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164:Eva Elizabeth nÊe Wijesinghe
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425:"Plea for new constitution"
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1280:Robert Singleton-Salmon
924:Tikiri Banda Subasinghe
285:Parliament of Sri Lanka
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230:Silva contested the
197:University of Ceylon
16:Ceylonese politician
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1224:C. W. W. Kannangara
1159:S. D. Bandaranayake
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1103:J. C. T. Kotelawala
1042:Charles Edirisuriya
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1239:Cyril E. S. Perera
1189:Robert Gunawardena
1096:Gladwin Kotelawala
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958:N. H. Keerthiratne
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777:Northern Province
696:Fredrick de Silva
681:H. B. Rambukwella
666:C. A. S. Marikkar
656:M. W. R. de Silva
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607:Dudley Senanayake
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