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Naysum Saravanamuttu

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Occupation
  
Politician

Died
  
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Role
  
Politician

Name
  
Naysum Saravanamuttu

Ethnicity
  
Ceylon Tamil


Spouse(s)
  
Sir Ratnasothy Saravanamuttu

Luisa Naysum Saravanamuttu (née Arunachalam, 1897 - 19 January 1941) was a Ceylonese politician. She was the second female member of State Council of Ceylon and the second elected female legislator in Sri Lanka.

She was married to Sir Ratnasothy Saravanamuttu a physician and politician, who in 1931, was elected to the first State Council of Ceylon representing Colombo North. He was removed after he was found guilty of corrupt practices by an election Judge. His wife, Naysum, became the second female member of the State Council in 1931, when she won her husband's seat in a by-election. She was re-elected to the second State Council in 1936 and retained the position until her death in 1941.

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