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On 15 April 2006, Sri Lanka Time reverted to match Indian Standard Time calculated from the Allahabad Observatory in India 82.5° longitude East of Greenwich, the reference point for GMT. This time zone applies to the entirety of Sri Lanka. Since 1880, the time zone in Sri Lanka (or formerly, Ceylon) has varied from UTC+05:30 to UTC+06:30.
The majority of the tea estates (more than 80 percent) were owned by British Companies from the time of James Taylor who began the industry in 1867 until 1971 when the government of Sri Lanka introduced a Land Reform Act which granted the ownership of tea estates to the government (nationalisation of the tea industry).
In October 1852 a seventeen-year-old James Taylor arrived in Ceylon, having signed up as an assistant supervisor with George Pride for three years. Upon his arrival he was sent to Loolecondera, under the supervision of a Mr. Williams. By 1857 he was the manager of Loolecondera. James Taylor in Kandy, Sri Lanka in 1860s
Time in Sri Lanka since 15 April 2006 is officially represented by the Sri Lanka Standard Time (SLST, UTC+05:30). Historic UTC offsets were: UTC+05:30; UTC+06:00;
The four storey tea factory had been abandoned for more than a decade before it was refurbished in 2001 by the Sri Lanka Tea Board and the Planters’ Association of Sri Lanka. [3] The museum contains exhibits on tea pioneers, including James Taylor [4] and Thomas Lipton, as well as much vintage tea-processing paraphernalia. The ground floor ...
Polwathumodara railway station is a railway station on the coastal railway line of Sri Lanka. It is situated between Mirissa and Weligama railway stations . Timetable
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As ex-dependencies asserted their independence the same policy was adapted to keep information deemed sensitive and potentially embarrassing to the British government from the ministers and officials of the newly formed governments. The first of the 'migrated archives' sent to the UK came from Ceylon (Sri Lanka), which achieved independence in ...