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- ↑ The First Hundred Years of the Colombo Club. The Colombo Club. 1971. p. 13.
- ↑ Edris, Aisha (11 May 2009). "The Saga of the Colombo Club" (PDF). The Island . Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ↑ de Silva, Sriyan (18 September 2016). "A wealth of historical information". Sunday Times . Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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