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    sub-continent. Anglo-Indians tend to identify as people of India (or Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh), rather than of a specific region such as the Punjab or...
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    left on 1 December 1782, and arrived at Trincomalee in Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka) on 10 March 1783. In the meantime, peace was declared,news of it reaching...
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  • abbreviations for continents and other major geographic areas. AF: Africa AU: Australasia (New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, and...
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  • counties.[citation needed] Vizeadmiral Vice admiral (India) Vice admiral (Sri Lanka) Vice admiral (Sweden) Vice admiral (United States) While the rank of...
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  • Muda (1777–1784) Ali, Yang di-Pertuan Muda (1784–1805) Jambi Sultanate – Sultan Sri Maharaja Batu, Sultan (1690–1721) Ahmad Zainuddin/ Anom Sri Ingalaga...
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    Java, now part of Indonesia. From there, he travelled to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in July 1777. Here again, his major interest lay in collecting plants...
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    residential area. On June 23, 1784, based on the consultative meeting of the Council of Ministers from Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura, consisting of four...
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    Colonials in Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Brazil, Haiti, Namibia, and Guadeloupe. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-1197-0. "Milestones: 1784–1800 - Office...
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  • Republic Yes Namibia (TN Mobile) Malaysia (Yes 4G), Myanmar (Ananda 4G+), Sri Lanka (SLT), Iran (HiWEB), Taiwan (Gt) — 39 TDD 1900 DCS–IMT Gap No No No No...
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    far-flung trading network in and around Asia, including Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka), and Goa, as well as attacks upon her commercial interests in Japan,...
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  • 1019 invasion of Kyushu, Japan by Jurchen pirates 1018 invasion of Lanka (Sri Lanka) by Chola 1015–1016 invasion of Anglo-Saxon England by Danish, Norwegian...
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    initially assumed was a Sri Lankan king. He was then able to associate this title with Ashoka on the basis of Pali script from Sri Lanka communicated to him...
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  • Centum City, Busan, is the largest department store in the world. In Sri Lanka there are few department stores. Most are based on Colombo, the country's...
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  • Presidium of the State Great Khural). Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Ceylon, now Sri Lanka (1960–1965): The first elected female prime minister (head of government)...
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  • "07 Aug 1934 – EMPIRE GAMES COMPETITION IN BOWLS. – Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. 7 August 1934. Retrieved 31 March 2022. "The Hindu News Update Service"....
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  • Retrieved 18 December 2023. Mallawarachi, Bharatha (9 January 2024). "Sri Lanka to join US-led naval operations against Houthi rebels in Red Sea". ABC...
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    #earthquake. #SpainwithTürkiye". Twitter. Retrieved 12 February 2023. "Sri Lanka expresses solidarity with Turkey; stands ready to send disaster relief...
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    [needs update] Four South Asian nations—India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka—are in the top ten list of Tokyo's aid recipients worldwide as of the...
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  • soldier (lieutenant-general in the British Army) and politician (MP 1774–1780, 1784–1786) Thomas Abernethy (1903–1998), congressman from Mississippi. Received...
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  • July 2015). "Chinese consumers 'laugh off' stock market gyrations". smh.com.au. Popper, Nathaniel; Gough, Neil (August 23, 2015). "Global Stocks Tumble Further...
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  • 1944, where he was in good standing at time of death. Jonathan Jennings (1784–1834), first governor of Indiana W. Pat Jennings (1919–1994), congressman...
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    saffron, coriander, cumin and garlic with the flavor profile included by Sri Lankan immigrants. The island is also known for rums and includes nine distilleries...
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  • Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. "Canberra, the Seat of Government". nca.gov.au. National Capital Authority. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2021. Article...
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    over their trade. Between 1687 and 1731, Egypt experienced six famines. The 1784 famine cost it roughly one-sixth of its population. Egypt was always a difficult...
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  • and renamed México. Mayadunne establishes the Kingdom of Sitawaka in Sri Lanka from the Sinhala Kingdom at Kotte. Sitawaka is the capital. A combined...
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    Jean-Baptiste Dubos in 1733 and already well established by 1751). From Kant's 1784 essay "Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?" ("Answering the Question:...
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    Scottish merchants came to settle in the cities of Québec City and Montreal. In 1784, United Empire Loyalists flooded Quebec following their expulsion from the...
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    group's closest relatives are the slender lorises of southern India and Sri Lanka. Their next closest relatives are the African lorisids, the pottos, false...
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    2025". 29 January 2024. "Tewatta Church – Basilica of Our Lady of Lanka, Ragama, Sri Lanka". 8 February 2022. "1975-1975". Retrieved 14 September 2023. "Bref...
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    mythology) Arrow of Brahma, the demi-god Rama faced the demon king of Sri-Lanka, Ravana. Rama fired the arrow of Brahma that had been imparted to him...
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