Lanka අතීතයෙන් පට්ට Pics ටිකක්. රේප් එපා Yako.. History, Politics, Scenery
Ceylon Up Country vs. Lord Hawke's Team, 1892 at Radella Cricket Pavilion and Lawn Tennis Court, 1892
'Esela Perahera' or the Pageant of the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Ceylon July 1907
The reception hall in the palace of the King of Kandy and his throne with VOC officials kneeling in the foreground
Kandy between 1785 - 1786 by Jan Brandes
A Kandyan artisan in London 119 years ago!
Mahanuwara Dewasurendra Muhandirama or D. S. Mohandiram, artist painter or a pottery painter from Kandy at the India and Ceylon Exhibition, London, 1896.
Dutch governor of Ceylon - Wilhelm Falk being an audience to the Kandyan Ambassadors in 1772. A painting by Carl Frederick Reimer.
A Bullock Cart finding it's way through a possibly recently cleared jungle for either tea or coffee plantations in the upcountry of Ceylon somewhere between 1850 - 1880
Colombo Fort Business District, Ceylon. Central Bank of Ceylon on the left & Ceylinco House on the right looking towards the Light House Clock tower.
Galle,
Former President J R Jayewardene with Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake popularly known as R.G. Senanayake, Cabinet Minister of Trade and Commerce during 1952-56 and 1956-60 on the right & George Claude Stanley Corea
1815 Kandy Convention Signatories
Lion Flag of King Sri Wikrama Rajasingha
National Flag of Ceylon (1948-1951). The Golden Lion and Sword on a Red Field was taken from the Flag of the Kingdom of Kandy. In 1951 the design was changed to include Green and Red bands on the left side to represent the Muslim and Tamil communities
The Temple of the Tooth, a photo from the 1890's.
Welcome to the American Fleet
Sinhala Kukkulo
Colombo Harbour
How Galle Face Roundabout was seen in 1976
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979) driving a Jeep through the jungle in Ceylon during World War II,
Set eka Uddeta Bahala
Koggala - somewhere in 1941-1945 - Off-duty RAF personnel enjoy some sailing at Koggala
George Lucas & Steven Spielberg in a water pistol fight in Kandy ~ 1983
A LIFE image of Former Prime Minister General Sir John Lionel Kotelawala at his residence - Kandawala Walauwwa - probably somewhere in 1954
A LIFE image of Former Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake.
A very rare image of two of the most iconic leaders of Sri Lanka – former Prime Ministers S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike and Ranasinghe Premadasa with Mr. L. H. Mettananda, revered educationist & principal of Ananda college between 1945 – 1954 seated behind
A LIFE image of Former Prime Minister General Sir John Lionel Kotelawala with a group in his ‘floor-to-ceiling’ all wood-paneled dining room at Kandawalawa Walauwwa - probably somewhere in 1954
Street Scene in Colombo, Ceylon in Feb 1942
Town Hall
Che in Horana , Sri Lanka
Galle Road
A LIFE image of Former Prime Minister General Sir John Lionel Kotelawala with his pets, probably somewhere in 1954
A LIFE image of the late Peter Keneuman leader of the Communist Party.
Lobby of Hotel Lanka Oberoi, Colombo – currently the Atrium lobby of Cinnamon Grand as it was seen in Aug 1989
Ceylon Up Country vs. Lord Hawke's Team, 1892 at Radella Cricket Pavilion and Lawn Tennis Court, 1892
'Esela Perahera' or the Pageant of the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Ceylon July 1907
The reception hall in the palace of the King of Kandy and his throne with VOC officials kneeling in the foreground
Kandy between 1785 - 1786 by Jan Brandes
A Kandyan artisan in London 119 years ago!
Mahanuwara Dewasurendra Muhandirama or D. S. Mohandiram, artist painter or a pottery painter from Kandy at the India and Ceylon Exhibition, London, 1896.
Dutch governor of Ceylon - Wilhelm Falk being an audience to the Kandyan Ambassadors in 1772. A painting by Carl Frederick Reimer.
A Bullock Cart finding it's way through a possibly recently cleared jungle for either tea or coffee plantations in the upcountry of Ceylon somewhere between 1850 - 1880
Colombo Fort Business District, Ceylon. Central Bank of Ceylon on the left & Ceylinco House on the right looking towards the Light House Clock tower.
Galle,
Former President J R Jayewardene with Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake popularly known as R.G. Senanayake, Cabinet Minister of Trade and Commerce during 1952-56 and 1956-60 on the right & George Claude Stanley Corea
1815 Kandy Convention Signatories
Lion Flag of King Sri Wikrama Rajasingha
National Flag of Ceylon (1948-1951). The Golden Lion and Sword on a Red Field was taken from the Flag of the Kingdom of Kandy. In 1951 the design was changed to include Green and Red bands on the left side to represent the Muslim and Tamil communities
The Temple of the Tooth, a photo from the 1890's.
Welcome to the American Fleet
Sinhala Kukkulo
Colombo Harbour
How Galle Face Roundabout was seen in 1976
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979) driving a Jeep through the jungle in Ceylon during World War II,
Set eka Uddeta Bahala
Koggala - somewhere in 1941-1945 - Off-duty RAF personnel enjoy some sailing at Koggala
George Lucas & Steven Spielberg in a water pistol fight in Kandy ~ 1983
A LIFE image of Former Prime Minister General Sir John Lionel Kotelawala at his residence - Kandawala Walauwwa - probably somewhere in 1954
A LIFE image of Former Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake.
A very rare image of two of the most iconic leaders of Sri Lanka – former Prime Ministers S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike and Ranasinghe Premadasa with Mr. L. H. Mettananda, revered educationist & principal of Ananda college between 1945 – 1954 seated behind
A LIFE image of Former Prime Minister General Sir John Lionel Kotelawala with a group in his ‘floor-to-ceiling’ all wood-paneled dining room at Kandawalawa Walauwwa - probably somewhere in 1954
Street Scene in Colombo, Ceylon in Feb 1942
Town Hall
Che in Horana , Sri Lanka
Galle Road
A LIFE image of Former Prime Minister General Sir John Lionel Kotelawala with his pets, probably somewhere in 1954
A LIFE image of the late Peter Keneuman leader of the Communist Party.
Lobby of Hotel Lanka Oberoi, Colombo – currently the Atrium lobby of Cinnamon Grand as it was seen in Aug 1989
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