Mudaliyar (or Mudali) was a Ceylonese colonial title during Portuguese and British rule of the island. Stemming from the native headman system, the title...

title, they are sometimes referred to as Thondaimandala Mudaliar. Ceylonese Mudaliyars List of Mudaliars List of Sengunthars Some of the important endogamous...

headmen of Ceylon Ceylonese Mudaliyars Walauwa Kastane Adigar Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon: The Native Headman System "The Mudaliyar Class of Ceylon"...

බණ්ඩාරනායක; 22 May 1862 – 31 July 1946) was a Ceylonese colonial-era headmen. He was appointed as Head Mudaliyar and the aide-de-camp to the British Governor...

Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea was a Ceylonese colonial-era headman. Corea was born in Chilaw, on the west coast of Sri Lanka, on 2 December 1865. His...

administrative office by the Dutch in the 1690s. Larger numbers of the Ceylonese Mudaliyars were drawn from the Madapallis who were constantly in rivalry with...

their heads. The Maldivian party was met at the harbor jetty by Ceylonese Mudaliyars in uniform and a Lascarins guard of honour and band, as well as a...

Gate Mudaliyar Jeronis de Soysa (19 April 1797 – 28 May 1862) was a pioneering Ceylonese entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was a pioneer coffee planter...

building plans from the Sethupathi, but was refused with the advice the Ceylonese were not capable of undertaking such a large construction project. This...

Pedris (Sinhala: හෙන්රි පේද්රිස්; 16 August 1888 – 7 July 1915) was a Ceylonese militia officer and a prominent socialite. Pedris was executed for treason...

Rowland Jayathilake Gooneratne, Gate Mudaliyar, JP, (Sinhala: එඩ්මන්ඩ් රෝලන්ඩ් ජයතිලක ගුණරත්න) was a Ceylonese British colonial-era administrator and...

romanized: Caimaṉ Kācic Ceṭṭi; 21 March 1807 – 5 November 1860) was a Ceylonese civil servant, author and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon...

The governor-general of Ceylon was the representative of the Ceylonese monarch in the Dominion of Ceylon from the country's independence in 1948 until...

(1875–1953), a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) barrister, politician and freedom fighter. Sir James Peter Obeyesekere II Maha Mudaliyar, JP (1879–1968), a Ceylonese colonial-era...

actions made him unpopular leading to a revolt by the nominal Christian Mudaliyars Dom Pedro and Dom Luis (also known as Migapulle Arachchi, the son of Periya...

Ceylonese recipients of British titles conferred on the advice of Her Majesty's Ceylon Ministers. This list includes all those who were born in, worked...

Gate Mudaliyar Arunachalam Ponnambalam, JP, UM (1814 – 4 September 1887) was a Ceylonese colonial-era government functionary, businessman and philanthropist...

thereafter Portuguese were preferred. He was assisted in military functions by Mudaliyars, Muhandirams and Arachchis. In judicial functions he was assisted by Basnayakas...

colonial era. It was awarded as a title of honor until suspension of Ceylonese honours in 1956. The post originated from the Portuguese colonial administration...

Abeysinghe Amarasekere Maha Mudaliyar, (Sinhala: නිකලස් ඩයස් අබේසිංහ අමරසේකර) (8 May 1719 - 10 May 1794) was a Ceylonese Dutch colonial administrator...

Ratwatte (known as Barnes Ratwatte Dissawa; 1883 – 20 September 1957) was a Ceylonese colonial-era legislator and a headman. He was a member of the State Council...

active since 18th century, with many having posts such as Mudaliyars, a title for Ceylonese officials used under the Colony governments of Ceylon. Arumuganathapillai...

romanized: Poṉṉampalam Aruṇācalam; 14 September 1853 – 9 January 1924) was a Ceylonese civil servant and a member of the Executive Council of Ceylon and Legislative...

Mudaliyar Don Spater Senanayake was a Ceylonese, an entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was a successful graphite mine owner and was given the titular...

Mudaliyar (Mudali - මුදලි) and Muhandiram were retained by government to be awarded as honors. This practice remained until suspension of Ceylonese honors...

and Justin Pieris Deraniyagala. He was known for his portraits of the Ceylonese leaders of his time. His works were exhibited at the Royal Academy, the...

housed a large number of powerful mudaliyars from the British colonial period. Such notable individuals include: Mudaliyar E. Nannithamby, father-in-law of...

Sabaratnam was a member of the Board of Management of the Ramakrishna Mission Ceylonese branch. He died in 1970. Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography...

Albert L. De Alwis Seneviratne was a Ceylonese legislator. He was an unofficial member appointed to the Legislative Council of Ceylon representing the...

Mudaliyar Louis Corneille Wijesinha (19 September 1834 - 25 March 1895) was a Ceylonese British colonial-era headmen and a Pali scholar. He was born in...