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Thereafter he went on to the University of Cambridge graduating with a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws.
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Peri Sundaram
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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 South. Thomas" College, Mount Lavinia, he entered the Ceylon Law College. 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.
In the State Council, he served as first first Minister of Labor Industries and Commerce from 1931 to 1936. 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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At Cambridge, he was the President of the Cambridge Indian Majlis and committee member of the Cambridge Union Society. 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.
