Showing posts with label History of Batticaloa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History of Batticaloa. Show all posts
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Dutch Fort at Batticaloa

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Dutch Fort at Batticaloa Attribution: World Monuments Fund BATTICALOA SRI LANKA Key Dates A Buddhist stupa and shatra from the Ruhuna Kingd...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

The Dutch Fort in Batticaloa

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The Dutch Fort in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, and the Carlisle Memorial Methodist Church in Belfast, Northern Ireland, illustrate some of the way...
Sunday, October 4, 2009

Batticaloa was under the Sinhalese kings – in 1505 – and not under any Tamil king.

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Around 1505 when the Portuguese took over the south and harassed Arab traders who were running businesses there. The Arabs complained to the...
Wednesday, July 8, 2009

On 9 April 1942

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On 9 April 1942, whilst escorting the British carrier Hermes off Batticaloa, they were attacked by Japanese carrier aircraft. Both ships sun...
Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Entire Eastern coastal belt was part of the Kandyan Kingdom

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As for the Eastern Province the entire Eastern coastal belt was part of the Kandyan Kingdom . When the Dutchman Admiral Van Spilbergen arriv...

Batticaloa Distance from Colombo 303km

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Batticaloa is a city in the Eastern province of Sri Lanka. It is the seat of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka. It is on the east coast, 6...
Sunday, January 4, 2009

Afro-Sri Lankans

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Afro-Sri Lankans   Few know that in the fascinating ethnomosaic that is Sri Lanka , there is a community of Afro-Sri Lankans. They are the K...
Friday, January 2, 2009

History of Batticaloa

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History of the beginnings One records it in the history that the people of Mattakkallppu Thamizaham (மட்டக்களப்புதமிழகம்) had lived in this ...