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Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා, romanized: Śrī Lankā; Tamil: சிறி லங்கா / இலங்கை, romanized: Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in the northern Indian Ocean which has been known under various names over time.
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Ceylon [1] [3] was an independent country in the Commonwealth of Nations from 1948 to 1972, that shared a monarch with other dominions of the Commonwealth.In 1948, the British Colony of Ceylon was granted independence as Ceylon.
English Name Native Name [2] 1 Colombo Fort: Kotuwa 2 Slave Island: Kompanyaweediya 3 Colpetty: Kollupitiya 4 Bambalapitiya; 5 Narahenpita, Havelock Town, Kirulapona North 6 Wellawatta, Pamankada, Kirulapona South 7 Cinnamon Garden: Kurunduwatte 8 Borella; 9 Dematagoda; 10 Maradana: 11 Pettah: Pitakotuwa 12 Hulftsdorp Aluthkade: 13 Bloemendhal ...
Walauwa or walawwa is the name given to a feudal/colonial manor house in Sri Lanka of a native headmen. It also refers to the feudal social systems that existed during the colonial era. The term walauwa is derived from the Tamil word valavu, which denotes a compound or garden, and by implication, a large house with aristocratic connotations.
Mudaliyar is a Tamil title, derived from the word mudhal, meaning "first", and the honorific suffix yar, meaning "The first" as in the person of the first rank. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The position was created in the 17th century by the Portuguese to function as a link between the colonial administration and the local populace, as they had done in South India.
It was made the capital of the island when Sri Lanka was ceded to the British Empire in 1815, [10] and its status as capital was retained when the nation became independent in 1948. In 1978, when administrative functions were moved to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo was designated as the commercial capital of Sri Lanka.
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]