• Nigel Gresley Ball, 3rd Baronet (27 August 1892 – July 1978) was Professor of Botany at Ceylon University College, Sri Lanka, (1924-1943). Ball was the younger...
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    published by Exeter Books (1982). p. 51. ISBN 0-89673-110-3. Ceylon Medical Journal. Ceylon Medical Association. 1983. "Medical Management for bites by...
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    Malayalam: മലബാർ പൊറോട്ട), and Tamil Nadu, as well as in Jaffna in Sri Lanka (as Ceylon Parotta) Variants of the bread spread by Indian Muslim traders and by indentured...
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  • east of village of Ceylon at the small reservoir and dam along the course of Gibson Creek. The 20-acre park has a campground, ball diamonds, fishing dock...
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    Stoolball (redirect from Stool-ball)
    stoolball was also played outside England, including in France, Japan and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Stoolball is played on grass with a 90-yard (82-metre)...
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    name in use. The word anaconda is derived from the name of a snake from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) that John Ray described in Latin in his Synopsis Methodica Animalium...
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    Infuser (redirect from Tea ball)
    escherichia coli O157:H7 and salmonella. Ball infusers are removed along with the tea leaves from the pot. Snap ball tea strainers are automatically sealed...
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    two-player abstract strategy board game from Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon). It is a game related to draughts (checkers) and alquerque as players hop...
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    field hockey player in world history. He was known for his extraordinary ball control and goal-scoring feats, in addition to earning three Olympic gold...
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    part because England had agreed to make a new ball available after 55 six-ball overs in the Tests; a new ball was generally taken after every 200 runs, which...
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    Bob Harvie (category Ceylon Light Infantry officers)
    Harvie was Ceylon's ' John Arlott' and enjoyed huge popularity as a cricket commentator, giving his ball by ball commentaries over Radio Ceylon, alongside...
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    which it was also called the "ice-bird" in colonial India) or a ping-pong ball bouncing rapidly and coming to rest. It flies after sundown with an easy...
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  • Hawkins & Ward Hawkins December 15, 1965 (1965-12-15) The Man sends Burke to Ceylon to investigate a ransom note that the U.S. government has received. The...
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  • list of notable people associated with the Ceylon University College (also known as University College, Ceylon; University College, Colombo; and Colombo...
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  • Speckled kingsnake Krait Banded krait Blue krait Black krait Burmese krait Ceylon krait Indian krait Lesser black krait Malayan krait Many-banded krait Northeastern...
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    classical singers include: Alfie Boe, Bryn Terfel, Katherine Jenkins, Michael Ball, Roderick Williams, Russell Watson and Sarah Brightman, while Nicola Benedetti...
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    2013. Murray, John (1911). A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon (8th ed.). Calcutta: Thacker, Spink, & Co. p. 197. ISBN 978-1175486417....
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  • a national team, the Ceylon national cricket team, was formed which began playing first-class cricket by the 1920s. The Ceylon national cricket team...
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  • Martin Song of a Jewish Cowboy 2002 Bonnie Burt, Judith Montell Song of Ceylon 1934 Basil Wright John Grierson Sons of Perdition 2010 Tyler Measom, Jennilyn...
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  • The Ceylon cricket team toured India in December 1964 and January 1965. Ceylon did not then have Test status, but three four-day unofficial Tests were...
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    2015). "Cricket back at Rupavahini – Will telecast the World Cup – 2015". Ceylon Today. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015...
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    only been returned in 1840), and were guests of honour at a 1,200-guest ball at the Palace of Versailles. This marked the first time that a reigning British...
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    long-term solutions. "The Way It Is: State Ministries for Small Industries". CeylonToday. Retrieved 17 December 2020. Mathew, K.S. (2016). Imperial Rome, Indian...
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    Ceylon, [translated by Pieter van der Merwe]. Journal of the Dutch Burger Union of Ceylon. XXXVII April 1947 No 4 The Boer prisoner-of-war in Ceylon (1900...
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    called "Christ's College May Ball Committee" is set up every two years to organise and direct this event. The 2010 May Ball, named "L'Esprit Nouveau", was...
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    Lord Hawke toured Ceylon and India. It was a pioneering tour being the first visit by an English team to India and the second to Ceylon, following the stopover...
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    British woman struggling to adapt to life on her husband's tea plantation in Ceylon. She had been loaned to Paramount Pictures for the film after its original...
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  • operational between 1942 and 20 March 1945, as a secondary base for Trincomalee, Ceylon. It was part of HMS Haitan which became HMS Moraga. During the Second World...
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  • Australia in 1950–51 and so he accepted an invitation to tour India and Ceylon with a Commonwealth XI, playing in ten matches and taking 36 wickets. The...
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    nation and therefore did not play Test cricket, where Tissera lead the Ceylon team to win the famous victory against India in India.   West Indies won...
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