C. V. Velupillai
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C. V. Velupillai
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H Cannappen Velusingham Velupillai was a Ceylonese trade unionist, politician and poet. Velupillai was born on 14 September 1914 in Madakumbura, the son of a relatively wealthy Kangani family. He received his education at the St. Xavier's College, Nuwara Eliya, Hatton Methodist College, and Nalanda College, Colombo. Velupillai joined the Plantation Trade Union Movement and was inspired by Gandhism ideology and the Tagore school of thought. In 1943 when Rabindranath Tagore visited Ceylon, Velupil
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Ceylonese trade unionist, politician and poet
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