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  2. Ray Wijewardene - Wikipedia

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    Wijewardene worked with Sri Lanka's business, research, and policy communities in his areas of expertise. He held appointments such as Chairman of the Tea Research Board, Commissioner Sri Lanka Inventors Commission and was a member of public sector bodies concerned with agriculture, science and technology.

  3. Sivaya Subramuniyaswami - Wikipedia

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    1997 - Sivaya Subramuniyaswami spearheaded the 125th anniversary of Satguru Yogaswami and his golden icon's diaspora pilgrimage through many of the over 75 Sri Lanka temples and societies around the globe. 2000 - On August 25, he received the U Thant Peace Award (an award created by Sri Chinmoy) at the United Nations

  4. History of tea - Wikipedia

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    The British started commercial tea plantations in India and in Ceylon: "In 1824 tea plants were discovered in the hills along the frontier between Burma and Assam. The British introduced tea culture into India in 1836 and into Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1867. At first they used seeds from China, but later seeds from the clonal Assam plant were used."

  5. Category:Sri Lankan tea - Wikipedia

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  6. Nagarjuna - Wikipedia

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    A Tibetan depiction of Nagarjuna; the snakes are depicted as protectors around Nagarjuna's head and the nagas rising out of the water are offering Buddhist sutras. Nicholas Roerich "Nagarjuna Conqueror of the Serpent" (1925) Nāgārjuna himself is often depicted in composite form comprising human and nāga characteristics.

  7. File:Tea plantation Sri.jpg - Wikipedia

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    A century and a half has passed since the English colonization, and the conditions are almost the same. Many tea plantation workers are Tamils, the poorest, brought to Sri Lanka from south of India by British colonists in the 19th. Tens of thousands of families were recruited and brought to Sri Lanka to work on tea plantations.

  8. History of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Early inhabitants of Sri Lanka were probably ancestors of the Vedda people, [48] an indigenous people numbering approximately 2,500 living in modern-day Sri Lanka. The 19th-century Irish historian James Emerson Tennent theorized that Galle , a city in southern Sri Lanka, was the ancient seaport of Tarshish from which King Solomon is said to ...

  9. Ceylon Tea Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Ceylon Tea Museum is located in the former Hanthana Tea Factory, [1] which was originally constructed in 1925. It is situated 3 km (1.9 mi) south of Kandy . Hanthana was one of the first successful areas to cultivate tea following the failure of coffee production on the island.