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Name |
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Issues/Designs |
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"Observer" Newspaper founding |
1834 |
— |
- 150th Anniversary of ... |
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Admission to the United Nations (Sri Lanka) |
1955 |
— |
- 50th Anniversary of Admission to the United Nations |
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Al-Bahjathhul Ibraheemiyyah Arabic College opening |
1892 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of ... |
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All-Ceylon Buddhist Students' Federation founding |
1956 |
— |
- 25th Anniversary of ... |
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Amateur Radio Society founding |
1928 |
— |
- ... 55th |
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Ananda College, Colombo opening |
1886 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of ... |
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Apollo 11 |
1969 |
— |
start syns. Apollo 11 flight, Apollo 11 Moon Landing, Apollo XI, First Manned Landing on Moon, First Manned Moon Landing, First Moon Walk, First Moonwalk, moon landing |
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Arrival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka |
— |
— |
- 2300th Anniversary of ... |
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Asgiri Maha Viharaya start |
1312 |
— |
- 700th Anniversary of ... |
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Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union founding |
1964 |
— |
- 20th Anniversary of ... |
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Asia-Pacific Telecommunity founding |
1979 |
— |
- 10th Anniversary of ... |
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10th Asian and Oceanic Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
1985 |
— |
- ... |
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Australian Settlement |
1787 |
— |
- 200th Anniversary of ... |
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Aviation |
1783 |
— |
- Centenary of ... |
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Ayurveda Medical Institute founding |
1929 |
— |
- ... 50th |
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Baari Arabic College opening |
1884 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of ... |
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Lord Baden-Powell birth
(syn. of Baden-Powell birth) |
1857 |
— |
- 125th Anniversary of the Birth of Lord ... |
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S. W. Bandaranaike birth |
1899 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of the Birth of S. W. ... |
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Prime Minister Bandaranaike death |
1959 |
— |
- 15th Anniversary of the Death of Prime Minister ... |
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike birth |
1916 |
— |
- Centenary of Birth of ... |
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Banishment of Arabi Pasha |
1883 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of ... |
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Bank of Ceylon founding |
1939 |
— |
- 70th Anniversary of ... |
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Baptist Church in Sri Lanka |
1812 |
— |
- 177th Anniversary of ... |
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Bi-lateral Relations with U.S.A. (Sri Lanka) |
1851 |
— |
- 150th Anniversary of Bi-lateral Relations with U.S.A. |
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Bishop's College opening |
1876 |
— |
- 125th Anniversary of ... |
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Buddhist Congress |
1920 |
— |
- ... 60th |
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Buddhist Era |
— |
— |
- ... 2550th |
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Abdul Cader birth |
1895 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of the Birth of ... |
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Carey College opening |
1914 |
— |
- Centenary of ... |
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Ceylon Bible Society founding |
1812 |
— |
- ... 175th |
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Ceylon Chamber of Commerce founding |
1839 |
— |
- 150th Anniversary of ... |
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Ceylon School for the Deaf and Blind opening |
1912 |
— |
- Centenary of the ... |
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Ceylon Society of Arts founding |
1888 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of ... |
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Christ Church Girls' College, Baddegama opening |
1888 |
— |
- 125th Anniversary of ... |
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Chundikuli Girls' College, Jaffna opening |
1896 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of ... |
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Colombo Museum founding |
1877 |
— |
- ... 100th |
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Colombo Public Library opening |
1980 |
— |
- ... |
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Colombo Tea Auctions |
1884 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of ... |
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Colombo Y.M.C.A. founding |
1882 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of ... |
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Commonwealth Games Federation General Assembly |
2007 |
— |
- ... |
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Commonwealth Heads of government Meeting 2013 |
2013 |
— |
- ... |
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41st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference |
1995 |
— |
- ... |
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58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference |
2012 |
— |
- ... |
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7th Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting |
2008 |
— |
- ... |
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Cricket in Sri Lanka |
1832 |
— |
- 160th Anniversary of ... |
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Department of Agriculture founding |
1912 |
— |
- Centenary of the ... |
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Department of Archaeology founding |
1890 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of ... |
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Department of Immigration and Emigration founding |
1950 |
— |
- 50th Anniversary of ... |
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Department of Inland Revenue founding |
1932 |
— |
- 50th Anniversary of ... |
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Department of Meteorology founding |
1948 |
— |
- 50th Anniversary of ... |
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Dhamma Schools Movement founding |
1895 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of ... |
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Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala birth |
1864 |
— |
- 150th Anniversary of Birth of ... |
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Arthur V. Dias birth |
1886 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of the Birth of ... |
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Diocesan Council - Diocese of Colombo founding |
1885 |
— |
- 125th Anniversary of ... |
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Discovery of America by Columbus |
1492 |
— |
- 500th Anniversary of ... |
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Department of Elections founding |
1955 |
— |
- 60th Anniversary of the Department of Elections |
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Election of Sirimavo Banadaranaike as Prime Minister |
1995 |
— |
- ... |
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Europa stamps |
1956 |
— |
- ... 50th |
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Excise Department (Sri Lanka) |
1913 |
— |
- Centenary of Excise Department |
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First Postage Stamp of Sri Lanka |
1857 |
— |
- 150th Anniversary of the ... |
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First Postage Stamps (Sri Lanka) |
1957 |
— |
- 25th Anniversary of First Postage Stamps |
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First Youth Olympic Games |
2010 |
— |
- ... |
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forestry agency founding |
1887 |
— |
- ... 100th |
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Free Distribution of School Text Books |
1979 |
— |
- 10th Anniversary of ... |
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French Revolution |
1789 |
— |
start |
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friend-in-need society founding |
1837 |
— |
- ... 150th |
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Gam Udawa and Opening of Janasaviya Centre, Pallekele founding |
1978 |
— |
- 12th Anniversary of ... |
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Gam Udawa founding |
1978 |
— |
- 10th Anniversary of ... |
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Gam Udawa Movement |
1978 |
— |
(2) - 13th Anniversary of ..., 14th Anniversary of ... |
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Mahatma Gandhi death |
1948 |
— |
- 40th Anniversary of the Death of ... |
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General Post Office, Colombo opening |
1895 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of ... |
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Gonapinuwala Saralankara College opening |
1903 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of ... |
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Sir Oliver Goonetilleke death |
1978 |
— |
- 4th Anniversary of the Death of ... |
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Mrs. Kusuma Gunawardena birth |
1912 |
— |
- Centenary of Birth of ... |
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Philip Gunawardhane death |
1972 |
— |
- 10th Anniversary of the Death of ... |
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Harley College founding |
1839 |
— |
- 150th Anniversary of ... |
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Hegira |
580 |
— |
d - Hegira 1979 |
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Rowland Hill death |
1880 |
— |
- ... 100th syns. Sir Rowland Hill death |
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Holy Emmanuel Church, Moratuwa opening |
1860 |
— |
- 150th Anniversary of ... |
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ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 |
2007 |
— |
- ... |
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ILO founding |
1919 |
— |
- 75th Anniversary of ... syns. I.L.O. founding, I.L.O founding |
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Inauguration of Rupavahini, National Television Service |
1982 |
— |
- ... |
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Inauguration of Sri Lankan Telecom Corporation |
1991 |
— |
- ... |
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Independence (Sri Lanka) |
1948 |
— |
(3) - 40th Anniversary of Independence, 50th Anniversary of Independence, 70th Anniversary of Independence |
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Independent Television |
1979 |
— |
- 20th Anniversary of ... |
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2nd Indo-Pacific Congress on Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences |
1986 |
— |
- ... |
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INFOTEL LANKA '94 |
1994 |
— |
- ... |
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Institute of Chartered Ship Brokers Sri Lanka Branch founding |
1987 |
— |
- 25 Years of ... |
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Institute of Chemistry founding |
1941 |
— |
- 50th Anniversary of ... |
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Institution of Engineers founding |
1906 |
— |
- ... 100th |
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ICAO founding
(syn. of International Civil Aviation Organization founding) |
1944 |
— |
- 50th Anniversary of ICAO |
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13th International Federation of Social Workers World Conference |
1994 |
— |
- ... |
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Jaffna Central College opening |
1816 |
— |
- ... 180th Anniversary |
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George Keyt birth |
1901 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of the Birth of ... |
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Kingswood College, Kandy opening |
1891 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of ... |
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100th Kingswood-Dharmaraja Cricket Match |
2006 |
— |
- ... |
|
Kokuvil Hindu College opening |
1910 |
— |
- Centenary of ... |
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Sir John Kotelawala death |
1980 |
— |
- 2nd Anniversary of the Death of ... |
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Kothmale Hydro-electric Project opening |
1985 |
— |
- Inauguration of ... |
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Gamini Kularatne death |
1991 |
— |
- 10th Anniversary of the Death of ... |