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    The Sri Lankan Civil War (Tamil: இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர், romanized: Ilaṅkai uḷnāṭṭup pōr; Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිවිල් යුද්ධය, romanized: śrī laṁkāvē...
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    The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF; Sinhala: ශ්‍රි ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව, romanized: Śrī Laṃkā guwan hamudāva; Tamil: இலங்கை விமானப்படை, romanized: Ilaṅkai vimāṉappaṭai)...
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    The history of Sri Lanka is unique because its relevance and richness extend beyond the areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. The...
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    Tamil militant organization that was based in the northern and eastern Sri Lanka. The LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam...
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    Angelo Mathews (category Sri Lanka Test cricket captains)
    professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the national cricket team in all formats. Mathews currently plays all formats for Sri Lanka., Mathews...
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    මහාවංස (Mahāvaṃsa)) is the meticulously kept historical chronicle of Sri Lanka until the period of Mahasena of Anuradhapura. It was written in the style...
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  • Terrorism in Sri Lanka has been a highly destructive phenomenon during the 20th and 21st centuries, especially so during the periods of the Sri Lankan Civil...
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    Sanath Jayasuriya (category Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers)
    ‌‌ටෙරාන් ජයසූරිය, Tamil: சனத் ஜெயசூர்யா; born 30 June 1969), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest all...
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    Dinesh Chandimal (category Asian Games gold medalists for Sri Lanka)
    චන්දිමාල්; born 18 November 1989) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. A handy right-handed middle...
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  • Geoffrey Bawa (category Sri Lankan Moors)
    Deshamanya Geoffrey Manning Bawa, FRIBA (23 July 1919 – 27 May 2003) was a Sri Lankan architect. Often referred to as the leader of the Tropical Modernist movement...
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    of Sri Lanka from 1948 to the present is marked by the independence of the country through to Dominion and becoming a Republic. Periodization of Sri Lanka...
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    The high commissioner of Australia to Sri Lanka is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commission...
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  • Lucion Pushparaj (category Bodybuilding in Sri Lanka)
    ஆண்டன் புஷ்பராஜ்;(born September 10, 1982) also spelled Lucian Pushparaj, nicknamed Black Lion of Asia, is a Sri Lankan male IFBB professional bodybuilder...
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    Asgiriya Stadium (category Cricket grounds in Sri Lanka)
    when international teams toured Sri Lanka. Asgiriya gained fame as the country's second Test cricket ground in 1982–83 when it hosted Greg Chappell's...
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    Janaka Perera (category Ambassadors of Sri Lanka to Indonesia)
    February 1946 – 6 October 2008) was a Sri Lankan General and politician. He served as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army and is considered one of the...
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    Tillakaratne Dilshan (category Cricketers from Western Province, Sri Lanka)
    a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is often regarded as the best rated Sri Lankan player in...
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    Arjuna Ranatunga (category Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers)
    December 1963), is a Sri Lankan politician and former cricketer, who was the 1996 Cricket World Cup winning captain for Sri Lanka, and scored the winning...
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    "Sri Lanka attacks: Death toll soars to 290". BBC. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019. [verification needed] "156 Dead In Blasts At Two Sri Lanka Churches...
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  • Warne–Muralitharan Trophy (category Sri Lanka in international cricket)
    Australia–Sri Lanka Test cricket series from 2007 to 2008 season onwards. The trophy is named after the two leading wicket takers in Test cricket, Sri Lanka's Muttiah...
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    Suranga Lakmal (category Sri Lanka Test cricketers)
    ආරච්චිගේ සුරංග ලක්මාල්; born 10 March 1987) is a former professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who played in all formats of the game and is a former Test...
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    Tamil Eelam (category Separatism in Sri Lanka)
    independent state that many Tamils in Sri Lanka and the Eelam Tamil diaspora aspire to create in the north and east of Sri Lanka. Large sections of the North-East...
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    played that year on top of his England Lions cricket team debut against Sri Lanka A. At Scarborough in August, he scored his maiden Championship hundred...
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    relations with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. She also had a short stint as the U.S. Chargés d'affaires a.i. in Lebanon...
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    Bodu Bala Sena (category Anti-Islam sentiment in Sri Lanka)
    monks for not taking action against the rise of other religions within Sri Lanka. The BBS was founded by monks Kirama Wimalajothi and Galagoda Aththe Gnanasaara...
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  • The Sri Lankan anti-Muslim riots were a series of religiously motivated riots targeting Muslims in Sri Lanka. The riots originated as isolated incidents...
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    2007). "Sri Lanka build a lead on Murali's record day". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved on 2 June 2008. "England in Sri Lanka Test Series – 1st Test Sri Lanka v England"...
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    help Sri Lankans who were adversely affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. His charity the Shane Warne Foundation donated AU$20,000...
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    backyard in Sri Lanka". New York Post. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021. Gübelin, E.; Schmetzer, K. (Winter 1982). "Gemstones...
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  • Sirima (category English people of Sri Lankan descent)
    great disciples of Siddhattha Gotama the Buddha. Her family returned to Sri Lanka when Sirima was younger, along with her two sisters and they lived in...
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    Xavier Doherty (category 1982 births)
    Tasmania, Doherty made his One Day International debut for Australia against Sri Lanka at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in November 2010. Later that month, he...
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