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By Roy Lie A Tjam.

The theme of this year’s  Independence Day ceremony is “One Nation”.

On February 4th,the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, celebrated her 70th birthday. It was on this day in 1948 that the British(1796) formally granted independence. In 1972 Cylon became Sri Lanka.

In Sri Lanka, the President H.E. President Maithripala Sirisena opened the Independence Day celebrations with hoisting the National Flag and commemorated the patriots who had sacrificed their lives: Junius Jayawardene, Dudley Senanayake, Anagarika Dharmapala and others.

In The Hague, the celebration of independence was conducted by H.E. Ambassador Adam Sadiq. He had invited colleagues, officials, friends and compatriots to mark this significant milestone with him. The ride has not always been smooth. However, Sri Lankan resiliency always brought the situation back on track. Sri Lanka has good reason to look at the future with confidence.

The function was held at the newly acquired premises of the Sri Lankan Embassy at Javastraat The Hague on the winter evening of  27 February 2018. What a joyous occasion.

 

 

 

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