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[July 14, 2003 - 6.30 GMT] 

(Reproduced from the Island, July 14, 2003)

Sri Lanka a few years after Independence, then known as Ceylon, was a much lesser known country in the world than it is today. It was called many names such as ‘Lipton’s Tea Garden’, an island of India etc. Some said since we were at that time a Dominion of the British Commonwealth was not an independent nation. Yet, our leaders from this little known isle, did not hesitate to speak fearlessly as representatives of an independent nation among the big powers of the world and assert our independence. [Full Story]

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Last Updated Date: July 14, 2003  - 6.30 GMT.