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    Mudaliyar (or Mudali) was a Ceylonese colonial title during Portuguese and British rule of the island. Stemming from the native headman system, the title...
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  • title, they are sometimes referred to as Thondaimandala Mudaliar. Ceylonese Mudaliyars List of Mudaliars List of Sengunthars Some of the important endogamous...
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  • headmen of Ceylon Ceylonese Mudaliyars Walauwa Kastane Adigar Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon: The Native Headman System "The Mudaliyar Class of Ceylon"...
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    Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea was a Ceylonese colonial-era headman. Corea was born in Chilaw, on the west coast of Sri Lanka, on 2 December 1865. His...
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  • Solomon Dias Bandaranaike (category Maha Mudaliyars)
    බණ්ඩාරනායක; 22 May 1862 – 31 July 1946) was a Ceylonese colonial-era headmen. He was appointed as Head Mudaliyar and the aide-de-camp to the British Governor...
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  • administrative office by the Dutch in the 1690s. Larger numbers of the Ceylonese Mudaliyars were drawn from the Madapallis who were constantly in rivalry with...
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    their heads. The Maldivian party was met at the harbor jetty by Ceylonese Mudaliyars in uniform and a Lascarins guard of honour and band, as well as a...
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    Henry Pedris (category Ceylonese military personnel)
    Pedris (Sinhala: හෙන්රි පේද්රිස්; 16 August 1888 – 7 July 1915) was a Ceylonese militia officer and a prominent socialite. Pedris was executed for treason...
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    Jeronis de Soysa (category Gate Mudaliyars)
    Gate Mudaliyar Jeronis de Soysa (19 April 1797 – 28 May 1862) was a pioneering Ceylonese entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was a pioneer coffee planter...
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    building plans from the Sethupathi, but was refused with the advice the Ceylonese were not capable of undertaking such a large construction project. This...
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