C. Balasingham
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C. Balasingham | |
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| Born | 10 March 1917 |
| Died | 15 July 2001 (aged 84) Connecticut, USA |
| Alma mater | Kollankaladdy Tamil School Mahajana College Jaffna Hindu College Ceylon University College Ceylon Law College |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
Coomarasamy Balasingham (10 March 1917 – 15 July 2001) was a leading Ceylon Tamil civil servant.
Balasingham was born on 10 March 1917.[1][2] He was the son of V. Coomaraswamy, a proctor and Tamil scholar from Tellippalai.[1] He was educated at Kollankaladdy Tamil School, Mahajana College, Tellippalai and Jaffna Hindu College.[1][2] He gained Honours and a Distinction in Tamil when he sat the Cambridge Junior Examination.[2] He then passed the Cambridge Senior Exam.[2] After school he joined the Ceylon University College from where he graduated in 1937 with a BA degree English, Tamil and Philosophy.[1][2] He was too young to join the civil service so he enrolled at the Ceylon Law College, qualifying as an advocate of the Supreme Court in 1942.[2]
Balasingham married Sethu, a daughter of Gate Mudaliyar Naganather Canaganayagam.[1] They had two sons (Balagangeyan and Padmanabhan) and a daughter (Thillaisiva).[1]
