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Kahavanu obverse. Kahavanu is a medieval currency from Sri Lanka.The coinage appears to have been initiated shortly before Rajaraja Chola invaded Lanka in 990 AD, and struck through the period when the Cholas dominated the island (1017-1070), and continued by closely similar coins struck for Vijayabahu (1055-1110) after he re-established Sinhala independence in 1070.
A Major-General has a pip over this emblem; a Lieutenant-General a Sri Lanka emblem instead of a pip; and a full General both a pip and the Sri Lanka emblem. The Gorget patches of the General officer pattern , gold/silver oak leaf chain of two oak leave, four gold/silver stars on scarlet background with a gold/silver button; worn on Dress No 2A ...
Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1985-88. [6] General Hamilton Wanasinghe - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1988-91. [7] General Cecil Waidyaratne - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1991-93. [8] General G. H. de Silva - on the retired list. Commander, Sri Lanka Army 1994-96. [9] General Rohan Daluwatte - on the retired ...
The Sri Lankan Rupee (Sinhala: රුපියල්, Tamil: ரூபாய்; symbol: රු (plural) in English, රු in Sinhala, ௹ in Tamil; ISO code: LKR) is the currency of Sri Lanka. It is subdivided into 100 cents ( Sinhala : සත , Tamil : சதம் ), but cents are rarely seen in circulation due to their low value.
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 22 November 2019 12 August 2020 Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government [32] Sarath Weerasekara: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 26 November 2020 18 April 2022 Minister of Public Security [33] Prasanna Ranatunga: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 18 April ...
The districts of Sri Lanka are further divided into administrative sub-units known as divisional secretariats. They were originally based on the feudal counties , the korales and rata s. Divisional secretariats are the third-level administrative divisions of the country and there are currently [ as of? ] 331 divisional secretariats in Sri Lanka.
Lieutenant general (abbreviated as Lt. Gen.; Sinhala: ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල්, romanized: Lutinan Jenaral) is the second-highest rank of the Sri Lanka Army and generally it is the highest active rank as the Sri Lanka army do not have any appointment in the rank of full general but in the case of the appointment of Chief of Defence Staff, the rank of full general is given ...
Major General (abbreviated as Maj Gen) is a general officer rank in the Sri Lanka Army, and was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of major general. It is the second-highest active rank of the Sri Lanka Army while the Lieutenant General is the highest (the lieutenant general is the professional head of the army), and is ...