M. Canagaratnam


Mylvaganam Canagaratnam was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.
Canagaratnam stood as the Tamil United Liberation Front's candidate for Pottuvil at the 1977 parliamentary election. He came second and entered Parliament as the second member for Pottuvil. In December 1977, he defected to the United National Party-led government and was rewarded by being appointed District Minister for Batticaloa.
Canagaratnam was shot outside his home in Kollupitiya, Colombo on 24 January 1978. The attack was blamed on V. Prabhakaran and Uma Maheswaran of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. He died of his injuries on 20 April 1980.