Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka, known as "Serendib" to Arabs and "Ceylon" when under British rule, is a large island south-east of India. Its commercial capital is Colombo.
In 459, Dathusena became king of Sri Lanka. In 807, Dhappula III became king, making the capital city Anuradhapura.
Other notable residents have included:
- Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, Prime Minister
- Dr. Arthur C. Clarke (1917), C.B.E.
- William Ivor Jennings (1903-1965), "Sir Ivor", QC, Litt D (Cantab) LLD (Lond), founder Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon, and Deputy Civil Defense Commissioner during World War 2.
- Sir Thomas J. Lipton, British grocery-chain owner turned tea blender then planter: "Between the estates I had bought and the big sum of money I left with my agent I think I must have invested well over a hundred thousand pounds in Ceylon within a week of my arrival in that lovely and delectable island of spicy breezes."
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