Complex sentence: Governor Sir Arthur Havelock appointed him to the post of Maha Mudali (head Mudliyar) highest position of a Ceylonese could archived in British Ceylon, his service to the British Empire was marked by the award of Knight Commander of Order of St Michael and St George.
Split into simpler sentences: Governor Sir Arthur Havelock appointed him to the post of Maha Mudali (head Mudliyar), the highest position a native Ceylonese could have achieved in British Ceylon. His service to the British Empire was marked by the award of Knight Commander of Order of St Michael and St George.