Nevins Selvadurai
MSC MBE
நெவின்ஸ் செல்வதுரை
Member of the State Council of Ceylon
for Kayts
In office
1934–1935
Succeeded byWaithilingam Duraiswamy
Personal details
Born(1863-10-15)15 October 1863
Died28 April 1938(1938-04-28) (aged 74)
Alma materJaffna Wesleyan Central School
Presidency College
ProfessionTeacher
EthnicityCeylon Tamil

Nevins Selvadurai (Tamil: நெவின்ஸ் செல்வதுரை; 15 October 1863 – 28 April 1938) was a Ceylon Tamil teacher, principal of Jaffna Hindu College and a member of the State Council of Ceylon.

Early life and family

Selvadurai was born on 15 October 1863.[1] He was the son of William Nevins Sithamaparapillai, headmaster of Jaffna Wesleyan Central School (present day Jaffna Central College).[1] He was educated at Vaddukoddai Primary School and Jaffna Wesleyan Central School.[1] Aged 15 he joined Presidency College in Madras, from where graduated in science with honours.[1]

Selvadurai married Margaret Annie Papapammah, daughter of Muutusamy Watson, in 1889.[1] They had several children.[1]

Career

After graduating Selvadurai became a teacher at Jaffna Wesleyan Central School.[1] In 1892 he became principal of Jaffna Hindu College, a position he held until at 1926.[1] He was also principal of Trinity College, Kandy for a brief period.[1] In the 1923 Birthday Honours he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his services to education.[2]

Later life

Selvadurai became a member of several organisations after retirement including the Board of Education and University College Council.[1] He was president of the Jaffna Association chairman of the Rural Education Committee.[1]

Selvadurai contested the 1934 State Council by-election as a candidate in Kayts and was elected to the State Council.[1][3][4] He contested the 1936 election as a candidate in Jaffna but was defeated by incumbent Arunachalam Mahadeva.[1]

Selvadurai died on 8 April 1938 after a heart attack.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. pp. 188–189.
  2. ↑ "Supplement". The London Gazette (32830): 3951. 1 June 1923.
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ Dissanayake, T. D. S. A. "Chapter 1". War or Peace...
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