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

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* Aberdeen, 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.

Largely identical in form, these short excerpts describe Buddhaghosa as having come to Sri Lanka from India, and settled in Anuradhapura.

On finding a text for which the commentary had been lost in India, Buddhaghosa determined to travel to Sri Lanka to study a Sinhalese commentary that was believed to have been preserved.

The Visuddhimagga ( Pali ; English The Path of Purification ), is the ' great treatise ' on Theravada Buddhist doctrine written by Buddhaghosa approximately in 430 CE in Sri Lanka.

The Sri Lankan Civil War began in 1983, including an armed youth uprising in 1987 – 1989, with the 25 year-long civil war ending in 2009.

Beginning about 200 million years ago, forces within the Earth's mantle began to separate the lands of the Southern Hemisphere, and a crustal plate supporting both India and Sri Lanka moved toward the northeast.

Sri Lanka began to shift away from a socialist orientation in 1977.

Trade also increased during this period, as Sri Lanka began to trade Cinammon and a large number of Muslim traders were bought into the island.

In 1983 the Sri Lankan Civil War began with Sinhalese political dominance being challenged by the militant Tamil Tigers, who sought a separate Tamil state within Sri Lanka.

** Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and Sri Lanka join the United Nations simultaneously, after several years of moratorium on admitting new members that began during the Korean War.

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.

Modern historians stated that the secession of Sukhothai from the Khmer empire began as early as 1180 during the reign of Po Khun Sri Naw Namthom who was the ruler of Sukhothai and the peripheral city of Sri Satchanalai ( now a part of Sukhothai Province as Amphoe ).

Bangklanghao ruled Sukhothai as Sri Indraditya – and began the Phra Ruang Dynasty-he expanded his primordial kingdom to the bordering cities.

In 1995, India began sharing the delegation with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka.

Tyagaraja began his musical training under Sri Sonthi Ramanayya, a noted music scholar, at an early age.

Also, bhikkhuni ordination of Buddhist nuns began again in Sri Lanka in 1998 after a lapse of 900 years.

* 1998: After 900 years without such ordinations, Sri Lanka again began to ordain women as fully ordained Buddhist nuns, called bhikkhunis.

He began the Super Six stage with a massive 114 against Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel and Dialog Axiata announced that first time in South Asia Sri Lanka have successfully tested and demonstrated 4G technology on 6 May 2011 ( Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel ) and 7 May 2011 ( Dialog Axiata ) and began the setup of their 4G Networks in Sri Lanka.

He began playing chess prior to the age of five and was coached by his Sri Lankan stepfather, FIDE Master and chess author Sunil Weeramantry.

The Buddhist revival began in India in 1891, when the Sri Lankan Buddhist leader Anagarika Dharmapala founded the Maha Bodhi Society The Maha Bodhi Society mainly attracted upper-caste people.

In December 2006, Vettori began establishing himself as more of an all-rounder, batting at number 5 for New Zealand in the one-day series against Sri Lanka.

Beginning in 2009, however, commentators began to argue that the HRC was becoming increasingly relevant as the Council addressed country situations in Burma, Guinea, North Korea, Côte d ' Ivoire, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Libya, Iran, and Sri Lanka, and addressed important thematic human rights issues such as Freedom of Association and Assembly, Freedom of Expression, Discrimination Against Women and Freedom of Religion and the rights of LGBT people.