1980 in Sri Lanka From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s See also: Other events of 1980 Timeline of Sri Lankan history ← 1979 1978 1977 1980 in Sri Lanka → 1981 1982 1983 Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s See also: Other events of 1980 Timeline of Sri Lankan history The following lists notable events that occurred during 1980 in Sri Lanka. 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.[1] Births Mayantha Dissanayake 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).[2][3] 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 ↑ "Sunday Times". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 5 August 2015. ↑ "Appapillai Amirthalingam V. Piyasekera, M. A. Commissioner of Elections and Others". LawNet. Archived from the original on 2013-08-11. Retrieved 2016-06-18. ↑ Sri Kantha, Sachi (6 April 2009). "Kasi Ananthan at 70". Ilankai Tamil Sangam. vteYears in Sri LankaBritish Ceylon period (1815–1948) 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 Sri Lanka (1948–present) 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Timeline of Sri Lankan history vte1980 in AsiaSovereign states Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia China Cyprus Egypt India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Soviet Union Sri Lanka Syria Thailand Turkey United Arab Emirates Vietnam North Yemen South Yemen States with limitedrecognition Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Palestine Taiwan Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Dependencies, coloniesand other territories British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Related Articles
