Xavier Thaninayagam
Reverend Xavier S. Thani Nayagam was a Tamil scholar known for setting up the International Association for Tamil Research (IATR) and organising the first World Tamil Conference. He is praised as the "Roving Ambassador for Tamil". Xavier Thaninayagam, Sri Lankan scholar and academic (d. 1980)
2 August 1913
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