Brief Life History of Henry Reginald Dharmasena
Henry Reginald Dharmasena Tillekeratne was born on 2 May 1902, in Kadugannawa, Central, Sri Lanka. He married Ensaline Jayasinane on 18 May 1943, in Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka. He died on 30 May 1962, at the age of 60.
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1931
British grant the right to vote and introduce power sharing with Sinhalese-run cabinet.
1948
Colonial rule ended and the island nation of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, became an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth.
1956
Solomon Bandaranaike elected on wave of Sinhalese nationalism. Sinhala made sole official language and other measures introduced to bolster Sinhalese and Buddhist feeling. More than 100 Tamils killed in widespread violence after Tamil parliamentarians protest at new laws.
Name Meaning
A perennially popular given name, of Continental Germanic origin, from haim ‘home’ + rīc ‘power, ruler’. It was an Old French name, adopted by the Normans and introduced by them to Britain. It has been borne by eight kings of England. Not until the 17th century did the form Henry (as opposed to Harry ) become the standard vernacular form, mainly under the influence of the Latin form Henricus and French Henri.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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