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World War Ii Mahatma Gandhi
1,925 wordsSumith Wickramasinghe was born on the island of Ceylon as it was known in 1935. His illustrious parents were Wickremarachige Subatheris and Somawathie Wickramasinghe - both his parents were Headteachers in two different village schools - Sumith's mother was Principal of Ambaraluwa Maha Vidyalaya in the village in Weliweriya in the Gampaha district. To this day Sri Lanka enjoys one of the highest literacy rates in Asia - the key message is education, education, education and Sumith's parents play...
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1960 And 1970 Sri Lanka
1,933 words... Constellation aircraft of Air Ceylon flying in to land at Ratmalana. In 1934 the State Council of Ceylon made a historic decision to construct an aerodrome and found that Ratmalana was the best area because it was within easy reach of the capital city of Colombo. The first plane landed at Ratmalana was on 27 th November 1935, a de Havilland Puss Moth flown by Tyndalle Bio, Chief flying instructor of Madras Flying Club. This was the year of Sumith Wickramasinghe's birth. Little did Sumith Wic...
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1960 And 1970 Sri Lankan
1,309 wordsVernon Corea was one of the world's greatest broadcasters - he was born on the island of Ceylon. The 'Hindu' newspapers placed him among the 'greats' in the world of broadcasting. Vernon was born in Kurana, Katunayke on September 11 th, 1927. His father Rev. Ivan Corea was a curate at the St. Phillips Church in Kurana in 1927. The Corea family are descendants of Dominican Corea who was crowned King of Kate in the 16 th century. Vernon Corea's parents were the late Canon Ivan Corea and Ouida Core...
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Prince Of Wales Sri Lanka
1,321 words... y for radio programs in English involving Asian culture, Asian music and personalities. The programme was very successful and Vernon interviewed Pandit Ravi Shankar, Pandit Amaradeva, Asha Bhosle, Usha Uthup, Lata Mangeshkhar, Clarence Wijeywardene, Annesley Malawana, Normal Media, Reginald and Jamaica Massey, His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka among a whole host of distinguished personalities. "London Sounds Eastern" built up a huge following and Vernon was reaching new audiences acr...
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Myrdal Alva Biographical 1902 1986
602 wordsSociologist, stateswoman, and peace reformer, born in Uppsala, Sweden. She studied at the universities of Uppsala, Stockholm, and Geneva, and married Gunnar Myrdal. She was director of the UN department of social sciences (1950 -- 6), and Swedish ambassador to India, Burma, and Ceylon (1955 -- 61). Elected to parliament in 1962, she acted as Swedish representative on the UN Disarmament Committee (1962 -- 73). As minister for disarmament and Church affairs (1966 -- 73), she played a prominent par...
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Sri Lanka Tsunami A Social Autopsy Part 1
1,664 wordsSri Lanka Tsunami: A Social Autopsy What this paper is about: The country of Sri Lanka was hit my a huge Tsunami December of 2004, and it still has not recovered. This paper will describe the country before and after the tsunami hit and analyze what should have been done, what can be done now and the outlook for the future. Before the Tsunami, Sri Lanka, which used to be Ceylon, was a peaceful and relatively prosperous island country in the Indian Ocean, near to India across the Page Strait. It ...
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