Tag Archives: Sri Lanka

Kalutara and Kandy, Sri Lanka

Kalutara Kalutara is a resort area in the southwest of the island, famous for its sports clubs. This is an ideal place for lovers of water sports: windsurfing, scuba diving, water skiing, spearfishing and sailing. According to populationmonster, Kandy is one of the largest cities in Sri Lanka. Kalutara is the first city that is encountered… Read More »

Sri Lanka Independence

On February 4, 1948, the Ceylon Independence Act (issued in 1947) came into force; he gave the island the status of a Dominion, d. H. within the Commonwealth of Nations. The UNP government under Senanayake (1947-52), his son Dudley Shelton Senanayake (* 1911, † 1973 ; 1952-53) and Sir John Lionel Kotelawala (* 1897, †… Read More »