What is S. J. V. Chelvanayakam?
{{No sources}}{{Infobox MP | honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable|Honourable]] | name = S. J. V. Chelvanayakam | honorific-suffix = [[King's Counsel|KC]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] | image = | constituency_MP4 = [[Kankesanthurai Electoral District|Kankesanthurai]] | parliament4 = Sri Lanka | majority4 = | predecessor4 = | successor4 = [[Subaiya Nadesan]], [[United National Party|UNP]] | term_start4 = 1947 | term_end4 = 1952 | majority5 = | predecessor5 = [[Subaiya Nadesan]], [[United National Party|UNP]] | successor5 = | term_start5 = 1956 | term_end5 = 1977 | office3 = Deputy Leader of the [[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]] | term_start3 = 1944 | term_end3 = 1949 | office2 = Leader of the [[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]] | term_start2 = 1949 | term_end2 = 1972 | office = Leader of the [[Tamil United Liberation Front]] | successor = [[Appapillai Amirthalingam]] | term_start = 1972 | term_end = 1977 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|3|31}} | birth_place = [[Ipoh]], [[British Malaya|Malaya]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1977|4|26|1898|3|31}} | death_place = [[Jaffna]], [[Sri Lanka]] | nationality = | spouse = Emily Grace Barr Chelvanayakam | party = [[Tamil United Liberation Front]] | otherparty = [[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]] | profession = Lawyer | alma_mater = [[Union College, Tellippalai, Jaffna|Union College]]<br>[[St. John's College, Jaffna|St. John's College]]<br>[[S. Thomas' College|St. Thomas College]]<br>[[University of London]]<br>[[Ceylon Law College]] }} '''Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam''' (also spelled Chelvanayagam, {{lang-ta|சாமுவேல் ஜேம்ஸ் வேலுப்பிள்ளை செல்வநாயகம்}} 31 March 1898 - 26 April 1977) was a [[Sri Lanka|Ceylonese]] [[lawyer]] and [[politician]]. He was [[Tamil people|Tamil]]. He was a [[Member of Parliament]] and was a political [[leader]] of the Sri Lankan Tamil community for more than two [[decades]]. His son [[Chandrahasan]] followed his father's footstep by becoming a [[public servant]] in [[Tamil Nadu]]. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chelvanayakam, S J V}}