Hewaheta

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Hewaheta
හේවාහැට
Village
Hewaheta
CountrySri Lanka
Province Central Province
Time zone UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)

Hewaheta is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province.

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Notable people

Charles Spearman Armstrong (1847–1924) was a pioneer in growing tea and cinchona in Sri Lanka at the Rookwood plantation, near Hewaheta, from 1864. [1] His grandson Neville Armstrong was born there. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Royston Ellis, Rookwood: memories of a forgotten pioneer, The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), 7 September 1997, accessed 27 July 2021
  2. ↑ Ian Miller, Other lives: Neville Armstrong, The Guardian , 26 September 2008, accessed 27 July 2021

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