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Ponnambalam Arunachalam
1853Sep, 14

Ponnambalam Arunachalam

Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician (d. 1924)
Ponnambalam Arunachalam (Tamil: பொன்னம்பலம் அருணாசலம், romanized: Poṉṉampalam Aruṇācalam; 14 September 1853 – 9 January 1924) was a Ceylonese civil servant and a member of the Executive Council of Ceylon and Legislative Council of Ceylon.

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