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C. Suntharalingam

C. Suntharalingam, Sri Lankan lawyer, academic, and politician (died 1985)

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Born
August 19, 1895
Died
February 11, 1985
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1895

About C. Suntharalingam

Chellappah Suntharalingam was a Sri Lankan Tamil academic, politician, Member of Parliament and government minister. Suntharalingam became a champion for the rights of Ceylon's Indian Tamils who had been made stateless and disenfranchised by Sinhalese dominated governments after independence. He then went on to Balliol College, Oxford from where he was awarded a double first in mathematics tripos. He won the election and entered Parliament.

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The world when C. Suntharalingam was born

C. Suntharalingam was born in 1895. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1895

  • Top movieWorkers Leaving the Lumière Factory (first public film)

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineCuban War of Independence begins
  • Technology milestoneLumière brothers hold first public film screening
  • World population~1.55B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population68.0M

1895 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in C. Suntharalingam's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18952026
Population68.0M341 million

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