What is G. G. Ponnambalam?
{{Infobox MP | honorific-prefix = | name = G.G. Ponnambalam | honorific-suffix = [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] | image = | office = Leader of the [[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]] | successor = | term_start = 1944 | term_end = 1972 | office2 = Member of the [[State Council of Ceylon]]<br>for Point Pedro | term_start2 = 1934 | term_end2 = 1947 | constituency_MP3 = [[Jaffna Electoral District (1947-1989)|Jaffna]] | parliament3 = Sri Lanka | term_start3 = 1947 | term_end3 = 1960 | majority3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = [[Alfred Duraiappah]], [[Independent (politician)|Ind]] | term_start4 = 1965 | term_end4 = 1970 | majority4 = | predecessor4 = [[Alfred Duraiappah]], [[Independent (politician)|Ind]] | successor4 = C.X. Martyn, [[Federal Party (Sri Lanka)|FP]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1901|11|8}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1977|12|9|1901|11|8}} | death_place = | nationality = | spouse = | party = [[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]] | otherparty = | profession = [[Lawyer]] | alma_mater = [[St. Joseph's College, Colombo|St. Joseph's College]]<br>[[King's College London]]<br>[[Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge]] }} ''' Ganapathipillai Gangaser Ponnambalam''' ({{lang-ta|கணபதி காங்கேசர் பொன்னம்பலம்}}; 8 November 1901 – 9 February 1977), also known as '''G. G. Ponnambalam''', was a [[Sri Lanka]]n [[Tamil people|Tamil]] [[politician]], during the [[British]] [[colonial]] period and the [[war]] for [[independence]]. He founded the first Sri Lankan Tamil political party, the All Ceylon Tamil Congress. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ponnambalam, GG}} [[Category:1901 births]] [[Category:Sri Lankan politicians]] [[Category:Tamil activists]]