Ponnambalam Arunachalam

Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Ceylonese civil servant and politician (died 1924)

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Born: September 14, 1853
Died: January 9, 1924
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Birth year: 1853

About Ponnambalam Arunachalam

Ponnambalam Arunachalam was a Ceylonese civil servant and a member of the Executive Council of Ceylon and Legislative Council of Ceylon. Arunachalam was educated at Royal Academy, Colombo where he won many prizes including the Turnour Prize. He sat the Civil Service Examinations in 1875 and became the first Ceylonese to enter the Ceylon Civil Service via open competition. Arunachalam's became interested in politics during his university days.

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The world when Ponnambalam Arunachalam was born

Ponnambalam Arunachalam was born in 1853. 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.

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineCrimean War begins
Technology milestoneFirst potato chips created (Saratoga Springs, NY)
Notable inventionPotato chips
World population~1.33B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderFranklin Pierce
U.S. population25.0M

1853 versus 2026

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Measure	1853	2026
Population	25.0M	341 million

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