* 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.

Junglefowl are the four living species of bird from the genus Gallus in the Gallinaceous bird order, which occur in India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia and Indonesia.

The Sri Lanka Junglefowl is the National Bird of Sri Lanka.

* Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Gallus lafayetii

The other three members of the genus — Sri Lanka Junglefowl ( Gallus lafayetii ), Grey Junglefowl ( Gallus sonneratii ), and the Green Junglefowl ( Gallus varius ) — do not usually produce fertile hybrids with the Red Junglefowl, suggesting that it is the sole ancestor of the domestic chicken.

Four, Sri Lanka Blue Magpie, Dull-blue Flycatcher, Sri Lanka White-eye, and Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon, occur only in Horton plains, while other endemic species include Sri Lanka Spurfowl, Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Yellow-fronted Barbet, Orange-billed Babbler, Sri Lanka Bush Warbler, and Sri Lanka Whistling-thrush.

Endemics such as Sri Lanka Spurfowl, Red-faced Malkoha, Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill, Brown-capped Babbler, and Sri Lanka Junglefowl are among of the breeding resident birds.

Birds the size of the Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon, Kaleej Pheasant and Junglefowl have been recorded as prey.

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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.

* Aba ( film ), Sri Lanka 2008 film

These include games in in 1959 and 1966, East Africa ( then mostly Kenya, and held in Nairobi ), and an unofficial game against Ceylon ( future Sri Lanka ) in 1950.

* Gongalegoda Banda ( 1809 – 1849 ), Sri Lankan rebellion leader

* M. D. Banda ( born 1914 ), Sri Lankan politician

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.

Eight teams participated in the first tournament: Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and the West Indies ( the six Test nations at the time ), together with Sri Lanka and a composite team from East Africa.

Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the final by 53 runs ( D / L ), in farcical light conditions, extending their undefeated run in the World Cup to 29 matches and winning three straight World Cups.

* Elara ( monarch ), an ancient Sri Lankan king

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

Island nations within the ocean are Madagascar ( the world's fourth largest island ), Comoros, Seychelles, Maldives, Mauritius, and Sri Lanka.

Library associations in Asia include the Indian Library Association ( ILA ), Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centers ( IASLIC ), Bengal Library Association ( BLA ), Kolkata, Pakistan Library Association, the Pakistan Librarians Welfare Organization, the Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists, the Library Association of Bangladesh and the Sri Lanka Library Association ( founded 1960 ).

The LTTE has been accused of hijacking several vessels and ships in waters outside Sri Lanka, including Ocean Trader ( in October 1994 ), Irish Mona ( in August 1995 ), Princess Wave ( in August 1996 ), Athena ( in May 1997 ), Misen ( in July 1997 ), Morong Bong ( in July 1997 ), MV Cordiality ( in September 1997 ), Princess Kash ( in August 1998 ), Newko ( in July 1999 ), Uhana ( in June 2000 ), Fuyuan Ya 225 ( Chinese trawler, in March 2003 ), MV Farah III ( in December 2006 ) and City of Liverpool ( in January 2007 ).