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    Sri Lanka has held several rounds of Provincial Council elections in 2008 and 2009 to elect members to eight of the country’s Provincial Councils. The...
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    Provincial council elections were held in Sri Lanka on 8 September 2012 to elect 114 members to three of the nine provincial councils in the country....
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    2004 Sri Lankan provincial council election was held on 24 April 2004 and 10 July 2004 to elect members to seven provincial councils in Sri Lanka. No election...
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  • million Sri Lankans were eligible to vote in the election. Elections to a third provincial council (Uva) were held on 20 September. Elections to the remaining...
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  • Provincial governments of Sri Lanka are the devolved governments of the nine Provinces of Sri Lanka. In accordance with the Sri Lankan constitution, provinces...
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  • Wins Sri Lanka Presidential Election". The New York Times. "Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lanka's PM". "2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Elections". Rajagiriya...
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    until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. Between 1988 and 2006 the province was temporarily merged...
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    The Sri Lankan Civil War (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිවිල් යුද්ධය, romanized: śrī laṁkāvē sivil yuddhaya; Tamil: இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர், romanized: Ilaṅkai...
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  • Lanka, including the Presidential, Parliamentary, Provincial and Local Authority elections. Sri Lanka has had universal adult suffrage since 1931, becoming...
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    Northern Province is sometimes referred to as "Sri Lanka's Tamil country". The majority of fighting in the Sri Lankan Civil War took place in the Northern province...
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  • notable events that will occur and take place during 2024 in Sri Lanka. 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis Operation Yukthiya Red Sea crisis Operation...
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  • the third and lowest level of government in Sri Lanka – after the central government and provincial councils. The local government bodies are collectively...
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    rest of the country. 70% of Sri Lankan Tamils in Sri Lanka live in the Northern and Eastern provinces. Modern Sri Lankan Tamils descend from residents...
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  • 1977 Parliamentary Elections Results. Official Website, Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. "Family #3069 Gunawardena". Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy...
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    Education in Sri Lanka has a long history that dates back two millennia. While the Constitution of Sri Lanka does not provide free education as a fundamental...
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    population, followed by the Sri Lankan Tamils, who are the largest minority group and are concentrated in northern Sri Lanka; both groups have played an...
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    Constitution of Sri Lanka and the Provincial Councils Act No 42 of 1987, establishing provincial councils. Nine provincial councils were created by order...
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    Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 26 January 2010. The elections were announced on 23 November 2009 when incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa...
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    The culture of Sri Lanka mixes modern elements with traditional aspects and is known for its regional diversity. Sri Lankan culture has long been influenced...
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    Provincial Council elections were held on 19 November 1988 to elect members to Sri Lanka’s North Eastern Provincial Council. The Indo-Lanka Accord signed...
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  • The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka provides for the election of members of Parliament from 22 multi-member electoral districts through the proportional...
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    14 November 1987 the Sri Lankan Parliament passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka and the Provincial Councils Act No 42 of 1987. On...
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    The Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora refers to the global diaspora of Sri Lankan Tamil origin. It can be said to be a subset of the larger Sri Lankan and Tamil...
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    determined by the Sri Lankan Constitution. It administers the island from both its commercial capital of Colombo and the administrative capital of Sri Jayawardenepura...
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  • Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups rose to prominence in the 1970s to fight the state of Sri Lanka in order to create an independent Tamil Eelam in the north...
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    government raids. According to Sri Lankan government officials, all eight suicide bombers involved in the attacks were Sri Lankan citizens associated with National...
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    dating corroborated by Coningham 1999). It is very likely that further investigations will push back the Sri Lankan lower boundary to match that of South...
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