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V. Ponnambalam was born on 18 December, 1930 in Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and teacher. Discover V. Ponnambalam's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

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Occupation Teacher
Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 18 December 1930
Birthday 18 December
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Date of death 1994
Died Place Toronto, Canada
Nationality Sri Lanka

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1930

Vallipuram Ponnambalam (வ. பொன்னம்பலம்; 18 December 1930 – 5 March 1994; commonly known as VP) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and teacher.

He was a prominent leader of the left-wing in northern Sri Lanka.

He served as the secretary of the Jaffna District Committee of the Communist Party of Ceylon.

Ponnambalam was noted for his 'clean image' as a political leader.

Sinnappu Vallipuram Ponnambalam was born on 18 December 1930.

He was son of Vallipuram and Ponnammah from Alaveddy in northern Ceylon.

He was educated at Arunothaya School and Skanda Varothaya College, Kandarodai.

Ponnambalam did his undergraduate and graduate studies at the Madras Christian College in India.

He had gotten admitted at the college through the recommendation of S. J. V. Chelvanayakam, leader of the Federal Party and Member of Parliament.

At the time Ponnambalam was a sympathiser of the Federal Party and helped Chelvanayakam in his election campaign.

At the college Ponnambalam came into contact with communists and carried out social work with them.

He became a Marxist.

1950

On his return to Ceylon from India in 1950, Ponnambalam joined the Communist Party.

He became an active member of the party, attending conferences in the Soviet Union and China.

1951

Ponnambalam became a teacher at Skanda Varothaya College in 1951.

He was later principal of Vidyananda College, Mulliyawalai and a lecturer at Palaly Training College.

1952

He was elected to Mallakam Village Committee in 1952.

1956

Ponnambalam married Pooranam, daughter of Kanapathipillai from Karainagar, in 1956.

They had two sons – Mavalirajan and Namunakulan.

Ponnambalam contested the Kankesanthurai Electoral District seat on a Communist Party ticket in the 1956 parliamentary election.

He finished in third place, with 4,313 votes (15.77% of the votes in the constituency).

The election was won by S. J. V. Chelvanayakam.

1957

He argued that with the implementation of the 1957 pact the emergence of a large-scale Tamil insurgency could be avoided.

According to Ponnabalam's account Bandaranaike was initially sympathetic to the proposal but was swayed by de Silva to reject it.

1960

He stood as the Communist Party candidate in the Uduvil Electoral District in the March 1960 parliamentary election.

He finished in third place, with 3,541 votes (17.27%).

The winning candidate, V. Dharmalingam, was a close friend of V. Ponnambalam.

1962

In 1962 Ponnambalam became chairman of Mallakam-Alaveddy Village Committee.

1963

He was elected district secretary for the Communist Party in 1963.

1970

Ponnambalam again contested the Kankesanthurai seat in the 1970 parliamentary election, challenging the Tamil political leader S. J. V. Chelvanayakam once again.

Ponnambalam enjoyed strong support from depressed classes and radical youth in the area.

In his campaign he accused the Federal Party of resisting progressive measures, such as school, bus service and petroleum distribution nationalisation as well as the enactment of the Paddy Lands Act.

He finished in second place with 8,164 votes (26.75%).

1972

In the process of preparing the new 1972 Constitution, the Jaffna District Committee of the Communist Party argued that the 1957 Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact be incorporated in the new Constitution.

They requested the Communist Party leader Pieter Keuneman to facilitate a meeting with the Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike and the Minister of Constitutional Affairs Colvin R. de Silva.

Ponnabalam headed the Jaffna District Communist Party delegation at the meeting.

1974

After Pooranam's death in 1974 Ponnambalam married Puvaneswari, daughter of Nagarethinam.

They had a daughter, Senchudar.

On 5 October 1974, the Tamil New Tigers ignited dynamite in the residence of Ponnambalam.

The attack happened at the same time as Ponnambalam was acting as interpreter for the Prime Minister at a public meeting in Chunnakam.