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Christianity without schools and in 1817 Rev. James Lynch applied for permission to their Head Office in England to establish schools. But Poor was able to commence his education service at
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in 1816, through 1848, one hundred and five Tamil schools and 16 English schools were founded." EMBASSY OF SRI LANKA, Washington D.C. 1998. A Pictorial Record by U.S. Information
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