Arumugam Arulpiragasam, OBE (also spelt Arulpragasam) (c. 1890 –1975) was a leading Ceylonese civil servant and Commissioner of Elections.
They had three sons (Pulendran, Thavendran and Balendran) and four daughters (Saraswathi, Savitri, Thilakavathy and Punithavathy).
[3] Arulpiragasam joined the Government Clerical Service in May 1920 and served till September 1933, during which time he qualified as an advocate.
[3] He went on to serve in numerous senior civil servant positions including Registrar General (1952), Government Agent, North-Western Province and Commissioner of Elections (1955–57).
[3][5] Arulpiragasam was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1953 New Year Honours.