Anandam Rajendra inherited substantial assets including half share of the family home "Sukhasthan" at Horton Place, Colombo 7.

In 1948, in a controversial decision of the Ceylon Cricket Association selected Mahadeva Sathasivam of the Tamil Union to lead the All-Ceylon XI team.

[6] In 1951, Sathasivam was arrested and accused of murdering his wife Paripoornam Ananda Rajendra, who was found dead at her garage adjacent to the kitchen on 9 October 1951.

He stood trial before a special jury at the Assizes Court of the Western Province, presided over by Justice Noel Gratiaen.

Smith focused on the establishment of time of death based on the frequency of body temperature loss, degree of rigor mortis and digestion pattern of her stomach and intestine contents.