Alhaj Mashoor Moulana(மசூர்_மௌலானா) was born in Maruthamunai, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. He began his political career alongside the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi leader, S. J. V. Chelvanayakam, with whom he was very closely associated in all his political activities. He addressed on the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi platform and contested the 1960 General Election and lost the seat by a narrow margin of 119 votes. In 1966 he was the chairman of the Karaivakupattu Village Council a position that he remained in until 1974. Moulana served as the chairman of the Hotels Corporation during Prime Minister R. Premadasa time and thereafter as a member of the Eastern Provincial Council. Moulana was also the Mayor of the Kalmunai Municipal Council between 2009 and 2011.