• Kelaniya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kelaniya...
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    The Kelaniya Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Gampaha Electoral District, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka. The winner of Kelaniya has...
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  • Mahara K. Dompe L. Biyagama M. Kelaniya Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district: Results of the 2nd presidential...
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    the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for the fourth time on 9 August 2020 at Kelaniya Temple on the outskirts of Colombo.  India – Indian Prime Minister Narendra...
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    List of Polling divisions of Sri Lanka (category Electoral districts of Sri Lanka)
    Polling divisions in Sri Lanka are subdivisions of the country's electoral districts. From the 1st parliamentary election in 1947 to the 8th in 1977,...
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    cousin J. R. Jayewardene in his parliamentary campaign in the Kelaniya Electoral District by managing his election funds. He joined the Legal Draftsmen...
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    Anura Kumara Dissanayake (category Alumni of the University of Kelaniya)
    transferred to the University of Kelaniya. After he was awarded his bachelor's degree in science at the University of Kelaniya in 1995, he was elected the...
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    of Parliament for Gampaha District. Also he is the Deputy Leader of the United National Party and chief organiser for Kelaniya Electorate. Prior to entering...
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  • Lives in Ridimaliyadda, Badulla. He is a graduate of the University of Kelaniya. In 2004, is appointed deputy minister by President Chandrika Kumaratunga...
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  • the highest ever obtained by a candidate in Sri Lanka's parliamentary electoral history. "Sri Lanka's new president calls parliamentary election to consolidate...
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    Kotte Kingdom in 1469. Parakramabahu IX of Kotte moved the capital to Kelaniya in 1509 and it stayed there until 1528. The Portuguese arrived in Sri Lanka...
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  • Sena Nanayakkara (category Alumni of the University of Kelaniya)
    academic who serves as a Member of Parliament for the Anuradhapura Electoral District since November 2024. He was elected during the 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary...
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    to the colonial legislature, the State Council in 1943 by winning the Kelaniya by-election following the resignation of incumbent D. B. Jayatilaka. His...
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    He is a Pre Intern Medical Doctor Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. (1997-2002) Pathirana joined the Telshan Network Pvt. Ltd (TNL...
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  • 183 electoral districts existed from 1947 to 1989 in Sri Lanka. The country's 1978 Constitution introduced a new proportional representation electoral system...
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  • languages as a scholar of the Vidyalankara Pirivena (now the University of Kelaniya). He traveled to Shanthi Nikethana in India to continue his studies. In...
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  • 17 August 2015. Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka contested from the Colombo district. Surprisingly DP faced a massive slide in the election in which they could...
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    Professor G.W. Indrani's Felicitation Volume. Kelaniya: Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya: 219–227. "S.W.R.D.Bandaranaike, or Solomon West...
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    The districts are further divided into administrative sub-units known as divisional secretariats. They were originally based on the feudal counties, the...
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    Gardens were also attacked, as were those in the suburbs of Kadawatha, Kelaniya, Nugegoda, and Ratmalana. The residence of the Indian High Commissioner...
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    progressed through its ranks. He was appointed as the chief organizer of the Kelaniya Electorate in the mid-1970s, and was later appointed as the chief organizer...
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  • P. D. N. K. Palihena (category Alumni of the University of Kelaniya)
    academic who serves as a Member of Parliament for the Anuradhapura Electoral District. He was elected during the 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election...
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    2022". Top Universities. Retrieved 26 July 2023. "Kowloon City District Map" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 30 August 2019. "About the University...
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    1974. p. 9. "Sha Tin District" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 12 May 2019. "Tai Po District (Sheet 1)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission...
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    Dipavamsa refers to three visits to the Island by the Buddha, the places being Kelaniya, Deegavapi Raja Maha Viharaya, the place where the Bo-sapling was later...
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  • report of 1980: A young woman who was living with her parents at Bollegala, Kelaniya, was gang raped by two Sinhalese men in her own home after her parents...
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    *Ambulagala Kumara *Son of Parakrama Bahu VI Dharma Parakramabahu IX (from Kelaniya) - - 1489 1513 *Son of Vira Parakrama Bahu VIII Vijayabahu VI - 1521 1513...
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  • the homeless; modernizing of the Ratmalana Airport; construction of the Kelaniya Bridge; and the development of Buddhist religious sites. There was growing...
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    Kurunegala Gampola Gadaladeniya Vihara Lankatilaka Vihara Embekka Devalaya Kelaniya Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Kotte Raja Maha Vihara Sri Subodharama Raja Maha...
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  • Department of Justice. Retrieved 8 February 2021. "Yau Tsim Mong District" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 30 August 2019. Dewolf, Christopher...
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