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Borivali (Pronunciation: [boːɾiʋəliː]) is a suburb which is located in the north-western end of Mumbai, India. It has a large Gujarati population. Traditionally the tribals and East Indians lived in Borivali.
In 1955, the district replaced the province as the country's main administrative unit. [17] The Ampara District was created in April 1961, [ 18 ] [ 19 ] followed by the creation of the Mullaitivu and Gampaha districts in September 1978 [ 20 ] through a new constitution , which also reintroduced the provinces as the main administrative units. [ 21 ]
The short lived North Eastern Province. The number of provinces remained static until September 1988 when, in accordance with the Indo-Lanka Accord, President J. R. Jayewardene issued proclamations enabling the Northern and Eastern provinces to be one administrative unit administered by one elected council, creating the North Eastern Province. [12]
A map of all Sri Lankan Provinces, Districts, and Divisional Secretary's Division. Districts are the second-level administrative divisions. There are 25 districts organized into 9 provinces. [20] Each district is administered under a District Secretary, [21] who is appointed by the central government. [22]
The combined North Eastern Province occupied one third of Sri Lanka. The thought of the Tamil Tigers controlling this province, directly or indirectly, alarmed them greatly. On 14 July 2006, after a long campaign against the merger, the JVP filed three separate petitions with the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka requesting a separate Provincial ...
Sri Lanka, [b] historically known as Ceylon, [c] and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean , southwest of the Bay of Bengal , separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait .
Hundreds of thousands fled abroad from the Northern Province during the civil war. Tens of thousands also fled to other parts of Sri Lanka outside the conflict zone, particularly to the capital Colombo. As a consequence of all this the electoral register for the Northern Province was overstated for many years.
Mulliyawalai or Mulliyavalai (Tamil: முள்ளியவளை, romanized: Muḷḷiyavaḷai) is a town in northern Sri Lanka. It is divided into five village officer divisions: Mulliyawalai Centre, Mulliyawalai East, Mulliyawalai North, Mulliyawalai South, and Mulliyawalai West. According to the 2012 census, it has a total population of ...