About Arumugam Sellamuttu
Lived 1888 – 1964 (aged 75–76). Arumugam Sellamuttu was a businessperson.
Atikar Arumugam Sellamuttu, MBE was a prominent Ceylonese colonial-era merchant and landowner.
Educated at the Royal College, Colombo, he became a leading figure in the mercantile sector serving as a director of Lanka Life Assurance Ltd. and Sellamijttu Sivanathan & Co., Ltd.. He receded at "St. Edwin", Rosmead Place, Colombo. He was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the 1930 Birthday Honours for his philanthropic activities and had been awarded the title of Atikar.
The Atikar A Sellamuttu Prize has been awarded at Royal College, Colombo since 1935.
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Who was Arumugam Sellamuttu?
British Merchant and Philanthropist
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Arumugam Sellamuttu was born in 1888.
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Arumugam Sellamuttu died in 1964.
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Arumugam Sellamuttu was a businessperson.
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