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Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe Amarasekere Maha Mudaliyar, (Sinhala: නිකලස් ඩයස් අබේසිංහ අමරසේකර) (08 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 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.

He was married to Dona Clara Goonaratne, daughter of Domingu Jayathileke Goonaratne, Mohandiram of Atapattu of Galle and Adriana Gertruda Ilangakoon, daughter of Ilangakoon Mudaliyar. Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe lived at Pokune Walauwa in Dangedera, Galle and his Walauwa in Colombo was situated at Silver Smith Street.

References

^ Social Change in Nineteenth Century Ceylon
^ Dutch and British Colonial Intervention in Sri Lanka, 1780-1815 By Alicia Schrikker, pp 67
^ DIAS ABEYSINGHE - Family

External links

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[1] Social Change in Nineteenth Century Ceylon

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

[3] DIAS ABEYSINGHE - Family

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 He received Mudaliyar medal from Governor [[Jan Schreuder]] in 1768 and later received the Head Mudaliyar Gold medal on 31 May 1785 from Governor [[Van de Graaf]],<ref>[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.
+He was married to Dona Clara Goonaratne, daughter of Domingu Jayathileke Goonaratne, Mohandiram of Atapattu of Galle and Adriana Gertruda Ilangakoon, daughter of Ilangakoon Mudaliyar. Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe lived at Pokune Walauwa in Dangedera, [[Galle]] and his  [[Walauwa]] in [[Colombo]] was situated at Silver Smith Street.
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