Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka and Role of Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF)
... Lanka relations , culminating into induction of IPKF into Sri Lanka.14 INDO - SRI LANKA AGREEMENT The Government of India got directly involved into the Sri Lankan ethnic crisis by successfully dropping air relief supplies on 4th ...
Sri Lanka
... Lanka Transport Board and nine regional transport boards replaced the Ceylon Transport Board . The Sri Lanka Transport Board had responsibility for overall transport policy , budgeting , and production planning , whereas the regional ...
The Sri Lanka Reader
... Lanka consists of less than fifty thousand indi- viduals [according to the 1981 census]. They form one-twentieth of the total Muslim population and one-three-hundredth of the entire population of Sri Lanka. Nonetheless, they form a ...
Sri Lanka in Pictures
... Lanka's coral reefs . They break off bits of coral for souvenirs . Another threat to the coral reefs comes from boaters . When boaters drop anchors into the water , they sometimes hit reefs and damage them . Extensive mining in Sri Lanka ...
Child Labour in Sri Lanka
... Lanka Sri Lanka is a multi - ethnic , multi - religious society . The population of 15.3 million , as recorded in the census of 1981 , belong to three major communities : the Sinhala , Tamil and Muslim . Distinctions in religion and ...
Sri Lanka
... Lanka's GDP 3.3 Agricultural Production of Sri Lanka 3.4 Sri Lanka's Manufacturing Production 3.5 Sri Lanka's Telecommunication Services 3.6 Salient Features of Sri Lanka's Transport Sector 3.7 Human Development Indicators in South Asia ...
History of the Island of Lanka from the Earliest Period to the Present Times
... LANKA . CHAPTER I. VISITS OF BUDDHAS TO THE ISLAND . THIS glorious Island of Lanka was the residence of Yakshas during the non - Buddhistic periods of the world , and men dwelt there only in the Buddhistic periods . By some of the ...
Lanka: the Resplendent Isle
... LANKA An animated scene greets the visitor to the shores of Lanka when the vessel anchors in the busy harbour of Colombo . Swarms of natives come on board , and offer for sale all kinds of Ceylon curios . Valuable gems in all their ...
Economy, Culture, and Civil War in Sri Lanka
... Lanka , 1994-2000 Amita Shastri President Chandrika Kumaratunga was swept to power at the head of a center - left coalition of parties in August 1994 in Sri Lanka on the basis of widespread hopes raised by her electoral promises . In ...
Sri Lanka in the Modern Age
The entire history of the twentieth century has been tied to this one key issue. Sri Lanka in the Modern Age offers a fresh perspective based on new research.
Sri Lanka--Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy
Focusing on the historical events of post-independence Sri Lanka, S. J. Tambiah analyzes the causes of the violent conflict between the majority Sinhalese Buddhists and the minority Tamils.
Sri Lanka
... Lanka Leyland Ltd. 1972 S --XX- 59 . United Motors Ltd. 1972 D X 60 . Sri Lanka Tobacco Industries Corpn . 1972 C 61 . British Ceylon Corporation Ltd. 1972 S 62 . State Rubber Manufacturing Corpn . 1972 C 11 63 . Sri Lanka State Trading ...
The Ceylon Antiquary and Literary Register
... lanka , as found in Nagalanka , Poota- lanka and Bander Mahalanka , has nothing to do with Sri Lanka . As regards Bandar Maha Lanka there is only this : " The coast of the Godavery delta was the scene of some of the earliest settlements ...
Notables of the West
... Lanka and Regina Lanka . He married Hattie B. Craig at Los Angeles in June , 1905 , and to them there have been born two children , Anges Lenore and Robert Craig Lanka . Mr. Lanka , who is one of the successful mining engineers of ...
Bibliotheca Indica
... Lanka to Romaka , from thence to Siddhapúra , continuing to Yamakoți and back to Lanka . When the sun is in the meridian of Yamakoți , it is sunrise at Lanka , sunset at Siddhapúra , and midnight at Romaka , and when it is midday in Lanka ...
“The” A-in-i Akbari
... Lanka.1 3. Siddhapúra . 4. Romaka . Each of these is distant 90 degrees from its neighbour and 180 ° from that which ... Lanka to Romaka , from thence to Siddhapúra , continuing to Yamakoți and back to Lanka . When the sun is in ...
The A-in-i Akbari
... Lanka to Romaka , from thence to Siddhapúra , continuing to Yamakoți and back to Lanka . When the sun is in the meridian of Yamakoți , it is sunrise at Lanka , sunset at Siddhapúra , and midnight at Romaka , and when it is midday in Lanka ...
The Ain i Akbari
... Lanka to Romaka , from thence to Siddhapúra , continuing to Yamakoți and back to Lanka . When the sun is in the meridian of Yamakoți , it is sunrise at Lanka , sunset at Siddhapúra , and midnight at Romaka , and when it is midday in Lanka ...
Privy Council Judgments on Appeals from India ...
... lanka , and the plaintiff says. and ( 2 ) that it was a gradual accretion to a lanka named Tatapuda , higher up the river , and belonging to the Gov- ernment . The position of each lanka is stated in their Lordships ' judgment , which ...
The Madras Weekly Notes
... Lanka subject to the changes due to the shifting character of the river - bed inciden- tal to all lankas . He is put to the proof of his allegation that the suit land was leased to him . " Paragraph No. 5. " The de . fendant submits ...