S. Arumugam

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S. Arumugam
King's College, London
OccupationEngineer

Sanmugam Arumugam (31 August 1905 – 6 March 2000) was a

Ceylon Tamil
irrigation engineer and writer.

Early life and family

Arumugam was born on 31 August 1905 in

Cambridge Senior Examinations with honours in 1923.[1][2]

After school Arumugam joined the

King's College, London, graduating in 1930.[1][2]

Arumugam was married and had three sons (Thiru, Sri and Sakthi) and four daughters (Sushila, Vimala, Praemala and Ahila).[1]

Career

After university Arumugam worked for the

Manchester Corporation Water Works as an engineer at Haweswater Reservoir.[1][2] He lived in Butterwick.[2] He returned to Ceylon in 1932 and started working as an engineer for the Irrigation Department.[1][2] For over 20 years he worked at various places in Ceylon.[1]

In 1948, when Arumugam was Divisional Irrigation Engineer based in

Jaffna peninsula via the Vadamarachchi Lagoon.[2][5][6] Whilst parts of the projects were completed in the 1950s and 1960s, the crucial Mulliyan channel linking Chundikkulam Lagoon with Vadamarachchi Lagoon was never built and therefore the project was never completed.[2]

Arumugam was Deputy Director of Irrigation for ten years and acted as Director of Irrigation.[1] He retired from the Irrigation Department in 1965.[2] However, he continued to be Chief Engineer and Director of the Water Resources Board until 1972.[1][2] He was president of the Institution of Engineers Ceylon in 1966–67 and president of the engineering section of the Ceylon Association for the Advancement of Science.[1][2]

Arumugam spent his retirement researching and writing books on Tamil culture and Hindu civilisation in Sri Lanka.[1] He moved the United Kingdom and died on 6 March 2000.[2][3]

Works

Arumugam wrote several books and technical papers during his life:[1][2]

  • Development of Village Irrigation Works (1957)
  • Maintenance of Major Irrigation Works
  • Ground Water in the Jaffna Peninsula
  • Development of Water Resources of Ceylon (1969)
  • Some Ancient Hindu Temples of Sri Lanka (1980)
  • Lord of Thiruketheeswaram (1981)
  • Stone Sculptures in Colombo Hindu Temple (1990)
  • Thiru Koneswaram (1990)
  • Lombok and its Temples (1991)
  • More Hindu Temples of Sri Lanka
  • Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon (1997)
  • Hundred Hindu Temples of Sri Lanka: Ancient, Medieval and Modern (2014)
    ISBN 978-0957502345
  • Thiruketheeswaram: One of the Pancha-Iswarams of Ancient Sri Lanka (2020)
    ISBN 979-8695669268

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. pp. 16–17.
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  3. ^ a b "ICE members' deaths for December 1999 to May 2000 A-O". New Civil Engineer. 6 July 2000.
  4. ^ Ceylon University College Prospectus 1936–37. Ceylon University College. 1936. p. 53.
  5. ^ Arumugam, Thiru; Shanmugarajah, K.; Mendis, D. L. O. (31 August 2008). "A River for Jaffna". The Island.
  6. ^ Yatawara, Dhaneshi (18 October 2009). "Fresh water for Jaffna farmers". Sunday Observer.
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