Marmite was used to treat malnutrition in Suriya-Mal workers during the 1934 – 5 malaria epidemic in Sri Lanka.

They constitute 74. 5 % of the Sri Lankan population and number approximately 15 million.

* April 5 – Ivan Corea, Sri Lankan autism campaigner

* April 5 – WWII: the Japanese Navy attacks Colombo in Ceylon ( Sri Lanka ).

* January 5 – Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan political theorist

Likewise, in 2012, Vesak or the birth anniversary of the Buddha will be observed on 28 April in Hong Kong and Taiwan, on 5 May in Sri Lanka, on 6 May in India, on 28 May in South Korea and on 4 June in Thailand.

|| 1 || rahā ▫ o. You are squandering this life uselessly in the love of māyā. Sri Guru Granth Sahib M. 5 Guru Arjan Dev ANG 12

Sri Panch ( 5 ) Maharaja Dhiraj Prthivi Narayan Shahdev

India became more actively involved in the late 1980s, and on 5 June 1987, the Indian Air Force airdropped food parcels to Jaffna while it was under siege by Sri Lankan forces.

In a high profile ceremony, Sri Lankan Defense Minister Anuruddha Ratwatte raised the national flag inside the Jaffna Fort on 5 December 1995.

Countries that are at this stage ( Total Fertility Rate of less than 2. 5 in 1997 ) include: United States, Canada, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, all of Europe, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Singapore, Iran, China, Turkey, Thailand and Mauritius.

In ODIs, Walsh was not as successful although he will be remembered for his best performance, 5 wickets for just 1 run against Sri Lanka in 1986.

The eight places where Lord Vishnu manifested himself are ( 1 ) Sri Rangam ( 2 ) Srimushnam ( 3 ) Naimisam ( 4 ) Pushkaram ( 5 ) Salagamdri ( 6 ) Thothadri ( 7 ) Narayanasramam ( 8 ) Venkatadri.

At the opening of the 2003 CHOGM, in Nigeria on 5 December, McKinnon was challenged for the position of Secretary-General by Lakshman Kadirgamar, a former Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka.

* Muttur, Sri Lanka – August 4 or August 5 – 17 workers from the aid group Action Against Hunger were found murdered on August 6 in northeastern Sri Lanka.

It wasn't until 2003, 55 years after independence, that all Indian Tamils living in Sri Lanka were granted citizenship but by this time they only made up 5 % of the island's population.

Nuwan Zoysa of Sri Lanka is the only bowlers to achieve a hat-trick in the first three balls in test cricket dismissing Murray Goodwin, Neil Johnson and Trevor Gripper of Zimbabwe, in 1999, while Irfan Pathan of India also holds the distinction of achieving a hat-trick in the very first over of the test match but of the 4, 5, 6 deliveries when he dismissed Salman Butt, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf of Pakistan in 2006, Karachi.

On 14 December 2005, the Sri Lanka central bank issued a new series of coins in the denominations of 25 and 50 cents, 1, 2 and 5 Rupees.

On 5 April 2010 Sri Lanka replaced the 10-Rupee note with a coin.

Around 1. 5 million hectares of land is cultivated in Sri Lanka for paddy in 2008 / 2009 maha: 64 % of which is cultivated during the dry season and 35 % cultivated during the wet season.

Red-faced Malkoha appears in a 5 rupee Sri Lankan postal stamp,

The ancient text Sri Brahma Samhita ( 5. 1 ) describes Him as the source of all that is and the original cause of all causes.

Sri Venkateswara Central Library and Research Centre ( SVCLRC ), established by TTD in 1993, houses approximately 40, 000 volumes of rare and valuable books, mainly on religion and philosophy.

AKATHA points out that the leader of their group Sri Kahtifji has written 16 additional volumes to Paul Twitchell ’ s 2, although only one of Sri Kahtifji's volumes is available online and the other 15 are yet unpublished works.

Some of the important publications are Asamiya Larar Mitra by Anandaram Dhekiyal Phukan ( 1849 ), Larabodh Byakaran by Dharmeswar Goswami ( 1884 ), Prakrit Bhugol by Lambodara Datta ( 1884 ) and several volumes of Sri Sankardev's Kirattan, Gunamala, Srimad Bhagavad, Bargit, Rukmini Haran Nat, and Ankiyanat.

Some of the rare and important works in this collection are: A Grammar of the Bengal Language ( 1778 ) by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, which is the earliest printed book in Bengali, Henry Forster ’ s A Vocabulary in Two parts, English and Bangalee ( 1799 ), William Carrey ’ s Dialogues, Intended to Facilitate the Acquiring of the Bengali Language ( 1801 ), Ram Ram Basu ’ s Raja Pratapaditya Charitra ( 1801 ), Mrityunjay Vidyalankar ’ s Batris Simhansan ( 1802 ), Ramayana translated by Krittibas and published in five volumes, Mahabharat translated by Kashi Ram Das ( 1802 ), Chandicharan Munshi ’ s Tota Itihas ( 1805 ), Jayanarayan Ghosal ’ s Sri Karunanidhanavilasa ( 1814 ), William Carey ’ s Dictionary of the Bengali Language, 2 volumes ( 1815-1825 ).

* The Tan Sri Dr. Abdullah Sanusi Digital Library has more than 30, 000 volumes of printed books in the main campus and learning centres nationwide.

Similar statues of colossal height and weight speak volumes for the dominating influence that this community possessed in Sri Madhva's time and for some centuries later.

After numerous unsuccessful attempts to get the 13 volumes of the Agenda published by the Ashram, Auroville, and Sri Aurobindo Society presses, Satprem founded the Institut de Recherches Évolutives ( Institute for Evolutionary Research ) in Paris in July 1977 as a non-profit organisation to do so.

Later he had published Talks with Sri Aurobindo ( 3 volumes ), Correspondence with Sri Aurobindo ( 2 volumes ), and his memoir 12 years with Sri Aurobindo, as well as various volumes of poetry and other writings.

* Collected Works of Nolini Kanta Gupta ( 8 volumes ), Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry

* 1970 – Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lankan cricketer

Switzerland has represented Israel's interests in numerous countries ( Hungary ( 1967 – 1989 ), Guinea ( 1967 – 1973 ), Ceylon / Sri Lanka ( 1970 – 1976 ), Madagascar ( 1973 – 1994 ), Liberia ( 1973 – 1983 ) and Ghana ( 1973 – 2002 )).

Housing development began since 1970 with housing estates such as Taman Batu Caves, Taman Selayang, Taman Amaniah, Taman Sri Selayang, and Taman Medan Batu Caves.

My Goal's Beyond was inspired by McLaughlin's decision to follow the Indian spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy, to whom he had been introduced in 1970 by Larry Coryell's manager.

* Sri Sri's Minnelani ( 1970 )

* The diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Sri Lanka, established in July 1970, have been continuously developing in many fields

She served as Prime Minister of Ceylon and Sri Lanka three times, 1960 – 65, 1970 – 77 and 1994 – 2000, and was a long-time leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as Prime Minister from April 6, 2004 until his victory in the 2005 Presidential election.

* Sri Aurobindo ( 1970 ), The Human Cycle, The Ideal of Human Unity, War and Self-Determination, ( Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust ), ISBN 81-7058-281-4 ( hardcover ), ISBN 81-7058-014-5 ( paperback )

Marvan Samson Atapattu ( born 22 November 1970 in Kalutara ) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former Sri Lankan captain.

He was subsequently awarded one of India's highest civilian honours, the Padma Sri in 1970.

He was later Business Manager, News Director at the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. Corea represented the Director-General of the station at a Commonwealth Broadcasting Conference, when he was in the United Kingdom, on a six-month fellowship with the Nuffield Trust in 1970.

* Nishantha Fernando ( born 1970 ), Sri Lankan cricketer

This association was inaugurated in 1951 by Dr C. V. S Corea whose efforts paved the way for the Homeopathy Act 1970 and the appointment of The Homeopathic Medical Council in Sri Lanka.

That all changed when, as a teenager, Furman became interested in spirituality and in 1970 became a devout follower of the mystic Sri Chinmoy.

In 1970 he joined the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, and eight years later, in 1978 he moved to Auroville.

In 1911, the first mission into Central Africa ( DRCongo ) took place ; thereafter, new houses were established in South Africa, Rwanda and Indonesia ( 1929 ), Burundi ( 1938 ), India ( 1936 / 1994 ), Peru ( 1962 ), Italy ( 1967 ), Japan and Papua New Guinea ( 1970 ), The Philippines ( 1981 ), Sri Lanka ( 1989 ), Pakistan ( 1990 ), Tanzania and Kivu ( 1994 ), Brazil ( 1997 ), Romania ( 1999 ), Kenya ( 2002 ), Vietnam ( 2004 ), etc.

On 28 November 2003, Monteiro was conferred the " Lifting Up The World With A Oneness-Heart " lifetime achievement Award by Sri Chinmoy, who is the leader of the interfaith Peace Meditation at the UN ( since 1970 ) and also the leader of the International Peace Centre.

* Tulsidas Chatterjee, Sri Aurobindo's Integral Yoga, Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry 1970

* 16 November 1938 – 9 June 1970 ; Princess Mother Sri Sangwan