J. N. Arumugam
{{Short description|Leading Ceylon Tamil civil servant}}
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Joseph Nalliah Arumugam {{post-nominals|post-noms=CBE}} (born 23 February 1896) was a leading Ceylon Tamil civil servant.
Early life
Arumugam was born on 23 February 1896.{{cite book|last=Arumugam|first=S.|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon|url=http://www.noolaham.org/wiki/index.php?title=Dictionary_of_Biography_of_the_Tamils_of_Ceylon|year=1997|page=14}} He was from Katkovalam near Point Pedro in northern Ceylon. He was educated at Jaffna Central College. He then studied science at Ceylon Technical College. After passing the inter science examination he went to the UK on a scholarship. There, in December 1921, he joined the Ceylon Civil Service.
Arumugam married a daughter of Muttucumaru and, following her death, Lilly Chelliah.
Career
Arumugam held several civil service positions in Ceylon and was a leading magistrate in Colombo.{{cite web|title=Gooneratne v Mahadeva|url=http://www.lawnet.lk/docs/case_law/nlr/common/html/NLR38V305.htm|publisher=LawNet|access-date=2013-05-26|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130703021456/http://www.lawnet.lk/docs/case_law/nlr/common/html/NLR38V305.htm|archive-date=2013-07-03|url-status=dead}} He became Petrol Controller in 1941 and Commissioner of Motor Transport in 1946. He was later Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Transport and Works.{{cite web|title=Silverline Bus Company Ltd v Kandy Omnibus Company Ltd|url=http://www.lawnet.lk/docs/case_law/nlr/common/html/NLR58V193.htm|publisher=LawNet|access-date=2013-05-26|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130703030128/http://www.lawnet.lk/docs/case_law/nlr/common/html/NLR58V193.htm|archive-date=2013-07-03|url-status=dead}}
In the 1951 New Year Honours Arumugam was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.{{cite journal|title=Fourth Supplement|journal=The London Gazette|date=29 December 1950|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/39107/supplements/43/page.pdf|issue=39107|page=43}}
Death
Joseph Nalliah Arumugam Memorial Award
In 1986 Arumugam's widow established an endowment to award scholarships for science students at the University of Colombo.{{cite web|title=Joseph Nalliah Arumugam Memorial Award|url=http://www.cmb.ac.lk/academic/Science/?qa_faqs=joseph-nalliah-arumugam-memorial-award-1986|publisher=University of Colombo}}
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Category:Alumni of Ceylon Technical College
Category:Alumni of Jaffna Central College
Category:Ceylonese Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Category:People from British Ceylon
Category:Permanent secretaries of Sri Lanka