Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai

Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai
Member of Parliament
for Batticaloa District
In office
2004–2010
Personal details
Born(1939-03-20)20 March 1939
Died19 September 2025(2025-09-19) (aged 86)
Political partyTamil National Alliance
OccupationGovernment officer

Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai (20 March 1939 – 19 September 2025) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician who served as a Member of Parliament from the Batticaloa District.[1]

In 2004, Kanagasabai was selected by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as a parliamentary candidate for the Tamil National Alliance (TNA).[2] Kanagasabai represented the Batticaloa electoral district for the TNA in the Parliament of Sri Lanka from April 2004 to February 2010.

Kanagasabai declined re-nomination for the 2010 parliamentary election.[3] He died on 19 September 2025, at the age of 86.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Parliament of Sri Lanka – Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai". Parliament of Sri Lanka. 2025. Archived from the original on 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  2. ^ DBS Jeyaraj (3 April 2010). "TAMIL NATIONAL ALLIANCE ENTERS CRITICAL THIRD PHASE -2". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 16 May 2010.
  3. ^ DBS Jeyaraj (17 April 2010). "T.N.A. PERFORMS CREDITABLY IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS". Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 23 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Former TNA MP Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai passes away at 86". Daily Mirror. 20 September 2025. Archived from the original on 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.