T. T. Rajah

Thampore Thamby Rajah (1919/1920 - 13 March 1996), better known as T. T. Rajah, was a Singaporean politician and lawyer. He was one of the founding members of the People's Action Party, later leaving the party and joining the Barisan Sosialis.[1]

Early life

Rajah was born in British Ceylon.[2]

Career

Law practice

In 1953, Rajah was admitted to the Singapore bar.[2]

In 1973, Rajah was suspended from practice for two years after handling private summons for several political prisoners which resulted in disclipinary actions by the Law Society.[3] In 1974, Rajah was arrested under the Internal Security Act,[4][5] and was only released 18 months later on condition that he would not have any professional contact with political prisoners.[6]

In 1976, Rajah founded the legal firm, Tann Wee Tiong & T. T. Rajah, (later known as Rajah & Tann) with Tann Wee Tiong.[7][8]

Politics

Rajah became the secretary general of the People's Action Party following the PAP Party Conference in August 1957.[9] After the party conference, several moderate elected members of PAP led by Lee Kuan Yew refused to take office, leading Rajah to assume the secretary general post.[9] Rajah resigned shortly afterwards on 3 September 1957.[10]

Personal life

Rajah has a son, V. K. Rajah,[1] who became a Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court and then Attorney-General of Singapore.[11][12]

Rajah died from a heart attack on 13 March 1996.[13]

References
  1. "Ex-Barisan Sosialis leader T. T. Rajah's funeral today", The Straits Times, 15 March 1996.
  2. "Ex-PAP leader: I may take this to court". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  3. "LAWYER T T RAJAH, 52, WAS SUSPENDED FROM PRACTICE FOR TWO …". www.nas.gov.sg. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  4. "Cadre system to beat political phantoms". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  5. "APOLOGY". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  6. Report of the International Mission of Jurists to Singapore 5-9th July 1987 to investigate the arrest and detention of 22 persons in May and June 1987 (PDF) (Report). International Commision of Jurists. October 1987. p. 4.
  7. "The GRR 100". Global Restructuring Review. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  8. "Global Restructuring Review - GRR 100 2019". globalrestructuringreview.com. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  9. Lian, Pang Cheng (1969). "The People's Action Party, 1954-1963". Journal of Southeast Asian History. 10 (1): 145. ISSN 0217-7811.
  10. "Rajah quits as leader of PAP". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  11. "V K Rajah". asiatatler.com. Edipresse Media Asia Limited. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  12. "Attorney-General V K Rajah to step down next January". ChannelNewsAsia. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  13. "Ex-Barisan Sosialis leader T. T. Rajah dies". The Straits Times. 14 March 1996.
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