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The Honda Beat is a kei car produced by the Japanese company Honda from May 1991 until February 1996. It is a two-seater roadster with a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout. It was the last car to be approved by Soichiro Honda, before he died in 1991. In total around 33,600 were made, with roughly two-thirds of these built in the first ...
The head of state of Sri Lanka is the president.The office has existed since 1972 with the establishment of a Republican government under the 1972 Constitution.However for most of its history, from 543 BC the head of state has been a monarch.
The president of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the chief executive of Sri Lanka. The president is a dominant political figure in the country. The office was created in 1972, as more of a ceremonial position. It was empowered with executive powers by the 1978 Constitution introduced by J. R. Jayewardene.
In 1978 Jayewardene introduced a new constitution making Sri Lanka a presidential 'Democratic Socialist' republic, with himself as executive President The Constitution of Sri Lanka: Chapter I – The People, the State and Sovereignty. In 1980 he crushed a general strike by the trade-union movement, jailing its leaders.
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"81 leaders in 1818 freedom struggle declared as national heroes". www.dailymirror.lk. Daily Mirror; Somasundaram, Daya (2010). "Collective trauma in the Vanni- a qualitative inquiry into the mental health of the internally displaced due to the civil war in Sri Lanka". International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 4. University of Jaffna: 4.
National Hero of Sri Lanka; Type: Title: Awarded for "An especially meritorious contribution to the historical struggle or national interests of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka" Presented by: the President of Sri Lanka: Total recipients: Unknown; approximately 135 in the Island's history. Precedence; Next (higher) None: Next (lower)
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