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A. T. Moorthy

Arambamoorthy Thedchana Moorthy was a Sri Lankan Tamil diplomat and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

Early life and family
Moorthy was born on 10 August 1928 in Batticaloa District in eastern Ceylon. He was educated at Sivananda Vidyalayam, Batticaloa and Jaffna College. After school he joined the University of Ceylon, Colombo, graduating in 1948 with a degree in economics. Moorthy married Suseela, daughter of P. Sriskandarajah, in 1959. They had two daughters (Uma and Ima) and a son (Sri Ayilavan). ==Career==
Career
and his interpreter speaking to Moorthy, Ceylonese Charge d'Affaires, at a reception in Peking to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Ceylon's independence on 4 Feb 1958. Moorthy joined the Ceylon Overseas Service in 1953 and his first diplomatic posting was in Jakarta, Indonesia. Back in Sri Lanka violence against the country's Tamils escalated, culminating in the Black July riots of 1983. He received a letter, allegedly from a member of the Sinhala Association in UK, threatening his life. The Sri Lankan government ordered Moorthy to declare that his appointment was evidence that there was no serious discrimination against the Tamils. He died on 1 April 2008 in London. ==References==
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