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Aftermath of the 2004-12-26 Tsunami in Sri Lanka; Kalutara, Sri Lanka [permanent dead link] Quickbird satellite image, DigitalGlobe Inc., 26 December 2004; How to help Sri Lanka Archived 17 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine A collaboration tool for all volunteer organizations who want to help Sri Lanka Recover from the Disaster; Shock and loss ...
The master franchises for India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka are currently owned by the Indian company Jubilant FoodWorks. India is the largest international market for Domino's outside its home market, being the only country to have over 1,000 Domino's outlets. [7]
Sri Lanka won the ODI series defeating India in the final. In the Test series that followed, they beat India by a 2–1 margin, winning the first and final Tests, while India won the second. It was Sri Lanka's second series win against India and first at home after three losses that followed the win against Australia in September 1999. [1]
Before the 1911 Ceylon Census Moors in Sri Lanka were counted as one. From the census onwards they were divided into Indian Moors and Sri Lankan Moors. Indian Moors were brought to Sri Lanka for the same reasons as the Indian Tamils, as labourers to the plantations. In 1971 Indian Moors numbered 29,416 declining from 55,400 in 1963.
History of Sri Lanka: From Earliest Times Up to the Sixteenth Century. Dayawansa Jayakodi & Company. ISBN 955-551-257-4. Yogasundaram, Nath (2006). A Comprehensive History of Sri Lanka from Prehistory to Tsunami. Vijitha Yapa Publishers. ISBN 978-955-665-002-0. Peebles, Patrick (2006). The History of Sri Lanka. Greenwood Publishing Group.
The Indian cricket team toured Sri Lanka in August 1997, participating in two Test matches and three One Day International (ODI) matches. During the first Test match, Sri Lanka scored 952 runs for 6 wickets, the highest team total in Test cricket.
The Tamil language is spoken by native Sri Lankan Tamils and is also spoken by Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka and by most Sri Lankan Moors. Tamil speakers number around 5 million by making them the second largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka. There are more than 40,000 speakers of the Sri Lankan Malay language.
The West Indies cricket team, captained by Clive Lloyd, toured India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan from November 1974 to March 1975 and played a five-match Test series against the India national cricket team followed by a two-match series against the Pakistan national cricket team. West Indies won the series in India 3–2 and the series in Pakistan ...