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in 1947, and later served as a Judge of the country's
Supreme Court from 1951. With the enactment of Sri Lanka's Citizenship Laws after the Country's independence in 1948, Nariman Choksy found himself (and a few other well established settlers of Indian origin) as becoming "stateless". Upon this
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Lavinia. From boyhood, he imbued the legal atmosphere in his father's Law Chambers and being called to the Sri Lankan Bar as an Advocate in 1958 rapidly established himself in a leading practice in the civil courts of the metropolis of Colombo. Choksy was appointed as
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Kairshasp N. Choksy belongs to the small, yet well established and respected, Parsi community of Sri Lanka, of which he was the
Anjuman former chairman. He was born in Colombo on 7 February 1933. His paternal grandparents had migrated to Colombo from
368:, was born in Sri Lanka around the start of the 20th century. He was the first Parsi Advocate in the country. Establishing a lucrative practice on the civil side, he was bestowed the honour by the then British Government of being appointed a
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His maternal grandparents were also settled in
Colombo, in the export-import trade in food-commodities. They donated the building and land called "Navroze Baug", which is the religious centre of the Colombo Parsi residents.
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being brought to the notice of the incumbent
Government, a law was enacted by Parliament in 1950 under which Nariman Choksy qualified for citizenship as a "Distinguished Citizen" of the Country.
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in
Washington. The third son, Vishtasp, has taken to the family tradition of the Law and practices as a Lawyer in Colombo, the third generation of Choksys to excel in his chosen profession.
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in 1981. He appeared as lead-Counsel on one side or the other in many a civil Cause-celebre.
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and was a member of parliament from 1989 to 2010 continuously.
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Alumni of S. Thomas' Preparatory School, Kollupitiya
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745:Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka (2004
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118:Minister of Constitutional & State Affairs
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452:Choksy is married to Freny (née Cooper) from
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2743:Members of the 12th Parliament of Sri Lanka
2738:Members of the 11th Parliament of Sri Lanka
2733:Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka
2698:Alumni of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
353:industry at Colombo, belonging to a Bombay
2728:Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka
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440:from 2001 to 2004. Choksy was a Member of
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165:National List Member of Parliament
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462:United States Chamber of Commerce
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444:from 1989 to 2010 continuously.
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129:1992 – 19 August 1994
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1962:R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara
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395:S. Thomas' Preparatory School
380:K.N Choksy, Mrs. Choksy, son
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283:Jamsheed, Khursheed, Vishtasp
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1042:Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe
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2106:Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero
1680:Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi
1164:Thomas Thangathurai William
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1842:Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
1411:Anura Kumara Dissanayake
1171:L. G. Wasantha Piyatissa
928:Janaka Bandara Tennakoon
838:Mahindananda Aluthgamage
795:Leader of the Opposition
789:Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
366:Nariman Kairshasp Choksy
302:Kairshasp Nariman Choksy
2693:Sri Lankan Zoroastrians
2646:E. A. D. C. Weerasekera
2544:Ramalingam Chandrasekar
2482:Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana
2274:Rohitha Abeygunawardena
2227:Sripathi Sooriyarachchi
2146:Sarath Kumara Gunaratna
1904:Nimal Siripala de Silva
1612:Ranjith Siyambalapitiya
1597:R. M. Gamini Rathnayake
1506:Weerakumara Dissanayake
1446:M. D. Namal Karunaratne
1441:Akila Viraj Kariyawasam
318:Parliament of Sri Lanka
158:Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
138:Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
2509:Ismail Mohammed Quddus
2425:Joseph Pararajasingham
2249:Alawwe Nandaloka Thero
1759:Chandrasena Wijesinghe
1744:Hemakumara Nanayakkara
1734:Gayantha Karunathilaka
1378:North Western Province
1199:Thangeswary Kathiraman
1109:North Eastern Province
1004:North Central Province
970:N. D. N. P. Jayasinghe
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2651:Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
2624:Philipps Sri Liyanage
2612:Wasantha Samarasinghe
2554:Gitanjana Gunawardena
2504:V. Puththirasigamoney
2499:W. P. S. Pushpakumara
2450:Hussein Ahamed Bhaila
2212:Joseph Michael Perera
2175:Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
2136:Lasantha Alagiyawanna
1847:Chandrasiri Gajadeera
1660:Susantha Punchinilame
1545:Sabaragamuwa Province
1489:Palitha Range Bandara
1339:Selvam Adaikalanathan
911:Nandimithra Ekanayake
853:Y. M. Nawaratna Banda
493:Nariman (K.N.) Choksy
384:& his wife Sirini
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324:under Prime Minister
258:United National Front
246:United National Party
100:Chandrika Kumaratunga
76:Chandrika Kumaratunga
2487:M. Mohamed Musthaffa
2477:Abdul Baiz Kamardeen
2418:Raseen Mohammed Imam
2313:Mahinda Samarasinghe
2202:Jayalath Jayawardena
2141:Siripala Amarasinghe
2118:Ranil Wickremesinghe
2054:Jeewan Kumaranatunga
1929:Lakshman Senewiratne
1919:Ravindra Samaraweera
1909:W. J. M. Lokubandara
1580:Anuruddha Polgampala
1396:Indika Bandaranayake
1364:Vino Noharathalingam
1316:K. Thurairetnasingam
1249:Suresh Premachandran
1216:Ameer Ali Shihabdeen
1204:Kingsley Rasanayagam
1095:C. A. Suriyaarachchi
1085:Maithripala Sirisena
883:Keheliya Rambukwella
878:Udawatte Nanda Thero
833:A. R. M. Abdul Cader
800:Ranil Wickremesinghe
773:W. J. M. Lokubandara
415:President's election
411:Ranasinghe Premadasa
364:Kairshasp's father,
326:Ranil Wickremasinghe
154:Ranil Wickremesinghe
142:Ranasinghe Premadasa
88:Ranil Wickremesinghe
2713:Ceylonese advocates
2581:Dullas Alahapperuma
2576:Lakshman Kadirgamar
2549:D. E. W. Gunasekera
2460:Basheer Segu Dawood
2333:Piyasiri Wijenayake
2291:Nandana Gunathilake
2101:Kahaluwe Ratnaseeha
2091:Susil Premajayantha
2034:Bandula Gunawardane
1972:Sumedha G. Jayasena
1939:Samantha Vidyaratna
1867:Mangala Samaraweera
1852:Jinadasa Kitulagoda
1754:Gunaratna Weerakoon
1722:Chandima Weerakkody
1717:Amarasiri Dodangoda
1670:Mahinda Ratnatilaka
1665:Jayatissa Ranaweera
1655:Premalal Jayasekara
1607:Athauda Seneviratne
1499:Piyankara Jayaratne
1436:Dayasiri Jayasekara
1416:Salinda Dissanayake
1406:Rohitha Bogollagama
1344:Sivasakthy Ananthan
1321:Jayantha Wijesekara
1271:M. K. Shivajilingam
1189:S. Jeyanandamoorthy
1027:Duminda Dissanayake
404:President's Counsel
2559:M. H. Cegu Isadean
2284:Nirmala Kotalawala
2170:Pandu Bandaranaike
2163:Sarana Gunawardena
2158:Anura Bandaranaike
2039:Dinesh Gunawardena
1924:M. Satchithanandan
1872:Mahinda Wijesekara
1819:Dilip Wedaarachchi
1807:Nirupama Rajapaksa
1787:Nihal Galappaththi
1782:Mahinda Amaraweera
1712:Vajira Abeywardena
1635:Thalatha Atukorale
1592:Champika Premadasa
1585:Lalith Dissanayake
1531:Dayasritha Tissera
1306:M. N. Abdul Majeed
1266:Mavai Senathirajah
1132:A. L. M. Athaullah
1047:Tissa Karalliyadde
990:Arumugam Thondaman
951:Santhanam Arulsamy
923:Rohana Dissanayake
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2049:Ravi Karunanayake
2044:Sunil Handunnetti
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1802:Mahinda Rajapaksa
1694:Southern Province
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1645:Deepal Gunasekara
1602:Rukman Senanayake
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1431:Jayarathna Herath
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868:Lakshman Kiriella
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2019:Uduwe Dhammaloka
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1957:Dharmadasa Banda
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1080:Earl Gunasekara
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1052:K. D. Lalkantha
1032:W. B. Ekanayake
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729:e
722:t
715:v
537:e
530:t
523:v
269:(
199:)
195:(
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