S. Nagarajah
Sinnathamby Nagarajah was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and Mayor of Jaffna.
Early life and family
Nagarajah was born on 28 February 1931. He was educated at Jaffna Hindu College. After school he went to the Madras Christian College from where he obtained a bachelor's degree and master's degree in English Literature.Career
After returning to Ceylon Nagarajah worked as an attorney-at-law in the north and east of the country.Nagarajah was elected to Jaffna Municipal Council, serving as the city's mayor in 1966. He became vice-chairman of the newly created Jaffna District Development Council in 1981 but resigned in 1982.
After the Indian Peace Keeping Force occupied Jaffna in 1989 Nagarajah moved to the Vanni with the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. He taught at the LTTE's Tamil Eelam Judiciary Department.