Trilingual Language Policy to make SL knowledge hub

Until 1948, the education policy was such that it was a one way system promoting only English. The British rule came into full force in 1815. The language policy was used to convert people into Christianity and also to inculcate British values and morals. They did not want to promote the educational institutions that existed in the country.

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Naccaduva: Island of water festivals

The Naccaduva reservoir, seven miles South-East of Anuradhapura, can be identified from epigraphic sources with the Pattapasana Vapi of the Mahavamsa constructed by king Moggallana II (531-551) by damming the Malvatu Oya and its tributary, Maminya Oya. Naccaduva literally means the island of dance and festivals.

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Run a red light and get a broken leg

Although it appeared to be somewhat complex to understand the underground railway network and the sophisticated time tables at major British Rail stations such as Paddington, Victoria, Kings Cross, Charing Cross, London Bridge and Waterloo where Flicker Row method with flipping train time tables operated,

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