He is a son of late Mr.Muthuthambi Nalliah, a Chartered Accountant & late Mrs. Sakuntala Nalliah (Daughter of late Thambiyah Mudhaliyar Sabharatnam - Former Member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon). He gained his primary education at Vaitheeswara College & His Secondary & Higher Education at Jaffna Hindu College. He completed his Diploma in Accountancy in India at ITI on scholarship and Computer Education at the Hindustan Institute of Engineering Technology.
He is married to Rathee Mahalingasivam, and has three children. Elder son is Ashokbharan Nalliah Kumaraguruparan (Student - Royal College), Youngest son is Abishekbaren Kumaraguruparan (Student - Royal College), and Daughter is Ahranyakumari Kumaraguruparan (Student - Ramanathan Hindu Ladies College).
He first entered into politics through All Ceylon Tamil Congress at the age of 17 in Jaffna. Later he became the Colombo Branch Secretary & then the Official Spokesman of All Ceylon Tamil Congress and contested all the Parliamentary elections from 1989. After the demise of Late."Maamanithar"Kumar Ponnambalam he was appointed as the General Secretary (Leader) of the Party in 2000. In 2003 after amany inner-party conflicts he was appointed as a Senior Vice President by Gajendra Kumar Ponnambalam. Then in 2004 he resigned from All Ceylon Tamil Congress and joined Western People's Front a political party lead by Mano Ganesan at a ceremony convened by Western People's Front at Nippon Hotel. He was appointed as Deputy Leader of the Western People's Front in 2004 and then in 2006 He was also given the post of General Secretary of the party. In the 2006 "Colombo Municipal Elections" he was elected to the Council. In 2009 Western Provincial Council Elections he contested from the Colombo District in the United National Front (An Alliance of UNP & Supporting Parties) and was elected to the Western Provincial Council
He was awarded with the "Kentucky Colonel" Award by the Governor of the State of Kentucky (USA) in 2007 by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Ernie Fletcher.
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