A. Arulpiragasam

Arumugam Arulpiragasam (also spelt Arulpragasam) (c1890 –1975) was a leading Ceylon Tamil civil servant and Commissioner of Elections.[1][2]

A. Arulpiragasam

CCS MBE OBE
Bornc1890
Died1975
OccupationCivil servant

Early life

Arulpiragasam was born around 1890.[3] He was the son of Arumugam, a schoolmaster from Valveddi in northern British Ceylon. He was educated at Udupiddy American Mission College[4], Jaffna College, Vaddukoddai.[3]

Arulpiragasam married Sathyabaladevi, daughter of Kandiah from Udupiddy. They had three sons (Pulendran, Thavendran and Balendran) and four daughters (Saraswathi, Savitri, Thilakavathy and Punithavathy).[3]

Career

Arulpiragasam joined the Government Clerical Service after school and later qualified as an advocate.[3] He then joined the Land Development Department as a Settlement Officer.[3] In 1942 he was moved to the Ceylon Civil Service where he worked on the Colombo Plan Exhibition.[3] He later served as Assistant Government Agent in Colombo, Puttalam and Kurunegala.[3] He went on to serve in numerous senior civil servant positions including Registrar General (1952) and Commissioner of Elections (1955–57).[3] He also held a senior position at Lake House Newspapers.[3]

Arulpiragasam was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1953 New Year Honours.[5] He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1954 Birthday Honours.[6]

Arulpiragasam died in 1975.[3]

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References
  1. "History". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05.
  2. "Chandrananda de Silva didn't do it". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 24 September 2000.
  3. Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. pp. 13–14.
  4. "150 years of Uduppidy A.M. College". www.island.lk. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  5. "Fifth Supplement". The London Gazette (39736): 48. 30 December 1952.
  6. "Fourth Supplement". The London Gazette (40191): 3304. 1 June 1954.
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