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Ponnambalam Ramanathan

Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, third Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (died 1930)

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Born
April 16, 1851
Died
November 30, 1930
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1851

About Ponnambalam Ramanathan

Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan, was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician who served as Solicitor-General of Ceylon. Ramanathan founded the National Reform Association in 1907. In 1880 he founded the Ceylon National Association, of which he was president, to campaign for constitutional reform. In 1903 he became one of the first Ceylonese to be appointed King's Counsel. Returning to Ceylon, with the help of his maternal uncle Muthu Coomaraswamy Ramanathan became a law apprentice under Richard Morgan, Queen's Advocate of Ceylon.

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Ponnambalam Ramanathan timeline

  1. In 1880 he founded the Ceylon National Association, of which he was president, to campaign for constitutional reform.
  2. In 1903 he became one of the first Ceylonese to be appointed King's Counsel.
  3. Ramanathan founded the National Reform Association in 1907.

The world when Ponnambalam Ramanathan was born

Ponnambalam Ramanathan was born in 1851. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1851

  • Best-selling bookMoby-Dick by Herman Melville

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGreat Exhibition in London — first World's Fair
  • Technology milestoneIsaac Singer patents practical sewing machine
  • World population~1.31B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderMillard Fillmore
  • U.S. population23.8M

1851 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ponnambalam Ramanathan's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18512026
Population23.8M341 million

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