* 1932 – Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan politician ( d. 2005 )

* 1971 – Piyal Wijetunge, Sri Lankan cricketer

* 2010 – The MV Sun Sea docks in CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada, carrying 492 Sri Lankan Tamils.

* 2006 – Chencholai bombing in which 61 Tamil girls are killed in Sri Lankan Airforce bombing.

* 1971 – Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan cricketer

* 1951 – Ranjan Gunatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer

* 1952 – Mahes Goonatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer

* 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.

* 1956 – Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer

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

* 1952 – Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer

* 2000 – Second Battle of Elephant Pass: Tamil Tigers capture a strategic Sri Lankan Army base and hold it for 8 years.

* 1983 – Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer

* 1993 – Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately 4 weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.

* 1915 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician and the world's first female head of government ( d. 2000 )

* 1972 – Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer

Sri Lankan astrology is largely based on Hindu astrology with some modifications to bring it in line with Buddhist teachings.

* 1962 – Uvais Karnain, Sri Lankan cricketer

* 1985 – Jacqueline Fernandez, Sri Lankan Model and Bollywood Actress

* 1979 – Dinusha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer

Composer Dinesh Subasinghe became the first Sri Lankan to write a cappella pieces for SATB choirs.

* 2006 – A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger ( known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF ).

* 1987 – The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that explodes in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo, killing 106 people.

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.

In the second part of the 20th century hexameter was used in the longest ever poem, Savitri ( book ), written in English by Sri Aurobindo.

was the name given to Sri Lanka by the Portuguese when they arrived in 1505, which was transliterated into English as Ceylon.

To prevent the Portuguese or the English from ever recapturing Sri Lanka, the VOC went on to conquer the entire Malabar Coast from the Portuguese, almost entirely driving them from the west coast of India.

The English Patient is a 1992 novel by Sri Lankan-Canadian novelist Michael Ondaatje.

The sign language used in Sri Lanka is also closely related to BSL despite the oral language not being English, demonstrating the distance between sign languages and spoken ones.

English historian James Emerson Tennent also theorized Galle, a southern city in Sri Lanka, was the ancient seaport of Tarshish from which King Solomon is said to have drawn ivory, peacocks and other valuables.

: Australia, Botswana, British West Indies, Brunei, Canada ( English-speaking ), Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea ( both North and South ), Lebanon, Luxembourg ( uses both marks officially ), Macau ( in Chinese and English text ), Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland ( when the amount is in Swiss francs ), Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States ( including insular areas ), Zimbabwe.

Third Umpire referrals for LBW dismissals have also been trialled in the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy is Sri Lanka, and in the 2007 English Domestic Pro40 competition, and are currently being trialled in international matches.

Sri ( Devanagari: श ् र ी, IAST ; Śrī ), also transliterated as Shri or Shree or shre is a word of Sanskrit origin, used in the Indian subcontinent as polite form of address equivalent to the English " Mr ." in written and spoken language, or as a title of veneration for deities ( usually translated as " Holy ").

Sri has the root meaning of radiance, or diffusing light, much like the English word " illuminate ".< ref > In Sanskrit grammar, Sri has the feminine gender.

Sri ( also Sree, Shri, Shree, shre, श ् र ी) polite form of address equivalent to the English " Mr ." The title is derived from Sanskrit श ् र ी म ा न ् ( śrīmān ).

Among today's orthodox Vaishnavas, the English word " Shree " is a revered syllable and is used to refer to Lakshmi as the supreme goddess, while " Sri " or " Shri " is used to address humans.

It is widely used both in official and other contexts in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and is often used in Indian English.

In India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Nepal it is also known as galli cricket, which translates into street cricket ( the word gully is the English variant adopted by British colonizers during the British Raj ).

The modern lexicon of Sri Lankan Tamil and Sinhala are infused with words from Portuguese, Dutch and English.

Other important places are the educational institutions such as Sri Sathya Sai University, Sri Sathya Sai Super Speciality Hospital designed by the English architect Dr. Keith Critchlow, Chaitanya Jyothi Museum, Sri Sathya Sai Mirpuri Music College, Sri Sathya Sai Space Theatre, and Sri Sathya Sai Hill View Stadium.

Category: Sri Lankan people of English descent

The English sailor Robert Knox, writing in 1681, described a method of execution by elephant which he had seen while being held captive in Sri Lanka.

Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy was born in Colombo, Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, to the Ceylonese Tamil legislator and philosopher Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy and his English wife Elizabeth Beeby.