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  2. Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Ceylon - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Charles Edgar Corea - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of international prime ministerial trips made by ...

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    State visit [1] Mexico: 14–17 November 1961 State visit [1] United Arab Republic: Cairo: 18 November 1961 Meeting with Nasser and Tito [22] Ceylon: 1962 State visit [23] Nigeria: 23–26 September 1962

  5. Asian Relations Conference - Wikipedia

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    Two Tibetan delegates (front right) during the Asian Relations Conference in Delhi in 1947 as Mahatma Gandhi speaks (far left). The Emblem of the Kazakh SSR as well as Tibet's were shown. Tibet received the invitation through Hugh Edward Richardson , the Representative of British India in Lhasa, who advised the Tibetans that it would be a good ...

  6. Patrick de Silva Kularatne - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Sri Lankan independence movement - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Vernon Corea - Wikipedia

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    Recognising their role in the independence movement, Mahatma Gandhi, known as the 'Father of India,' visited Chilaw on his first and only visit to Ceylon in 1927 and met Vernon's grandfather in a Corea home called 'Sigiriya.' [3] Vernon Corea was educated at Royal College, Colombo a well known education institution, in Sri Lanka. [4]

  9. Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Centre, Matale - Wikipedia

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    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 ]