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Such was the enthusiasm generated by his visit that a village near Chilaw by name Nainamadama was renamed ‘Swarajya Pura’.' [7] Christobel Aturupane writing in the Daily News of Sri Lanka recalled Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Chilaw: 'In 1927 when Gandhi came to Ceylon, he was invited to Chilaw by C.E. Corea, Chairman of the Chilaw Association ...
Mahatma Gandhi, the 'Father of India', visited Chilaw in 1927 on the invitation of C.E.Corea and Victor Corea, he stayed in a Corea home called 'Sigiriya.' Gandhi spent time with C.E.Corea and his family. Mahatma Gandhi, the 'Father of India' had developed a very close relationship with C.E.Corea and his brother Victor Corea. C.E.Corea wrote ...
Mahathma Gandhi, the 'Father of India,' visited Chilaw in November 1927 on his first and only journey to Sri Lanka when it was called Ceylon. This was a historic visit - Gandhi was invited to Chilaw by the freedom fighters Charles Edgar Corea and his brother Victor Corea [7] who lived in the town. The brothers founded the Chilaw Association and ...
Mohandas Gandhi stayed in a Corea home called 'Sigiriya,' on his only visit to Ceylon. According to an article in the 'Sunday Observer' in Sri Lanka: 'When Mahatma Gandhi came to Ceylon he visited Chilaw to attend a banquet that was hosted by the Coreas at "Sigiriya" the house that belonged to Victor Corea's sister and husband.
The great Mahatma Gandhi visited the Corea Family in Chilaw in 1927 and stayed with them in a Corea home called 'Sigiriya.' Sri Lankan music Superstar, Annesley Malewana, talks about the Corea Family at the Edirimanne Corea Family Union Sing-A-Long charity event held in the Grand Ballroom of the Galadari Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka in November ...
His father and uncle founded the Chilaw Association and campaigned for independence from the British Raj. When Mahatma Gandhi, the 'Father of India' visited Ceylon in 1927, he travelled to Chilaw and was the Chief Guest at a banquet in a Corea home called 'Sigiriya.' [2] Shirley Corea met Mahatma Gandhi in 1927.
State visit [1] Canada: Vancouver: 22–26 October 1949 State visit [1] [2] Ireland: Curragh Racecourse: 1949 [3] Indonesia: Jakarta: June 1950 Nepal: 16-18 June 1951 [4] United Kingdom: London: May 1953 Coronation of Elizabeth II [4] Egypt: 23–25 June 1953 Pakistan: Karachi: 25–27 July 1953 [5] Italy: 1953 Switzerland: Bürgenstock: 1953 ...
Mahatma Gandhi met James Corea when he was hosted by the Corea family in Chilaw, on his first and only visit to Ceylon in 1927. [3] The young Corea was educated at Royal College Colombo. He joined the clergy of the Anglican Church of Ceylon in 1926. An early posting was at St. Phillip's Church in Kurana, Katunayake, followed by St Luke’s in ...