21 Facts About Dominicus Corea

Dominicus Corea known as Domingos Corea and Edirille Rala, was the son of Don Jeronimo Corea and Anna Corea.

Dominicus Corea was given the kingdoms of Kotte and Sitawaka by King Vimala Dharma of Kandy around 1596.

Dominicus Corea was Edirimanne Suriya, better known as Edirille Rala.

Dominicus Corea had made Mudukondapala, a place close to Kurunegala, his capital city.

Dominicus Corea rebelled against the Portuguese, and inflicted massive defeats between 1594 and 1596.

Dominicus Corea was President of the Ceylon National Congress in 1924.

Dominicus Corea was elected President of the Ceylon National Congress in 1924.

Dominicus Corea was a clever doctor and what was unique about him was that he charged no fees from the poor for his services.

Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Dominicus Corea was in charge of the rural police in Pitigal Korale.

Sir Claude Dominicus Corea was Ceylon's High Commissioner in the United Kingdom and was appointed Ambassador to the United States in 1948.

Dominicus Corea was elected President of the United Nations Security Council in May 1960 and was featured in Life Magazine.

Srikuradas Charles Shirley Dominicus Corea was a distinguished parliamentarian, MP for Chilaw and Speaker of the House of Representatives of Ceylon from 1967 to 1970.

Dominicus Corea was the first Sri Lankan Principal of Royal College, Colombo.

Reverend Canon Ivan Dominicus Corea was Rural Dean of Colombo and Chaplain to the Bishop of Colombo in the Church of Ceylon.

Dominicus Corea was a founder member of Ceylon Theatres in 1928.

Dominicus Corea's son was the Sri Lankan Economist, Dr Gamani Corea who was appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Dominicus Corea's music was played at the first ever Serendipity Festival in London, UK in 2003.

Charles Alfred Ernest Dominicus Corea was a leading lawyer in Sri Lanka.

Henri Dominicus Corea was a Senior Superintendent of Police in Sri Lanka, his son Professor James Randunna Dominicus Corea worked at the King Fahd Teaching Hospital in Dammam, where he trained orthopaedic surgeons.

The younger generation of the Dominicus Corea Family are playing their part in society across the world.

Mohandas Gandhi stayed in a Dominicus Corea home called 'Sigiriya,' on his only visit to Ceylon.