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About Category:National Heroes of Sri Lanka and related categories: This category's scope contains articles about National Heroes of Sri Lanka, which may be a contentious label. The following are people who contributed towards the movement to achieve independence for Sri Lanka from the British Empire .
"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 ]
The national anthem of Sri Lanka "Sri Lanka Matha" is believed to have been written by Rabindranath Tagore [5] and later composed by Ananda Samarakoon in 1940 before the island nation's independence from the British. In 1951, it became the national anthem of Sri Lanka. [6] [7] Firstly, it was written in Sinhalese and translated to Tamil. The ...
The Jathika Hela Urumaya (abbrv. JHU ; Sinhala : ජාතික හෙළ උරුමය ; Tamil : ஈழ மக்கள் கழகம் ), less commonly known by its English name the National Heritage Party , is a Sinhala Buddhist nationalist political party in Sri Lanka .
The National People's Power (NPP) or Jathika Jana Balawegaya (JJB) is a centre-left [13] to left-wing political alliance in Sri Lanka. It was formed as a coalition of left-wing and progressive parties that aimed to present an alternative to the existing political establishment. [ 14 ]
Sri Lanka, [a] historically known as Ceylon, [b] and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean , southwest of the Bay of Bengal , separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait .
Two tourists have died from suspected pesticide poisoning after their hostel in Sri Lanka was fumigated for bedbugs, Britain’s PA Media news agency has reported.. Ebony McIntosh, a 24-year-old ...
The Jathika Nidahas Peramuna (JNP) or National Freedom Front (NFF) is a political party in Sri Lanka which was formed by ten JVP parliamentarians led by Wimal Weerawansa, as a breakaway group of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). The NFF commenced political activities on 14 May 2008.