Kapuwatta is one of the largest suburbs of Ja-Ela, Colombo, Sri Lanka. It has many institutes such as the Thiriposha Factory and Gampaha District's largest shopping mall KZone Ja-Ela.
The Greek People's Liberation Army was the military arm of the left-wing National Liberation Front (EAM) during the period of the Greek resistance until February 1945, when, following the Dekemvriana clashes and the Varkiza Agreement, it was disarmed and disbanded. ELAS was the largest and most significant of the military organizations of the Greek resistance.
Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak is a Basque left-wing nationalist and separatist trade union operating mainly in the Basque Country under Spanish rule currently led by Garbiñe Aranburu.
Ruban Canistus Jayalath Jayawardena MP, commonly as Jayalath Jayawardena, was a medical doctor who was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the opposition United National Party (UNP) in 1994. Jayawardena was known as a human rights activist. Jayawardena is also popular for his sheer commitment and loyalty for the UNP.
Dassanayake Mudiyanselage Dassanayake was a Sri Lankan politician from the Puttalam District. He was serving as a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and non-cabinet Minister of Nation Building when he was assassinated in a roadside bomb attack on 8 January 2008 in Ja-Ela, twelve miles north of Colombo. The attack, which was blamed on the militant Tamil Tigers organization, killed three people and injured ten others.
Ragama is a suburb of Gampaha, located in the Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is governed by the Ja-Ela Pradeshiya Sabha.
Ja-Ela is a town, located approximately 20 km (12 mi) north of the city centre of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Ja-Ela lies on the A3 road which overlaps with the Colombo – Katunayake Expressway at the Ja-Ela Interchange.
Stanley de Zoysa was a Sri Lankan businessmen and politician. He was the former Cabinet Minister of Finance (1956–1959) in S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's government, subsequently Minister of Interior (1959–1960) and Ceylon's Ambassador to Indonesia.
M. Joseph Michael Perera was a Sri Lankan politician who served as a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, and its 17th speaker.
Ja-Ela electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Ja-Ela in present-day Gampaha District, Western Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts. Ja-Ela electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Ja-Ela continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
The A 33 road is an A-Grade trunk road in Sri Lanka. It connects Ja Ela with Yakkala.
Ja-Ela Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Gampaha District, of Western Province, Sri Lanka.
The National Bands Agreement was an agreement concluded on 5 July 1943 at the village of Liaskovo, between the British military mission to occupied Greece and the three main Greek Resistance organizations, EAM-ELAS, EDES and EKKA. Its aim was to coordinate the actions of the Resistance movement in Greece, including the establishment of a joint headquarters under the aegis of the British GHQ Middle East.
Ja-Ela Urban Council (JUC) is the local authority for the town of Ja-Ela in Gampaha District Sri Lanka. JUC is responsible for providing a variety of local public services including roads, sanitation, drains, housing, libraries, public parks and recreational facilities.
Ja-Ela Pradeshiya Sabha is a provincial council that governs towns such as Kandana, Ragama, Batuwatta and Ekala.
Ekala, Sri Lanka is a suburb of Ja-Ela situated within a radius of 3 km from Ja-Ela. Ekala is notable as an industrial location. It belongs to the Ja-Ela Pradeshiya Sabha.
The Puttalam line is a 5 ft 6 in broad gauge railway line in the rail network of Sri Lanka. The 133 km (83 mi) railway line begins at Ragama junction and runs through the major towns along the north-west coast of the country, through to Periyanagavillu. It has forty two stations along its length.
Gate Mudaliyar Arachchige Don Pantalion Jayasuriya was a Ceylonese politician.
Gamamedaliyanage John Paris Perera was a Ceylonese politician. He was the Deputy Chairman of Committees and Member of Parliament from 1960 to 1977.
Mahapatabadige Anthony Crisman Kivlojiyas Perera [Sinhala]), popularly known as Anthony C. Perera, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and theater. One of the earliest pillars in Sri Lankan film history, Perera also worked as a singer, screenplay writer and director in his career that spanned more than four decades.
The Ja Ela Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Gampaha Electoral District, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka.