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- ↑ "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ↑ "Sports provides balanced mind - SP governor". Daily News (Colombo, Sri Lanka). March 1, 2012. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2013– via HighBeam Research.
