A Request for Help
This is a kind request for help from Karuna Trust for the continuation of excellent eye care service they provide to needy Sri Lankans.
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Learn to Play the Thammattama
2nd edition: a lesson book for beginning South Asian Drumming! Basic Patterns progressing to Solos and Duets. This is a practical lesson book for the uninitiated into Sri Lankan music who wants to learn to play but cannot currently find a teacher
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1942
British warship HMS Tenedos was sunk in harbour at Colombo, Ceylon by Japanese carrier bombers. HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire were sunk in the Indian Ocean south west of Ceylon, also by Japanese carrier divebombers. 190 men were lost from 'Cornwall' and 234 from 'Dorsetshire'.
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1942
Jailed Lanka Sama Samaja Party leaders Colvin R. de Silva, Philip Gunawardena, N. M. Perera, and Edmund Samarakkody escaped from prison aided by one of their guards during the only air raid that the Japanese ever made on Colombo. De Silva, Gunawardena and Perera crossed over to India.
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1962
The creator of Sri Lanka's national anthem, artist, singer, songwriter, and composer Ananda Samarakone, committed suicide at the age of 51. His songs such as Podimal Ethano, Asay Madura Siri Saru Sara Kethay continue to be popular and re-done over half a century later in the Sri Lankan music scene.
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1971
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a marxist youth outfit lead by Rohana Wijeweera launched a violent campaign to overthrow the government. Within months, the government suppressed the youth revolution and jailed its leaders.
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Postal Department to assist home delivery of essential goods
Apr 05, Colombo: Arrangements have been made to expedite the delivery of essential goods to the homes during the island wide curfew imposed due to COVIDâ19, says the headquarters operations unit of the Sri Lanka Postal Special Distribution Service. ...
Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering
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