Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Arumugam Thiagarajah (17 April 1916 – 24 May 1981) was a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and Member of Parliament. Thiagarajah was born on 17 April 1916. He was principal of Karainagar Hindu College.Thiagarajah stood as the All Ceylon Tamil Congress's candidate for Vaddukoddai at the 1970 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament. Shortly afterwards he defected to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party led government and voted for the new republican constitution. He was the target of an assassination attempt at his Colombo home in 1972.Thiagarajah contested the 1977 parliamentary election as an independent candidate but was resoundingly defeated by the Tamil United Liberation Front candidate T. Thirunavukarasu. The United National Party chose Thiagarajah to be its lead candidate in Jaffna District at the 1981 District Development Council. Tamil militant groups had warned candidates not to contest for the UNP. He was shot by the militant People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam on 24 May 1981 as he was addressing an election meeting in Moolai. He died later in hospital.. }
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- A._Thiagarajah abstract "Arumugam Thiagarajah (17 April 1916 – 24 May 1981) was a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and Member of Parliament. Thiagarajah was born on 17 April 1916. He was principal of Karainagar Hindu College.Thiagarajah stood as the All Ceylon Tamil Congress's candidate for Vaddukoddai at the 1970 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament. Shortly afterwards he defected to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party led government and voted for the new republican constitution. He was the target of an assassination attempt at his Colombo home in 1972.Thiagarajah contested the 1977 parliamentary election as an independent candidate but was resoundingly defeated by the Tamil United Liberation Front candidate T. Thirunavukarasu. The United National Party chose Thiagarajah to be its lead candidate in Jaffna District at the 1981 District Development Council. Tamil militant groups had warned candidates not to contest for the UNP. He was shot by the militant People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam on 24 May 1981 as he was addressing an election meeting in Moolai. He died later in hospital.".