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The PT-91 Twardy ( Polish pronunciation: [ˈtfar.dɨ], English: Hard) is a Polish main battle tank. A development of the T-72M1, it entered service in 1995. The PT-91 was designed at the OBRUM ( Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy Urządzeń Mechanicznych, or Research and Development Centre for Mechanical Appliances) and is produced by the Bumar ...
The tank cascade system ( Sinhala: එල්ලංගාව, romanized: ellangāva) is an ancient Sri Lankan irrigation infrastructure. The system is a network of small tanks draining to large reservoirs that store rainwater and surface runoff for later use. [1] [2] Originating in the 1st millennium BCE, [3] [4] the system was designated as a ...
1990. June 15: 11 soldiers are killed in Kalmunai by the LTTE and their bodies are desecrated. [ 4] July 23: Veeracholai, Batticaloa: LTTE cadres killed eight persons, thought to be Muslims and hanged them on trees. [ 5] July 24: Damminna, Aralaganvila Polonnaruwa: LTTE cadres hacked to death eight Sinhalese villagers.
It is a site of historical and archaeological significance that is dominated by a massive column of granite approximately 180 m (590 ft) high. [ 2 ] According to the ancient Sri Lankan chronicle the Cūḷavaṃsa , this area was a large forest, then after storms and landslides it became a hill and was selected by King Kashyapa (AD 477–495 ...
Parakrama Samudra (or King Parakrama's sea or the Sea of King Parakrama) is a shallow reservoir ( wewa ), consisting of five separate wewa (reservoirs) (thopa, dumbutulu, erabadu, bhu, kalahagala tanks) connected by narrow channels in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka . The northernmost reservoir is the oldest and referred to as Topa wewa (Sinhalese wewa ...
Minneriya tank [1] is a reservoir in Sri Lanka made by an old civilisation; the Anuradhapura Kingdom. King Mahasena ordered a dam build across the Minneriya River, which made the lake. The tank covered 4,670 acres (18.9 km 2 ). The Minneriya Tank was built by the great tank builder, King Mahasen (276–303) who ruled in Anuradhapura. [2]
In the 1990s, Sri Lanka Railways converted the narrow gauge (2 ft 6 in (762 mm)) Kelani Valley line into 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge. This was the last narrow gauge line left in Sri Lanka, and its conversion to broad gauge put the fleet of narrow gauge locomotives out of use. All operational locomotives in the country today are broad gauge.
The Wayamba University of Sri Lanka is situated in Kuliyapitiya, while the Open University of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, the National Institute of Business Management, the College of Technology, the National Apprentice Industrial Training Authority, the Wayamba Technical College, the National Youth Council and ...