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Kadirgamar taught history, politics and international relations in the undergraduate department of Jaffna
College between 1959 and 1969. He then taught in the Department of History at the
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in Japan to study for a master's degree. In 1979 he became a senior lecturer of history at the
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Kadirgamar married
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Kadirgamar wrote several books on Sri Lankan Tamil history and politics.
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The Tamils of Lanka: Their
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between 1941 and 1945. Returning to Ceylon, he was educated
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Sri Lankan Tamil academic, historian and author (1934–2015)
383:"Former History academic of Jaffna University passes away"
624:"Memoirs from a loving cousin: Kathir with lovely locks"
433:"Sri Lankan historian Santasilan Kadirgamar passes away"
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University of Sri Lanka (Colombo)
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University of Ceylon (Colombo)
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994:"Reflections on the Left Movement in Sri Lanka"
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309:Jaffna Youth Radicalism – The 1920s and 1930s
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455:. South Asia Citizens Web. 27 July 2015.
293:Ethnicity: Identity, Conflict and Crisis
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125:Kadirgamar was born on 11 April 1934 in
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721:"Seelan Kadirgamar laid to rest".
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262:2011 local government election
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145:. After school he joined the
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