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- ↑ "GOVERNOR'S SECRETARIAT CENTRAL PROVINCE". www.cpgovernor.com/. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ↑ "Tikiri Kobbekaduwa - all-round sportsman in young days". www.nation.lk. 13 January 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ↑ "Sri Lankan Provinces from 1988". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
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