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Egodahage George Wilfred Alwis Samarakoon (13 January 1911 – 2 April 1962) known as Ananda Samarakoon was a Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) composer and musician. He composed the Sri Lankan national anthem "Namo Namo Matha" and is considered the father of artistic Sinhala music and founder of the modern Sri Lankan Sinhala Geeta Sahitya (Song Literature). [1]
People for Equality and Relief in Lanka (PEARL) is an organisation founded by human rights activists in 2005 in the United States after witnessing the human rights violations and suffering of the Tamil people during the Sri Lankan armed conflict. The lack of accountability, political will and Sri Lankan judiciary and political system unable and ...
The colourful bird is endemic to Sri Lanka and commonly found in national parks, jungle and dense scrub. It is an endemic bird of Sri Lanka. [17] [18] National butterfly Sri Lankan birdwing (Troides darsius) Sri Lankan birdwing is endemic to Sri Lanka and was declared as the national butterfly with a connection to the butterfly conservation ...
English: TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka (July 13, 2010) The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) sits pier side after arriving in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Sailors and Marines are participating in a variety of shipboard training exchanges, relationship-building activities, medical and dental assistance visits and ship tours.
"Sri Lanka Thaaye", the Tamil version of the Sri Lankan national anthem, is an exact translation of "Sri Lanka Matha", the Sinhala version, and has the same music. [27] Although it has existed since independence in 1948 it was generally only sung in the north and east of the country where the Tamil language predominates. [ 27 ]
P. B. Elangasinha was born on 6 April 1888 in Illawathura, Gampola and received his primary education at the Buddhist Mixed School, Gampola, and St. Thomas College, Mathara. He went to St. Thomas Teachers Training school before being appointed as the headmaster of Waebada Buddhist School. He pioneered and served as the president of "Samastha ...
The Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific (abbreviated NCTAMS PAC) is a United States Navy facility in Wahiawa, Hawaii that provides operational direction and management to all Pacific Naval Telecommunication System users. Hawaiian King Kalākaua granted the U.S. the exclusive rights to enter and develop a coaling ...
Targets: 1: USS California 2: USS Maryland 3: USS Oklahoma 4: USS Tennessee. 5: USS West Virginia 6: USS Arizona 7: USS Nevada 8: USS Pennsylvania 9: Ford Island NAS 10: Hickam field. Ignored: A:Oil storage tanks B: CINCPAC headquarters building C:Submarine base D:Navy Yard. List of United States Navy ships present at Pearl Harbor, December 7 ...