The Bibile family claimed descent from a 16th-century Vedda chieftain.
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This led to the foundation of the Welikadawatte housing estate, which attained some fame as an island of intellectual creativity.
In Sri Lanka, the Ministry of Health requested Prof. Seneka Bibile to look into his matter and he prepared the Ceylon Hospital Formulary (CHF) of about 630 drugs under their generic names.