The Battle of Gannoruwa was a battle of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War fought in 1638 between the occupying Portuguese forces and the Sinhalese King's army at Gannoruwa in the District of Kandy, Sri Lanka.
The Battle of Mulleriyawa ( මුල්ලේරියාවේ සටන Mulleriyawa Satana in 1559) was a battle part of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War.
The Battle of Randeniwela was a battle fought on 25 August 1630 in the Sinhalese–Portuguese War.
The Danture campaign comprised a series of encounters between the Portuguese and the Kingdom of Kandy in 1594, part of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War.
Mayadunne and the Kingdom of Sitawaka was a part of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War, which was an effort to get rid of the occupying Portuguese forces and stop them from colonizing the island.
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In revenge, a Sinhalese gang tried to burn down the Hindu Kovil; unable to set fire to the building, they pulled out a Brahmin priest and burned him alive instead.
Born in Colombo, to Tamil father Tyronne Mathews and Burgher Sinhalese mother Monica Mathews, he captained the Sri Lankan cricket team in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka.
The bill act part of the original Official Languages Act, but had been removed at the insistence of Sinhalese extremists.
The Sinhalese are the predominant ethnic group (74%), followed by Sri Lankan Tamils (13%), Indian Tamils (5%) and Moors (Muslim) (7%).
Although King Parakramabahu II (1236–70) from the Sinhalese Kingdom of Dambadeniya was able to defeat him, Chandrabhanu moved north and secured the Tamil throne for himself around 1255.
Furthermore, a study looking at genetic variation of the FUT2 gene in the Sri Lankan Tamil and Sinhalese population, found similar genetic backgrounds for both ethnic groups, with little genetic flow from other neighbouring Asian population groups.
Fluent in several languages, he translated to Sinhalese the Gita Govinda and in collaboration with L.C. Van Geyzel, translated most of the poems and plays of Kālidāsa in 1961.
The inhabitants of the town and surrounding areas are Muslims,adhering to Sunni Islam and Sinhalese Buddhists.
The rebels were at this time in IPKF custody at Palali Airbase pending transfer to Sinhalese authorities.
In 1889 the number of appointed unofficial members was increased to eight (three Europeans, one Low Country Sinhalese, one Kandyan Sinhalese, one Tamil, one Muslim and one Burgher).
Those who assume an indigenous origin say that Nalavar are derived from a Sinhalese social group speculated to be Nilavo that was left behind during the ascendancy of the Jaffna Kingdom where as competing theory suggests that Nalavar are similar in composition to Sanar or Nadar of Tamil Nadu who have a different local name.
G. G. Ponnambalam, a leader of the Tamil community, proposed to the Soulbury Commission that there should be 50-50 representation (50% for the Sinhalese, 50% for all other ethnic groups, including Tamils) in the proposed independent Ceylon - a proposal that was rejected.
Muttusamy worked as the Assistant Music Director on the first Sinhalese film Kadawunu Poronduwa in 1941 under the tutelage of R. Narayana Iyer.
Following his period at Trinity, Rev Ryde took charge of the Sinhalese Women Teachers Vernacular Training School, in Cotta, Colombo.
The British Governor of Ceylon Sir Robert Chalmers, fearing he might lose control of the colony, on advice of Brigadier General Malcolm, came down with a heavy hand on the Sinhalese community, declared martial law on 2 June 1915 and ordered the police and the Army to shoot without a trial anyone who they deemed a rioter.
The film's premiere at the Raja Cinema in Jaffna marked the first time in 30 years that a film in Sinhalese with Tamil language subtitles was shown in the city.
Today, the alphabet is used by approximately 16,000,000 people to write the Sinhalese language in very diverse contexts, such as newspapers, TV commercials, government announcements, graffiti, and schoolbooks.
Disanayaka, J.B, 1998, Understanding the Sinhalese, ISBN 978-955-20-2323-1
From a sociological point of view it could mean the assimilation of ethno cultural minorities in Sri Lanka such as the Sri Lankan Tamils, Colombo Chetties and indigenous Veddas into the majority Sinhalese identity.
SLNS Samudura (P-621) (Samudura, in Sinhalese: Sea) is an Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) of the Sri Lanka Navy.
It should be noted that Pulle is a Sinhalese version of the common Tamil and Malayali title Pillai.
She began her acting career whilst still a schoolgirl - starring in the 1966 released Sinhalese film Sath Samudura directed by Dr.Siri Gunasinghe.
Much is written of the great war of 205 BC to 161 BC between Sinhala King Dutugemunu and a South Indian Tamil invader Elara for the City of Anuradhapura, and the central role played by Dutugemunu’s Ten Giant Warriors (දසමහා යෝධයෝ) or the great warriors (dasa maha yodhayo in sinhalese) – the dasa maha yodha.
Manohara, who made his debut for Sinhalese Sports Club Under-23s during 2009, made his List A debut during the Premier Limited Overs Tournament competition of 2009-10, debuting against Colombo Cricket Club, taking a single wicket, that of fellow debutante Dilesh Gunaratne, for a second-ball duck.