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  2. E. Sreedharan - Wikipedia

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    E. Sreedharan was born on 12 June 1932 in present-day Karukaputhur, Palakkad District, Kerala, India into a Hindu Malayali family [11] [12] to Keezhveettil Neelakandan Moosath and Ammaluamma. [13] Sreedharan's primary education was from Government Lower Primary School Chathannur near Pattambi in Palakkad district.

  3. Timeline of Sri Lankan history - Wikipedia

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    First Kandyan War: British forces attack the Kingdom of Kandy after the King's Adigar Pilimatalawe defected. 1815: 2 March: Kandyan Convention: The Kingdom of Kandy is ceded to the British in an agreement signed between British Governor Sir Robert Brownrigg and the Kandyan chiefs. 1817: Great Rebellion of 1817–1818: The Kandyans rebel against ...

  4. A. Sreedhara Menon - Wikipedia

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    Alappat Sreedhara Menon (18 December 1925 – 23 July 2010), known as A. Sreedhara Menon, was an Indian historian from Kerala. [1] He is best known as the State Editor (1958–68) of Kerala District Gazetteers (1961–1975).

  5. List of the oldest schools in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    First Muslim Boys' School in Sri Lanka 15 November 1884 Sri Lanka Muslim Society Western: Colombo: Colombo: Colombo: National: Kiriella Central College 1885 Sabaragamuwa Ratnapura Ratnapura Kiriella National Southlands College, Galle: Girls' High School: 1885 [e] Wesleyan Methodist Mission: Southern: Galle: Galle: Galle: National [10] [115 ...

  6. Polonnaruwa period - Wikipedia

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    The Polonnaruwa period was a period in the history of Sri Lanka from 1017, after the Chola conquest of Anuradhapura and when the center of administration was moved to Polonnaruwa, to the end of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa in 1232. The Kingdom of Polonnaruwa was the second major Sinhalese kingdom of Sri Lanka.

  7. Dīpavaṃsa - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] The preamble begins with "Listen! I shall relate the chronicle of the Buddha's visits to the island, the arrival of the Tooth Relic and the Bodhi tree , the advent of the Buddha's doctrine, the rise of the teachers, the spread of Buddhism in the island and the coming of Vijaya the Chief of Men". [ 4 ]

  8. W. B. Makuloluwa - Wikipedia

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    He is the first principal at Teachers' College of Aesthetic Education Giragama, Pilimathalawa. [5] Makuloluwa streamlined the folk music section of the school curriculum and categorized the folk songs and dot system. [2] He published several drama and folk music related books including Hela Gee Maga (1962), Gemi Geeya and Abhinawa Mulika Geetha ...

  9. 1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election - Wikipedia

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    This is considered the first national election held in Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon). Although it took place before independence was actually granted, it was the first election under the Soulbury Constitution. Some of the major figures who had led the independence struggle were found in the right-wing United National Party led by D.S ...