Navaratnam, born in Karampon in the island of Kayts on18 October, 1910, was educated at Ananda College, Colombo and Ceylon Law College.He was Attorney-at-Law for 58 years and was Member of Parliament from 1963 to 1970, representing the Kayts constituency.In 1956 he authored the book "Ceylon Faces Crisis,"

Mr. Navaratnam authored the book, “The Fall and Rise of The Tamil Nation” in 1991, while spending his last years in Montreal, Canada. It had a second edition in 1995. Tamil sovereignty is not negotiable was one of the main themes of his book