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A. J. R. de Soysa
Alfred Joseph Richard de Soysa, also known as A. J. R. de Soysa (15 February 1869 - 1939) was a Ceylonese planter, businessman and politician.
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Aldo Castellani
Aldo Castellani (8 September 1874 – 3 October 1971) was an Italian pathologist and bacteriologist.
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Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Alfred (Alfred Ernest Albert; 6 August 184430 July 1900) reigned as Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893 to 1900.
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Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that evolved out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England following the Protestant Reformation.
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Armand de Souza
Armand de Souza (29 October 1874 – 1921) was a Ceylonese newspaper editor and democratic activist.
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Arrack
Arrack, also spelt arak, is a distilled alcoholic drink typically produced in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, made from either the fermented sap of coconut flowers, sugarcane, grain (e.g. red rice) or fruit, depending upon the country of origin.
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Asian Educational Services
Asian Educational Services (AES) is a New Delhi, India-based publishing house that specialises in antiquarian reprints of books that were originally published between the 17th and early 20th centuries.
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Auction
An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder.
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Ayurveda
Ayurveda is a system of medicine with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent.
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Bennet Soysa
Sir Bennet Soysa or Warusahennidige Abraham Bastian Bennet Soysa (30 March 1889 - 1981) was a Ceylonese politician and philanthropist.
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Bishop
A bishop (English derivation from the New Testament of the Christian Bible Greek επίσκοπος, epískopos, "overseer", "guardian") is an ordained, consecrated, or appointed member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight.
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Borella
Borella is the largest suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka represented by divisional code 8.
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Buddhism
Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.
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Buddhist temple
A Buddhist temple is the place of worship for Buddhists, the followers of Buddhism.
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Business magnate
A business magnate (formally industrialist) refers to an entrepreneur of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise or field of business.
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Campus of University of Colombo
The urban campus of University of Colombo is located in Colombo, Sri Lanka, primarily situated around Cinnamon Gardens.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.
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Ceylon Chamber of Commerce
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce is the oldest and one of leading business chambers in Sri Lanka.
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Ceylon Medical College
Ceylon Medical College was a public medical school in Ceylon.
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Ceylon National Congress
The Ceylon National Congress (CNC) was a Nationalist political party which was formed in Ceylon on 11 December 1919.
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Ceylon Today
Ceylon Today is an English language Sri Lankan daily newspaper published by Ceylon Newspapers (Private) Limited.
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Ceylonese Mudaliyars
Mudali (or Mudaliyar) was a colonial title and office in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
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Charitable organization
A charitable organization or charity is a non-profit organization (NPO) whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. charitable, educational, religious, or other activities serving the public interest or common good).
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Churchwarden
A churchwarden is a lay official in a parish or congregation of the Anglican Communion, usually working as a part-time volunteer.
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Cinnamon
Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus Cinnamomum.
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Citronella oil
Citronella oil Citronella oil is an essential oil obtained from the leaves and stems of different species of Cymbopogon (lemongrass).
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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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Coir
Coir, or coconut fibre, is a natural fibre extracted from the husk of coconut and used in products such as floor mats, doormats, brushes and mattresses.
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College House, Colombo
College House is the administrative center of the University of Colombo, situated in the Cinnamon Gardens suburb of Colombo, it is a national heritage site.
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Colonial and Indian Exhibition
The Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886 was a very substantial exhibition held in South Kensington in London, and intended (in the words of the then Prince of Wales) "to stimulate commerce and strengthen the bonds of union now existing in every portion of her Majesty's Empire".
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Commercial building
Commercial buildings are buildings that are used for commercial purposes, and include office buildings, warehouses, and retail buildings (e.g. convenience stores, 'big box' stores, and shopping malls).
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Constitution
A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed.
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Cooperative
A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise".
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Crop
A crop is a plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence.
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D. R. Wijewardena
Don Richard Wijewardena (Sinhala:දොන් රිච්ඩ් විජෙවර්ධන) (23 February 1886 – 13 June 1950) was a Sri Lankan press baron who was a leader in the Sri Lankan independence movement.
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Daily FT
The Daily FT or the Daily Financial Times is a daily English-language newspaper published in Colombo, Sri Lanka, by Wijeya Newspapers.
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Daily News (Sri Lanka)
The Daily News is an English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka.
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De Soysa Stadium
De Soysa Park Stadium (formerly known as Tyronne Fernando Stadium) is a multi-use stadium in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
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Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia (දෙහිවල-ගල්කිස්ස Dehiwala-Galkissa, தெஹிவளை-கல்கிசை), population 245,974 (2012) is the second largest Municipality in Sri Lanka, and covers an extent of 2109 hectares.
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Duke of Edinburgh
Duke of Edinburgh, named after the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, is a substantive title that has been created three times for members of the British royal family since 1726.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.
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Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is the process of designing, launching and running a new business, which is often initially a small business.
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Facsimile
A facsimile (from Latin fac simile (to 'make alike')) is a copy or reproduction of an old book, manuscript, map, art print, or other item of historical value that is as true to the original source as possible.
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Fort (Colombo)
Fort (කොටුව Kotuwa: translit) is the central business district of Colombo in Sri Lanka.
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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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Galle Face Green
The Galle Face is a ocean-side urban park, which stretches for along the coast, in the heart of Colombo, the financial and business capital of Sri Lanka.
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George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
George Henry Kendrick Thwaites (9 July 1812, Bristol – 11 September 1882, Kandy) was an English botanist and entomologist.
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Government spending
Government spending or expenditure includes all government consumption, investment, and transfer payments.
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Graphite
Graphite, archaically referred to as plumbago, is a crystalline allotrope of carbon, a semimetal, a native element mineral, and a form of coal.
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Great Famine of 1876–78
The Great Famine of 1876–78 (also the Southern India famine of 1876–78 or the Madras famine of 1877) was a famine in India under the British Raj.
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Hanguranketa
Hanguranketa is a village in Sri Lanka.
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Hanguranketha Divisional Secretariat
Hanguranketha Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Nuwara Eliya District, of Central Province, Sri Lanka.
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Harold de Soysa
Charles Harold Wilfred de Soysa MA (1907-1971) was the first Ceylonese Anglican Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Harold Peiris
Harold Peiris (1904–1988) was a Sri Lankan artist, lawyer, author, scholar, teacher and translator.
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Henry De Mel
Sir Henry Lawson De Mel, CBE, Chevalier (21 January 1877 – 8 May 1936) was a Ceylonese industrialist, lawyer, philanthropist and politician.
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Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
Hercules George Robert Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, (19 December 1824 – 28 October 1897), was a British colonial administrator who became the 5th Governor of Hong Kong and subsequently, the 14th Governor of New South Wales, the first Governor of Fiji, and the 8th Governor of New Zealand.
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Hindu
Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism.
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Hitopadesha
Hitopadesha (Sanskrit: हितोपदेशः, IAST: Hitopadeśa, "Beneficial Advice") is an Indian text in Sanskrit language consisting of fables with animal and human characters.
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Hugh Jermyn
Hugh Willoughby Jermyn (1820–1903) was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the 19th century and the very start of the 20th.
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Immanuel
Immanuel (עִמָּנוּאֵל meaning, "God with us"; also romanized Emmanuel, Imanu'el) is a Hebrew name which appears in the Book of Isaiah as a sign that God will protect the House of David.
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Infant mortality
Infant mortality refers to deaths of young children, typically those less than one year of age.
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Ingiriya
Ingiriya (Sinhala: ඉංගිරිය; Tamil: இங்கிரிய) is a town in Kalutara District of Western Province, Sri Lanka, near the border with Sabaragamuwa Province.
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Irish Famine (1879)
The Irish famine of 1879 was the last main Irish famine.
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Islam
IslamThere are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or, and whether the a is pronounced, or (when the stress is on the first syllable) (Merriam Webster).
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Jaffna
Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
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James Peiris
Sir James Peiris (1856 – 1930) was a prominent leader in the Sri Lankan independence movement, the first elected Vice-President of the Legislative Council of Ceylon and the first native Governor of Ceylon (Acting).
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James Robert Longden
Sir James Robert Longden (1827 – 4 October 1891) was an English colonial administrator.
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Jeronis de Soysa
Gate Mudaliyar Jeronis de Soysa (19 April 1797 – 28 May 1862) was a pioneering Ceylonese entrepreneur and philanthropist.
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John the Apostle
John the Apostle (ܝܘܚܢܢ ܫܠܝܚܐ; יוחנן בן זבדי; Koine Greek: Ιωάννης; ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ or ⲓⲱ̅ⲁ; Latin: Ioannes) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament, which refers to him as Ἰωάννης.
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Justice of the peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer, of a lower or puisne court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace.
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Kandy
Kandy (මහනුවර Mahanuwara, pronounced; கண்டி, pronounced) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province.
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Kingdom of Kotte
The Kingdom of Kotte (Sinhala: කෝට්ටේ රාජධානිය Kottay Rajadhaniya), centered on Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, was a kingdom that flourished in Sri Lanka during the 15th century.
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Knight Bachelor
The dignity of Knight Bachelor is the most basic and lowest rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system.
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Kollupitiya
Kollupitiya (also called Colpetty) is a major neighbourhood of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Kumaradasa
Kumāradāsa is the author of a Sanskrit Mahākāvya called the Jānakī-haraṇa or Jānakī’s abduction.
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Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children
The Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children is a tertiary care children's hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Lakdasa De Mel
The Most Rev. Lakdasa Jacob De Mel (1902–1976), MA was the first Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka and the last Metropolitan Bishop of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon.
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Lanka Sama Samaja Party
The Lanka Sama Samaja Party (literally Lanka Equal Society Party, in Sinhala: ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය, in Tamil: லங்கா சமசமாஜக் கட்சி) is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka.
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Livestock
Livestock are domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce labor and commodities such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.
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Lunawa
Lunawa is a town in Sri Lanka lying on the coast just south of the capital, Colombo.
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Marawila
Marawila is a town in Puttalam District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka.
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Marcus Fernando
Sir Hilarian Marcus Fernando, FRCP (1864–1936) was a pre-independence Ceylonese statesmen, physician and banker.
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Midwife
A midwife is a professional in midwifery, specializing in pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, women's sexual and reproductive health (including annual gynecological exams, family planning, menopausal care and others), and newborn care.
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Minority group
A minority group refers to a category of people differentiated from the social majority, those who hold on to major positions of social power in a society.
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Moratuwa
Moratuwa is a large suburb of Colombo city, on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka, near Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia.
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Mother
A mother is the female parent of a child.
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Muhandiram
Muhandiram (මුහන්දිරම්, முகாந்திரம்) was a post in the native headmen system in the lower-country (coastal districts) of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the colonial era.
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Narahenpita
Narahenpita is a municipal ward of Colombo city and is bigger than kohuwala.
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National Museum of Colombo
National Museum of Colombo, also known as the Sri Lanka National Museum is one of two museums in Colombo.
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Natural rubber
Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds, plus water.
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, abbreviated NTNU) is a public research university with campuses in the cities of Trondheim, Gjøvik, and Ålesund in Norway, and has become the largest university in Norway, following the university merger in 2016.
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Nursing home care
Nursing homes are a type of residential care that provide around-the-clock nursing care for elderly people.
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Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology is a branch of medicine and surgery (both methods are used) that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eyeball and orbit.
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Order of St. Gregory the Great
The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St.
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Panadura
Panadura (Sinhala: පානදුර, Tamil: பாணந்துறை) is a large town in Kalutara District, Western Province in Sri Lanka.
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Parakramabahu VI of Kotte
Parâkramabâhu VI (1410/1412/1415–1467) was a king in the Sri Lankan kingdom of Kotte.
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Pearl
A pearl is a hard glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as a conulariid.
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Pension
A pension is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years, and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payments.
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Pettah, Sri Lanka
Pettah is a neighbourhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka located east of the City centre Fort.
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Philanthropy
Philanthropy means the love of humanity.
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Physician
A physician, medical practitioner, medical doctor, or simply doctor is a professional who practises medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.
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Politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government.
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Politics
Politics (from Politiká, meaning "affairs of the cities") is the process of making decisions that apply to members of a group.
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Poll tax
A poll tax, also known as head tax or capitation, is a tax levied as a fixed sum on every liable individual.
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President's House, Colombo
President's House is the official residence and workplace of the President of Sri Lanka, located at Janadhipathi Mawatha, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa
Prince of Wales' College (Sinhala: වේල්ස් කුමර විද්යාලය Wels Kumara Vidyalaya, Tamil: வேல்ஸ் கல்லூரி அதிபதி) is a selective entry boys' school situated in Moratuwa, a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Princess of Wales' College
Princess of Wales' College is a girls' school in Sri Lanka.
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Rabies
Rabies is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the brain in humans and other mammals.
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Reginald Copleston
Most Reverend Reginald Stephen Copleston, DD (26 December 1845 – 19 April 1925) was an Anglican priest and author who served as a Bishop in India for more than 30 years.
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Rice
Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice).
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Royal College, Colombo
Royal College (Sinhala: රාජකීය විද්යාලය Rājakīya Vidyālaya) (Tamil: றோயல் கல்லூரி Royal Kalloori) (also referred to as Royal College Colombo, Royal College, Colombo 7, Colombo Royal College, or simply as Royal) is a selective entry boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Royal Colombo Golf Club
The Royal Colombo Golf Club is the oldest golf club in Sri Lanka.
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Royal Institution
The Royal Institution of Great Britain (often abbreviated as the Royal Institution or Ri) is an organisation devoted to scientific education and research, based in London.
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S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
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Saifee Villa
Saifee Villa (previously known as Lakshmigiri) is a mansion at 102, Thurstan Road in Colombo 03, Sri Lanka, located between Thunmulla Junction and College House, Colombo.
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Saint Matthias
Matthias (Hebrew transliteration: Mattityahu; Koine Greek: Μαθθίας; ⲙⲁⲑⲓⲁⲥ; died c. 80 AD) was, according to the Acts of the Apostles, the apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot following Judas' betrayal of Jesus and his subsequent death.
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Saint Sebastian
Saint Sebastian (died) was an early Christian saint and martyr.
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Saint Stephen
Stephen (Στέφανος Stéphanos, meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor", often given as a title rather than as a name), (c. AD 5 – c. AD 34) traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity,, St.
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Secularity
Secularity (adjective form secular, from Latin saeculum meaning "worldly", "of a generation", "temporal", or a span of about 100 years) is the state of being separate from religion, or of not being exclusively allied with or against any particular religion.
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Sinhalese language
Sinhalese, known natively as Sinhala (සිංහල; siṁhala), is the native language of the Sinhalese people, who make up the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, numbering about 16 million.
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Slave Island
Slave Island (also known as Kampong Kertel) is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka, located directly south of the Fort.
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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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St Matthias’ Church, Lakshapathiya
St Matthias’ Church, is a church in Moratuwa in Sri Lanka.
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St. John's College Panadura
St John’s College is a prominent school in Panadura, Sri Lanka, that was founded in 1876.
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St. Lucia's Cathedral
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St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa
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Steam mill
A steam mill is a type of grinding mill using a stationary steam engine to power its mechanism.
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Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)
Sunday Observer is a weekly English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka, published on Sundays.
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Tea production in Sri Lanka
Tea production is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon), and accounts for 2% of GDP, contributing over US $1.5 billion in 2013 to the economy of Sri Lanka.
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The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
The Daily Mirror is a daily English-language newspaper published in Colombo, Sri Lanka, by Wijeya Newspapers.
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The Island (Sri Lanka)
The Island is a daily English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka.
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The Morning Leader
The Morning Leader is a Sri Lankan English-language newspaper.
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The Nation (Sri Lanka)
The Nation is a weekly English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka.
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The Straits Times
The Straits Times is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore currently owned by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH).
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The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is the largest-selling British national newspaper in the "quality press" market category.
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The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
The Sunday Times is a weekly Sri Lankan broadsheet initially published by the now defunct Times Group, until 1991, when it was taken over by Wijeya Newspapers.
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Tomb
A tomb (from τύμβος tumbos) is a repository for the remains of the dead.
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Trinity College, Kandy
Trinity College, Kandy, is a private school for boys in Sri Lanka founded in 1872 by Anglican missionaries, that offers primary and secondary education.
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Universal suffrage
The concept of universal suffrage, also known as general suffrage or common suffrage, consists of the right to vote of all adult citizens, regardless of property ownership, income, race, or ethnicity, subject only to minor exceptions.
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University of Colombo
The University of Colombo (කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්යාලය Kolomba Vishvavidyalaya, கொழும்புப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) (informally Colombo University or UoC) is a public research university located primarily in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Uterus
The uterus (from Latin "uterus", plural uteri) or womb is a major female hormone-responsive secondary sex organ of the reproductive system in humans and most other mammals.
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Vernacular
A vernacular, or vernacular language, is the language or variety of a language used in everyday life by the common people of a specific population.
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Vidyalankara Pirivena
Vidyalankara Pirivena is one of the largest Buddhist pirivenas in Sri Lanka.
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Walapane
is located in Nuwara Eliya District of Sri Lanka.
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Walauwa
Walauwa is the name given to a feudal/colonial manor house in Sri Lanka of a native headmen.
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Weligama Sri Sumangala
Weligama Sri Sumangala Thero (1825-1905) was an outstanding scholar bhikkhu with many important publications -Hitopadsesa Atthadassi, Hitopadsesa Padarthavykanaya, Upadesa Vinischaya, Siddanta Sekaraya.
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Wilfred de Soysa
Sir Lambert Wilfred Alexander de Soysa also known as Sir Wilfred de Soysa (20 Feb 1884 - 3 May 1968) was a Ceylonese planter, businessman and philanthropist.
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William Henry Gregory
Sir William Henry Gregory PC (Ire) KCMG (13 July 1816 – 6 March 1892) was an Anglo-Irish writer and politician, who is now less remembered than his wife Augusta, Lady Gregory, the playwright, co-founder and Director of Dublin's Abbey Theatre, literary hostess and folklorist.
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Wilmot A. Perera
Wilmot Abraham Perera (1905–1973) was a Sri Lankan statesman and philanthropist.
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Yapahuwa
Yapahuwa (Sinhalese language: යාපහුව) was one of the ephemeral capitals of medieval Sri Lanka.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Henry_de_Soysa
