North
Browndrige
Horton
Torrington
Ward
James Emerson Tennent
British Secretary and sometimes acting Governer
1845 to 1850
Coffee Cultivatuon
1848 Rebellion in Ceylon
Any book written while referring to his book edits is distortion of our proper history.
Mr.Jayarathna Pathiraarchchi has exposed this SORDID and clandestine effort by the British King George VI.
King George the VI
Born December, 14th 1895
Died December 21th 1952 at the age of 56. I was 3 years old and I saw Queen Elizebath II when she visited Ceylon in 1952 after her coronation. She was returning after visiting Sir John Kotalawala at his residence Walawwa in Kurunegala.
He was the MP for Kurunegala and Dodangaslanda. He owned graphite mines in Dodangaslanda. His main residence was in Kandawala Walawwa in Ratmalana. He was born in Puliyandala. I used to visit his residence in Kurunegala as a kid under 5 years. He used to pick me from my legs and hold my head down. Because of him, I lost fear to any grown up adult including Catholic Priests at Ampitiya College, Kandy who were real monsters.
He owned an estate in Kent, UK.
My last job in UK was Doncaster Kent.
I paid my gratitude when he was hospitalized in Merchant Ward in Colombo General Hospital. In fact, I diagnosed his illness before leaving to UK in 1979 December.
He died on October, 1980 at the age of 83.
He lived like a King after retirement unlike SWRD who defeated him in 1956.
Suffice is to say it was a cancer but not the prostate cancer.
I was a pathologist in my medical career.
Strangely enough, I saw Princess Diana in Bangor, Wales before she married to Prince of Wales.
We were living in Wauda, Galagedara near Kande Vihara where Gotama Buddha supposed to have spent some time in a particular cave.
It was presented to Sanga by Batha Siva Putta.
At that time, in 1950s this temple was run by a Hindu Pusari. I used go there to eat giant oil cakes (විශාල කැවුම්) during Hindu festivals.
There is a stone edit there depicting the following.
Batha Siva Puththa gane sa ga sa
බත ශිව පුත්ත, බුද්ධ ප්රමුඛ සංගයාට, පුජා කල ලෙන
Nearly 50 years later, Jayarathna Pathiraarchchi in 1998 rediscovered this temple but the temple was later plundered by (නිදන් හොරු) Archaeological Treasure Hunters.
All these coincides were there, in my life history, but I could not figure them out, when events did occur right in front of my eyes.
My intention was to enter University of Ceylon, Petadeniya established in 1942. Medical Faculty was edtablished in 1962 and I entered the University in 1968.
One of my uncles who was a prominant Buddhist Monk and he wanted to take me in but I flatly refused. I promised him that I would take to Dhamma in my old age which I did as a scientist. I did help my monk relative to establish a temple in Colombo while I was working at Colombo General Hospital during Senior Premadasa time. His private secretary Gamage who was working in the hospital was the main link pin. He was a very good public servant. I never saw Mr. Premadasa face to face fearing he would recruite me for his political activities.
B. P. C. or Buddhist Publication Society, in Lake Round, was a place I frequented often looking for particular Bhodhi Leaves which I used to read to digest Dhamma in depth. It is located where Dr. Dharmasena, prominant General Practitioner had his dispensary, there.I was taken there for consultations as a kid. He donated his dispensary to the B. P. C.
Original monks who ran this book outlet were German Jews who were ordained as Buddhist monks. During World War Ii they were imprisoned in India.
Reverend Nynathiloka
He lived in Forest Hermitage of Udawattakale, in Kamdy.
Reverend Nynanapoinika
Born 1901 in Germany.
Died at the age of 93 in Kandy, Forest Hermitage.
Cofounded BPS. in 1958.
Heart of Buddhist Meditation was his prominent publivation.
Venetable Narada and his books were my foundation including Dhammapada and Abhidharma.
Still later Bhikku Bodhi who left to America, having written a booklet named Buddhism at Crossroads.
A. S. Karunaratna
Richard Obeysekara
Palithhs Mendis currently is the Administrative Ofiicer.
Reflecting now, I see the connections.
I have a large collection of books on Buddhism in Ceylon.
One of my mission (unknown to me as a kid) in this life is to restore Buddhism in Ceylon to its prinstine form as a lay Buddhist.
As a writer, I have already done that with 3 books and another on Meditation is in preparation.
Coming back to King George VIi.
Queen Elizebath II and Princess Margaret were his daughters.
He had a distinct stammer.
He was involved in World War I.
He became the king in 1936 after King Edward VIII abdicted after marrying a American lady Wallis Simpson twice divorced. He took part in Wirld War I.
His later Title was Duke of Winsor
He was the Emperor of India
Winston Churchill who use to keep an underage child as a consort was the Prime Minister of UK during World War Ii.
He was made Windsor Edward VIII and lived his retirement in France.
Died in 1972 at the age of 77 due to a throat cancer.
