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Kandy (lka)

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Kandy ranks 8,433rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Canton, Illinois, Sakura, Chiba, and Osted. Memorable people born in Kandy include M. G. Ramachandran and Muttiah Muralitharan. Memorable people who died in Kandy include Joseph Vaz, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, and D. M. Jayaratne. Kandy has been the birth place of many actors and cricketers and the death place of many politicians and religious figures. Kandy is located in Sri Lanka.

Kandy is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka. The city is situated in the midst of hills in the Kandy plateau, which crosses an area of tropical plantations, mainly tea. Kandy is both an administrative and religious city and the capital of the Central Province. Kandy is the home of the Temple of the Tooth Relic, one of the most sacred places of worship in the Buddhist world. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988. Historically the local Buddhist rulers resisted Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonial expansion and occupation. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1917 and 1972, Kandy was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including M. G. Ramachandran and Muttiah Muralitharan. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Kandy including Joseph Vaz, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, and D. M. Jayaratne. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Kandy than were born there.

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Most individuals born in present day Kandy were actors (1) and cricketers (1),  while most who died were politicians (2) and religious figures (1).

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Kandy since 1700.