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    Sir Edwin Aloysius Perera Wijeyeratne KBE (Sinhala: ශ්‍රිමත් එඩ්වින් ඇලෝසියස් පෙරේරා විජයරත්න) (8 January 1889 – 19 October 1968), known as Edwin Wijeyeratne...
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    Anuradha, Lankesh and Nishangani. His father Nissanka Wijeyeratne and grandfather Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne were prominent politicians who had become cabinet...
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    television producer Edwin Wijeyeratne (1889–1968), Sri Lankan cabinet minister Edwin Bidwell Wilson (1879–1964), American mathematician Edwin (director) (born...
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    the second son of Sir Edwin and Lady Leela Wijeyeratne, of Buddenipola Walauwa, Kegalle. Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne was a former Cabinet Minister of Home Affairs...
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    Minister. Tissa Wijeyeratne was born 17 February 1923 to a leading family from Sabaragamuwa in Sri Lanka. He was the eldest son of Sir Edwin and Lady Leela...
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  • anthem of Ceylon on 22 November 1951, from a committee headed by Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne. Critics attacked Namo Namo Mata, particularly the "Gana" significance...
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    resigned as Minister and Senator on 22 July 1948, and was succeeded by Edwin Wijeyeratne. Goonetilleke was thereafter appointed the first Ceylonese High Commissioner...
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    Lankan High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to Philippines Sir Edwin Wijeyeratne - First elected member of Kegalle to State Council of Ceylon, Sri...
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  • Kularatne, H. W. Amarasuriya, W. A. de Silva, George E. de Silva and Edwin Wijeyeratne. The Ceylon National Congress would pave the way for the formation...
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  • official national anthem. The government appointed a committee headed by Edwin Wijeyeratne, Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development, to pick a new national...
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