Indra Dassanayake
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Born1943[1]
India
DiedSeptember 2019 (aged 76)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
AlmamaterUniversity of Lucknow
OccupationEmeritus Professor
Indra Dassanayake | |
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 Dassanayake (right) in 2007 | |
| Born | 1943[1] India |
| Died | September 2019 (aged 76) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Alma mater | University of Lucknow |
| Occupation | Emeritus Professor |
| Organization(s) | University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka |
Indra Dassanayake was a Sri Lankan academic, emeritus professor in Hindi, a scholar known for promoting the Hindi language and North Indian culture in Sri Lanka through educational institutions. On 26 January 2020, she was conferred the Padma Shri award posthumously.[2][3][4][5]