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"...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

(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...

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...

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

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...

සේනානායක; Tamil: டி. எஸ். சேனநாயக்கா; 20 October 1884 – 22 March 1952) was a Ceylonese statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of Ceylon having emerged as...

J. G. Philipsz Panditaratne was a Ceylonese legislator. He was one of the first unofficial members appointed to the Legislative Council of Ceylon representing...

missionaries, inviting the missionaries to establish schools for the Ceylonese. Following a conference on 11 July, Benjamin Clough (1791-1853) was elected...

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...

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...

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

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

Gate Mudaliyar Naganather Canaganayagam, CBE, JP, FREconS (27 May 1892 - 1 January 1967) was a Ceylonese banker, planter and local politician, who served...

September 1890) was a Ceylonese entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was a pioneering planter, industrialist and was the wealthiest Ceylonese of the 19th century...

Gate Mudaliyar Edmund Peiris, JP, UM was a Ceylonese colonial-era headman and philanthropist. He was the Mudaliyar of Kalutara and was appointed as a...

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...

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

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

footballer Thambaiyah Mudaliyar Sabaratnam (1895–1966), Ceylonese lawyer and politician Winslow Thambiah Ivers Alagaratnam (1895–1977), Ceylonese civil engineer...

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