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Kurunegala (Sinhala: කුරුණෑගල, Tamil: குருணாகல்) is a major city in Sri Lanka.It is the capital city of the North Western Province and the Kurunegala District.
The construction of the church commenced on 21 December 1950 (the feast of St. Thomas), upon a 1.4 hectares (3.5 acres) site, [4] at the base of Ethagala (Elephant Rock). The chapel of the Blessed Virgin and St. Thomas the Apostle were consecrated in 1956, [ 5 ] the ceremony was presided over by Rev. Aurobindo Nath Mukherjee , Metropolitan of ...
Kurunegala is a district in North Western Province, Sri Lanka. The district is 4,812.7 km 2 (1,858.2 sq mi). It consists of thirty divisional secretariats, 1,610 grama niladari divisions and 4,476 villages.
The Kurunegala Municipal Council is divided into 13 wards and is represented by 21 councilors, elected using an open list proportional representation system. Wards that belong to the Kurunegala Municipal Council are listed below.
Tambapanni, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Dambadeniya, Yapahuwa, Kurunegala, Gampola, Kotte, Kandy The monarchs of Sri Lanka , [ N 1 ] also referred to as the Sinhalese monarchy , were the heads of state and rulers of the Sinhala Kingdoms located in present-day Sri Lanka , from 543 BCE (according to chronicles) until its abolition in 1815 CE.
Kurunegala electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Kurunegala in the North Western province .
The station is located 2.2 km (1.4 mi) away from Kurunegala's town centre. The station serves as a terminus for several trains, with all trains running on the Northern Line , Trincomalee Line , and Batticaloa Line , stopping at the station, however a number of Intercity express trains do not stop at the station.
But with the intention of putting up a boys only school, the school was renamed to St. Anne's Boys College in 1881, with the guidance of the Kurunegala parish priest Adrian Dufo, during the term of Apostolic Vicariate of Jaffna Bishop Christophe Ernest Bonjean. The number of pupils on roll in 1881 was 101 and the first headmaster was B. S ...