1980 in Sri Lanka

none 1980 The following lists notable events that occurred during 1980 in Sri Lanka. Incumbents President – J. R. Jayewardene Prime Minister – Ranasinghe Premadasa Chief Justice – Neville Samarakoon Events Sri Lanka competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. From 1948 to 1972, the nation was known as Ceylon at the Olympic Games.Sunday Times http://www.sundaytimes.lk/120520/Sports/spt15.html www.sundaytimes.lk 5 August 2015 Births right 1 Mayantha Yaswanth Dissanayake.jpg 100 Mayantha Dissanayake 100 Niru 100 11 January – Mayantha Dissanayake, politician. 13 January – Niru, musician. 19 January – Michael Vandort, cricketer. 1 February – Janaka Thisakutti Arachchi, politician. 27 February – Harshana Rajakaruna, politician. 25 March – Kasun Jayasuriya, footballer. 17 April – Prasad Jayawardene, cricketer. 30 May – Gihan Premachandra, cricketer. 3 July – Dilhara Lokuhettige, cricketer. 11 July – Indika Ruwanpura, cricketer. 22 August – Charitha Buddhika, cricketer. 4 October – Praba Udawatte, cricketer. 5 October – Malintha Gajanayake, cricketer. 24 October – Umayangana Wickramasinghe, actress. 25 October – Prabath Nissanka, cricketer. 31 October – Tharanath Basnayaka, politician. 8 November – Mohamed Ramees, footballer. 11 December – Nuwan Ekanayake, cricketer. 16 December – Waruna Shantha, cricketer. Unknown date Ida Carmelitta, gang rape and murder victim. Mohanarajah Gajamohan, scientist. Suresh Sriskandarajah, militant. Deaths 1 March – R. A. Chandrasena, musician (b. 1924). 12 April – Stanley de Silva, cricketer (b. 1956). 20 April – M. Canagaratnam, politician (b. 1924).Appapillai Amirthalingam V. Piyasekera, M. A. Commissioner of Elections and Others http://www.lawnet.lk/docs/case_law/slr/HTML/1980SLR2V285.htm LawNet 2016-06-18 https://archive.today/20130811093324/http://www.lawnet.lk/docs/case_law/slr/HTML/1980SLR2V285.htm 2013-08-11 deadSri Kantha Sachi Sachi Sri Kantha Kasi Ananthan at 70 http://www.sangam.org/2009/06/Kasi_Ananthan.php Ilankai Tamil Sangam 6 April 2009 May – Edward Buultjens, cricketer (b. 1913). 28 August – A. P. Jayasuriya, politician (b. 1897) 1 September – Xavier Thaninayagam, academic (b. 1913). 2 October – John Kotelawala, politician (b. 1895). 4 December – Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, diplomat and civil servant (b. 1913). Unknown date Oliver Weerasinghe, architect and diplomat. References 30em 1980 Category:1980s in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Category:Years of the 20th century in Sri Lanka