The development of the young of Ichthyophis glutinosus, a species from Sri Lanka, has been much studied.

; Sri Lanka

The name was first used in the English language in 1768 by R. Edwin in a colorful description of a large snake found in Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ), most likely a reticulated python, Python reticulatus.

* 1989 – A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.

* 1977 – The 1977 riots in Sri Lanka, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamil people, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power.

* 1987 – Sabrina Herft, Sri Lankan model, Miss Universe Sri Lanka 2012

In Sri Lanka, it is called " koora thampala ".

* Ailanthus excelsa – India and Sri Lanka

* 1795 – War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee ( present-day Sri Lanka ) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.

The Japanese Navy launches an air raid on Trincomalee in Ceylon ( Sri Lanka ); Royal Navy aircraft carrier and Royal Australian Navy Destroyer are sunk off the island's east coast.

In Sri Lanka the division of an acre into 160 perches or 4 roods is common.

** Sinhalese New Year, or Aluth Avurudhu ( Sri Lanka )

** Tamil New Year, or Puthandu ( India's Tamil Nadu state, Sri Lanka )

* 1956 – In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D.

* 1971 – In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

* 1990 – More than 127 Muslims are killed in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitary troops.

He wrote " The Princes of the Lost Tribe " and " Ancient Queen of Somawathee " for Menaka De Shabandu and Bridget Halpe's choirs, respectively, based on historical incidents in ancient Sri Lanka.

* Aba ( film ), Sri Lanka 2008 film

The caves include paintings and sculptures considered to be masterpieces of Buddhist religious art ( which depict the Jataka tales ) as well as frescos which are reminiscent of the Sigiriya paintings in Sri Lanka .< ref >

* Etisalat-Sri Lanka ( previously know as Celltel / TIGO )-operated a Motorola TAC network in Sri Lanka.

It was the largest Analog network in Sri Lanka.