What is Arunachalam Mahadeva?
{{Infobox MP | name=Sir Arunachalam Mahadeva | honorific-prefix = | honorific-suffix = KCMG | nationality=[[Ceylonese]]n | image = | imagesize = | order1= Minister of Home Affairs of the [[State Council of Ceylon|State Council]] | term_start1= 1942 | term_end1= 1946 | predecessor1= | successor1= | order2=Ceylon's [[High Commissioner]] to [[India]] | term_start2= 1949 | term_end2= 1950 | order3= | birth_date= 5 October 1885 | birth_place=[[Colombo]], [[Ceylon]] | dead= | death_date= 8 June 1969 (age 84) | death_place=[[Colombo]], [[Ceylon]] | spouse= | party= | vicepresident= | religion= | alma_mater =[[Royal College, Colombo]] | occupation =[[diplomat]], [[legislator]] | profession = }} [[Sir]] '''Arunachalam Mahadeva''' (5 October 1885 – 8 June 1969) was a [[Sri Lanka]]n [[diplomat]] and [[politician|legislator]]. He was a [[Minister (government)|minister]] of the Home Affairs of the [[State Council of Ceylon|State Council]]. He later served as [[Ceylon]]'s [[High Commissioner]] to [[India]] from 1948 to 1950. Mahadeva is the son of Sir [[Ponnambalam Arunachalam]]. Like his father, Mahadeva was [[education|educated]] at the [[Royal College Colombo]]. Arunachalam Mahadeva was [[Election|elected]] as a member of both the [[Legislative Council of Ceylon|Legislative]] and [[State Council of Ceylon|State Councils]] of Ceylon. He became the Home Minister in 1942, when [[D. S. Senanayake]] became Leader of the House of the State Council. == Other websites & references == {{reflist}} *[http://www.newdelhi.mission.gov.lk/envoys.htm%20Sri%20Lanka's%20Envoys%20to%20India http://www.newdelhi.mission.gov.lk/envoys.htm Sri Lanka's Envoys to India]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[http://www.thebottomline.lk/2009/06/10/as_i_see_it_col.htm Anyone can buy property in Jaffna] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219164539/http://www.thebottomline.lk/2009/06/10/as_i_see_it_col.htm |date=2012-02-19 }} *[http://sundaytimes.lk/960818/n