K W Devanayagam Sri Lankan Lawyer And Politician Tenth Sri Lankan Minister Of Justice Born 1910 - December 17 in History | This Day Story

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December 17, 2002

K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, tenth Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (born 1910)

K. W. Devanayagam

Deshamanya Kanapathipillai William "Bill" Devanayagam was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician, government minister and Member of Parliament.

The minister justice, public administration, provincial councils, local government and labour is an appointment in the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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