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Seventy-three years ago on a day like this, Sri Lanka gained independence from colonial powers who had ruled Sri Lanka continuously for nearly 400 years. Independence was a...
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Independence Day, this time, as expected, is a scaled-down affair where the celebrations are concerned with the threat of a deadly pandemic still very much real but the...
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The Kandyan Chiefs and Buddhist monks met the British rulers at an assembly to officially pass on the reins of the rule on March 2. Both parties entered into an agreement by...
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The Ceylonese Freedom was not really offered on a platter, as some quarters would hasten to comment on the country’s Independence struggle. It was a collective effort amassed...
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