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KAMAL CHUNCHIE: A WORLD WAR I VETERAN FROM CEYLON AND A METHODIST MINISTER WHO...
Compiled by Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde, SLAF (Retd)
Kamal Chunchie (1886 - 1953) was the eldest of nine children born in Ceylon to parents of Malay...
දෙහිවල දුම්රිය බෝම්බයට අවුරුදු 25 යි.
1996 ජුලි 24 දින සවස 5.30 ට අංක 764 දරණ මන්දගාමී කාර්යාල දුම්රිය කොළඹ කොටුවේ සිට අලුත්ගම බලා ධාවනය වූයේ විශාල මගන් සංඛ්යාවක්ද සමගය. එදින වැටුප් ගෙවූ දිනයක්...
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