D. R. Seenivasagam

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Darma Raja Seenivasagam (Tamil: தார்ம ராஜா சீனிவசகம்) (1925, Ipoh - 15 March 1969, Ipoh) was a prominent leader of the People's Progressive Party (Malaysia) (PPP) in Malaysia.

He founded the PPP (known as Perak Progressive Party until 1956) alongside his brother, Dato' Seri S. P. Seenivasagam in 1953 after they had split from the Labour Party of Malaya. They were both well-known lawyers in Malaya prior to forming the party.^[1][2]

As an MP representing Ipoh from 1957 until his death in 1969, he was a national figure in the early years after Malaya's independence due to his high-profile legal cases as well as PPP's electoral successes in Ipoh. His death at the age of 44 was to lead to downturn in the fortunes of the party he founded.^[3]