Sri Lanka is a unitary multi-party semi-presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the President of Sri Lanka is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Ministers. Legislative power is vested in the Parliament. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
Kalmunai is a city located in the Ampara District of Eastern Province,Sri Lanka.
Deshamanya Marhoom Al Haj Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar was a Sri Lankan politician and civil servant. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and Governor of the Southern Province.
Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan,served as Chief Minister of the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. He is also the leader of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP),a political party in Sri Lanka. A former armed fighter of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam organization,Chandrakanthan broke away from the Tamil Tigers along with Karuna Amman in April 2004,and became the deputy leader of the breakaway faction,renamed as the TMVP.
The 1956 anti-Tamil pogrom,also known as the Gal Oya riots,was the first organised pogrom against Sri Lankan Tamils in the Dominion of Ceylon. It began with anti-Tamil rioting in Colombo,followed by anti-Sinhalese rioting in Batticaloa and further south in the Batticaloa District. The worst of the violence took place in the Gal Oya valley after the Batticaloa attacks,where local majority Sinhalese colonists and employees of the Gal Oya Development Board commandeered government vehicles,dynamite and weapons and massacred minority Tamils. It is estimated that over 150 people,mostly Tamils,had died during the violence. The police and army were eventually able to bring the situation under control.
Mohamed Najeeb Abdul Majeed,was a Sri Lankan politician,former Member of Parliament and former Chief Minister of Eastern Province.
Mohamed Faiszer Musthapha,PC,MP is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He was the Minister of Sports and Provincial Councils and Local Government and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Faiszer Musthapha is married to Fathima Rifa who is also a lawyer. They have two daughters.
Basheer Segu Dawood is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.
Mohammed Hussain Mohammed Ashraff was a Sri Lankan lawyer,politician,government minister and founder of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress.
Sainthamaruthu is a coastal town in Sri Lanka,with a population of 25,412. It is located on the east coast of Ampara District of Eastern Province,Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Muslims are the majority population,according to the Department of Census and Statistics October 2007.
Gate Mudaliyar Mohammed Samsudeen Kariapper (1899–1989) was a Sri Lankan headmen and politician. He was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament for Kalmunai.
M.C. Ahamed was a Sri Lankan politician,a former member of Parliament for Kalmunai electorate and former chairman of Kalmunai town council. A close ally of the Late Srimavo Bandaranayake under the SLFP Government. He was a strong member of the SLFP. He didn't care about race or religion,was a nationalist who extended his service to the people of all community.
Akandhan Velusami Radhakrishnan is a Sri Lankan politician and state minister. He is the leader of the Up-Country People's Front (UCPF),a member of the Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) and United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG).
Mahamood Lebbe Alim Mohamed Hizbullah is a Sri Lankan politician and state minister. He was a minor presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential elections.
Naseer Ahamed is a Sri Lankan politician serving as the Governor of the North Western Province,Sri Lanka. Naseer Ahamed has been active in Sri Lanka's political scene since 1994,having held various positions such as Cabinet Minister of Environment,Member of Parliament from the Batticaloa district,Chief Minister of the Eastern Province and more.
Batticaloa region in colonial records was the ancient region of Tamil settlements in Sri Lanka. The foremost record of this region can be seen in Portuguese and Dutch historical documents along with local inscriptions such as Sammanthurai Copper epigraphs written in 1683 CE which also mentions Mattakkalappu Desam. Although the region was bifuricated into districts of Batticaloa and Ampara Districts,the amended term "Batti-Ampara Districts" as well as “Keezhakarai”can still be seen in the Tamil print media of Sri Lanka.
On 26 April 2019,Sri Lankan security forces and National Thowheeth Jama'ath militants linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant clashed when the security forces raided a house in the town of Sainthamaruthu in Ampara District at around 7:30 pm. The house had been used by the militants to manufacture explosives and suicide vests. Three suicide bombers blew themselves up,killing nine of their family members,including six children,while four other suspects where shot dead by the soldiers. A civilian was killed and two others were injured during the crossfire.
Al-Haj Meeralebbe Poddy Mohamed Mustapha was a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician.
Punchi Banda Aloysius Weerakoon was a Ceylonese educator and politician.
