Education
Born to M. South. J. Akbar, a wealthy coconut planter, Akbar was educated at the Royal College, Colombo.
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Maas Thajoon Akbar
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He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and Solicitor General of Ceylon. However, he subsequently switched over to law and was called to the bar at Gray"s Inn. He returned to Ceylon in 1905, and while practicing law, he also worked as a lecturer and examiner at the Ceylon Law College.
In 1907 he became a Crown Counsel in the Attorney General"s Department and went on to become the Solicitor General of Ceylon and Acting Attorney General, when C.H. Elphinstone, the Attorney General at that time was away on furlough.
At the time of his retirement he was the senior-most Puisne Justice. Akbar was the Chairman of the University Commission on whose recommendation the Legislative Council resolved, in 1928, that the University should be of the unitary and residential type, and that it should be located in the Dumbara Valley near Kandy.
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As the Solicitor General he was a member of the Legislative Council and had served as a District Judge on occasions too.
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Sri Lankan