• Arachchi (Sinhala: ආරච්චි) was a petty native headman in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the colonial era. Appointed by the Government Agent of the Province...
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    Maggona Arachchi (Sinhala: මග්ගොන ආරච්චි, romanized: maggona Arachchi also Maggonage, Maggona ge) is a Sinhalese speaking Khandayat ethnic group of Sri...
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  • Arachchi was a petty native headman in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the colonial era. Arachchi may also refer to: Bimshani Jasin Arachchi, Sri Lankan police...
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  • Vidane Arachchi was an influential post (ranked above an Vidane but below a Muhandiram) in the native headmen system in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the colonial...
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  • Bimshani Jasin Arachchi also spelt either as Bimshani Jasinarachchi or Bimshani Jayasinghe Arachchi is a Sri Lankan police officer. She was the Deputy...
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  • Migapulle Arachchi was a feudal lord from the Jaffna Kingdom who became a rebel leader just after its annexation by the Portuguese Empire in 1619. His...
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  • Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is the replacement for former army chief Sarath...
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    of Vidane (විදානේ) in Low Country / Tamil Area and Town Arachchi (ටවුන් ආරච්චි) / Gan Arachchi (ගන් ආරච්චි) in Kandyan Area were replaced with the transferable...
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  • Calotes manamendrai (Manamendra-Arachchi's whistling lizard) is an agamid lizard endemic to Sri Lanka. Locally known as මනමේන්ද්‍ර-ආරච්චිගේ උරුවන් කටුස්සා...
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  • described it in more detail. Asiatic lion Panthera fossilis Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum; Pethiyagoda, Rohan; Dissanayake, Rajith; Meegaskumbura, Madhava...
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  • of Vidane (විදානේ) in Low Country / Tamil Area and Town Arachchi (ටවුන් ආරච්චි) / Gan Arachchi (ගන් ආරච්චි) in Kandyan Area were replaced with the transferable...
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  • of Vidane (විදානේ) in Low Country / Tamil Area and Town Arachchi (ටවුන් ආරච්චි) / Gan Arachchi (ගන් ආරච්චි) in Kandyan Area were replaced with the transferable...
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    Colombo Kotapola Amarakitti Thero Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi Uduwe Dhammaloka A. H. M. Fowzie Mano Ganesan Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Sunil Handunnetti...
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    (Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005) Pseudophilautus frankenbergi (Meegaskumbura & Manamendra-Arachchi, 2005) Pseudophilautus fulvus (Manamendra-Arachchi &...
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  • District, Sri Lanka. It was the home of Don David Rajapaksa, the Vidane Arachchi of the Ihala Valikada Korale. His son D. A. Rajapaksa became a State Councillor...
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    Colombo Kotapola Amarakitti Thero Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi Uduwe Dhammaloka A. H. M. Fowzie Mano Ganesan Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Sunil Handunnetti...
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    independent existence to an end in 1619. Although rebels like Migapulle Arachchi—with the help of the Thanjavur Nayak kingdom—tried to recover the kingdom...
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    (1841–1909) Muhammed Thamby Samsudheen Vidane Arachchi a.k.a Dheen Arachchi (1860–1915), the Vidane Arachchi of Negombo from 1896 to 1915, the highest position...
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    1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00226.x. PMID 34892880. S2CID 84497516. Manamendra-Arachchi, K.; Pethiyagoda, R.; Dissanayake, R. & Meegaskumbura, M. (2005). "A second...
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  • Kalana Maduwage, Anjana Silva, Rohan Pethiyagoda, and Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi. There are 111 lizards known from Sri Lanka, with 17 newly discovered in...
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    Paratilapiinae and Ptychochrominae). Pethiyagoda, R., Maduwage, K. & Manamendra-Arachchi, K. (2014): Validation of the South Asian cichlid genus Pseudetroplus Bleeker...
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    Roelants, Kim; Mannaert, An; Wilkinson, Mark; Bahir, Mohomed M.; Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum; Ng, Peter K. L.; Schneider, Christopher J.; Oommen, Oommen V.;...
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    1521–1529. doi:10.1016/j.foodhyd.2011.02.008. ISSN 0268-005X. Shahidi, F.; Arachchi, J.K.V.; Jeon, Y.-J. (1999). "Food applications of chitin and chitosans"...
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  • Rajapksa was the second of three sons born to Don David Rajapaksa (Vidane Arachchi of Ralahamy) and Dona Gimara Moonesinghe, his brothers being Don Coronelis...
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    has been observed between 78 and 150 meters above sea level. Manamendra-Arachchi K; Pethiyagoda R (2005). "The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus...
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  • proposed based on this field survey by Rohan Pethiyagoda and Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi in 1998. However Madhava Meegaskumbura et al. revised the number to around...
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    scales small; rostral appendage scaly — C. aspera Pethiyagoda R, Manamendra-Arachchi K. 1998. A revision of the endemic Sri Lankan agamid lizard genus Ceratophora...
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    Colombo Kotapola Amarakitti Thero Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi Uduwe Dhammaloka A. H. M. Fowzie Mano Ganesan Bandula Gunawardane Dinesh Gunawardena Sunil Handunnetti...
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    the king's brother Arasakesari and a powerful chieftain Periye Pillai Arachchi. Ethirimana Cinkam's son, a minor was proclaimed as king with Arasakesari...
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    plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Rohan Pethiyagoda (2004). "Pseudophilautus hoipolloi". IUCN Red List of...
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