THE SIXTY-TWO COUP – III A group of senior police and military officers attempted to overthrow the Sirimavo Bandaranaike government. They were driven by three critical events in the years leading up to January 1962. The coup participants belonged to the Westernised urban middle class who were alarmed at the undermining of the secular plural […]
Japan
Temple-trees
Western
Sri-lanka
United-kingdom
Bambalapitiya
Colombo
Dedigama
Sabaragamuwa
Havelock-town
Pakistan
India
Architects: – Messrs. Edwards, Reid and Booth, F. & A. A. R. I. B. A.
1. The main staircase runs up from the marble octagonal hall to the First Floor ante room. The dome is similar in shape and colour to a lotus flower.
2. The ball room verandah on the First Floor. There is a similar verandah on the other side of the ball room, which in addition to the great height of the ball room ensures that the latter is always cool.
3. The Ground Floor Drawing Room. This room leads out of the Octagonal Hall and the Dining Room and is flanked by two verandahs. The exterior of one of these is depicted on plate 4.
Peradeniya
Central
Sri-lanka
Netherlands
Colombo
Western
Dedigama
Sabaragamuwa
Pettah
Nugegoda
Moratuwa
Matale