M. M. Subramaniam

Honourable
M. M. Subramaniam
MLC MSC
Honourable M. M. Subramaniam MLC MSC
ம. மு. சுப்பிரமணியம்
Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon; for Trincomalee
	In office; 1924–1930
Member of the State Council of Ceylon; for Trincomalee-Batticaloa
	In office; 1931–1936
Succeeded by	E. R. Tambimuttu
Personal details
Born	c. 1870
Died	1945
Profession	Lawyer
Ethnicity	Ceylon Tamil

Mylvaganam Mudaliyar Subramaniam (Tamil: மயில்வாகனம் முதலியார் சுப்பிரமணியம், romanized: Mayilvākaṉam Mutaliyār Cuppiramaṇiyam; c. 1870 – 1945) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon and State Council of Ceylon.

Early life and family

Subramaniam was born around 1870.^[1] He was the son of Mylvaganam Mudaliyar, a wealthy coconut estate owner from Sambativu near Trincomalee in eastern Ceylon.^[1]

Subramaniam had three sons - Alagrajah, Tharmarajah and Manickarajah.^[1]

Career

Subramaniam was a crown proctor and a member of the Trincomalee District Local Board.^[1] He contested the 1924 legislative council election as a candidate for the Trincomalee seat and was elected to the Legislative Council of Ceylon.^[1]^[2]^[3] Subramaniam contested the 1931 state council election as a candidate for the Trincomalee-Batticaloa seat and was elected to the State Council of Ceylon.^[1]^[4] He was elected Deputy Chairman of Committees when the new State Council met in July 1931.^[5]

Subramaniam died in 1945.^[1]

Electoral history

Electoral history of M. M. Subramaniam
Election	Constituency	Party	Votes	Result
1924 legislative council	Trincomalee			Elected
1931 state council	Trincomalee-Batticaloa			Elected

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon (PDF). pp. 212–213.
^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 5: Political polarization on communal lines". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 25 October 2001.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Sabaratnam, T. T. "Chapter 19: The Birth and Death of the Jaffna Youth Congress". Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle.
^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 7: State Councils - elections and boycotts". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 7 February 2002.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "First State Council begins". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 8 July 2007.