The native headmen system was an integral part of the administration of the island of Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka) under the successive European colonial...

accountants, and doctors. The native headmen system was an integral part of the administration of the island of Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka) under...

take three native wives, and the three Arabs settled Akurana. Those three Arabs became the ancestors of the Moors of Akurana. The native headmen system was...

Muhammad Abdullah Headman, Titular Arachchi of Matara Native headmen of Ceylon Muhandiram Vidane Walauwa Definition of Vidane, Vidane Arachchi & Vidane Muhandiram...

Mohammed Meera Lebbe Seeni Vidane of Kalmunaikudy Native headmen of Ceylon Arachchi Grama Niladhari Walauwa Definition of vidane, vidane arachchi and vidane...

post (ranked above an Vidane but below a Muhandiram) in the native headmen system in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the colonial era. Appointed by the Government...

in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Head Mudaliyar functioned as the head of the low country native headmen and native aide-de-camp to the Governor of Ceylon. As...

Maithripala Sirisena Native headmen of Ceylon Vidane Government of Sri Lanka Bradman Weerakoon (2006). Rendering Unto Caesar: A Fascinating Story of One Man's Tenure...

in the native headmen system in the lower-country (coastal districts) of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the colonial era. It was awarded as a title of honor...

Services. p. 155. ISBN 978-81-206-0105-5. The Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. The Branch. 1894. p. 238...

Settlements and Territories in the Island of Ceylon with its Dependencies from 1802 to 1833, then the Island of Ceylon and its Territories and Dependencies...

of the Kingdom of Kandy, who are either descendants of chiefs and courtiers of the King of Kandy of Nayaks of Kandy or descendants of native headmen appointed...

co-creator of the Sri Lanka Matha Native headmen of Ceylon Walauwa Sri Lankan titles Sri Lankan honours system Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon: The...

governor of Ceylon was the representative in Ceylon of the British Crown from 1795 to 1948. In this capacity, the governor was president of the Executive...

is the name given to a feudal/colonial manor house in Sri Lanka of a native headmen. It also refers to the feudal social systems that existed during...

After the outbreak of the Second World War, in the British Crown Colony of Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka), the government of Sir Don Baron Jayatilaka assured...

Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the...

The Ceylon Defence Force (CDF) was established in 1910 by the Ceylonese legislation Ceylon Defence Force Ordinance, which reformed the Ceylon Volunteer...

colonial-era headmen. He was appointed as Head Mudaliyar and the aide-de-camp to the British Governor of Ceylon, therefore he was one of the most powerful...

Kingdom is a Pentecostal denomination that was founded in Colombo, British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1923. The global headquarters is currently located in...

head of the native headmen of the low country and native aide-de-camp of the governor. Mudaliar of the Atapattu - in charge of jurisdiction of a District...

who settled in Ceylon. The Portuguese and Dutch had held some of the maritime provinces of the island for centuries before the advent of the British Empire...

Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon) has a climate and varied elevation that allows for the production of both Camellia sinensis var. assamica and Camellia...

The following is a list of governors of Dutch Ceylon. The Dutch arrived on the island of Ceylon on 2 May 1639. Parts of the island were incorporated as...

Church of Ceylon (Sinhala: ලංකා සභාව, romanized: laṁkā sabhāva) is the Anglican Church in Sri Lanka. It is an extraprovincial jurisdiction of the Archbishop...

of Ceylon was a military campaign fought as a series of amphibious operations between the summer of 1795 and spring of 1796 between the garrison of the...

Matilda Attygalle and his two children Henri and Amybelle. Native headmen of Ceylon List of political families in Sri Lanka Edirimanne Corea Family Union...

of assistant district officers were locally recruited. Within each district, village headmen were responsible for minor administrative tasks. Headmen...

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...

the country of Sri Lanka, then British Ceylon, from the British Empire. The switch of powers was generally known as peaceful transfer of power from the...