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1525:1893 births
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1426:S. de Silva
1381:M. de Silva
1376:Illangakoon
1366:Elphinstone
1109:Sharvananda
1064:Wijewardena
254:Nationality
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1481:Jayasuriya
1461:Wansundera
1386:Nagalingam
1166:Jayasuriya
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581:Daily News
515:References
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1024:Lascelles
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502:in 1951.
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338:Ceylonese
314:Ethnicity
270:Relations
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185:In office
175:27th
170:1947–1958
166:In office
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