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Gemunu Watch Officers
Gemunu may refer to *Gemunu Watch, an infantry regiment of the Sri Lanka Army *Gemunu Kulatunge, Sri Lankan general *Gemunu Wijesuriya, Sri Lankan broadcaster, comedian, singer and radio producer *''Maharaja Gemunu'', a 2015 Sri Lankan film *''Cnemaspis gemunu'', a species of gecko endemic to Sri Lanka {{disambiguation, given name Sinhalese masculine given names Sinhalese given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemunu Watch
The Gemunu Watch (GW) ("King Dutugemunu's Own") is a infantry regiment of the Sri Lanka Army, formed with troops from the Sri Lanka Light Infantry, Ceylon Light Infantry and the Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment, Ceylon Sinha Regiment in 1962. It has been deployed in many major operations against the LTTE. It is made up of 14 regular units and 9 Military reserve force, volunteer units. Headquartered at Kuruwita Army Camp, Ratnapura. It is named after one of the most famous Lankan Kings, King Dutugemunu. History The roots of the Gemunu Watch can be traced to the Volunteer Force, volunteer formations of the British Empire and the formation of the Ceylon Infantry Regiment by a Gazette notification on 1 April 1881. Later, in order to encourage the concept of volunteering, the volunteer force was expanded to include units at the district level. Accordingly, two Volunteer Detachments were set up in Galle and Matara in the old Dutch forts. Thereafter, the Ceylon Defence Force was established un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemunu Kulatunge
Major General Gemunu Kulatunge, RSP, USP, ndc, psc (1941–2003) was a Sri Lankan army general, who was the former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army. Educated at Royal College, Colombo, he graduated from the University of Ceylon in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree and had won university colours for Rugby. He thereafter joined the Ceylon Army. Having completed his basic officer training at the Army Training Center, Diyatalawa and was commissioned into the Ceylon Sinha Regiment as a second lieutenant on 1 September 1965. He was posted to the 1st Battalion, Ceylon Sinha Regiment from April 1966, in which he served as a platoon commander, adjutant. He then served as company commander, staff officer II at the Army Training Center; staff officer II at Army Headquarters. During the 1971 Insurrection he was appointed military coordinating officer, Kilinochchi District. Promoted to lieutenant colonel, he was appointed commanding officer, 1st Battalion, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemunu Wijesuriya
Gamunu Mahinda Wijesuriya (5 August 1934 – 19 March 2007: as ), was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre, radio and television as well as a broadcaster, comedian, singer and radio program producer. Personal life Wijesuriya was born on 5 August 1934 in Dewalapola, Sri Lanka. He studied at Udugampola Maha Vidyalaya. He was married to Maali and had two children. Wijesuriya died on 19 March 2007 in Colombo. Career He started his career as a radio artist joining the Radio Ceylon (currently known as Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation) with ''Lama Pitiya'', a popular radio programme produced by Karunaratne Abeysekera for the children of the country. He was a popular radio artist and comedian who contributed the radio programmes like ''Muwanpalassa'' and ''Vinoda Samaya'' and he contributed to the Sinhala Cinema as an actor for Sinhala films like ''Dulika'', ''Thun Man Handiya ''Thun Man Handiya movie'' ( Sinhala for ''Three Way Junction'') is a 1970 dramatic film made by S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharaja Gemunu
''Maharaja Gemunu (King Gemunu)'' () is a 2015 Sri Lankan Sinhala epic film directed by Jayantha Chandrasiri and produced by Gunapala Rathnasekara for Sipvin Films. It stars Uddika Premarathna and Jackson Anthony in lead roles along with Sriyantha Mendis and Yashoda Wimaladharma. Its music was composed by Nadeeka Guruge. It is the 1221st Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. The movie is based on the odyssey of King Gemunu (ruler of Sri Lanka 161–137 BC) who is renowned for defeating and overthrowing King Elara, the usurping Tamil prince from the Chola Kingdom, who had invaded the Kingdom of Rajarata in 205 BC. Synopsis King Elara is a former soldier and spy under King Kharawela of Kalinga, who rules the Southern Kingdoms of India during the second century BC. Elara arrives at Lankadveepa, in the guise of an overseas naval chief, in order to threaten the prosperity of the Kingdom. Elara is victorious against the Kingdom of Rajarata, having killed King Asela. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cnemaspis Gemunu
''Cnemaspis gemunu'' is a species of diurnal gecko endemic to island of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, .... References * http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Cnemaspis&species=gemunu * http://www.srisalike.com/Founa/Reptiles/Endemic/Cnemaspis%20gemunu.aspx * https://web.archive.org/web/20141004183323/http://www.srilankanreptiles.com/TetrapodReptiles/Gekkonidae.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231021/http://www.vanwisse.nl/srilanka/fauna/Gecko-Cnemaspis-Gemunu {{Taxonbar, from=Q2980838 gemunu Reptiles of Sri Lanka Reptiles described in 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinhalese Masculine Given Names
Sinhala may refer to: * Sinhala or Sinhala dvipa, another name of Sri Lanka * Sinhalese people, an ethno-linguistic group native to Sri Lanka * Sinhala language, the native language of the Sinhalese people * Sinhala script, the writing system of the Sinhala language ** Sinhala (Unicode block), a block of Sinhala characters in Unicode * Sinhala cinema, cinema in the Sinhala language * Sinhala Kingdom, the successive historical Sinhalese kingdoms of Sri Lanka between 543 BCE and 1815 CE * "Sinhala", a song from the 1999 album ''The Magical Sounds of Banco de Gaia'' See also * Sinha, an Indian name ** Sinha (surname), an Indian surname * Simha (other) * Singam (other) * Singham (other) * Singa (other) * Singhania (other) * Singh Singh ( IPA: ) is a title, middle name, or surname that means "lion" in various South Asian and Southeast Asian communities. Traditionally used by the Hindu Kshatriya community, it was later mandated in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
