.Ganeshalingam stood as the Tamil United Liberation Front's candidate in Paddiruppu at the 1977 parliamentary election.
- He won and entered Parliament.
- Ganeshalingam and all other TULF MPs boycotted Parliament from the middle of 1983 for a number of reasons: they were under pressure from Sri Lankan Tamil militants not to stay in Parliament beyond their normal six-year term; the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka required them to swear an oath unconditionally renouncing support for a separate state; and the Black July riots in which up to 3,000 Tamils were murdered by Sinhalese mobs.
- After three months of absence, Ganeshalingam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 22 October 1983.
