• brothers were C. A. Edvin de Silva, C. A. Ariyathilaka, C. A. Dhanapala and C. A. Harischandra. Harischandra founded Harischandra Mills. Dharmapala was educated...
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  • Dharmapala was the second Pala emperor of Bengal (Vangala) in the Indian subcontinent. He was the son and successor of Gopala, the founder of the Pala...
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    Anagārika Dharmapāla (Pali: Anagārika, [ɐˈnɐɡaːɽɪkɐ]; Sinhala: Anagārika, lit., Sinhala: අනගාරික ධර්‍මපාල; 17 September 1864 – 29 April 1933) was a Sri Lankan...
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    77 of 1988 by Parliament at the childhood home of J. R. Jayewardene Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo. It serves as an archive for J.R. Jayewardene's library...
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    tutor from Nuwaraeliya, and thereafter by A. C. Radford, a Cambridge graduate. The young Bandaranaike had a difficult childhood with his father and tutors...
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    This is a list of Old Nalandians, alumni of Nalanda College Colombo, Sri Lanka. "Death of Anil Obeyesekere, PC". Dailynews.lk. Archived from the original...
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    Secretary of the Temperance Union, Galle. Kannangara joined Anagarika Dharmapala's historically significant temperance movement, and worked actively with...
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    Tamil: ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா Raṇaciṅka Pirēmatācā; 23 June 1924 – 1 May 1993) was a Sri Lankan politician and statesman who served as the third President of Sri...
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  • He was a contemporary of Bhavaviveka (清辯, c. 490-570 CE.), with whom he debated. Xuanzang, the famous Chinese pilgrim, tells that Dharmapāla was born...
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  • அமிர்தலிங்கம்; Sinhala: අප්පාපිල්ලෙයි අමිර්තලිංගම්; 26 August 1927 – 13 July 1989) was a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Member of Parliament and Leader of the...
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  • October 1908 – 27 August 1963), commonly known as N. R. Rajavarothiam, was a Ceylon Tamil politician and Member of Parliament. Rajavarothiam was the son...
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  • Matara was renamed the Ruhuna Volunteer Regiment in 1950 with Colonel C. A. Dharmapala, its first commanding officer. In 1956, with the change in the national...
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    principality founded by his ancestor into a powerful kingdom in northwestern India. His ambitions matched those of Dharmapala, the king of Bengal who too wanted...
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  • Kusumasiri Gunawardena (née Amarasinghe) (1912–1986) was a Ceylonese politician. Kusumasiri was born in Medaketiya (Tangalle) on 26 May 1912, the daughter...
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    Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education Captain C. A. Dharmapala United National Party Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industries...
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    in the village of Hewaheta in the Central Province of Ceylon to P. C. Marikar, a businessman, and Mohideen Natchiya Marikar from Udadeniya Madige. He...
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  • government as quarters for senior government officials such as Colonel C. A. Dharmapala as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence from 1977 to 1983...
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  • after G. G. Ponnambalam and C. X. Martyn of the Federal Party. He contested the 1970 parliamentary election, finishing second to C. X. Martyn after Ponnambalam...
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  • from a distinguished family and had four eminent brothers: C. Nagalingam, a Supreme Court judge, was acting Governor-General of Ceylon in 1954; C. Panchalingam...
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    include some parts northeastern India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Dharmapala also exerted a strong cultural influence through Buddhist scholar Atis Dipankar...
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  • Kannauj in the late 8th to the early 9th century. It ruled as a client kingdom of Dharmapala of Bengal during the reign of Chakrayudha. The dynasty was established...
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  • Trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP). He was the first Trotskyist to become a cabinet minister. He served two terms as Minister of Finance, another two...
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  • was a Sri Lankan politician and Cabinet minister who served as Minister of Education between 1965 and 1970. Iriyagolle was born 3 January 1907 to a wealthy...
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    Gemoris Attygalle, a wealthy land and mine owner. He had a younger brother Justin Kotelawala and a sister Freda, who later married C. V. S. Corea. The...
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  • December 1971: Sinhala: රොබට් ගුණවර්ධන), popularly as Robert Gunawardena, was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician and diplomat. He was one of the founders of...
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    Dharmapala Vidyalaya, Pannipitiya (abbreviated as DVP), established in 1940 and it is a large co-educational institution in Sri Lanka.[citation needed]...
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  • 1983 succeeding Colonel C. A. Dharmapala, and serving as National Defence Advisor to the President of Sri Lanka. He played a major role during the Vadamarachchi...
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  • (Sanskrit: দেবপাল Devapāla) (c. 9th century) also known as Srimān Devapālah Harshahva, was the successor of Dharmapala and the third emperor of the Pala...
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  • Defence Ratnasiri Wickremanayake – Deputy Minister of Defence Colonel C. A. Dharmapala (1 Sep 1977 – 15 August 1983) General Deshamanya D. S. Attygalle (15...
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  • was a Ceylonese planter, lawyer and politician. In October 1929 he enrolled at Lincoln's Inn and on 18 November 1933 was called to the bar as a barrister...
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