M. P. Drahaman

Hon. Dr. M. P. Drahaman MBE


Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Appointed member
In office 1956–1963
Succeeded by	Baba Zahiere Lye

Personal details
Born	Mohamed Purvis Drahaman (1889-11-05)5 November 1889 Colombo, Ceylon
Died	April 1963 (1963-05) (aged 73) Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Citizenship	Ceylonese
Political party	All Ceylon Malay Congress
Spouse	Hazelyn née Saldin
Children	Sylvion (Siva) Sajurdeen Werono (Wero) Nizamudin Revelion (Revo) Soetomo Georgina Kartini Mohamed Soekarna
Alma mater	All Saints College, Galle; Wesley College, Colombo; Colombo Medical School
Occupation	doctor, politician

Dr. Al-Haj Mohamed Purvis Drahaman (5 November 1889 - April 1963) was a Ceylonese Malay medical doctor and politician. He was the leader of the All Ceylon Malay Congress, and was appointed as Member of Parliament in 1956 and 1960.^[1]

Born in 1889 in Colombo, Drahaman was educated at All Saints College, Galle and Wesley College, Colombo. He graduated from the Ceylon Medical College in 1928 and entered the Ceylon Medical Service. Five years later he established a private medical practice with after setting up his surgery and dispensary at Rifle Street, Slave Island in 1933. He led several Malay organisations, such as the Ceylon Malay Youth League, the Malay Progressive Association and the All Ceylon Malay Association,^[2] the All Ceylon Malay Congress and the Ceylon Malay Cricket Club. Drahaman supported the struggle for Indonesian independence. He was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1953.^[3] He was appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1953 New Year Honours for his services to the Malay community.

He died in Mecca in April 1963, whilst performing Hajj for the second time.^[3]^[4]

← Members of the 3rd Parliament of Ceylon (1956 (1956)-1959) →
Speaker: Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail Prime Minister: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike/Wijeyananda Dahanayake Leader of the Opposition: N. M. Perera
Central Province (15)	M. D. Banda M. A. D. Dissanayake K. Hemachandra T. B. Ilangaratne Robert Edward Jayatilaka S. Jinadasa L. S. Jinasena Nimal Karunatilake C. A. S. Marikkar M. B. W. Mediwake R. S. Pelpola Piyasena Tennakoon T. B. Tennekoon Aloysius Weerakoon J. D. Weerasekera
Eastern Province (7)	S. U. Ethirmanasingham M. S. Kariapper Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar M. E. H. Mohamed Ali M. M. Mustapha C. Rajadurai N. R. Rajavarothiam
Northern Province (9)	V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam S. J. V. Chelvanayakam P. Kandiah V. A. Kandiah V. N. Navaratnam G. G. Ponnambalam C. Suntharalingam C. Vanniasingam
North Central Province (5)	C. P. de Silva M. S. Dissanayake Sirimevan Godage E. L. B. Hurulle Maithripala Senanayake
North Western Province (10)	M. A. Adikari Hugh Fernando I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail John Kotelawala D. B. Monnekulame W. J. C. Munasinha Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Mudiyanse Tennakoon
Sabaragamuwa Province (10)	C. R. Beligammana Kusumasiri Gunawardena Maithripala Herath D. F. Hettiarachchi M. P. Jothipala P. B. G. Kalugalla V. T. G. Karunaratne Jayaweera Kuruppu N. M. Perera Edmund Samarakkody
Southern Province (12)	Henry Abeywickrema Wijeyananda Dahanayake William de Silva M. P. de Zoysa C. A. Dharmapala D. S. Goonesekera Panini Ilangakoon D. A. Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa S. W. D. Ratnayake Mahanama Samaraweera S. A. Wickramasinghe
Uva Province (7)	W. P. G. Ariyadasa K. D. Goonaratne Y. G. Jayasinghe J. C. T. Kotelawala S. A. Peeris K. M. P. Rajaratne Kusuma Rajaratne W. G. M. Albert Silva
Western Province (20)	S. D. Bandaranayake S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Colvin R. de Silva Stanley de Zoysa Razik Fareed Hector Fernando Meryl Fernando Leslie Goonewardene Vivienne Goonewardene Cholomondeley Goonewardene Robert Gunawardena Philip Gunawardena Pieter Keuneman Anil Moonesinghe Sagara Palansuriya Dayasena Pasqual Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Bernard Soysa M. S. Themis Vimala Wijewardene
Appointed (6)	M. P. Drahaman R. P. Gaddum (O. B. Forbes) Rosslyn Koch J. R. Murray R. S. V. Poulier R. Singleton-Salmon

← Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon (1960 (1960)–1964) →
Speaker: R. S. Pelpola/Hugh Fernando Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike Leader of the Opposition: Dudley Senanayake
Central Province (23)	Bernard Aluwihare Alick Aluwihare K. M. K. Banda M. D. Banda L. B. Dassanayake T. William Fernando Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed T. B. M. Herath T. B. Ilangaratne K. Abdul Jabbar T. B. Jayasundera U. P. Y. Jinadasa Tissa Kapukotuwa Chandrasena Munaweera R. S. Pelpola Shelton Ranaraja Abeyratne Ratnayaka E. L. Senanayake D. G. Sirisena R. W. Tennekoon T. B. Tennekoon J. D. Weerasekera U. B. Weerasekera Edmund Wijesuriya
Eastern Province (11)	T. Ahambaram M. E. H. Mohamed Ali M. C. Ahamed A. L. Abdul Majeed M. A. Abdul Majeed M. I. M. Abdul Majeed P. Manicavasagam Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar C. Rajadurai N. R. Rajavarothiam S. M. Manickarajah S. M. Rasamanickam Indrasena de Zoysa
Northern Province (13)	V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam M. Balasundaram S. J. V. Chelvanayakam V. Dharmalingam Alfred Duraiappah V. A. Kandiah V. Navaratnam E. M. V. Naganathan V. N. Navaratnam M. Sivasithamparam T. Sivasithamparam A. Sivasunderam K. Thurairatnam
North Central Province (8)	C. P. de Silva A. H. de Silva Sirimevan Godage K. B. Ratnayake E. L. B. Hurulle S. B. Lenawa R. B. Ratnamalala Maithripala Senanayake P. M. K. Tennakoon
North Western Province (16)	M. A. Adikari M. A. J. Wijesinghe Hugh Fernando S. D. R. Jayaratne L. B. Jayasena M. H. M. Naina Marikar D. B. Monnekulame Jaya Pathirana Albert Peries A. U. Romanis Stephen Samarakkody G. W. Samarasinghe A. H. Senanayake Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Mudiyanse Tennakoon Kavisena Herath U. B. Wanninayake Leelananda Weerasinghe D. P. Wickremasinghe
Sabaragamuwa Province (17)	M. L. M. Aboosally B. A. P. B. Balasuriya L. de S. A. Gunasekera P. C. Imbulana P. B. G. Kalugalla Asoka Karunaratne V. T. G. Karunaratne W. A. Karunasena Cyril Mathew Stanley Molligoda N. M. Perera Clifford Ratwatte P. R. Ratnayake Dudley Senanayake Dhanapala Weerasekera Soma Wickremanayake P. B. Wijesundara
Southern Province (19)	Albert Kariyawasam Sumanapala Dahanayake Wijeyananda Dahanayake Neal de Alwis Lakshman de Silva M. P. de Zoysa Edwin Tillekeratne H. W. Dissanayake D. S. Goonesekera Montague Jayawickrama Patrick de Silva Kularatne D. A. Rajapaksa George Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa Don Roy Rajapakse Senapala Samarasekera Mahanama Samaraweera Percy Wickremasinghe S. A. Wickramasinghe P. P. Wickremasuriya
Uva Province (10)	W. P. G. Ariyadasa B. H. Bandara S. B. Ekanayake D. M. Gunasekera J. G. Gunasekera K. M. P. Rajaratne Kusuma Rajaratne Amarananda Ratnayake C. P. J. Seneviratne W. G. M. Albert Silva
Western Province (35)	Felix Dias Bandaranaike S. D. Bandaranayake I. A. Cader Somaweera Chandrasiri Colvin R. de Silva W. Danister de Silva Vivienne Goonewardene Razik Fareed T. Quintin Fernando Meryl Fernando Cholomondeley Goonewardene Leslie Goonewardene Philip Gunawardena Robert Gunawardena Lakshman Jayakody D. Shelton Jayasinghe Gamini Jayasuriya J. R. Jayewardene M. C. M. Kaleel Pieter Keuneman Wijayapala Mendis Anil Moonesinghe James Peter Obeyesekere III Dayasena Pasqual K. D. David Perera Paris Perera R. S. Perera Edmund Samarakkody D. S. Samarasinghe M. P. de Z. Siriwardena Bernard Soysa V. A. Sugathadasa S. K. K. Suriarachchi Stanley Tillekeratne Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Wijayabahu Wijayasinha
Appointed (6)	L. O. Abeyaratne Badi-ud-din Mahmud R. Singleton Salmon Savumiamoorthy Thondaman R. S. V. Poulier M. P. Drahaman Baba Zahiere Lye

References

↑ Parliaments of Ceylon. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon, 1960. p. 166
↑ Careem, Tuan M. Zameer (2017). Persaudaraan (Brotherhood). Malay Life in Sri Lanka (2nd ed). Colombo: S Godage & Brothers. Print
1 2 The Island. Remembering Dr M. P. Drahman - A Malay for all Seasons
↑ Hussainmiya, Prof B.A. "Remembering Dr M. P. Drahman - A Malay for all Seasons". The Island. 25 Feb 2006: Print

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