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    Wilmot Arthur de Silva (15 March 1869 - April 1942) was a Ceylonese veterinary surgeon, politician and philanthropist. He was the Minister of Health (1936–1942)...
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    Career Diplomats W. A. de Silva FORGOTTEN HEROES BEHIND THE TRUE STORY OF FREE EDUCATION AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES IN SRI LANKA Prabath de Silva, Daily Mirror...
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  • B. Jayatilaka, E. W. Perera, C. W. W. Kannangara, Patrick de Silva Kularatne, H. W. Amarasuriya, W. A. de Silva, George E. de Silva and Edwin Wijeyeratne...
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  • Manikku Wadumestri Hendrick de Silva, QC (22 September 1886 - 6 March 1960) was a Ceylonese lawyer, judge and statesman. He served in several top legal...
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    Harsha de Silva (Sinhala: හර්ෂ ද සිල්වා born 30 August 1964) is a Sri Lankan economist and politician. He is a Member of Parliament for the Colombo District...
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  • Walinetti Danister de Silva (20 September 1921 – 1965) was a Ceylonese physician and politician. He was elected from the Borella electorate from the Sri...
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    Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Knight of the Order of Santiago (baptized 6 June 1599 – 6 August 1660) was a Spanish painter, the leading artist...
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  • Manikka Wadu Richard de Silva (18 November 1900 - ?) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. Manikka Wadu Richard de Silva was born on 18 November 1900...
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  • A. H. de Silva was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was a Member of Parliament from the Polonnaruwa district from 1960 to 1964. He was deafted in...
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  • library of Colombo Museum’, Volume I, compiled by W. A. De Silva, published by the Government Printer in 1938. A day had sixty Sinhala hora or hours. This watch...
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    General Akurathiya Withanage Jagath Crishanthe de Silva, RWP, USP is a retired senior Sri Lanka Army officer. He had served as the Commander of the Sri...
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    M. W. H. de Silva stated that a Sinhalese man was murdered by Tamils in Trincomalee for communal reasons on April 14, leading to tension and a few incidents...
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  • Edmund Fredrick Lorenz de Silva, MBE (1912–1993) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was the Mayor of Kandy, Member of Parliament and Sri Lanka's...
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    architectural style in Sri Lanka. De Silva was a fellow of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects (SLIA), De Silva was the first Sri Lankan woman to be...
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    Dr C A Hewavitarne, Arthur V Dias, H. M. Amarasuriya, Dr. W. A. de Silva, Baron Jayatilaka, Edwin Wijeyeratne, A. E. Goonesinghe, John Silva, Piyadasa...
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    Peer de Silva (June 26, 1917 – August 13, 1978) was a station chief in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). A 1941 West Point graduate, during World...
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    Saraiva da Silva (European Portuguese: [ˈmaɾku ˈsilvɐ]; born 12 July 1977) is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a right-back...
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  • Hewage William de Silva (8 December 1908 – 30 July 1988) was a 20th-century Marxist/Trotskyist Sri Lankan politician. P. H. William de Silva was born at...
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  • Charles Percival de Silva (16 April 1912 – 9 October 1972) was a Sri Lankan politician and civil servant. He had served as the Minister of Finance, Minister...
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    received in his tenure as president. De Silva, K. M., & Wriggins, W. H. (1988), J.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka: a political biography, University of Hawaii...
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    Lula da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: [luˈiz iˈnasju ˈlulɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ] ; born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), also known as Lula da Silva or simply...
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    his legal firm De Silva & Karunaratne. His brothers Timothy and Gregory too became proctors. In 1915, de Silva and E. W. Perera carried a secret memorandum...
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  • Colombo, Ceylon: Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. p. 15. de Silva, K. M.; Wriggins, William Howard (1988). J.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka:...
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    Afrikaner minority. F. W. de Klerk was born on 18 March 1936 in Mayfair, a suburb of Johannesburg. His parents were Johannes "Jan" de Klerk and Hendrina Cornelia...
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    2021. de Silva (1981), p. 63. de Silva (1981), p. 82. de Silva (1981), pp. 82–84. de Silva (1981), p. 92. de Silva (1981), pp. 92–93. de Silva (1981)...
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  • Jayatilaka, W. A. de Silva, F. R. Dias Bandaranaike, E. T. de Silva, Dr Casius Ferreira, C. Batuvantudawe, D. P. A. Wijewardene, John de Silva, W. H. W. Perera...
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  • Mahinda Susantha de Fonseka Thomas Amarasuriya Victor Corea Vivienne Goonewardena W. A. de Silva Walisinghe Harischandra Wilmot A. Perera Somasundaram...
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    1960. Although the Freedom Party failed to form a government under the leadership of C. P. de Silva, fresh elections were held four months later after...
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  • Ruwanpura Lakshman de Silva (born 15 October 1916) was a Ceylonese politician. At the 4th parliamentary election, held on 19 March 1960, de Silva ran as the Sri...
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    to be a rioter. Many prominent Sri Lankans such as D. S. Senanayake, D. R. Wijewardena, Arthur V. Dias, Dr. Cassius Pereira, Dr. W. A. de Silva, F.R....
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