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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]

References

  1. ^ Change in Nineteenth Century Ceylon
  2. ^ Dutch and British Colonial Intervention in Sri Lanka, 1780-1815 By Alicia Schrikker, pp 67
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