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Gandhi travelled from India to Ceylon arriving in Colombo, the capital city on 12 November 1927. He accompanied by his wife Kasturba, C. Rajagopalachari, and the latter's daughter, Lakshmi. Also accompanying Mahatma Gandhi on his visit to Ceylon were his secretaries, Mahadev Desai and Pyarelal. Gandhi stayed in Ceylon for three weeks.He ...
Mahatma Gandhi visited Ananda in 1927. In 1928 the college won the Herman Loos cup for the best cadet platoon and the Stubs challenge shield for boxing. In 1929 Ananda won the CVRA shield for rifle shooting. Dr. Evans-Wendtz, an American Buddhist, visited Ceylon on the invitation of Kularatne and took part in a series of debates on Buddhist ...
C.E.Corea wrote many letters to Gandhi in India, on the subject of independence. Gandhi arrived on the shores of Ceylon on 12 November 1927, on his first and only visit to the island. He was accorded a warm welcome in Colombo and he travelled all over Sri Lanka. Mahatma Gandhi made it a point to see his friends C.E.Corea and Victor Corea.
He was the founder and first vice-chancellor of Gandhigram Rural University. Sri G. Ramachandran met Gandhi at Dilkush in 1921, during Gandhiji's famous "21 days fast". He was then a student of Mr. CF Andrews at Santiniketan. The discussions GR was privileged to have with Gandhi on the occasion drew him closer to the Mahatma.
In 1927, the JYC invited the Indian independence movement leader Mahatma Gandhi to visit Jaffna. The JYC led a successful boycott of the first State Council elections in Jaffna in 1931, arguing that the Donoughmore reforms did not concede enough self-government.
A. W. Mailvaganam – professor of physics; dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Ceylon [21] [22] [4] T. Nadaraja – professor of law; chancellor of the University of Jaffna [23] [24] E. O. E. Pereira – professor of civil engineering; vice-chancellor of the University of Ceylon [20] Ediriweera Sarachchandra – lecturer in ...
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Centre, Matale is a memorial situated in Matale in Central Province, Sri Lanka. [ 1 ] It was inaugurated by President Maithripala Sirisena and Indian High Commissioner Y. K. Sinha on 22 November 2015. [ 2 ]
The young James Edward Corea was educated at the Royal College, Colombo. Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea of Chilaw with his wife and ten children. Arnold Wright in 'Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon,' writes that Gate Mudaliyar J.E.Corea owned extensive coconut estates as well as large tracts of paddy lands in Chilaw.