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Name |
|
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Issues/Designs |
| |
Universal Postal Union founding |
1874 |
— |
syns. UPU founding, U.P.U. founding |
| |
University of Kelaniya opening |
1959 |
— |
- 50th Anniversary of ... |
| |
University of Sri Jayawardhanapura founding |
1959 |
— |
- ... 50th |
| |
University of Vocational Technology |
— |
— |
d - Universit..echnology 2009 |
| |
Uranus |
— |
— |
d - Uranus (2014) 2014 |
| |
Ursa Major |
— |
— |
d - Ursa Major 2007 |
| |
Vanda memoria |
— |
— |
d - Vanda memoria 1984 |
| |
Vanda tessellata var. rufescens |
— |
— |
d - Vanda tes..rufescens 1984 |
| |
Father Joseph Vaz |
— |
— |
d - Father Joseph Vaz and Pope John Paul II 1995 |
| |
Joseph Vaz |
1651 |
— |
Jose birth d - Joseph Vaz 1987 syns. Jose Vaz |
| |
Venus |
— |
— |
d - Venus (2014) 2014 |
| |
Vesak |
— |
— |
(31) - ... 1976, ... 1978, ... 1979, ... syns. Vesak Day |
| |
Vesak Poya Holiday |
1885 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of ... |
| |
Victoria Hydro-electric Project opening |
1985 |
— |
- Inauguration of ... |
| |
Vienna Convention for Ozone Layer Protection |
1985 |
— |
- 25th Anniversary of ... |
| |
Vincent Girls' High School, Batticaloa opening |
1821 |
— |
- 175th Anniversary of ... |
| |
Swami Vipulananda |
— |
— |
syns. Vipulananda |
| |
Virgo |
— |
— |
d - Virgo (2007) 2007 |
| |
Swami Vivekananda |
1863 |
— |
birth - 150th Anniversary of the Birth of ... d - Swami Vivekananda 2013 |
| |
Swami Vivekananda birth |
1863 |
— |
- 150th Anniversary of the Birth of ... |
| |
Vostok 1 |
— |
— |
- man in space 50th syns. First Human Spaceflight, man in space, 1st man in space, manned space flight, 1st manned space flight around world, 1st manned space flight, 1st space flight, Vostok I, World's First Manned Space Flight |
| |
Dharmadasa Walpola |
— |
— |
d - Dharmadasa Walpola 2013 |
| |
water buffalo |
— |
— |
d - water buffaloes 2007 syns. Bubalus bubalis |
| |
weightlifting |
— |
— |
d - weightlifting 2016 |
| |
D. B. Welagedara |
— |
— |
d - D. B. Welagedara 2003 |
| |
Wesley College opening |
1875 |
— |
- 125th Anniversary of ... |
| |
wheel |
— |
— |
d - wheel 1979 |
| |
wheel of life |
— |
— |
d - Sri Lanka Parliament & wheel of life 1978 |
| |
White-bellied Sea Eagle |
— |
— |
syns. Haliaeetus leucogaster |
| |
white-headed starling |
— |
— |
d - white-hea.. starling 1987 |
| |
white-rumped shama |
— |
— |
syns. Copsychus malabaricus, White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus |
| |
white-throated kingfisher |
— |
— |
syns. Halcyon smyrnensis |
| |
wicketkeeper |
— |
— |
d - wicketkeeper 1996 |
| |
Martin Wickramasinghe |
— |
— |
d - Martin Wi..amasinghe 1986 |
| |
G. Wickremarachchi |
— |
— |
d - G. Wickremarachchi 1989 |
| |
Dr. S. A. Wickremasinghe |
— |
— |
d - Dr. S. A...emasinghe 1997 |
| |
General Ranjan Wijeratne |
— |
1991 |
death - 1st Anniversary of the Death of ... d - General R..Wijeratne 1992 |
| |
General Ranjan Wijeratne death |
1991 |
— |
- 1st Anniversary of the Death of ... |
| |
D. R. Wijewardena birth |
1886 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of the Birth of ... |
| |
Chief Justice Sir Arthur Wijeyewardene |
— |
— |
d - Chief Jus..yewardene 1988 |
| |
wild boar |
— |
— |
d - wild boar (2013) 2013 syns. Sus scrofa |
| |
Wildlife and Nature Society of Sri Lanka founding |
1894 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of ... |
| |
Wimalasurendra |
— |
— |
d - Wimalasurendra 1975 |
| |
woman |
— |
— |
syns. women |
| |
Wooden Bridge - Bogoda |
— |
— |
d - Wooden Br.. - Bogoda 2011 |
| |
wooden mask |
— |
— |
d - wooden mask 1977 |
| |
World AIDS Day |
— |
— |
- ... 2011 syns. World AIDS Awareness Day |
| |
World Biodiversity Day |
— |
— |
- ... 2003 |
| |
World Blood Donor Day |
— |
— |
- ... 2004 |
| |
World Buddhist Leaders Conference 1982 |
1982 |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Children's Day |
— |
— |
(5) - ... 2011, ... 2010, ... 2012, ... syns. World Child Day, World Child's Day |
| |
World Conference on Youth 2014 |
2014 |
— |
- ... |
| |
7th World Congress of Acupuncture |
1981 |
— |
- ... |
| |
4th World Congress of Herpetology |
2001 |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Day against Child Labour |
— |
— |
- ... 2015 |
| |
World Environment Day |
— |
— |
(2) - ..., ... 2014 syns. International Environment Day |
| |
World Food Day |
— |
— |
- ... 1984 |
| |
World Food Program founding |
1963 |
— |
- 20th Anniversary of ... |
| |
World Health Day |
— |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Health Organization founding |
1948 |
— |
syns. WHO founding, W.H.O. founding |
| |
World Hindu Conference 1982 |
1982 |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Indigenous People's Day |
— |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Kidney Day |
— |
— |
- ... 2018 |
| |
World Maritime Day |
— |
— |
- ... 2015 |
| |
World Post Day |
— |
— |
(20) - ... 2006, ... 2011, ... 2007, ... syns. Universal Postal Union Day, UPU Day |
| |
World Religion Day |
— |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Tourism Day |
— |
— |
(2) - ... 2011, ... 2007 syns. International Tourism Day |
| |
World Tourism Organization founding |
1975 |
— |
- 10th Anniversary of ... syns. World Tourist Organization founding |
| |
Year of English and Information Technology (Sri Lanka) |
2009 |
— |
- Year of English and Information Technology |
| |
Year of Indigenous People |
— |
— |
- ... |
| |
Year of Information Technology (Sri Lanka) |
1998 |
— |
- Year of Information Technology |
| |
yellow-eared bulbul |
— |
— |
syns. Pycnonotus penicillata |
| |
Takiko Yoshida birth |
1908 |
— |
- ... Centenary |
| |
Young Men's Buddhist Association, Colombo founding |
1898 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of ... |
| |
Youth and Health Campaign (Sri Lanka) |
1993 |
— |
- Youth and Health Campaign |
| |
Youth Services Act |
1967 |
— |
- ... 20th |
| |
Yuri Gagarin |
1934 |
1968 |
Gagarin birth death d - Yuri Gagarin (2011) 2011 syns. Gagarin, Jurij Gagarin |
| |
Zahira College, Colombo opening |
1893 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of ... |
| |
M.P. de Zoysa birth |
1910 |
— |
- Centenary of birth of ... |
| |
Sir Cyril de Zoysa |
— |
— |
d - Sir Cyril de Zoysa 1989 |
