About A. Arulpiragasam
Lived 1890 – 1975 (aged 84–85). A. Arulpiragasam was a lawyer.
Arumugam Arulpiragasam, OBE (also spelt Arulpragasam) (c. 1890 –1975) was a leading Ceylonese civil servant and Commissioner of Elections.
Early life Arulpiragasam was born around 1890. He was the son of Arumugam, a schoolmaster from Valveddi in northern British Ceylon. He was educated at Udupiddy American Mission College, Jaffna College, Vaddukoddai.
Arulpiragasam was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1953 New Year Honours. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1954 Birthday Honours.
Arulpiragasam died in 1975.
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Who was A. Arulpiragasam?
Ceylon Tamil civil servant
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A. Arulpiragasam was born in 1890.
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A. Arulpiragasam died in 1975.
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A. Arulpiragasam was a lawyer.
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