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Nuwara Eliya's climate lent itself to becoming the prime sanctuary of the British civil servants and planters in Ceylon. Nuwara Eliya, called Little England, was a hill country retreat where the British colonialists could immerse themselves in their pastimes such as fox hunting, deer hunting, elephant hunting, polo, golf and cricket.
Nuwara Eliya District (Tamil: நுவரெலியா மாவட்டம், romanized: Nuvareliyā Māvaṭṭam; Sinhala: නුවරඑළිය දිස්ත්රික්කය, romanized: Nuvaraeḷiya Distrikkaya) is a district in Central Province, Sri Lanka, centered on the tourist city of Nuwara Eliya.
Queen Elizabeth Drive, Nuwara Eliya: Nuwara Eliya: 23 February 2007: Post office building bearing Assessment No. 50 [6] Nuwara Eliya railway station (closed) Uda-Pussellawa Road, Nuwara Eliya: No. 535-B Nuwara Eliya Centre: Nuwara Eliya: 6 February 2009: The office buildings of the old Nuwara Eliya Railway Station [5] Union Church, Nuwara Eliya
Ambewela (Sinhala: අඹේවෙල, romanized: Am̆bēvela; Tamil: அம்பேவளை, romanized: Ampēvaḷai) is a village, and a hill station, located in the Nuwara Eliya District of Sri Lanka. The area is also sometimes called "Little New Zealand". The town is approximately 17 km (11 mi) south-east of the district capital Nuwara ...
The original name of the area was Maha Eliya Thenna (මහ එළිය තැන්න - "great open plain"). But in the British period the plains were renamed after Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, the British governor of Ceylon from 1831 to 1837, who travelled to the area to meet the Ratemahatmaya of Sabaragamuwa in 1836, [4] in 1834 by Lt William Fisher of the 78th Regiment and Lt. Albert Watson ...
World's End is located within the Horton Plains National Park in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. It is a sheer cliff, with a drop of about 4,000 feet (1,200 m). [1] It is one of the most visited parts of the Park, and a key tourist attraction in the Nuwara Eliya District and the country at large. [2] [3]
Lake Gregory sometimes also called Gregory Lake or Gregory Reservoir, is a reservoir in the heart of the tea country hill city of Nuwara Eliya in Sri Lanka. Lake Gregory was created during the period of British Governor Sir William Gregory in 1873. [2] The lake and the surrounding area make up the Gregory Lake Area.
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