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    The Kandy General Post Office (Sinhala: මහනුවර ප්‍රධාන තැපැල් කාර්යාලය - கண்டி பிரதான அஞ்சல் அலுவலகம்) is the main post office in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The...
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  • Former General Post Office, Colombo Kandy General Post Office General Post Office (Bangkok) General Post Office, Edinburgh General Post Office, London...
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    Stadium, Bogambara Prison, Wales Park, Kandy railway station, Teaching Hospital, Kandy, Kandy General Post Office, Kandy City Centre, National Institute of...
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    Nuwara Eliya, Kandy and Galle Fort post offices to private developers, in order for the buildings be converted into hotels. Other General Post Offices Sri...
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    Kandy railway station (Sinhala: මහනුවර දුම්රිය ස්ථානය, Tamil: கண்டி ரயில் நிலையம்) is a major railway station in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The station is served...
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    The Kingdom of Kandy was a monarchy on the island of Sri Lanka, located in the central and eastern portion of the island. It was founded in the late 15th...
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  • in Kandy. The General Post Office was housed in different places in Colombo. By 1895 it acquired its own building, opposite the Governor General's residence...
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    William Gopallawa (category Alumni of St. Anthony's College, Kandy)
    College, Kandy. He continued his secondary education at Dharmaraja College, Kandy where he was a Scout and later moved to St. Anthony's College, Kandy. After...
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    the Nuwara Eliya, Kandy and Galle Fort post offices to private developers, and seek the re-location of the Colombo General Post Office back to its original...
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    working Colombo-Ambepussa (අඹේපුස්ස) mainline across the Alagalla mountain to Kandy proved to be extremely challenging as it had to be navigated around a waterfall...
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    Hospital) Kandy is the second largest hospital in Sri Lanka. The bed strength of the hospital was 2291, as of 2011. In 2019, Teaching Hospital Kandy was upgraded...
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    The Kandy Garden Club is a social and sports club in Kandy, Sri Lanka, which was established in 1878 for the exclusive use by British coffee planters to...
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    The Galle Fort Post Office is the post office in Galle Fort, Sri Lanka. The first post office was located at 92 Pedlar Street (originally known as Moor...
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    appointed to the post. When William Gopallawa was appointed as governor-general in 1962, he discarded the ceremonial uniform of office. When Ceylon became...
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    Bogambara Stadium (category Sport in Kandy)
    Bogambara Stadium (Sinhala: බෝගම්බර ක්‍රිඩාංගනය) is a multi-purpose stadium in Kandy, Sri Lanka It is one of the oldest grounds in the country. Stadium is currently...
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    Louis Sansoni (category Postmasters general of Sri Lanka)
    his tenure as Postmater General he was responsible for establishing the Kandy General Post Office and the Galle Fort Post Office in 1820. Sansoni's first...
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    had an American deputy, Major-General Horace H. Fuller, and brought staff with him from Europe to SEAC headquarters in Kandy, Ceylon. For his services at...
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    Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (category Posts ministers of Sri Lanka)
    few months later. In the last general election he contested he secured the largest number of preferential votes in the Kandy District. Wijetunga was surprisingly...
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    Governors of British Ceylon (category Lists of office-holders in Sri Lanka)
    authority of the governor was extended to the provinces of the Kingdom of Kandy following the Kandyan Convention in 1815. The governor had absolute power...
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    Diyawadana Nilame (category Kingdom of Kandy)
    Diyawadana Nilame is the office of the chief lay custodian of the Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Formerly an office of the royal household, at...
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  • Nittawela Rugby Stadium (category Buildings and structures in Kandy)
    to the General Hospital to house their offices. Kandy SC however continued to play rugby at Bogambara but without a club house. In 1949 the Kandy Municipal...
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  • were travelling in hit a land mine in the island of Kayts. He was born in Kandy to a Radala family. His father was Loku Bandara Kobbekaduwa and mother was...
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  • D. S. Senanayake Memorial Public Library (category Libraries in Kandy District)
    Public Library is a public library in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is the main public library in Kandy situated in Kandy town. D.S. Senanayake Memorial Public...
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    created a baronet in 1821 and chose to stay in Kandy, eventually dying there in 1824. A Briton who visited Kandy before 1815 had described him as living like...
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    Kingswood College, Kandy (Sinhala: කිංග්ස්වුඩ් විද්‍යාලය) is a Sri Lankan Public school offering boys primary and secondary education. The school was...
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  • town of Ampara located in Sri Lanka on 26 February 2018, spreading to the Kandy District from March 2 until its end on March 10, 2018. Muslim citizens,...
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    Jaffna Kingdom) Kandy, 1469–1597 (During the early part of the reign of Senasammata Vikramabahu (1469–1511), capital of the Kingdom of Kandy) Sitawaka, 1521–1594...
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  • be elected to the office of President, to hold office for the unexpired period of the term of office of the President vacating office. According to the...
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    Command in Kandy, Ceylon OSS Detachment 505: Calcutta, India US Army units attached to the OSS 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion 2677th Office of Strategic...
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  • Defense General Anuruddha Ratwatte has passed away Venerated post for dignified man Harris Leuke Ratwatte Mahendra Ratwatte resigns as Mayor of Kandy. Daily...
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