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Jaganathan Tyagaraja (born 18 October 1895) was a Ceylon Tamil barrister, politician and member of the State Council of Ceylon.

Tyagaraja was born on 18 October 1895. He was the son of Namasivayam Tyagaraja, a wealthy landed proprietor from Colombo, the capital of Ceylon. Tyagaraja was educated at Royal College, Colombo. After school he joined Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating with LLB and master's degrees. He was subsequently called to the bar.

Tyagaraja tried unsuccessfully to obtain a seat on the Legislative Council of Ceylon following the death of P. Ramanathan. He abided by the Jaffna Youth Congress' call to boycott the 1931 State Council election. The following year most of the Tamil politicians who had boycotted the election, including Tyagaraja, condemned the boycott.

Tyagaraja contested the 1944 State Council by-election as a candidate in Mannar-Mullaitivu and was elected to the State Council of Ceylon. Tyagaraja supported G. G. Ponnambalam's call for balanced representation in the Ceylonese legislature but nevertheless voted for self-government as recommended by the Soulbury Commission.

Tyagaraja contested the 1947 parliamentary election as a United National Party candidate in Mannar but was defeated by C. Sittampalam. His defeat has been attributed to his support for the Soulbury Constitution.

Tyagaraja played a key role in the establishment of the Central Bank of Ceylon and was an appointed member of its monetary board for 21 years (1950–71).

Electoral history

References

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Central Province (8)	Abeyratne Ratnayaka E. A. Nugawela Senerat Gunewardene K. Natesa Iyer George E. de Silva Bernard Aluwihare E. W. Abeygunasekera M. D. Banda Bennet Soysa S. P. Vythilingam
Eastern Province (2)	S. O. Canagaratnam S. Dharmaretnam E. R. Tambimuttu V. Nalliah
Northern Province (5)	Arunachalam Mahadeva S. Natesan Waithilingam Duraiswamy R. Sri Pathmanathan Joseph Isaac Gnanamuttu Jaganathan Tyagaraja G. G. Ponnambalam
North Central Province (1)	H. R. Freeman P. B. Bulankulame
North Western Province (5)	Claude Corea R. S. Tennekoon John Kotelawala Siripala Samarakkody Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake J. H. Ilangantileke U. B. Wanninayake
Sabaragamuwa Province (5)	H. A. Goonesekera Alexander Francis Molamure N. M. Perera Robert Edward Jayatilaka Dudley Senanayake Harris Leuke Ratwatte Jayaweera Kuruppu
Southern Province (7)	Francis de Zoysa Patrick de Silva Kularatne H. W. Amarasuriya D. M. Rajapaksa D. A. Rajapaksa Raja Hewavitarne R. C. Kannangara S. A. Wickramasinghe Neil Hewavitarne Simon Abeywickrema David Wanigasekera
Uva Province (3)	Henry Kotelawala D. D. Gunasekera J. G. Rajakulendran G. C. Rambukpotha Wijeyananda Dahanayake
Western Province (14)	Philip Gunawardena Bernard Jayasuriya A. E. Goonesinha M. C. M. Kaleel George R. de Silva Naysum Saravanamuttu A. P. de Zoysa D. P. Jayasuriya A. P. Jayasuriya Charles Batuwantudawe Upali Batuwantudawe Don Baron Jayatilaka J. R. Jayewardene C. W. W. Kannangara D. S. Senanayake W. A. de Silva Thomas Amarasuriya A. E. Rajapakse C. E. P. de Silva H. de Z. Siriwardena Susantha de Fonseka S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Appointed (8)	Burgher George Alfred Henry Wille European John William Oldfield Maurice John Cary Evelyn Charles Villiers R. P. Gaddum Evelyn Charles Villiers Indian Tamil I. X. Pereira Muslim Razik Fareed T. B. Jayah Unknown Howard Frank Parfitt Hubert Ernest Newnham Clement Johnston Black Francis Huntly Griffith George Roland Whitby

• 1895 births
• Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
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• People from Colombo
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• Sri Lankan barristers
• Sri Lankan Tamil people
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