Gunapala Malalasekera

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title: Gunapala Malalasekera
text: Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera, OBE, JP, was a Sri Lankan academic, scholar and diplomat best known for his Malalasekara English-Sinhala Dictionary. He was Ceylon's first Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Ceylon's High Commissioner to Canada, the United Kingdom and Ceylon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. He was the Professor Emeritus in Pali and Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies.
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description: Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (1899–1973)
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date created: 2008-08-04T09:29:27Z
date modified: 2024-08-28T22:50:43Z
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