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Abeywickrama
Abeywickrama or Abeywickrema ( si, අබේවික්රම, translit=Abēvikrama) is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people * Don Pedris Francis Abeywickrama (1886-1966), Ceylonese writer and poet * Dinesh Abeywickrama (born 1983), Sri Lankan businessman * Harsha Abeywickrama (born 1960), Sri Lankan aviator * Henry Abeywickrema (1905-1976), Ceylonese politician * Joe Abeywickrama Deshabandu Gammana Patabendige Don John Abeywickrama ( Sinhala:ජෝ අබේවික්රම) (22 June 1927 – 21 September 2011), popularly as Joe Abeywickrama, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Initially famed ... (1927–2011), Sri Lankan actor * Keerthilatha Abeywickrama, Sri Lankan politician * Keerthisena Abeywickrama (1933-1987), Sri Lankan politician * Sanduni Abeywickrema (born 1982), Sri Lankan cricketer * Simon Abeywickrema (1903-1948), Ceylonese politician * Sumanadasa Abeywickrama (1928-2006), Sri Lankan politician See also * * {{Surname S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinesh Abeywickrama
Dinesh Abeywickrama (born January 1, 1983) is a Sri Lankan IT strategist, researcher and author. He is a Member of British Computer Society and currently working as an executive officer at the Capital Maharaja Organization.In 2015 he developed Sri Lanka's first Citizen journalism mobile App. Early life and family Born to a middle-class family in the suburbs of Colombo he received his school education at Bandaranayake College, Gampaha. Dinesh's father, Sunil Abeywickrama, was a government clerk, while his mother Mala Abeywickrama was a grade one officer at Sri Lanka Insurance. Education Dinesh is a degree holder from the British Computer Society, holds a Master's in Business Management from the Cardiff Metropolitan University. Then he is doing his Ph.D. in Business Management from Management and Science University, Malaysia. Research Dinesh Abeywickrama has made many contributions to the ICT field, publishing several scientific papers and articles in peer-reviewed journals, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Abeywickrama
Deshabandu Gammana Patabendige Don John Abeywickrama ( Sinhala:ජෝ අබේවික්රම) (22 June 1927 – 21 September 2011), popularly as Joe Abeywickrama, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Initially famed as a comedic actor in early 1950s, Abeywickrama became one of the greatest film actors of alltime in Sinhala cinema with several critically acclaimed award winning dramatic performances."The struggle of the common man for self-dignity is very profound" ''World Socialist Web Site''. Retrieved December 18, 2006. . Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Retrieved August 05, 2014. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Pedris Francis Abeywickrama
Keerthisena Chandradasa Abeywickrama (20 December 1933 – 18 August 1987) was a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the parliament. Abeywickrama was the son of Padikara Muhandiram Don Pedris Francis Abeywickrama and Catharina Abeywickrama née Liyanage from Morawaka, Sri Lanka. He received his education at Richmond College, Galle. He trained as a tea planter at the Madampe Group in Rakwana before managing the family estate in Morawaka. Abeywickrama joined the United National Party and was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Deniyaya Electoral District at the 8th Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election in 1977. He served as the District Minister for Matara in the Jayewardene cabinet. He is the cousin of Sumanadasa Abeywickrama, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Development & Research and Member of Parliament for Akmeemana. They both contested for the United National Party and won seats at the 8th Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election in 1977. On 20 December 1982 he married Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keerthisena Abeywickrama
Keerthisena Chandradasa Abeywickrama (20 December 1933 – 18 August 1987) was a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the parliament. Abeywickrama was the son of Padikara Muhandiram Don Pedris Francis Abeywickrama and Catharina Abeywickrama née Liyanage from Morawaka, Sri Lanka. He received his education at Richmond College, Galle. He trained as a tea planter at the Madampe Group in Rakwana before managing the family estate in Morawaka. Abeywickrama joined the United National Party and was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Deniyaya Electoral District at the 8th Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election in 1977. He served as the District Minister for Matara in the Jayewardene cabinet. He is the cousin of Sumanadasa Abeywickrama, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Development & Research and Member of Parliament for Akmeemana. They both contested for the United National Party and won seats at the 8th Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election in 1977. On 20 December 1982 he married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumanadasa Abeywickrama
Sumanadasa Abeywickrama (5 February 1928 – 27 February 2006) was a Sri Lankan politician and a Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Abeywickrama was the son of Don Hendrick Abeywickrama, a Vidane Arachchi in Morawaka, Sri Lanka and Angelina (née Jayawickreme Wijetunge). He married Enid Dias Nagahawatta, former principal of the School of Nursing, Galle. They had three children. Abeywickrama joined the United National Party and was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Akmeemana Electoral District at the 8th Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election in 1977. He served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture Development and Research in the Jayewardene cabinet. Abeywickrama contributed immensely to the development of the Galle District, particularly in his electorate. Under the village reawakening concept, he succeeded in building the highest number of housing units for homeless people in the area. Large housing projects like Amalgama and Apegama are examples of his efforts. In ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keerthilatha Abeywickrama
Keerthilatha Premawathie Abeywickrama was a Sri Lankan politician and a Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Abeywickrama was the daughter of Padikara Muhandiram Don Pedris Francis Abeywickrama and Catharina Liyanage from Morawaka, Sri Lanka. She joined the United National Party and was appointed as a Member of Parliament for the Deniyaya Electoral District on 11 September 1987 after her brother Keerthisena was killed in the 1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament. She was the cousin of Sumanadasa Abeywickrama Deputy Minister of Agriculture Development & Research and Member of Parliament for Akmeemana. See also * List of political families in Sri Lanka This is a partial listing of prominent political families in Sri Lanka. Abdul Majeed * A. L. Abdul Majeed (15 November 1933 – 13 November 1987) also known as Mutur Majeed, former Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Member Par ... * Abeywickrama * List of United National Party MPs Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harsha Abeywickrama
Air Chief Marshal Harsha Abeywickrema, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, rcds, psc, qfi (born 28 November 1960) is a senior Sri Lankan air force officer and fighter pilot, who served as the Commander of the Sri Lankan Air Force from 2012 to 2014 and later went on to serve as the Chairman of the Bank of Ceylon. Early life and education Abeywickrema was born on 28 November 1960. He was educated at Royal College Colombo. He later gained a MA degree in International Studies from King's College London, and a MSc degree in Management from the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. SLAF career Abeywickrema joined the Sri Lanka Air Force as an Officer Cadet in the General Duties Pilot Branch in 1980. After successful completion of Flying Training he was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in 1982. In the early 1980's the Sri Lanka Air Force had only two air squadrons, a fixed wing squadron and a rotary wing squadron, its fighter aircraft had been retired. With the escalation of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinhalese People
Sinhalese people ( si, සිංහල ජනතාව, Sinhala Janathāva) are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. They were historically known as Hela people ( si, හෙළ). They constitute about 75% of the Sri Lankan population and number more than 16.2 million. The Sinhalese identity is based on language, cultural heritage and nationality. The Sinhalese people speak Sinhala, an insular Indo-Aryan language, and are predominantly Theravada Buddhists, although a minority of Sinhalese follow branches of Christianity and other religions. Since 1815, they were broadly divided into two respective groups: The 'Up-country Sinhalese' in the central mountainous regions, and the 'Low-country Sinhalese' in the coastal regions; although both groups speak the same language, they are distinguished as they observe different cultural customs. According to the Mahavamsa and the Dipavamsa, a third–fifth century treatise written in Pali by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Abeywickrema
Henry Abeywickrema (27 December 1905 - 29 August 1976) was a Sri Lankan politician. Henry Abeywickrema was born in 1905 in Baddegama and received his education at Richmond College and St. Aloysious' College in Galle. Following the death of his older brother, Simon on 2 May 1948, Abeywickrema contested the July by-election for his brother's seat of Baddegama. He was however soundly beaten by over 6,500 votes by the United National Party candidate, H. W. Amarasuriya. In 1951 he joined the newly formed Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He re-contested the Baddegama electorate at the 2nd parliamentary election in May 1952, successfully defeating the sitting member, H. W. Amarasuriya, by 7,752 votes. Abeywickrema retained his seat at the 1956 parliamentary elections, increasing his majority to 56%. Following which he was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Works in the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet and Minister for Works in the Dahanayake cabinet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanduni Abeywickrema
Sanduni Abeywickrema (born 12 December 1982) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the Sri Lanka's women's cricket team. A right-handed batter and off-spinner, she made her One Day International A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C ... (ODI) debut against India on 15 December 2006. References External links * 1982 births Living people Sri Lankan women cricketers Sri Lanka women One Day International cricketers Sri Lanka women Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers from Colombo {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Abeywickrema
Simon Abeywickrema (1903 - 2 May 1948) was a Sri Lankan politician. Simon Abeywickrema was born in 1903 in Baddegama and received his education at Richmond College (Sri Lanka), Richmond College and St. Aloysius' College (Galle), St. Aloysious' College in Galle. Abeywickrema unsuccessfully contested for the State Council of Ceylon, State Council, in the Udugama electorate, at the 1931 Ceylonese State Council election, 1931 and 1936 Ceylonese State Council election, 1936 elections but was subsequently elected in a 1938 by-election. When the United National Party was formed in 1946, he was selected as the party's vice president. Abeywickrema was elected, representing Baddegama Electoral District, Baddegama, at the 1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election, 1st parliamentary election in 1947. He served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Sri Lanka)#Ministers, Minister of Transport in the D. S. Senanayake cabinet. Abeywickrema died in office on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
