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Kandiah

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Pronunciation
  
Kantaiyā

Language(s)
  
Tamil

Gender
  
Male

Region of origin
  
Southern India North-eastern Sri Lanka

Kandiah (Tamil: கந்தையா) is a given name for a male Tamils. Due the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.

Contents

Given name

  • P. Kandiah (1914–1960), Ceylonese politician
  • V. A. Kandiah (1891–1963), Ceylonese politician

    • Surname

  • Arumugam Kandaiah Premachandran (born 1957), Sri Lankan politician
  • Arumugam Kandiah Sarveswaran, Sri Lankan politician
  • Kandiah Arulanandan(1925–2004), Ceylonese engineer and academic
  • Kandiah Balasegaran (1965–2008), Sri Lankan rebel
  • Kandiah Balendra (born 1940), Sri Lankan businessman
  • Kandiah David Arulpragasam (1931–2003), Sri Lankan academic
  • Kandiah Kamalesvaran (born 1934), Australian singer
  • Kandiah Kanagaratnam (1892–1952), Ceylonese politician
  • Kandiah Navaratnam (born 1935), Sri Lankan politician
  • Kandiah Neelakandan (born 1947), Sri Lankan lawyer
  • Kandiah Thirugnansampandapillai Francis (1939–2013), Sri Lankan cricket official
  • Kandiah Ulaganathan (1966–2006), Sri Lankan rebel

    • References

    Kandiah Wikipedia
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