A. Arulpiragasam

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]

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]