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D. A. Rajapaksa

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Don Alwin Rajapaksa (දොන් අල්වින් රාජපක්ෂ; டி.ஏ. ராஜபக்ஷ) (5 November 1906 – 7 November 1967) (known as D. A. Rajapaksa) was a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament, who represented the Beliatta electorate in Hambantota district from 1947 to 1965. [1]

45 relations: Basil Rajapaksa, Beliatta, Beliatta Electoral District, Ceylonese parliamentary election, 1947, Ceylonese parliamentary election, 1965, Ceylonese parliamentary election, July 1960, Ceylonese parliamentary election, March 1960, Chamal Rajapaksa, Coconut, D. M. Rajapaksa, D. P. Atapattu, D. S. Goonesekera, Dudley Senanayake, Galle, George Rajapaksa, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Hambantota, Herbert Sri Nissanka, Honorary degree, Hugh Fernando, Landscape, Lieutenant colonel, List of political families in Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Minister (government), Namal Rajapaksa, Nirupama Rajapaksa, Paddy field, Parliament of Sri Lanka, Principality of Ruhuna, Richmond College, Galle, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Shasheendra Rajapaksa, Shirley Corea, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Freedom Party, State Council of Ceylon, The Honourable, Theravada, Tissamaharama, United National Party, Vidane Arachchi, Wijeyananda Dahanayake.

Basil Rajapaksa

Basil Rohana Rajapaksa (known as Basil) (born c. 1947) is a Sri Lankan politician and was a member of parliament from 2007 to 2015.

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Beliatta

Beliatta is a town located in Hambantota District, southern province Sri Lanka near but inland from the coast about 7 km away.

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Beliatta Electoral District

Beliatta electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989.

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Ceylonese parliamentary election, 1947

General elections were held in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 23 August to 20 September 1947.

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Ceylonese parliamentary election, 1965

General elections were held in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in March 1965.

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Ceylonese parliamentary election, July 1960

General elections were held in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in July 1960.

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Ceylonese parliamentary election, March 1960

General elections were held in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on 19 March 1960.

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Chamal Rajapaksa

Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa (Sinhala: චමල් රාජපක්ෂ; Tamil: சமல் ராஜபக்ஷ) (born 30 October 1939) is a Sri Lankan politician who was Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2015.

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Coconut

The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the family Arecaceae (palm family) and the only species of the genus Cocos.

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D. M. Rajapaksa

Don Mathew Rajapaksa (known as D. M. Rajapaksa - the Lion of Ruhuna) (27 November 1896–18 May 1945) was a Ceylonese politician and a member of State Council of Ceylon (1936–1945).

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D. P. Atapattu

Don Peter Atapattu (17 September 1899 – 14 December 1976), popularly known as D. P. Atapattu, was a Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka.

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D. S. Goonesekera

Don Samuel Goonesekera (13 November 1896 – 7 August 1983) was a former politician and member of parliament.

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Dudley Senanayake

Dudley Shelton Senanayake (Sinhala: ඩඩ්ලි ශෙල්ටන් සේනානායක: டட்லி சேனநாயக்கா) 19 June 1911 – 13 April 1973), was a Sri Lankan statesman who served as Prime Minister of Ceylon from 1952 to 1953 (first term as the second Prime Minister of Ceylon), in 1960 (second term) and from 1965 to 1970 (third term) and Leader of the Opposition from 1960 to 1964. Senanayake's tenures as prime minister were associated with democratic socialist policies focused on agricultural and educational reforms with a pro-western alignment.

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Galle

Galle (ගාල්ල; காலி) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, 119 km from Colombo.

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George Rajapaksa

George Rajapaksa (25 December 1926 - 18 June 1976) was a Sri Lankan politician.

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Gotabhaya Rajapaksa

Lieutenant Colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, RWP, RSP, psc, GR (ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ) (born 20 June 1949) is a retired officer of the Sri Lanka Army, a former Secretary to Ministry of Defence and Urban Development of Sri Lanka.

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Hambantota

Hambantota (හම්බන්තොට, அம்பாந்தோட்டை) is the main town in Hambantota District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.

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Herbert Sri Nissanka

Herbert Sri Nissanka, KC (also known as Nissanka Herbert Mendis) (7 December 1898 – 26 February 1954) was a Ceylonese lawyer and statesmen.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree, in Latin a degree honoris causa ("for the sake of the honor") or ad honorem ("to the honor"), is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, a dissertation and the passing of comprehensive examinations.

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Hugh Fernando

Warnakulasuriya Ichchampullige Hugh Fernando (17 November 1916 – April 1993) was a Sri Lankan politician born in Nainamadama.

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Landscape

A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms and how they integrate with natural or man-made features.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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List of political families in Sri Lanka

This is a partial listing of prominent political families in Sri Lanka.

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Mahinda Rajapaksa

Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa, MP (පර්සි මහේන්ද්‍ර රාජපක්ෂ; born 18 November 1945), more commonly known as Mahinda Rajapaksa (මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ) is a Sri Lankan politician who served as the sixth President of Sri Lanka from 19 November 2005 to 9 January 2015.

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Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who heads a government department, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers.

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Namal Rajapaksa

Lakshman Namal Rajapaksa (ලක්ශ්මන් නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ; born 10 April 1986; known as Namal Rajapaksa) is a Sri Lankan politician.

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Nirupama Rajapaksa

Nirupama Deepika Rajapaksa (born 13 April 1962) is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.

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Paddy field

A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing semiaquatic rice.

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Parliament of Sri Lanka

The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa, Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம்) is the supreme legislative body of Sri Lanka.

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Principality of Ruhuna

The Principality of Ruhuna, also referred to as the Kingdom of Ruhuna, is a region of present-day Southern and Eastern Sri Lanka.

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Richmond College, Galle

Richmond College (Sinhala: රිච්මන්ඩ් විද්‍යාලය) is a primary and secondary school in Galle, Sri Lanka.

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S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (සොලමන් වෙස්ට් රිජ්වේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක,சாலமன் வெஸ்ட் ரிட்ஜ்வே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கா; 8 January 1899 – 26 September 1959), frequently referred to as S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, was the fourth Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) and founder of the left wing and Sinhala nationalist Sri Lanka Freedom Party, serving as Prime Minister from 1956 until his assassination by a robed Buddhist monk in 1959.

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Shasheendra Rajapaksa

Shasheendra Kumara Rajapaksa (known as Shasheendra Rajapaksa) is a Sri Lankan politician who was Chief Minister of Uva Province in Sri Lanka from 2009 to 2015., and former Basnayake Nilame (Lay Custodian) of the Ruhunu Maha Kataragama devalaya.

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Shirley Corea

Srikumaradas Charles Shirley Corea (7 March 1906 – 5 March 1974) was a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament, representing Chilaw.

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Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (සිරිමා රත්වත්තේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක, சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே; 17 April 1916 – 10 October 2000), commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan stateswoman.

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Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

The Speaker of the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the presiding officer of the chamber.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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Sri Lanka Freedom Party

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (translit; translit) is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka.

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State Council of Ceylon

The State Council of Ceylon was the unicameral legislature for Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), established in 1931 by the Donoughmore Constitution.

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The Honourable

The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable (abbreviated to The Hon., Hon. or formerly The Hon'ble—the latter term is still used in South Asia) is a style that is used before the names of certain classes of people.

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Theravada

Theravāda (Pali, literally "school of the elder monks") is a branch of Buddhism that uses the Buddha's teaching preserved in the Pāli Canon as its doctrinal core.

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Tissamaharama

Tissamaharama (Sinhala තිස්සමහාරාමය, Tamil திஸ்ஸமஹாராம) is a town in Hambantota District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.

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United National Party

The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP (translit, translit), is a political party in Sri Lanka.

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Vidane Arachchi

Vidane Arachchi was an influential post (ranked above an Arachci but below a Muhandiram) in the native headmen system in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the colonial era.

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Wijeyananda Dahanayake

Wijeyananda Dahanayake (විජයානන්ද දහනායක விஜயானந்த தகநாயக்கா; 22 October 1901 – 4 May 1997) was a Sri Lankan politician.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._A._Rajapaksa

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