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Categories: Sri Lankan Buddhists, 1896 births, Ambassadors of Sri Lanka to the United States, Presidents of Sri Lanka, People from Matale
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William Gopallawa  Bill Gopallawa  Gopallawa  Gopallawa, William
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William Gopallawa was the last Governor-General of Ceylon from 1962 to 1972 and the first and only non-executive President of Sri Lanka from 1972 to 1978, when Ceylon declared itself a republic and changed its name to Sri Lanka. Wikipedia
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William Gopallawa was the last Governor-General of Ceylon from 1962 to 1972 and the first and only non-executive President of Sri Lanka from 1972 to 1978, when Ceylon declared itself a republic and changed its name to Sri Lanka. Wikipedia
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