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299:In 1984, the Society moved to the
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473:1949–1952: Sidney Arnold Pakeman
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626:Learned societies of Sri Lanka
557:2016–present: Hema Goonatilake
545:2000–2001: H.N.S. Karunatilake
515:1977–1979: D.P.E. Hettiaratchi
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621:1845 establishments in Ceylon
521:1986: Prof. Thambiah Nadaraja
497:1967: Nandadeva D. Wijesekera
526:Christopher Gunapala Uragoda
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270:British governors of Ceylon
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482:1956–1958: S. Paranavitana
470:1942–1948: Charles Collins
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404:1884: Hon. John F. Dickson
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219:. It is one of the oldest
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425:1909–1912: Hugh Clifford
392:1874–1877: Robert Dowson
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428:1913–1916: John Harward
280:Ponnambalam Arunachalam
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364:James Emerson Tennent
636:Education in Colombo
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346:Presidents
303:along the
255:Dictionary
171:79°51′38″E
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266:Mahavamsa
252:Sinhalese
217:Sri Lanka
168:6°54′41″N
149:Sri Lanka
127:Formation
40:talk page
232:research
229:oriental
135:Location
100:May 2017
332:Journal
316:Journal
238:History
213:Colombo
196:Website
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