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- ↑ Mahendra Ratwatte resigns as Mayor of Kandy. Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka), Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
- ↑ ශ්රී ල.නි.ප.ය තරගකර දිනූ මුල්ම ආසනය
- ↑ Anuruddha Ratwatte's political biography ( ISBN 978-955-20-9966-3) by Godage International Publishers, Maradana Road, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.
- ↑ Sri Lanka’s former Deputy Minister of Defense General Anuruddha Ratwatte has passed away Archived 2011-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
