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| | Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka by Charles Gunawardena (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | Cricket's place in the public's affections, and Sri Lanka's reputation in the cricketing world, were cemented in Sri Lanka's demonstrated brilliance in one-day, limited-overs matches, capped by its victory in the 1996 World Cup. |
 | | A 400-carat blue sapphire from Sri Lanka is on the British crown, and the so-called Star of India, a star sapphire displayed at New York's Museum of Natural History, is also a Lankan gem. |
 | | Born in Sri Lanka of mixed Sinhalese, Tamil and Dutch ancestry, he studied at St Thomas' College, Colombo, and Dulwich College, a British public school in London, and went to Canada in 1962. |
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