Education
He was educated at the Royal College, Colombo. He was a landed proprietor.
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Razik Fareed
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He had also served as Ceylon"s High Commissioner to Pakistan. In 1915 he joined the Moorish Section of the Colombo Town Guard as a Corporal and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1916 having served during the 1915 Riots. Moving into politics in 1930 Sir Razik, entered the Colombo Municipal Council where he was a member for 15 years.
Thereafter he was voted into the State Council of Ceylon before being appointed to the Senate of Ceylon after independence in 1948.
In 1968 he was sent as Ceylon"s High Commissioner to Pakistan. Sir Razik is the son of Wapchi Marikar Abdul Rahman, ex-MLC (1868–1933), and paternal grandson of the famous Ceylon Moor building contractor in Colombo, Arasi Marikar Wapchi Marikar (Bass) (1829–1925), who was descended from the Sheiq Fareed family who arrived in Ceylon in 1060 AD.
Membership
He was the former Cabinet Minister of Trade, Senator, member of parliament and the state council. A founding member of the United National Party he retained his seat for Colombo central in the House of Representatives of Ceylon for three times running.
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Nationality
Sri Lanka -
Political Party
National Party