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.

On 14 September 2012 Brian Lara was inducted to the ICC's Hall of Fame at the awards ceremony held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Essentially, every country that was colonised at some time by England, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom uses common law except those that were formerly colonised by other nations, such as Quebec ( which follows the law of France in part ), South Africa and Sri Lanka ( which follow Roman Dutch law ), where the prior civil law system was retained to respect the civil rights of the local colonists.

The census will cover all Grama Niladhari ( GN ) divisions of the country. The first scientific census in Sri Lanka was conducted on 27 March 1871.

The 2001 census was only carried out in 18 Districts due to the Sri Lankan Civil War.

The 2011 Cricket World Cup was co-hosted by Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka from 19 February to 2 April 2011.

The 1996 championship was held in the Indian subcontinent for a second time, with the inclusion of Sri Lanka as host for some of its group stage matches.

Sri Lanka went on to win their maiden championship by defeating Australia by seven wickets in the final, which was held in Lahore.

The 2011 Cricket World Cup was jointly hosted by India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

For example, in Sri Lanka, the Dutch formally promulgated a rule that automatically expelled any Dutch woman from the Sri Lankan Dutch community, if she married a man who was not Dutch.

The program was initially highly successful, eliminating the disease in " Taiwan, much of the Caribbean, the Balkans, parts of northern Africa, the northern region of Australia, and a large swath of the South Pacific " and dramatically reducing mortality in Sri Lanka and India.

Historians such as Hobson, Sinopoli, and Juleff state that the original damascus was produced from ingots of wootz steel, which originated in India and Sri Lanka and later spread to Persia.

On June 1, 2004, the peacekeeping mission was passed to MINUSTAH and comprised a 7, 000 strength force led by Brazil and backed by Argentina, Chile, Jordan, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Spain, Sri Lanka, and Uruguay.

There was still time in the season for a two-Test series with Sri Lanka.

Theravāda Buddhism went to Sri Lanka during the 3rd Century BC when there was no Mahāyāna at all.

In addition, since the time of Rahula's writing considerable evidence has emerged indicating that Theravadins and Mahayanists interacted extensively in Sri Lanka throughout the first millennium CE, so any suggestion that there was no contact between the two would be incorrect.

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

The most recent survey was conducted in July 2008 in eight Asian countries, including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Thailand, and the Philippines.

Gandhi was the second female head of government in the world after Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, and she remains as the world's second longest serving female Prime Minister as of 2012.

The MV Sik Yang, a 2, 818-ton Malaysian-flag cargo ship which sailed from Tuticorin, India on 25 May 1999 was reported missing in waters near Sri Lanka.

It also claims that the most expertly executed operation of the KP Branch was the theft of 32, 400 rounds of 81 mm mortar ammunition purchased from Tanzania destined for the Sri Lanka Army.

The vessel was taken to Tiger-held territory in Sri Lanka's north instead of transporting it to its intended destination.