User:Abirajeng
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Introduction
Abiraj Anandanadarajah of Colombo, Sri Lanka, possessor of User “Abirajeng” is an University undergraduate student. Basically, he is a Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering undergraduate of Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka. He is a Sri Lankan Tamil, speaking Tamil as his mother tongue while he can speak in English and Sinhala which is the Major language of the country.
As far as his family is concerned, both his father and mother retired government officers. His father was a Senior Labour Officer (SLO) and mother was an Asst. Commissioner of Labour (ACL) under the ministry of the Labour. He has got two brothers and two sisters and he is the last in his family.
Working Experience
He had worked at British American Tobacco (Ceylon) as the trainee engineer where he was involved in managerial operations and production and planning. Also, he had worked in Techmast Automation (Pvt) Ltd as the trainee engineer where he was involved in various activities including workshop practices, automation, PLCs, pneumatics and so on.
Activities
He is a supporter of Wikipedia Organization by editing and writing the articles as a public service. He is interested in writing poems, singing & googling as a hobby.
Today's Featured Article
The Tichborne case concerned the claim by an individual known as "the Claimant" (pictured) to be the missing heir to the Tichborne baronetcy and fortune. Roger Tichborne disappeared after a shipwreck in 1854; rumours later surfaced that he had survived and made his way to Australia. In 1866 a butcher called Thomas Castro from Wagga Wagga came forward claiming to be Tichborne; he travelled to England where, despite his unrefined manners and bearing, he was accepted by Lady Tichborne as her son. Although other family members were unconvinced, the Claimant gained considerable public support. By 1871 evidence suggested that Castro was actually Arthur Orton, a butcher's son from Wapping in London, who had gone to sea as a boy. A civil case ended with charges of perjury against him, and in 1874 a criminal court jury decided that he was Orton. He was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment. Released in 1884, he confessed in 1895 to being Orton, only to recant immediately. He died destitute in 1898. (Full article...)
