Sir Richard Aluwihare, was a Sri Lankan civil servant.
10 Facts About Richard Aluwihare
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Richard Aluwihare was the first Ceylonese Inspector General of Police and Ceylon's High Commissioner to India.
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Richard Aluwihare was born on 23 May 1895, the son of T B Aluwihare and Panabokke Tikiri Kumarihamy, daughter of Panabokke Dissawe.
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Richard Aluwihare's younger brother, Bernard, was a Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament from Matale.
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Richard Aluwihare was the Secretary to the Kandyan deputation on constitutional reforms that was sent to England.
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Richard Aluwihare retired from the civil service as Inspector General and was succeeded by his son-in-law Osmund de Silva.
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Richard Aluwihare died on 22 December 1976 at the age of eighty one.
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Richard Aluwihare married Lucille nee Moonemalle, daughter of Theodore Barcroft L Moonemalle, member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon, on 18 October 1920.
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Richard Aluwihare was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and was knighted as a Knights Bachelor in the 1948 Birthday Honours for services in reorganizing the Ceylon Police Force.
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Richard Aluwihare was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1950 Birthday Honours for services to Ceylon.