Honorific-Prefix: | Senator |
A. B. Rajendra | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MBE |
Office1: | Member of the Senate of Ceylon |
Birth Date: | 1884 |
Death Date: | 1963 |
Alma Mater: | St. Patrick's College, Jaffna |
Profession: | Civil servant |
Blank1: | Ethnicity |
Data1: | Ceylon Tamil |
Mudaliyar Arulappu Bastiampillay Rajendra (1884–1963) was a Ceylon Tamil civil servant and member of the Senate of Ceylon.
Rajendra was born in 1884.[1] He was educated at St. Patrick's College, Jaffna.[1]
Rajendra had seven children.[1]
After school Rajendra joined the Government Clerical Service.[1] After a series of promotions he became an Administrative Officer at the Education Department.[1] He worked at the department for nearly 35 years.[1]
Rajendra was an official translator for the government and Interpreter Mudaliyar to the British Governor.[1] He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1953 New Year Honours.[1] [2]
After retirement Rajendra was appointed to the Senate of Ceylon.[1] He died in 1963.[1]