Christopher Wijesinghe Kannangara was born on 3 June 1913, the son of D. H. R. W. Kannangara and Alice née Kotalawala. He married Leela Wickramasinghe and they...
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Dr. Cristopher William Wijekoon Kannangara (Sinhala ආචාර්ය ක්රිස්ටෝෆර් විලියම් විජේකෝන් කන්නන්ගර; 18 October 1894 – 23 September 1969) was a Sri Lankan...
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politician D. C. W. Kannangara (1913 – 1999), a Sri Lankan politician E. W. Kannangara (1894 – after 1963), a Sri Lankan civil servant R. C. Kannangara (1920...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike. Wikiquote has quotations related to S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike. The Bandaranaike Museum The...
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Lankan political figure. by Padma Edirisinghe J.R. Jayewardene by Ananda Kannangara President JRJ and the Export Processing Zone By K. Godage Methek Kathawa...
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Senator Edward Wilmot Kannangara, CBE (Sinhala: කන්නන්ගර; Tamil: கன்னங்கரா)[needs IPA] (1894-19??) was a Ceylonese civil servant and statesman. He served...
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Richard Charles Kannangara (15 June 1920 - 14 October 1946) was a Ceylonese tea plantation owner and politician. On 3 March 1936 Kannangara was elected to...
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farmers. He received the portfolios of Health and Local Government when S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike resigned and crossed over to the opposition. He was still...
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where he lost by 3,123 votes to the United National Party rival, D. C. W. Kannangara. However, as the election left neither of the country's two major...
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R. Jayewardene. The march was disrupted at Imbulgoda by thugs led by S. D. Bandaranayake. Premadasa was elected as the third Member of Parliament from...
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Development in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. C. Hurst & Co. p. 66. ISBN 1-85065-519-7. Dissanayake, T. D. S. A. (2005). War Or Peace in Sri Lanka. Popular...
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of London in 1918. At St. Thomas Chelvanayakam was a contemporary of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, future Prime Minister of Ceylon. After graduation Chelvanayakam...
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after G. G. Ponnambalam and C. X. Martyn of the Federal Party. He contested the 1970 parliamentary election, finishing second to C. X. Martyn after Ponnambalam...
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but the LSSP became the second largest party in the opposition and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike became the opposition leader. In 1954, the LSSP won a string...
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Petrus Dias Wijewardena Bandaranaike, Maha Mudaliyar. He was a cousin of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike. He was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, St...
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parliamentarians, including Rajapaksa, Herbert Sri Nissanka and D. S. Goonesekera, followed S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike when he crossed the floor of the house to the...
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Peradeniya and the expansion of road in the island took place. With S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike leaving the UNP and crossing over to the opposition, Kotelawala...
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Prime Minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, troops of the B Company were transferred to the newly formed Ceylon Sinha Regiment forming the C Company, 2 (V) Battalion...
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Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed (redirect from A. C. S. Hameed)
Anthony's College, Kandy alumni "Appreciations : Dr. A.C.S. Hameed". Daily News. Retrieved 13 July 2020. A.C.S. Hameed, an exemplar of national unity v t e v...
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Sri Lanka: A country study. Area Handbook Series (2nd ed.). Washington, D. C.: Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. OCLC 1044318527....
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List of United National Party MPs (section W)
Jayawardene Jayalath Jayawardena John Kotelawala S. R. Kanaganayagam C. W. W. Kannangara M. S. Kariapper Akila Viraj Kariyawasam Ravi Karunanayake Gayantha...
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Series (2nd ed.). Washington, D. C.: Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. OCLC 1044318527. Saha, Santosh C. (1999). "Bandaranaike, Sirimavo...
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Wijeyananda Dahanayake (redirect from W. Dahanayake)
Colvin R. de Silva. He supported the education reforms initiated by C. W. W. Kannangara by collecting a large number of signatures for a public petition...
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following a by-election, as a result of the resignation of the sitting member, C. M. Fernando. In January 1950 he was elected as the first mayor of Negombo...
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entitled for only one vote and allowance. He joined the government of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, having been appointed again Minister of Trade and Commerce...
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1944 as part of the Central Schools initiative introduced by Dr. C. W. W. Kannangara, it serves over 6,500 students from grade 6 to grade 13, with a teaching...
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published false statements in relation to the personal character of D. C. W. Kannangara. They were initially dismissed by the Election Judge on 5 June 1966...
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Jayasinghe D. P. Jayasuriya M. D. H. Jayawardena T. F. Jayewardene J. R. Jayewardene M. C. M. Kaleel C. W. W. Kannangara D. C. W. Kannangara Pieter Keuneman...
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Tamil scholar from Tellippalai in northern Ceylon. Vanniasingam's brother was C. Balasingam, the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury. Vanniasingam was educated...
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Central Colleges established under the education reforms of late Hon. C. W. W. Kannangara, who introduced free education in Sri Lanka. Today about 3270 students...
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