Semasinghe Navaratne Wanninaake Hulugalle (known as ''S. N. W. Hulugalle Adigar'' until 1915) was a
Ceylonese
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* Something of, from, or related to the country of Sri Lanka
* A person from Sri Lanka, see Demographics of Sri Lanka
** Sinhalese people, the ethnic majority
** Sri Lankan Tamils, an ethnic minority
** Sri L ...
colonial-era legislator and a
headmen
The Headmen is a group of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Publication history
The Headmen first appearance, first appeared (as a team) in ''The Defenders (comic book), The Defenders'' #21 (March 1975) a ...
. He was representative of the Kandyans in the
Legislative Council of Ceylon
The Legislative Council of Ceylon was the legislative body of British Ceylon, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) established in 1833, along with the Executive Council of Ceylon, on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission. It was the first f ...
. He was appointed to an
Adigar
The Mahâ Adigâr ( si, මහා අධිකාරම්) (also known as Adikārama, Adikār) was a Great Officer in the Amātya Mandalaya, or Sinhalese Council of State, in the Sinhalese Kingdoms of monarchical Sri Lanka. The office was sec ...
from which he was removed after the
Riots of 1915.
.
in 1875. In 1900, he was appointed as the
representing the Kandyan Sinhalese in the Legislative Council, while serving as Ratemahatmaya. In 1903 he was given the titular rank of
. He step down from the Legislative Council in 1906 and was awarded the titular rank of
. He was succeeded by
. He retired from public service in 1913. However following the
, he was stripped of the title of Adigar in 1915 by the British Government of Ceylon. His son-in-law P. B. Herat was the first Kandian member of the
.
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