K. Kanag- Iswaran, PC, will deliver a lecture on ‘Tesavalami and its application’ at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday October 31. This will be a Memorial Lecture in memory of pioneer historian Dr. G.C.Mendis (1893-1976). The lecture is the 56th in the Monthly Lecture Series of the National Trust – Sri Lanka and will be held [...]

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K. Kanag- Iswaran, PC, will deliver a lecture on ‘Tesavalami and its application’ at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday October 31. This will be a Memorial Lecture in memory of pioneer historian Dr. G.C.Mendis (1893-1976).

The lecture is the 56th in the Monthly Lecture Series of the National Trust – Sri Lanka and will be held at the HNB Auditorium, 22nd Floor, HNB Towers, 479 T.B. Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 10

Tesavalamai is a special system of law applicable to the Tamil inhabitants of the Northern Province. It evolved from a system of customary laws applicable to ancient Tamils, who had a matriarchal system of society. Among the customary laws of the Tamils of Ceylon, Tesavalamai takes pride of place as a living system of law.

This lecture discusses the applicability of the Tesavalamai, examining the meaning of the words ‘Malabar’, ‘Inhabitant’, ‘The Province of Jaffna’ and the contents of the Tsavalamai Code, as modified and amended by subsequent Legislation.

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