Vallipuram Nalliah was a Ceylon Tamil teacher, politician, Member of Parliament and government minister.

Nalliah's birth date is the subject of some dispute, with some sources citing 9 October 1909,[1] and others 1 July 1909.

[3] Nalliah contested the 1943 by-election as a candidate in Trincomalee-Batticaloa and was elected to the State Council.

[6] Nalliah stood for re-election as an independent candidate at the 1956 parliamentary election but was defeated by A. H. Macan Markar.

[8] He was the All Ceylon Tamil Congress' candidate in Kalkudah at the 1965 parliamentary election but was again defeated.