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    The Gaffoor Building is a prominent four-storey wedge-shaped building located on the corner Sir Baron Jayatilaka Mawatha and Leyden Bastian Street, Colombo...
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    business in Nuwara Eliya, establishing a branch there. The iconic Cargills building in the centre of Colombo Fort was originally the residence of Captain Pieter...
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    The Abdul Gaffoor Mosque (Malay: Masjid Abdul Gaffoor, Tamil: மஸ்ஜித் அப்துல் கஃபூர், romanized: Masjit Aptul Kaḥpūr) is a mosque in Little India, Singapore...
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    The Old Parliament Building, is the building that houses the Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka. Situated in the Colombo fort area facing the sea,...
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    Old Colombo Lighthouse (category Government buildings in Colombo)
    lighthouse was deactivated after its light became obscured by nearby buildings and was decommissioned on 12 July 1952. The modern Galle Buck Lighthouse...
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    Fort (Colombo) (category Buildings and structures associated with the Dutch East India Company)
    Colombo Metropolitan Police building, Sri Lanka Port Authority building, Times building and the Cargills & Millers building are located in the fort area...
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    Old Colombo Dutch Hospital (category Government buildings in Colombo)
    to be the oldest building in the Colombo Fort area dating back to the Dutch colonial era in Sri Lanka. It is now a heritage building and a shopping and...
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    Grand Oriental Hotel (category Geoffrey Bawa buildings)
    is a 3 star heritage hotel, located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The original building on the site was a simple, single-storey structure with open verandah to...
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    World Trade Center Colombo (category Buildings and structures in Colombo)
    மையம், romanized: Ulaka Varttaka Maiyam) is a 152-metre-tall (499 ft) twin building in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The 39-storey towers are built over a 4-storey retail...
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  • President's House, Colombo (category Government buildings in Colombo)
    visiting the building. On 14 July, protesters handed the residence back to the government to stop any further damage to the historical building. Set in about...
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    Central Bank of Sri Lanka Central Point Building (Economic History Museum of Sri Lanka) Gaffoor Building Lloyd's Building Old Colombo Dutch Hospital World Trade...
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    Colombo Lighthouse (category Buildings and structures in Colombo)
    Colombo Lighthouse was deactivated when its light became obscured by nearby buildings as part of the Colombo Harbor Expansion project. It was opened by Rt Hon...
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    Former General Post Office, Colombo (category Post office buildings in Sri Lanka)
    different locations until the construction of the General Post Office building at 17 Kings Street (now known as Janadhipathi Mawatha), Colombo Fort, opposite...
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    Gaffoor Hajiar (1875-1948) – He established N. D. H. Abdul Gaffoor & Sons (Export of Gems, Pearls, & Jewelry, Import of Diamonds) in 1895 at Gaffoor Building...
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    The Kingsbury (category Sri Lankan building and structure stubs)
    rise engineering. A bomb exploded in nearby Central Bank of Sri Lanka building on 30 January 1996, killing at least 90 people. The hotel was damaged in...
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  • HMS Gamunu (category Government buildings in Colombo)
    headquarters of the Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force established in a purpose built building east side of the Port Commission Railway lines, in Kochchikade. Built at...
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    St. Peter's Church, Colombo (category Church of Ceylon church buildings in the Diocese of Colombo)
    ten years after the capture of Colombo by the Dutch they converted the building into the official residence for the Governor, with an elegant two storey...
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    the Central Point building, 54 Chatham Street, Colombo Fort (the head office of Central Bank of Sri Lanka). Construction of the building commenced in 1911...
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    The Republic Building is the building that houses the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in southern wing and the Cabinet Office in its northern wing. It is located...
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    SLNS Parakrama (category Government buildings in Colombo)
    Central Bank of Sri Lanka Central Point Building (Economic History Museum of Sri Lanka) Gaffoor Building Lloyd's Building Old Colombo Dutch Hospital World Trade...
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    as the Fullerton Building, and also as the General Post Office Building. The address is 1 Fullerton Square. The Fullerton Building was named after Robert...
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    Lloyd's Building is a prominent five-storey 19th century building located on Sir Baron Jayatilaka Mawatha (formerly Prince Street), Colombo Fort. The...
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  • success gen merchant Noordeen Hajiar Abdul Caffoor, who built the Gaffoor Building in Colombo Fort. Abdul Cadder was educated at Wesley College, Colombo...
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  • Central Bank offices, the company in 1896 moved their offices to the Gaffoor Building on Sir Baron Jayathilaka Mawatha (formerly Prince Street) and the printing...
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  • The General Treasury Building (also known as the Treasury or the Treasury Building) is the building that houses the Treasury of Sri Lanka and the Ministry...
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  • Deen Hajiar Abdul Caffoor, a successful gem merchant and owner of the Gaffoor Building in Colombo. Falil Caffoor, was educated at S. Thomas' College and joined...
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    The Cathay Building (simplified Chinese: 国泰大厦; traditional Chinese: 國泰大廈; Malay: Bangunan Cathay) was opened in 1939 by Dato Loke Wan Tho as the headquarters...
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    28722°N 103.85167°E / 1.28722; 103.85167 The Empress Place Building is a historic building in Singapore, located on the north bank of the Singapore River...
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  • Gafoor building reconstruction underway". The Sunday Times. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2016. "Making a car park out of a heritage building". The...
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    The Istana (category Government buildings in Singapore)
    The building continued to be used by governors of the newly created Crown Colony of Singapore. When Singapore attained self-rule in 1959, the building was...
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