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Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe Amarasekere
Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe Amarasekere
	Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe Amarasekere, Maha Mudaliyar of Dutch Ceylon
Born	8 May 1719; Galle, Ceylon
Died	10 May 1794 (aged 75); Ceylon
Nationality	Ceylonese
Education	Dutch Reformed Church
Occupation	Colonial Administrator
Title	Head Mudaliyar
Spouses	Lady Dona Clara Goonaratne; Lady Adriana Gertruda Ilangakoon;
Children	Don Balthazar; Johannes Welhelmus; Abraham; Dona Ana Hertroyda

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Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe Amarasekere Maha Mudaliyar, (Sinhala: නිකලස් ඩයස් අබේසිංහ අමරසේකර) (8 May 1719 - 10 May 1794) was a Ceylonese Dutch colonial administrator.^[1] He was appointed as the Maha Mudaliyar (Head Mudaliyar) of Dutch Ceylon, hence he was one of the most powerful personalities in the country.^[2]

He received Mudaliyar medal from Governor Jan Schreuder in 1768 and later received the Head Mudaliyar Gold medal on 31 May 1785 from Governor Willem Jacob van de Graaf,^[3] as a recognition and reward for his fidelity towards the Dutch East India company. A Mala Padakkama is also said to have been conferred on him by the Kandyan King of the era.

Family and residences

Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe was born in 1719 to the family of Mohandiram Don Joan Dias Abeysinghe and Dona Gimara de Silva of Galle. He was married to Dona Clara Goonaratne, daughter of Domingu Jayathileke Goonaratne, Mohandiram Atapattu of Galle and to Adriana Gertruda Ilangakoon, daughter of Ilangakoon Mudaliyar.

He had a son and a daughter from his first marriage with Clara Goonaratne; Don Balthazar, who was a Sahabndar Maha Mudaliyar and Dona Ana Hertroyda, who was married to Don Bastian Jayathilleke Gooneratne, Attapattu Mudaliyar of Galle.

He had two sons from his marriage to Adriana Gertruda Ilangakoon; Johannes Welhelmus, who was the Mohandiram of Galle and Abraham, a Guard Mudaliyar and the chief interpreter of Sir Robert Brownrigg, the Governor of British Ceylon.^[3]

Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe lived at Pokune Walauwa in Dangedera, Galle. He had two other Walauwas located in Colombo and Katunayake. His Colombo walawwa was situated at Silver Smith Street and Katunayake walauwa was situated at Kotugoda.

References

^ Social Change in Nineteenth Century Ceylon Archived 2013-01-21 at archive.today
^ Dutch and British Colonial Intervention in Sri Lanka, 1780-1815 By Alicia Schrikker, pp 67
^ ^a ^b DIAS ABEYSINGHE - Family

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History - The Walawwa

[1] Social Change in Nineteenth Century Ceylon Archived 2013-01-21 at archive.today

[2] Dutch and British Colonial Intervention in Sri Lanka, 1780-1815 By Alicia Schrikker, pp 67

[R-3] DIAS ABEYSINGHE - Family

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 | occupation  = Colonial Administrator
 | title       = [[Sri Lankan Mudaliyars|Head Mudaliyar]]
-| spouse      = Lady Dona Clara Goonaratne<br> Lady Adriana Gertruda Ilangakoon
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+* Lady Adriana Gertruda Ilangakoon
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 | parents     =
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 | nationality = Ceylonese
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-'''Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe Amarasekere''' [[Sri Lankan Mudaliyars|Maha Mudaliyar]], ([[Sinhala language|Sinhala]]: නිකලස් ඩයස් අබේසිංහ අමරසේකර)  (8 May 1719 - 10 May 1794) was a [[Demographics of Sri Lanka|Ceylonese]] Dutch colonial administrator.<ref>[http://www.defonseka.com/ref_peebles.htm Social Change in Nineteenth Century Ceylon] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130121101602/http://www.defonseka.com/ref_peebles.htm |date=2013-01-21 }}</ref> He was appointed as the [[Sri Lankan Mudaliyars|Maha Mudaliyar]] (Head Mudaliyar) of [[Dutch Ceylon]], hence he was one of the most powerful personalities in the country.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OnaC26k9KG8C&dq=Nicholas+Dias+Abeyesinghe&source=gbs_navlinks_s Dutch and British Colonial Intervention in Sri Lanka, 1780-1815] By Alicia Schrikker, pp 67</ref>
+'''Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe Amarasekere''' [[Sri Lankan Mudaliyars|Maha Mudaliyar]], ([[Sinhala language|Sinhala]]: නිකලස් ඩයස් අබේසිංහ අමරසේකර)  (8 May 1719 - 10 May 1794) was a [[Demographics of Sri Lanka|Ceylonese]] Dutch colonial administrator.<ref>[http://www.defonseka.com/ref_peebles.htm Social Change in Nineteenth Century Ceylon] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130121101602/http://www.defonseka.com/ref_peebles.htm |date=2013-01-21 }}</ref> He was appointed as the [[Sri Lankan Mudaliyars|Maha Mudaliyar]] (Head Mudaliyar) of [[Dutch Ceylon]], hence he was one of the most powerful personalities in the country.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OnaC26k9KG8C&q=Nicholas+Dias+Abeyesinghe Dutch and British Colonial Intervention in Sri Lanka, 1780-1815] By Alicia Schrikker, pp 67</ref>
 He received Mudaliyar medal from Governor [[Jan Schreuder]] in 1768 and later received the Head Mudaliyar Gold medal on 31 May 1785 from Governor [[Willem Jacob van de Graaf]],<ref name=R>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen3170.html DIAS ABEYSINGHE - Family]</ref> as a recognition and reward for his fidelity towards the [[Dutch East India]] company. A ''Mala Padakkama'' is also said to have been conferred on him by the Kandyan King of the era.
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+[[Category:Sri Lankan civil servants]]
+[[Category:People from Dutch Ceylon]]
 [[Category:Sri Lankan Protestants]]
 [[Category:18th-century Dutch colonial governors]]
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