Defender of Indian community

V.T. SAMBANTHAN was born to a wealthy family on June 16, 1919, in Sungai Siput, Perak. His father, A. Veerasamy, came to Malaya in the 1890s, was a planter and owned several rubber plantations. 

Sambanthan received his early education at Clifford High School in Kuala Kangsar. A keen sportsman, Sambanthan was an intelligent student who loved to chat and joke, said former Lord President Tun Mohamed Suffian.