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Asela Jayasinghe
Asela Jayasinghe (born 23 August 1974) is a Sri Lankan former first-class cricketer who played for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club. See also * List of Chilaw Marians Cricket Club players References External links * 1974 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Chilaw Marians Cricket Club cricketers Colombo Cricket Club cricketers Matara Sports Club cricketers People from Ragama Cricketers from Western Province, Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragama
Ragama ( si, රාගම ta, ரா௧ம) is a suburb of Colombo, located in the Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is governed by the Ja-Ela Pradeshiya Sabha. History In July 1874 a rail line, known as the Breakwater line, was opened connecting the Harbour Works Quarry at Ragama to the Colombo Harbour breakwater, in order to enable stone to be transported to the harbor to construct the breakwater. Stone from a second quarry at Ragama was then used to stabilise the Coastal line where it ran on the edge of the beach. On 8 January 1901 the British War Office established a prisoner-of-war camp in Ragama to house Boer prisoners captured in the Second Boer War. The prisoners at Ragama were primarily dissidents, foreign volunteers and irreconcilables who refused to sign an oath of allegiance to the British Crown, and were transferred from the main camp at Diyatalawa. Ragama served as the main observation camp for coolies entering the country. The coolies disembar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |