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- ↑ "Hon. Wijeratne Tikiri Banda, M.P." Directory of Past Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ↑ Members of the Legislatures of Ceylon: 1931-1972. National State Assembly Library. 1972. p. 83.
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