James Edward Corea
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Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea was a Ceylonese colonial-era headman.
The young James Edward Corea was educated at the Royal College, Colombo.
Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea of Chilaw with his wife and ten children.
Arnold Wright in 'Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon,' writes that Gate Mudaliyar J.E.Corea owned extensive coconut estates as well as large tracts of paddy lands in Chilaw.
Mahatma Gandhi, the 'Father of India', visited Chilaw in 1927. Gate Mudaliyar James Edward Corea met Gandhi at 'Sigiriya,' a Corea home situated in the town.
Dominicus Corea
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Dominicus Corea also known as Domingos Corea and Edirille Rala, was the son of Don Jeronimo Corea and Anna Corea. Don Jeronimo Corea was also known as Mudaliyar Vikramasinha, Commander-in-Chief of King Mayadunne's army. Jeronimo Corea was executed by King Mayadunne's son, Rajasinghe.
Dominicus Corea was born in Colombo in 1565. At that time, the Portuguese had colonised Ceylon, and his parents converted to Catholicism.
Mahatma Gandhi, the 'Father of India, visited Chilaw in Ceylon and stayed in a Corea Family home, he gifted a spinning wheel and a colour poster on the 'Fighters of Swaraj,' to the Coreas in 1927.