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Velupillai

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Pronunciation
  
Vēluppiḷḷai

Language(s)
  
Tamil

Gender
  
Male

Alternative spelling
  
Veluppillai

Region of origin
  
Southern India North-eastern Sri Lanka

Velupillai or Veluppillai (Tamil: வேலுப்பிள்ளை) 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

  • A. Veluppillai (1936–2015), Sri Lankan historian and academic
  • Vela Velupillai (born 1947), Sri Lankan economist

    • Surname

  • C. Velupillai Kandaiah Sivagnanam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician
  • Kanthapillai Velupillai Nadarajah (1905–2000), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
  • Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam (1898–1977), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
  • Velupillai Ambalavanar Kandiah (1891–1963), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
  • Velupillai Appapillai (1913–2001), Sri Lankan physicist and academic
  • Velupillai Coomaraswamy (1892–?), Ceylonese civil servant and diplomat
  • Velupillai Kumaraswamy (1919–?), Ceylonese lawyer and politician
  • Velupillai Prabhakaran (1954–2009), Sri Lankan rebel

    • References

    Velupillai Wikipedia
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