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About Peri Sundaram
- Peri Sundaram (July 23, 1890 - February 4, 1957), born Periannan Sundaram, was a Ceylonese lawyer, trade unionist and politician.
- He was the first Minister of Labour Industries and Commerce in the State Council of Ceylon and Deputy President of the Senate of Ceylon.Educated at Trinity College, Kandy and at S.
- Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, he entered the Ceylon Law College.
- Thereafter he went on to the University of Cambridge graduating with an MA and LLB.
- At Cambridge, he was the President of the Cambridge Indian Majlis and committee member of the Cambridge Union Society.
- In 1916 he became a barrister and thereafter on his return he became an advocate of the Supreme Court of Ceylon.
- He was a lecturer and acting principal of the Ceylon Law College and served as examiner in law to the Ceylon Civil Service. He became a founding member of the Ceylon National Congress in 1919, and was elected to the first State Council from the Hatton electorate uncontested in 1931.
- In the State Council, he served as first Minister of Labor Industries and Commerce from 1931 to 1936.
- In 1939 he formed the first trade union in the country, Workers Welfare League and served as its founder secretary.
- He was also the first secretary of the Ceylon Workers’ Federation.
- In 1939 he co-founded the Ceylon Indian Congress which became the Ceylon Workers Congress of which he became president.
- In 1940, he became president of the Ceylon Indian Congress Labour Union, the largest trade union in the country.
- In 1947 he was appointed to the Senate of Ceylon and made its Deputy President.
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