Sir Sangarapillai Pararajasingam was a

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landed proprietor and member of the

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Early life and family

Pararajasingam was born on 25 June 1896. He was the son of A. V. Sangarapillai, founder of

Manipay Hindu College Manipay Hindu College ( ta, மானிப்பாய் இந்து கல்லூரி ''Māṉippāy Intu Kallūri'', si, මනිපායි හින්දු විද්‍යාලය ''Manipayi Hindu Vidyalaya'') is a provincia ...

. Pararajasingam was educated at

S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia , motto_translation = Be Thou Forever , song = Thomian Song , athletics = Yes , sports = Yes , nickname = Thora , denomination = Anglican , patron ...

and

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. Pararajasingam married Pathmavathy, daughter of Sir

Ponnambalam Arunachalam Ponnambalam Arunachalam ( ta, பொன்னம்பலம் அருணாசலம், translit=Poṉṉampalam Aruṇācalam; 14 September 1853 – 9 January 1924) was a Ceylonese civil servant and a member of the Executive Council of Ceyl ...

Career

Pararajasingam worked as a

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for Messrs Volkart Brothers. He was chairman of the Low Country Producers Association and on the Board of Directors of the Agricultural and Industrial Credit Corporations, Ceylon Coconut Board and Ceylon Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research. Pararajasingam was president of the Ceylon Poultry Club and Colombo Rotary Club.

Later life

Pararajasingam was appointed to the

in 1954. In the

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, he was knighted for services to agriculture.

References

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