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This is a list of prizes, medals and awards including cups, trophies, bowls, badges, state decorations etc., awarded in Sri Lanka This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
1951 - Sir Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner, Senator. 1951 - The Honourable Sir Edward George Perera Jayetileke, KC, Chief Justice of Ceylon. 1951 - Sir Ukwatte Acharige Jayasundera, CBE KC, Senator. 1951 - Sir Razik Fareed, OBE, Senator. Order of St Michael and St George. Companion, (CMG) 1951 - Oswald Leslie De Kretser II. For public services.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 8 Dudley Senanayake cabinet III: 25 March 1965: 29 May 1970: Dudley Senanayake: United National Party: 9 Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet II: 29 May 1970: 23 July 1977: William Gopallawa (1972–1978) Sirimavo Bandaranaike: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 10 Jayewardene cabinet I: 23 July 1977: 7 September 1978: J. R. Jayewardene ...
Sir Everard im Thurn (1852–1932) Acting: 19 November 1903 3 December 1903 14 days Edward VII: 19 Henry Arthur Blake (1840–1918) 3 December 1903 11 July 1907 3 years, 220 days Edward VII: Hugh Clifford (1866–1941) Acting: 11 July 1907 24 August 1907 44 days Edward VII: 20 Henry Edward McCallum (1852–1919) 24 August 1907 24 January 1913
Once the Kingdom of Kandy was taken over by the British in 1815, a British Resident Sir John D'Oyly was appointed along with a Board of Commissioners who were civil servants. Following the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission recommendations administration of the coastal provinces and the former Kingdom of Kandy were merged and administration formed ...
The Legislative Council was reformed in 1910 by the McCallum Reforms.Membership was increased from 18 to 21, of which 11 were official and 10 were unofficial. Of the non-official members, six were appointed by the governor (two Low Country Sinhalese, two Tamils, one Kandyan Sinhalese and one Muslim) and the remaining four were elected (two Europeans, one Burgher and one educated Ceylonese).
Sir Claude Corea – Minister of Labour 1946, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in the UK, Ceylon's Ambassador in the US, President of the United Nations Security Council, Ceylon's Ambassador at the United Nations Harindra Corea, Deputy Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, [101] Member of Parliament for Chilaw
[2] his tenure saw the expansion of the Air Force with the onset of the Sri Lankan Civil War. In 1983, he was awarded the Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya . He retired from the Air Force on 31 July 1990 having been promoted to the rank of Air Chief Marshal , the first air force officer to be promoted to that rank. [ 3 ]