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Colombo Municipal Council

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The Colombo Municipal Council is the municipal governing body of Colombo, the largest city and financial centre in Sri Lanka. [1]

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A. Ekanayake Gunasinha

Alexander Ekanayake Gunasinha (1 May 1891 – 1 August 1967) was a pioneering trade union leader known as the "Father of the Labour Movement" in Sri Lanka.

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Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar

Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar (27 April 1911 - 15 July 1985) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) lawyer, politician and philanthropist.

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Aitken Spence Power Station

The Aitken Spence Power Station (formerly referred to as the Meethotamulla Power Station) is a municipal solid waste-fired thermal power station currently under construction at Muthurajawela, Sri Lanka.

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Alavi Moulana

Seyed Ahmed Seyed Alavi Moulana (1 January 1932 – 15 June 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician, who entered politics in 1948 as a trade unionist.

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Anil Moonesinghe

Anil Moonesinghe (15 February 1927 – 8 December 2002) was a Sri Lankan Trotskyist revolutionary politician and trade unionist.

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Anurudda Polonowita

Anurudda "Anura" Polonowita (born 23 July 1938) is a former cricketer who played for Ceylon from 1960 to 1969.

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Bertram Weerasinghe

Bertram Edmund Weerasinghe, OBE (1904 - 1971) was a Ceylonese engineer and firefighter.

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Bodu Bala Sena

Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) is a Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist organisation based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Charles Ambrose Lorensz

Charles Ambrose Lorensz (1829–1871) was a lawyer, a journalist and a colonial era legislator from Ceylon.

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CMC

CMC may refer to.

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Colombo

Colombo (translit,; translit) is the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

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D. S. Senanayake

Don Stephen Senanayake (දොන් ස්ටීවන් සේනානායක; டி.; 21 October 1883 – 22 March 1952) was a Sri Lankan statesmen.

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Dandeniya Hemachandra de Silva

Dandeniya Hemachandra De Silva (5 November 1932 - 25 April 2014) was a Sri Lankan cricket player.

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Daya Sahabandu

Dayananda Sahabandu (born 28 March 1940) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sri Lanka from 1968 to 1975.

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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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Doric de Souza

Anthony Theodoric Armand "Doric" de Souza (1914–1987) was a Sri Lankan Trotskyist politician, Senator and academic.

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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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E. M. Wijerama

E.M. Wijerama, FRCP was a Sri Lankan physician and philanthropist.

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Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene

Justice Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene, KC (Sinhala:ඉයුජින් විල්ෆ්‍රඩ් ජයවර්ධන; 11 June 1874 – 23 November 1932) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) judge, lawyer and politician.

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Francis Alfred Cooper

Francis Alfred Cooper, CMG (23 January 1860 – 26 May 1933) was a British civil engineer and colonial administrator.

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Frank Gunasekera

Sir Frank Gunasekera was a Ceylonesen Senator.

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Fredrick Richard Senanayake

Fredrick Richard Senanayake (known to as F. R. Senanayake) (October 20, 1882 – January 1, 1926) was a Ceylonesen lawyer and independence activist.

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George R. de Silva

George Reginald de Silva (8 August 1898–28 July 1968) was a Ceylonese politician.

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Havelock Park

Havelock Park (හැව්ලොක් පාර්ක්) is a multi-purpose stadium in Havelock Town, Colombo Sri Lanka.

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Hector Alfred Jayewardene

Hector Alfred Wijesinghe Jayewardene (22 July 1870 – 16 October 1913) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) lawyer and politician.

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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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Index of Sri Lanka-related articles

The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to Sri Lanka.

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Index of Sri Lanka-related articles (C)

This page lists Sri Lanka-related articles with titles beginning with an alphabet letter C.

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J. R. Jayewardene

Junius Richard Jayewardene (ජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධන,ஜூனியஸ் ரிச்சட் ஜயவர்தனா; 17 September 1906 – 1 November 1996), commonly abbreviated in Sri Lanka as J. R., was the leader of Sri Lanka from 1977 to 1989, serving as Prime Minister from 1977 to 1978 and as the second President of Sri Lanka from 1978 till 1989.

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Jaffna College

Jaffna College is a private school in Vaddukoddai, 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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Jinadasa Niyathapala

Polthutuwe Arachchige Jinadasa Niyathapala (පොල්තුටුවේ ආරච්චිගේ ජිනදාස නියතපාල) (11 April 1929 – 29 January 2018) was a veteran Sri Lankan politician and a former member and Senator of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and former General Secretary of the United National Party.

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Justin Kotalawela

Justin Kotalawela was a Sri Lankan businessman and Senator.

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K. Ganeshalingam

Kanagasabai Ganeshalingam (3 January 1938 –4 December 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician.

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LGBT rights in Sri Lanka

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Sri Lanka may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.

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List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka In this list, justices are placed in the order in which they took the judicial oath of office and thereby started their term of office.

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List of libraries in Sri Lanka

This is a list of libraries in the island nation of Sri Lanka in South Asia.

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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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List of Sri Lankan Tamils

This is a list of Tamils of Sri Lanka by their country of domicile or origin.

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Local government in Sri Lanka

Local government is the third and lowest level of government in Sri Lanka – after the central government and provincial councils.

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Madhumadhawa Aravinda

Madhumadhawa Aravinda, (as මධුමාධව අරවින්ද), colloquially known as Madumadawa Aravinda, is a Sri Lankan singer, actor, journalist and politician.

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Mano Ganesan

Akilan Manoharan Ganesan (born 17 December 1959) is a Sri Lankan trade unionist, politician and government minister.

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Mayor of Colombo

The Mayor of Colombo is the Mayor (and head) of the Colombo Municipal Council.

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Milinda Moragoda

Asoka Milinda Moragoda (Sinhala:අශෝක මිලින්ද මොරගොඩ) (born 4 June 1964) is a Sri Lankan politician and businessman.

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Mohamed Mahroof

Mohamed Mahroof (c. 1950 - 3 December 2012) was a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a government minister.

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Municipal councils of Sri Lanka

There are 24 Municipal councils in Sri Lanka, which are the legislative bodies that preside over the largest cities and first tier municipalities in the country.

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Muthu Coomaraswamy

Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy (முத்து குமாரசுவாமி; 23 January 1834 – 4 May 1879) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, writer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.

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N. Kumaraguruparan

Nalliah Kumaraguruparan (நல்லையா குமரகுருபரன்; නල්ලය්යා කුමරගුරුපරන්.) is a Sri Lankan Tamil accountant, politician and former provincial councillor.

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Omer Kamil

Omar Zuraik Kamil (29 August 1949 -) is a Sri Lankan politician and diplomat.

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Osmund Jayaratne

Vidya Jyothi Osmund Jayaratne (2 October 1924–September 2006) was Sri Lankan academic and politician.

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P. Coomaraswamy

Ponnambalam Coomaraswamy (7 December 1849 – 7 June 1906) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.

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Pieter Keuneman

Pieter Gerald Bartholomeusz Keuneman (3 October 1917 – 3 January 1997) was a Sri Lankan politician and a Marxist.

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Port of Colombo

The Port of Colombo (known as Port of Kolomtota during the early 14th Century Kotte Kingdom) is the largest and busiest port in Sri Lanka.

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Public Health Inspector (Sri Lanka)

A Public Health Inspector (PHI) in Sri Lanka is an officer appointed by the Department of Health to maintain public health standards.

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R. S. F. de Mel

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Rail transport in Sri Lanka

Rail transport in Sri Lanka is an intercity network connecting major population centres and commuter rail serving Colombo commuters.

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Ranasinghe Premadasa

Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa (රණසිංහ ප්‍රේමදාස,ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா; 23 June 1924 – 1 May 1993) was the third President of Sri Lanka from 2 January 1989 to 1 May 1993.

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Ratnasothy Saravanamuttu

Sir Ratnasothy Saravanamuttu (இரத்தினசோதி சரவணமுத்து; born October 1886) was a Ceylon Tamil physician, politician and the first Mayor of Colombo.

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Razik Fareed

Sir Razik Fareed, OBE, JP, UM (29 December 1893 - 23 August 1984), was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) landed proprietor, politician, diplomat and philanthropist.

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Results of the 2011 Sri Lankan local government elections by province, district and local authority

Results of the 2011 Sri Lankan local government elections by province, district and local authority.

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Robert Gunawardena

Robert Gunawardena, born Don Benjamin Rupasinghe Gunawardena (12 March 1904 - 26 December 1971) was a Sri Lankan politician and diplomat.

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S. Sellamuttu

Sangare Sellamuttu, OBE was a Sri Lankan politician and philanthropist.

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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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Sabdharatnajyoti Saravanamuttu

Lieutenant colonel Sabdharatnajyoti "Thambirajah" Saravanamuttu (1898 – 17 July 1957; also known as S. Sara) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician, military officer, cricketer and sports administrator.

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Semage Salman Kulatileke

Semage Salman Kulatileke (18 August 1907 – 14 September 1979) was a Sri Lankan judge and member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

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Seneka Bibile

Senaka Bibile (Sinhala:සේනක බිබිලේ) (13 February 1920 – 29 September 1977) was a Sri Lankan pharmacologist.

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Shantha Bandara

Shantha Bandara alias Mahanama (1951−1990) was the first convenor of the Inter University Students' Federation (IUSF) and a key leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, a Marxist-Leninist political party in Sri Lanka.

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Sirinivasa

Sirinivasa is the official residence of the Mayor of Colombo.

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Sri Lanka Armed Forces

The Sri Lanka Armed Forces is the overall unified military of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka encompassing the Sri Lanka Army, the Sri Lanka Navy,and the Sri Lanka Air Force; they are governed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

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Sri Lankan local elections, 2011

Local elections were held in Sri Lanka on 17 March 2011, 23 July 2011 and 8 October 2011 to elect 4,327 members for 322 of the 335 local authorities in the country.

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Tamil population by cities

This is a list of Tamil population per city.

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Town Hall, Colombo

The Town Hall of Colombo is the headquarters of the Colombo Municipal Council and the office of the Mayor of Colombo.

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Trams in Asia

Trams in Asia were well established at the start of the 20th century, but started to decline in use in the 1930s.

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V. Anandasangaree

Veerasingham Anandasangaree (வீரசிங்கம் ஆனந்தசங்கரி) is a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician, former Member of Parliament and leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front.

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V. R. Schockman

Dr V.R. Schockman was a Ceylonese statesman and physician.

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Vasudeva Nanayakkara

Vasudeva Nanayakkara (born 3 January 1939) is a veteran left-wing Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and a former presidential candidate.

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Viharamahadevi Park

The Viharamahadevi Park (formerly Victoria Park) is a public park located in Colombo, next to the National Museum in Sri Lanka.

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W. A. de Silva

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Walter Edward Davidson

Sir Walter Edward Davidson, KCMG (20 April 1859 – 15 September 1923) was a colonial Administrator and diplomat.

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William Gopallawa

William Gopallawa, MBE (Sinhala: විලියම් ගොපල්ලව, வில்லியம் கோபள்ளவா) (17 September 1896 – 31 January 1981) was the last Governor-General of Ceylon from 1962 to 1972 and became the first (non-executive) President of Sri Lanka when Ceylon declared itself a republic in 1972 and changed its name to Sri Lanka.

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Wimal Weerawansa

Weerasangilige Wimal Weerawansa (born 7 March 1965) is a Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament and leader of the National Freedom Front (NFF), a member of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA).

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2017 Meethotamulla landslide

The Meethotamulla landslide was a landslide of a section of the large garbage dump at Meethoramulla in the Colombo District of Sri Lanka.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo_Municipal_Council

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