▁T amil ▁N adu ▁Category : M ah ab al ip ur am ▁Category : L ighth ouses ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁Category : 1 9 0 0 ▁establish ments ▁in ▁India <0x0A> </s> ▁Jay at ille ke ▁de ▁Silva ▁( S in h ala : <0xE0> <0xB6> <0xA2> <0xE0> <0xB6> <0xBA> <0xE0> <0xB6> <0xAD> ි <0xE0> <0xB6> <0xBD> ක ▁ <0xE0> <0xB6> <0xAF> ▁ <0xE0> <0xB7> <0x83> ි <0xE0> <0xB6> <0xBD> ් ව ා ) ▁( 1 4 ▁June ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁– ▁ 2 6 ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 9 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Sri ▁L ank an ▁author , ▁transl ator , ▁journalist , ▁a ▁left ▁political ▁and ▁a ▁civil ▁society ▁activ ist . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁ ▁De ▁Silva ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Am bal ang oda - B at ap ola , ▁N ind ana ▁Village ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁and ▁comm enced ▁his ▁pre lim inary ▁studies ▁at ▁H ikk adu wa ▁Central ▁College . ▁Then ▁he ▁continued ▁his ▁student ▁life ▁at ▁D harm as oka ▁College ▁and ▁An anda ▁College , ▁Col om bo . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁Gr adu ate ▁in ▁Mathemat ics ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁C ey lon , ▁Col om bo ▁and ▁he ▁later ▁studied ▁Political ▁Econom y ▁at ▁the ▁Institute ▁of ▁Social ▁Sciences , ▁Moscow . ▁He ▁chose ▁his ▁initial ▁profession ▁to ▁be ▁teaching . ▁After ▁a ▁short ▁period ▁as ▁the ▁Princi pal ▁of ▁Den iy aya ▁Central ▁College , ▁he ▁left ▁the